 I'm Nick Spitzer. This is American Roots, where in a few minutes we'll visit with Commander Cody, the one-time leader of a 1960s, 70s band called the Lost Planet Airmen. We're about to get back on the road with Chicago boogie piano man Big Maceo, and first a lady from Amite, Louisiana, who's been playing guitar in the nation's capital for years. Here's Eleanor Ellis singing about that blues highway on American Roots.