Commander Cody Lost in the Ozone Again Vinyl Recordl
| Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen | |
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 Andy Stein (Fifty) and John Tichy (R) at the Hollywood Bowl opening for Grateful Dead, July 21, 1974. The Wall of Sound PA is in the background. Photo: David Gans | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Ann Arbor, Michigan U.s. |
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| Years active | 1967–1976 as Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen 1977–2021 as Commander Cody[1] |
| By members | George Frayne Billy C. Farlow Bill Kirchen John Tichy Andy Stein Bruce Barlow Lance Dickerson Steve Davis Bobby Blackness Ernie Hagar Norton Buffalo Rick Higginbotham Nicolette Larson Peter Siegel Rick Mullen Steve Barbuto Marker Emerick Randy Bramwell Chris Olsen Professor Louie Sean Allen Tim Eshliman |
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen were an American state rock band founded in 1967.[2] The group's leader and co-founder was pianist and vocalist George Frayne Four, alias Commander Cody (born July 19, 1944 in Boise, Idaho, died September 26, 2021 in Saratoga Springs, New York).[3] [4] [v] [six] [7] [8] [9] [10] [xi]
The band'south way mixed country, stone and scroll, Western swing, rockabilly, and jump dejection together on a foundation of boogie-woogie piano. They were among the start state rock bands to take their cues less from folk rock and bluegrass and more from the rowdy barroom land of the Ernest Tubb and Ray Price style. The band became known for marathon live shows.
Alongside Frayne, the archetype lineup was Billy C. Farlow (b. Decatur, Alabama) on vocals and harmonica; John Tichy (b. St. Louis, Missouri) on guitar and vocals; Bill Kirchen (Kirchen was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, June 29, 1948 but grew upwards in Ann Arbor, Michigan) on lead guitar; Andy Stein (b. August 31, 1948 in New York Metropolis) on saxophone and dabble; "Buffalo" Bruce Barlow (b. December 3, 1948 in Oxnard, California) on bass guitar; Lance Dickerson (b. October 15, 1948 in Livonia, Michigan, died November x, 2003, in Fairfax, California) on drums; and Steve "The West Virginia Creeper" Davis (b. July 18, 1946 in Charleston, West Virginia), followed by Bobby Black, on pedal steel guitar.[2]
The Lost Planet Airmen [edit]
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen formed in 1967 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United states, with Frayne taking the stage proper name Commander Cody. The band's proper noun was inspired past 1950s film serials featuring the character Commando Cody and from a feature version of an earlier series, King of the Rocket Men, released under the title Lost Planet Airmen.
After playing for several years in local bars, in 1969 the core members migrated to Berkeley, California[12] [thirteen] and soon got a recording contract with Paramount Records. (About a year later, Commander Cody invited western swing revival group Asleep at the Wheel to relocate to the Bay Area.[fourteen]) The group released their first album in November 1971, Lost in the Ozone, which yielded its all-time-known hit, a encompass version of the 1955 song "Hot Rod Lincoln", which reached the top ten on the Billboard singles chart in early on 1972.[2] Presently thereafter drummer Lance Dickerson, Bruce Barlow, the band's manager and the band's motorcoach driver moved to a ranch in Kenwood, California named "The Casa Felice". Here in the basement of one of the 3 houses is where the ring set upwards a studio and good for upcoming tours. The bout bus at the time was a converted Greyhound bus with the name and logo "Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen" painted on the side. For a short time, the passenger vehicle could be seen parked on the side of Warm Springs Road in Kenwood. The band's 1974 live recording, Live from Deep in the Heart of Texas features cover fine art of armadillos by Jim Franklin. The band released several moderately successful albums through the showtime half of the 1970s. Their 1975 album Tales From The Ozone was produced by Hoyt Axton. Subsequently actualization in the Roger Corman movie Hollywood Boulevard, Frayne disbanded the group in 1976.[2]
Geoffrey Stokes' 1976 book Star-Making Machinery featured Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen equally its primary example written report of music industry production and marketing. Stokes relates the difficulties the ring had recording its outset album for Warner Bros. Records. The characterization wanted a hit album along the lines of the soft country-rock of The Eagles, but the band was not inclined to change its raw-edged style.
Later some unauthorized Lost Planet Airmen recordings were released in Europe and Australia along with previously unreleased LPA tracks and some outtakes from existing Paramount and Warner releases.
Kirchen and Stein went on to have successful musical careers, with Kirchen being best-selling as 1 of the preeminent Telecaster players in the world. Stein had a long association with the radio program, A Prairie Habitation Companion. Tichy had previously earned a Ph.D. from the Academy of Michigan and became head of the Section of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, New York.[fourteen]
"Hot Rod Lincoln", the band'southward most famous recording, was voted a Legendary Michigan Song in 2008.[15] The post-obit year Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen were inducted into the Michigan Rock and Whorl Legends Hall of Fame.[16]
Members of the original grouping, excepting Frayne, held a 50th anniversary reunion in the San Francisco Bay area in June 2019.[17] [18]
The band disbanded in 1977, only the name "Commander Cody" survived, beingness used past Frayne in various iterations in his solo career.[A]
Commander Cody [edit]
Frayne performing as Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen in Sonoma, California in 2018
Retaining his stage name, George Frayne had a subsequent solo career, touring and releasing albums from 1977 on under various names including Commander Cody, the Commander Cody Band, Commander Cody and His Modern Day Airmen, and Commander Cody and His Western Airmen.[four] [19] [20]
Frayne was also a visual artist. He received a available's in design from the University of Michigan in 1966 and a principal'south in Sculpture and Painting from the Rackham School of Graduate Studies of the University of Michigan in 1968. He taught at University of Michigan and the Academy of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, and his art was exhibited at numerous shows around the country.[21] He was a student of cinematography, and has a video (2 Triple Cheese Side Lodge of Chips) in the Museum of Mod Art'southward permanent video annal. He has assembled many former movies to become with the band'due south music every bit shown on his YouTube channel. Some of his paintings are oversized; most are medium-sized acrylics and nowadays pop art images from media sources and celebrated photos.[22] His book, Art Music and Life was released by Qualibre Publications in 2009 and is a mix of his best piece of work and anecdotal comments and related stories. He yet did portraits of famous automobiles for the Saratoga Auto Museum in Saratoga Springs, New York, where he resided in April, 1997.[21]
George's brother Chris Frayne is credited with the encompass art for the Lost in the Ozone, Sleazy Roadside Stories, Hot Licks, Cold Steel & Truckers' Favorites, and Country Casanova albums. He shared credit with George for the album cover for Aces High, and designed other anthology covers in the music industry. Chris Frayne died in 1992 of multiple sclerosis.[14]
On September 26, 2021, George Frayne died in Saratoga Springs, New York; he was 77 years quondam.[3] [four] [5] [half dozen] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Discography [edit]
Albums [edit]
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
Recordings featuring the original Lost Planet Airmen:
| Year | Album | Nautical chart Positions | Label | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | U.s. Country | Tin | ||||
| 1971 | Lost in the Ozone | 82 | — | 75 | Paramount | |
| 1972 | Hot Licks, Common cold Steel & Truckers Favorites | 94 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | Country Casanova | 104 | 47 | — | ||
| 1974 | Live from Deep in the Middle of Texas | 105 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen | 58 | — | 95 | Warner Bros. | |
| Tales from the Ozone | 168 | — | — | |||
| 1976 | We've Got a Live One Here! | 170 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | Sleazy Roadside Stories [23] | — | — | — | Relix | recorded in 1973 |
| 1990 | As well Much Fun: The Best of Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen [24] | — | — | — | MCA | compilation album |
| 1996 | The Tour from Hell – 1973 [25] | — | — | — | Aim | recorded in 1973 |
| 2003 | Rex Biscuit Flower 60 minutes Annal Series: Greatest Hits Live! [26] | — | — | — | KBFH | recorded in 1976 |
| 2020 | Bear's Sonic Journals: Institute in the Ozone | — | — | — | Owsley Stanley Foundation | recorded in 1970 |
Commander Cody
Recordings featuring George Frayne with various other musicians:
| Year | Album | Nautical chart Positions | Characterization | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United states of america | US Country | Tin can | ||||
