Note: This post is a replacement for a previous Commander Cody post (1973-05-28 - Rotterdam) that was originally posted in October 2014, and was removed in April 2015 due to a DMCA copyright infringement claim. What follows is the original text of the post, which introduces Bill Kirchen and Commander Cody, followed by a description of the new replacement concert.
Update: Unfortunately, the download for this replacement CC show has also been deleted from the servers after less than a week, again due to some supposed copyright claim. Thus, it appears that virtually all the decent quality Commander Cody shows are now being stopped from being shared. Thus, I will not try to replace the links, or try to post any more Commander Cody shows for download. Sorry. But I will leave this post up for informational purposes only.
Another artist I saw this past summer was legendary guitarist Bill Kirchen. If you're not familiar with Bill Kirchen, and have any interest at all in country-rock, swing, rockabilly, and just good ol' honky-tonk rock, I strongly suggest you check him out, he is just wonderful. Bill got his start as the original guitarist for Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen in the late sixties. CC-LPA was a wild, eclectic band that featured a unique mix of country, rock, Western swing, rockabilly, and barroom blues, as well as a dose of hippy drug culture weirdness. With the exception of one breakthrough hit single (Hot Rod Lincoln, 1971), the band had an exclusively cult following, as they were not generally accepted by either the rock or country mainstream at the time. Always known as a great live band, their reputation and popularity actually soared only after they split-up in the mid-seventies, as more people became exposed to and began to accept and enjoy their style and sound. This resulted in numerous releases of live recordings from their classic period (1969-1975) over the ensuing years (At least 12 live albums released!). The Commander (real name George Frayne) tried to re-capture the spirit with a new incarnation, known just as The Commander Cody Band in the late seventies to early eighties, but it was never quite the same. After Cody, Bill Kirchen went on to various other bands, projects, and solo recordings (as well as several different short-lived Commander Cody reunions), and I'll talk more about Bill's subsequent career in a later post. Today I'm focusing on those early days with Commander Cody. Although it is hard to find many high quality unofficial recordings of the original band (almost everything decent has been released in some form or another) [Ed. note: this was made even more clear with the copyright claim and subsequent deletion of the show I had previously posted here - which was a show I did not know had been released in any form - hopefully this replacement show will survive], here is a complete show from a San Francisco radio broadcast in 1971, in very fine quality, and this gives a good idea of what they were all about, and a selection of their wild, vast repertoire, at least from fairly early in their run. Many of their best songs were still yet to come. So please, check out Commander Cody, Bill Kirchen, and the rest of the Airmen in this spirited show recording from 1971.
Psa And His Lost Planet Airmen * Commander Cody * Signed Electric Guitar Coa
Sorry. Download no longer available, due to deletion from server sites, apparently due to some copyright infringement claim. No replacement available. There was no intentional posting of copyrighted material, but it appears that many CC shows are copyrighted, even if a corresponding official release is not known to exist. For more classic Commander Cody, please buy their official releasesWilliam Knight Kirch (born June 29, 1948) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was a member of Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airm from 1967 to the mid-1970s and later worked with Nick Lowe. Guitar Player magazine described Kirch as Titan of The Telecaster for his prowess on the guitar.
He met a folksinger named David Siglin, long-time manager of local folk music vue The Ark, and joined the local folk sce. While learning to play banjo and guitar, his musical interest began to extd beyond folk music and included the blues and various string bands.
During his studt days at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Kirch started a psycho folk-rock band and later a country band that included George Frayne and John Tichy which formed the basis for the Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airm band.
Live: The Commander Cody Band @ The Parting Glass, 11/19/11
In 1969, Kirch took Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airm to California and they developed a reputation as musical outlaws that were praised by other outlaw musicians and bands like Willie Nelson, Waylon Jnings, The Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers Band.
Kirch's band played a collection of rock 'n' roll, hard-core country, boogie and rockabilly sounds produced in a high-octane mix that made them a happing group in the San Francisco Bay area.
Kirch began to develop as guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and performer. He became known for his vocal and guitar work on such songs as Mama Hated Diesels, Down to Seeds and Stems Again Blues from the band's albums, Hot Licks, Cold Steel & Truckers' Favorites and Lost in the Ozone.
Gig Review Celebration Of The Life Of Commander Cody
His live performance work was captured on the 1973 album Live From Deep in the Heart of Texas, recorded at the Armadillo World Headquarters in 1973.
Kirch's Commander Cody band broke apart in 1976 and he formed a swing orchestra called the Moonlighters and began a decades-long collaboration with British musician Nick Lowe. Lowe produced the Moonlighters' second album Rush Hour, and Kirch toured with Lowe and joined him in the studio from time to time. During this period Kirch also worked on albums with Elvis Costello, Ge Vinct, and Link Wray.
Around 1986, Kirch moved to the Washington, D.C. area and formed the band Too Much Fun with Dave Elliot on drums and John Previti on bass. In 1996, the band won t Washington Area Music Awards including Musician and Songwriter of the Year.
Album Preview: Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen, The Early Years 1967 1970
Kirch became a contemporary and associate of many D.C. guitarists such as the late Danny Gatton and Roy Buchanan, Link Wray, Tom Principato, Evan Johns, Billy Hancock, Linwood Taylor, Dave Chappell, Jimmy Thackery, the Nighthawks and others who, during this time, forged an elite fraternity of Washington D.C. area roots rock performers.
Kirch recorded the album Tombstone Every Mile on Demon Records, while in gland and th released the recording in the USA after he signed with Black Top Records in 1994.
He released the critically acclaimed and musically eclectic album, Have Love, Will Travel in 1996 and Raise a Ruckus on Hightone Records in 1999.
Country Rock Artist George Frayne, Aka Commander Cody, Dead At Age 77
Kirch followed up with more album releases on Hightone Records including Tied to the Wheel in 2001, Dieselbilly Road Trip in 2003, and King of Dieselbilly (2005).
In 2006, Bill kicked off his new deal with Proper Records by recording Hammer of the Honky-Tonk Gods at their London studio. The band on the album was Nick Lowe, Geraint Watkins and Robert Trehern and it was gineered by Paul Riley.
This was followed in 2010 by another album – Word to the Wise, once again recorded at Proper's studio in London by Paul Riley, with a band comprising Austin de Lone, Jonny Castle and Jack O'Dell. The record featured many guests including: Paul Carrack, Elvis Costello, Commander Cody, Blackie Farrell, Dan Hicks, Nick Lowe, Maria Muldaur and more.
Bill Kirchen & His Band 08/11/23 @ Leeds Irish Centre
2013 saw the third Proper Records album released – also recorded in London by Paul Riley. The band on Seeds And Stems was Jack O'Dell and Maurice Cridlin with guest appearances from Austin de Lone and Jorma Kaukon among others.
Allmusic's Jana Pdragon credits Kirch with being one of the musicians that pioneered the Americana movemt in the 1980s, and also with being a founding father of twangcore, along with Dave Alvin, Wilco and Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys.
Kirch's signature sound has be dubbed dieselbilly and incorporates elemts of country, blues, rockabilly, Western swing and boogie-woogie, laced with themes of American truck driving music.
George Frayne Dead At 77: As Commander Cody, Sang 'hot Rod Lincoln'
Kirch's work in the early 1970s with Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airm helped set the stage for the singers like Waylon Jnings and Willie Nelson and other outlaw country bands with his recordings of songs like Seeds And Stems.
For his musical prowess on the Fder Telecaster guitar. He played a 1959 model with a maple fretboard and sunburst finish that he calls the coal burner and acquired in 1967 wh he exchanged his Gibson SG with a stranger on a bus.
Washington Area Music Awards (Wammies): Best Country/Roots Rock Male Vocalist, 1991; Best Country Male Vocalist, 1993–96; Best Country Male Instrumtalist, 1994–96; Best Country Recording, Best Roots Rock/Traditional Recording, and Best Debut Recording for Tombstone Every Mile, 1994; Best Roots Rock/Traditional R&B Male Vocalist, 1994, 1996, 1997; Musician of the Year, 1994, 1996; Best Country Recording, Best Roots Rock/Traditional R&B Recording, and Best Record Design for Have Love, Will Travel, 1996; Songwriter of the Year, 1996; Best Roots Rock/Traditional R&B Instrumtalist, 1997; inducted into the
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