Альбомы исполнителя
Too Much Fun
1990 · альбом
Hot Rod Lincoln (Live)
2022 · сингл
Strange Adventures On Planet Earth (Live)
2021 · альбом
Wine Do Yer Stuff (Live)
2021 · сингл
Bear's Sonic Journals: Found in the Ozone
2020 · альбом
Hot Rod Lincoln (Re-Recorded)
2020 · сингл
Commander Cody - Live in San Francisco
2016 · альбом
Riot in Cell Block #9
2014 · альбом
This Is Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
2013 · альбом
Hot to Trot
2012 · альбом
The Commander Live - [The Dave Cash Collection]
2011 · альбом
Truck Stop Rock
2010 · альбом
In the Midwest
2010 · сборник
Sea Cruise
2010 · альбом
The Best Of Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
2009 · сборник
This Is Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen
2009 · альбом
Good Rockin' Tonight
2009 · альбом
Live In The Ozone - 1973 U.S. Tour
2008 · альбом
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Биография
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen were equally adept at stripped-down basic rock & roll, R&B, and gritty country-rock. Commander Cody's country-rock rocked harder than the Eagles or Poco -- essentially, the group was a bar band. Much like English pub rock bands like Brinsley Schwarz and Ducks Deluxe, Commander Cody resisted the overblown and bombastic trends of early-'70s rock, preferring a basic no-frills approach. Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen never had the impact of the British pub rockers, yet their straightforward energy gave their records a distinguishing drive; they could play country, Western swing, rockabilly, and R&B, and it all sounded convincing. The group originally formed in 1967 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The original lineup included Commander Cody himself (born George Frayne IV, piano), John Tichy (lead guitar), Steve Schwartz (guitar), Steve "The West Virginia Creeper" Davis (bass), and Ralph Mallory (drums). When the group relocated to San Francisco the following year, only Frayne, Bolton, and Tichy made the move; the group's membership had been bolstered to include Billy C. Farlow (vocals, harp), Andy Stein (fiddle, saxophone), guitarist Bill Kirchen, bassist "Buffalo" Bruce Barlow, and drummer Lance Dickerson for their 1971 debut album, Lost in the Ozone. The following year the group scored a fluke Top Ten hit with "Hot Rod Lincoln," taken from their first album, Lost in the Ozone. Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen were never able to capitalize on the single's success, partially because their LPs never completely captured their live energy. They continued to release albums until Tichy left the band in 1976. Commander Cody released his first solo album, Midnight Man, in 1977, then he re-formed the group as the Commander Cody Band. The group recorded three albums between 1977 and 1980. In 2009, after a 23-year hiatus, Commander Cody returned to the studio for Dopers, Drunks and Everyday Losers, a collection of new songs and classics from the Cody catalog. George Frayne IV (aka Commander Cody) died of cancer on September 26, 2021 at the age of 77. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi