loading . . . Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen - Ebbets Field, Denver, CO, 8-11-1973 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.'"
Here's the rest of the entry:
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen - Wikipedia
The music is unreleased. The sound quality is excellent.
This album is 58 minutes long.
01 Instrumental Intro (Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen)
02 Good Rockin' Tonight (Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen)
03 talk (Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen)
04 What's the Matter Now (Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen)
05 talk (Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen)
06 Truck Driving Man (Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen)
07 talk (Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen)
08 Four or Five Times (Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen)
09 talk (Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen)
10 Down and Out (Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen)
11 talk (Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen)
12 Mama Hated Diesels (Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen)
13 talk (Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen)
14 Little Sally Walker (Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen)
15 talk (Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen)
16 Ain't Nothin' Shakin' (Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen)
17 talk (Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen)
18 Daddy's Drinkin' Up Our Christmas (Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen)
19 talk (Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen)
20 Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar (Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen)
21 talk (Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen)
22 Hot Rod Lincoln (Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen)
23 talk (Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen)
24 Rave On (Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen)
25 talk (Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen)
26 Rock That Boogie (Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen)
27 talk (Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen)
28 Jailhouse Rock (Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen)
29 talk by emcee (Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen)
30 talk (Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen)
31 Mean Woman Blues (Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen)
32 Lost in the Ozone Again (Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen)
33 talk by emcee (Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen)
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The cover image comes from an appearance on the "Midnight Special" T.V. show in Burbank, California, on July 6, 1973. https://albumsthatshouldexist.blogspot.com/2026/05/commander-cody-his-lost-planet-airmen.html