| 1977 | Stone 'n Ringlet Once again [27] | 163 | — | — | Arista | The New Commander Cody Band |
| 1978 | Flying Dreams [28] | — | — | — | Commander Cody | |
| 1980 | Lose It Tonight [29] | — | — | — | Line | Commander Cody Band |
| 1986 | Let's Rock [thirty] | — | — | — | Bullheaded Hog | Commander Cody |
| 1990 | Aces High [31] | — | — | — | Relix | Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen |
| 1994 | Worst Case Scenario [32] | — | — | — | Aim | Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen |
| 2000 | Live at Gilley's [33] | — | — | — | Atlantic | Commander Cody; recorded in 1982 |
| 2005 | All the Manner Live from Turkey Trot [34] | — | — | — | Fa-Ka-Wee | The Commander Cody Band |
| 2009 | Dopers, Drunks and Everyday Losers | — | — | — | Blind Hog | Commander Cody |
| 2013 | Live from the Island [35] | — | — | — | Woodstock | Commander Cody and His Modern Day Airmen |
| 2019 | Alive from Electric City [36] [37] | — | — | — | Liberation Hall | Commander Cody and His Western Airmen |
Singles [edit]
| Yr | Single [38] | Chart Positions | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US Country | AUS [39] | Can | CAN Country | Tin AC | |||
| 1971 | "Lost in the Ozone" / "Midnight Shift" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Lost in the Ozone |
| 1972 | "Hot Rod Lincoln" / "Wine Practise Yer Stuff" | 9 | 51 | 45 | seven | — | — | |
| "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar" / "Daddy'south Gonna Treat Yous Right" | 81 | — | — | 82 | — | — | ||
| "Mama Hated Diesels" / "Truck Stop Rock" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Hot Licks, Cold Steel & Truckers Favorites | |
| 1973 | "Spotter My .38" / "Semi-Truck" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" / "Rock That Boogie" | 94 | 97 | — | — | 99 | 37 | Country Casanova | |
| "Daddy's Drinking Upward Our Christmas" / "Honeysuckle Honey" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album rails | |
| 1974 | "Diggy Liggy Lo" / "Dusk on the Sage" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Live from Deep in the Middle of Texas |
| "Riot in Cell Block #ix" / "Oh Mama Mama" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975 | "Don't Let Go" / "Keep On Lovin' Her" | 56 | — | — | 85 | — | — | Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen |
| "Roll Your Own" / "Information technology's Gonna Be 1 of Those Nights" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Tales from the Ozone | |
| 1977 | "Vii Xi" / "Snooze Yous Lose" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Rock 'north Roll Again |
| 1978 | "Cheers Solitary Ranger" / "My Day" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Flying Dreams |
| 1980 | "2 Triple Cheese (Side Order of Chips)" / "Rockette 88" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Lose Information technology This night |
References [edit]
Notes [edit]
- ^ "Frayne continued with a solo career, still using his phase name, and toured and released albums under various titles including Commander Cody, the Commander Cody Band, Commander Cody and His Modernistic Day Airmen and Commander Cody and His Western Airmen."[iv]
Citations [edit]
- ^ "The Bio". Commander Cody. Retrieved 2013-06-27 .
- ^ a b c d Larkin, Colin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Curtailed ed.). London: Virgin Books. pp. 292/iii. ISBNone-85227-745-ix.
- ^ a b Barnes, Steve (September 27, 2021). "George Frayne, AKA Commander Cody, Dies at 77". Times Wedlock . Retrieved September 27, 2021.
- ^ a b c d Lewry, Fraser (September 27, 2021). "George Frayne A.K.A. Country Rock Bohemian Commander Cody Dead at 77". Louder . Retrieved September 27, 2021.
- ^ a b Rapp, Allison (September 27, 2021). "George Frayne, 'Commander Cody', Country-Stone Pioneer Dead at 77". Ultimate Classic Stone . Retrieved September 27, 2021.
- ^ a b Willman, Chris (September 27, 2021). "Commander Cody, aka George Frayne, Roots-Stone Band Leader and 'Hot Rod Lincoln' Singer, Dies at 77". Diverseness . Retrieved September 27, 2021.
- ^ a b Risen, Clay (September xxx, 2021). "George Frayne, a.k.a. Commander Cody, Alt-Country Pioneer, Dies at 77". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
- ^ a b Crowther, Linnea (September 28, 2021). "George Frayne IV (1944–2021), Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen frontman". The Telegraph.
- ^ a b Schudel, Matt (September 29, 2021). "George Frayne, roots rocker known as Commander Cody, dies at 77". Washington Mail.
