Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen - Ebbets Field, Denver, CO, USA 11th August 1973 | Albums That Should Exist

 Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen - Ebbets Field, Denver, CO, 8-11-1973

Paul says: Here's another Ebbets Field radio broadcast. This one features Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen.

The Wikipedia entry intro is badly written, so I'll try to come up with my own summary. This band was led by pianist and vocalist George Frayne IV, a.k.a. Commander Cody. The band was formed in 1967, but they didn't release their debut album until 1971. Once they did, it contained a surprise hit with the song "Hot Rod Lincoln," which made it all the way to the Top Ten in the U.S. singles chart. It was a surprise hit because it was a cover of an obscure 1950s song, and the 1950s style was very much out of step with the musical trends of 1971. 

Unfortunately, it would prove to be their only hit. The band broke up in 1977. However, Frayne continued to make a lot more music using the "Commander Cody" name. He died in 2021.

Although Wikipedia didn't have a good intro for this band, it does have a good paragraph explaining the band's style. So I'll quote that here: "[the band's] style was built on the foundation of country music, which the band fused with boogie woogie, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, Western swing and jazz, which Classic Rock said resulted in 'a counter-cultural twist to the Nashville sound.' Relix said that the band 'tossed together rockabilly, blues, country, boogie-woogie, Western swing and whatever else came their way.' Tinnitist called the band 'one of the more interesting bands of the hippie era, fusing county, rockabilly, western swing, jump blues, and more into an infectious amalgam that set the table for outfits like NRBQ.'"

The music is unreleased. The sound quality is excellent. 

This album is 58 minutes long. 

01 Instrumental Intro 
02 Good Rockin' Tonight 
03 talk 
04 What's the Matter Now 
05 talk 
06 Truck Driving Man 
07 talk 
08 Four or Five Times 
09 talk 
10 Down and Out
11 talk 
12 Mama Hated Diesels
13 talk 
14 Little Sally Walker 
15 talk
16 Ain't Nothin' Shakin'
17 talk 
18 Daddy's Drinkin' Up Our Christmas 
19 talk 
20 Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar 
21 talk
22 Hot Rod Lincoln
23 talk 
24 Rave On 
25 talk 
26 Rock That Boogie 
27 talk 
28 Jailhouse Rock
29 talk by emcee 
30 talk 
31 Mean Woman Blues 
32 Lost in the Ozone Again 
33 talk by emcee

 (all tracks Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen