Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen - Hot Rod Lincoln

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, MI; Commander Cody (born George Frayne IV; piano), John Tichy (lead guitar), Steve Schwartz (guitar), Don Davis (bass), Don Bolton (aka the West Virginia Creeper; pedal steel guitar), and Ralph Mallory (drums) formed the original lineup. When the group relocated to San Francisco the following year, only Frayne, Bolton, and Tichy made the move; the group's membership included Billy C. Farlowe (vocals, harp), Andy Stein (fiddle, saxophone), guitarist Billy Kirchen, bassist "Buffalo" Bruce Barlow, and drummer Lance Dickerson at the time of 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 was never able to capitalize on the single's success, partially because their albums 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. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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[TheZeladar]

My dad called me 11 minutes ago after a long shift at haggens, and it was the normal retarded formalities and a thankless reminder of gardening success and shit like that, and we somehow got to talking about this song. He sung a spoken verse of it, and i was clicking my tongue like a disrespectful 11 year old, because i wanted a shower. But as soon as he talked me into listening to it that ignorance and workwear melted away, and i came to respect my dad and his proffesion a little bit more.

[TheSuperCRASHer]

this aint the fucking original people upload the original.

[KryptnGaming]

American cars were cool until the rest of the world discovered steering. We're still having trouble with that.

[2trips]

@anotherbaldguy thanks! neat car.

[tsartango]

Murder face at 0:30

[learningrichard]

@yamahonkawazuki you realize that Obama has no control over General Motors or The Ford Motor Company and their plant relocation decisions, right? The USA has what is known as a free market system.

Gotta love these Low Information Voters...

[anotherbaldguy]

If anybody is interested, the red hotrod in the slideshow at 0:35 is the real model A with a Lincoln motor, owned by Charley Ryan who wrote the song & first recorded it. And that's him with the car.

[CamarilloBB]

@playterraria2 Don't understand your question "why do you think he said model A?" He said model A for two reasons. For one, he had a model A. And most importantly, the song is a response to the song "Hotrod race" which says model A.

[CKdillan]

@patrick9648 Doesn't sound like the "original" from 1972?? Try 1955. Non of the versions by the many artists who have covered it sound like the original, including the one from 1972.

[CKdillan]

@yamahonkawazuki It was San Pedro originally. But that's the least of the changes in the lyrics. Every version by all the many artists who have released the song have made changes.