- ^ a b Nash, Indiana (September 29, 2021). "'His music chased my dejection abroad' — George Frayne of Commander Cody and His Lost Airmen remembered". The Daily Gazette. Sarasota Springs, Florida.
- ^ Tamarkin, Jeff (September 27, 2021). "George "Commander Cody" Frayne, 1944–2021". Relix . Retrieved Oct three, 2021.
- ^ Arnold, Corry (September 18, 2010). "Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen Performance Listing 1969: Berkeley Beginnings". Berkeley in the Sixties . Retrieved September 27, 2020.
- ^ Ward, Ed (April 16, 1970). "Interview: Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen". Rolling Stone . Retrieved October x, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Vile Gossip", Jean Jennings, Car Magazine, February 2007
- ^ "Legendary Michigan Songs". Michigan Rock and Roll Legends. 1965-02-25. Retrieved 2013-06-27 .
- ^ "Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen". Michigan Rock and Ringlet Legends. Retrieved 2013-06-27 .
- ^ Freedman, Richard (June xi, 2019). "Lost Airmen Reunion Tour Lands in Bay Surface area". Times-Herald . Retrieved September 12, 2020.
- ^ Laddish, Kate (June 28, 2019). "Bill Kirchen: Five Lost Planet Airmen Wing Again This Weekend". iPinion Syndicate . Retrieved September 12, 2020.
- ^ "The Gigs: I ain't never had too much fun!". Commander Cody. 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-19 .
- ^ "Shows". Evanston S.P.A.C.E. 2019. Retrieved 2019-01-19 .
- ^ a b "Curriculum Vitae - The Art of George". CommanderCody.com. Archived from the original on Baronial 13, 2006. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
- ^ "A brush with art: Sensitive painter George Frayne withal rocks as Commander Cody", Austin American-Statesman (October 18, 1986) p D-1
- ^ Tamarkin, Jeff. "Sleazy Roadside Stories". AllMusic . Retrieved September 26, 2020.
- ^ Campbell, Al. "Too Much Fun: All-time of Commander Cody". AllMusic . Retrieved September 26, 2020.
- ^ AllMusic. "Tour from Hell 1973". AllMusic . Retrieved September 26, 2020.
- ^ Jurek, Thom. "Male monarch Beige Flower Hr Presents: Commander Cody". AllMusic . Retrieved September 26, 2020.
- ^ Chadbourne, Eugene. "Rock 'n Ringlet Again". AllMusic . Retrieved September 26, 2020.
- ^ "Flying Dreams". AllMusic . Retrieved September 26, 2020.
- ^ "Lose It This night". AllMusic . Retrieved September 26, 2020.
- ^ AllMusic. "Permit'due south Rock". AllMusic . Retrieved September 26, 2020.
- ^ Tamarkin, Jeff. "Aces High". AllMusic . Retrieved September 26, 2020.
- ^ AllMusic. "Worst Case Scenario". AllMusic . Retrieved September 26, 2020.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Alive at Gilley's". AllMusic . Retrieved September 26, 2020.
- ^ "All the Fashion Live from Turkey Trot [DVD+CD]". AllMusic . Retrieved September 26, 2020.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Live from the Island". AllMusic . Retrieved September 26, 2020.
- ^ "Live from Electrical Metropolis". AllMusic . Retrieved September 26, 2020.
- ^ Montesano, Lou (Oct 4, 2019). "Commander Cody and His Western Airmen: Live From the Sunbanks Festival, Electric Urban center". Elmore Magazine . Retrieved September 26, 2020.
- ^ "Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen: Singles & EPs". Discogs . Retrieved September 27, 2020.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Volume 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Nautical chart Book. p. 71. ISBN0-646-11917-6.
External links [edit]
- Official website
- Commander Cody at awpi.com
- Amsterdam 1976 – live pics
- Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen discography at Discogs
- At discogs.com as Commander Cody
- At discogs.com as Commander Cody Band
- The Commander's aqueduct on youtube
- Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen at IMDb
- Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen discography at Discogs Discogs entry for Chris Frayne
- "Commander Cody - Hot Rod Lincoln (Live At Rockpalast 1980) - RIP Commander Cody" (Video). September 28, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21 – via YouTube.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander_Cody_and_His_Lost_Planet_Airmen
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