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
After the look at Scientology the other day (can’t see anyone having the cojones of releasing a music based on the Book of Dianetics!) Comes this from Will at Dangerous Minds!!
Credit: Dangerous Minds / Bertel Thorvaldsen / Joseph Smith / Reuben Hedlock / Public Domain
Kolob: The home planet of God, according to Mormons
Like pretty much all jokes in the hit musical comedyThe Book of Mormon, the song ‘I Believe’ on the Mormon belief system is very simple, yet extremely effective.
It’s actually quite similar to the South Park gag about Scientology beliefs when you think about it. In both cases, the libertarian in your life’s favourite comedy writers sit back and let the bizarre beliefs of a religion do the hard work for them. Citing the most bizarre parts of both dogmas as a way of making both of them look cretinous.
Among the lines about ancient Jews building boats and sailing to America, the president of the church, Thomas Monson, speaking directly to God and how in 1978, God changed his mind about Black people, is one absolute gem that Elder Price tosses out like it’s absolutely nothing – he says that he believes God lives on a planet called Kolob, that Jesus has his own planet as well, and when someone who believes in him dies, they get their own planet as well.
Yup, this is all completely congruent with Mormon belief systems. Viewed from a certain perspective, Mormonism sounds just as much like a sci-fi acid trip as Scientology, principally because it’s completely obsessed with planets. Or, as they’re referred to in the scripture, “stars”.
The Book of Abraham refers to the star of Kolob being “the nearest to the throne of God”, and since we know today that stars aren’t actually, y’know, habitable, “stars” have been retconned to be the word this particular holy book uses for planets. So, where exactly does this idea come from?
The idea of Kolob is one put forward by Joseph Smith himself, the founder of Mormonism and the Latter Day Saints movement – according to Smith, he purchased a set of Ancient Egyptian papyrus scrolls in the mid-1800s, and he transcribed what he found and brought its teachings to the world, first via his newsletter Times and Seasons in 1842, then in The Book of Abraham, and it’s there that Smith lays down one of the key tidbits of information regarding the planet.
To quote The Book of Abraham, it says, “The measurement according to celestial time, which celestial time signifies one day to a cubit. One day in Kolob is equal to a thousand years according to the measurement of the Earth,” which checks out.
Especially when you take into account the accepted Christian dogma of the world being built in seven days. Or at the very least, six days, then rested on the seventh. Those were Kolob days – to us, they would have taken 6000 years, then 1000 more to move Earth from Kolob to its current position in our Solar System.
This would imply, however, that it can’t be anywhere close to us, despite a number of early Mormon converts declaring that our sun was Kolob. However, according to Smith himself, Kolob is visible from our world. Or at the very least, Methuselah and Abraham saw the planet by looking through Urim and Thummim, a set of seer stones embedded in a pair of spectacles that could also translate all languages. Handy to have around, I’m sure you’d agree.
It just goes to show that, say what you want about Trey Parker and Matt Stone (I will and I do), they are the masters of giving people enough rope to hang themselves with. They just repeated what Mormons actually believe, and now the entire church believes that their music is the work of the devil. Because truly, sometimes the only difference between religion and the rantings of a madman is how many people believe in it.
I Believe from the Book of Mormon Musical on the 65th Tony Awards.
. . . . .anybody know this guy? Extraordinary voice and great guitar style
Print Shop says :
Big ideas start in small rooms 🙌 @stephen.wilson.jr “Stand By Me (Live at the Print Shop)” is charting Top 3 across all genres right now 🔥 …what’s even more amazing, is it’s just getting started 🎸… the whole world will know his name ✌️
The Blues According to Lightning Hopkins . . . . . .
The Blues A film by Les Blank 1967_ Lightning Hopkins _ Billy Bizor _ Mance Lipscomb 1968.
sombody posted this little clip - I’ll try n find the whole film . . . . . be right back y’heayah
Features a generous helping of classic blues. The film includes performances at an outdoor barbeque and a black rodeo, and a visit to his boyhood town of Centerville, Texas. This powerful portrait is among Blank’s special masterworks.
Well it isn’t freely available for streaming but boy at 31 minutes long the mini documentary can be purchssed for viewing at a variety of sites and in the UK for about £2.43!
Hey Now Princess was intended for Cream’s ‘Disraeli Gears’but didn’t make the cut. As it was a Jack Bruce/Pete Brown composition, Jack held on to it and later re-recorded it for his 1986 album ‘A Question of Time’, with Ginger Baker on drums.
“Look here Princess I want to be famous and rich So I can be empty and bitter like you Sitting home with nothing to do Princess look now I’ve got fifteen women called Sue Twenty women called JaneAnd I’m sad"
HERBERG DE KELDER
Wow never heard this one before and it is streets ahead of Cream and as always I remain fascinated by Jack and Pete's collaborative work on songs . . . . .way ahead of its time IMHO
