Posted on 09/27/2021 11:52:07 AM PDT by Viking2002
George Frayne, best known under his alias as Commander Cody and leader of the group Commander Cody and His Planet Lost Airmen, died yesterday at age 77 following a battle with cancer.
"Early this morning, as I lay my head upon his shoulder, George’s soul took to flight," his wife confirmed in a Facebook post, noting that a pair of memorial events will be planned for both the East and West coasts. "I am heartbroken and weary, and I know your hearts break, too. Thank you so much for all the love you gave and the stories you shared."
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Saw them at the Hollywood Palladium in 1972. Mostly played 50s style rock and roll and really brought the house down.
"Early this morning, as I lay my head upon his shoulder, George’s soul took to flight. I am heartbroken and weary, and I know your hearts break, too. Thank you so much for all the love you gave and the stories you shared."
It’s funny how the brain works...I didn’t even see that ridiculous typo! My mind read it correctly.
I used to chat with him between sets at the Palomino in North Hollywood in the early 80's. He played there all the time. Very nice guy.
RIP, Commander. Never got to see him live, but I’ve enjoyed the music since the 70s.
An interesting side note: John Tichy, a founding member of the band, later became head of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
commander cody - looking at the world thru a windshield https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3ZhD6Ei1bM
And singer Billy C. Farlow.
I listen to Commander Cody and His Planet Lost Airmen on Pandora all the time./
Not you usual hum drum band and nothing like today’s carp.
Story of my life.
This was “my” era - had their albums - saw them couple/three times. It was bands like these which provided us suburban kids from the north a window into what country music is/was.
Later on we could dive deeper into the authentic roots but at the time you needed a bit of an entree into the genre. The Stones were providing that as well as people like Linda Rondstadt but Commander Cody was a bit closer to the source or the roots than those other two.
Seize the carp!
When I was in college, they did a show in the Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho along with Pure Prairie League and the New Riders of the Purple Sage.
Interesting, RPI is only a few miles from me, great engineering school.
...if that’s your idea of a good time.
H/T to Groucho and S. J. Perelman
First thing I noticed. Wait for you to mention it though…🤪🤪
Great side. Cleared my head.
Thanks for the memories Commander. RIP.
I didn’t catch it initially either.
“You might not realize it, but your brain is a code-cracking machine.
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Passages like these have been bouncing around the Internet for years. But how do we read them? And what do our incredibly low standards for what’s legible say about the way our brains work?” https://www.livescience.com/18392-reading-jumbled-words.html
Lead guitar, Bill Kirchen, plays an extended version of Hot Rod Lincoln where he riffs his telecaster in the styles of a dozen artists. https://youtu.be/gsLdufJePz0
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