His current group, Commander Cody and His Modern Day Airmen, has come out with a new CD, Live from the Island, that reworks many of the old songs. Like all groups, the Airmen eventually disbanded and they all went their separate ways, but the Commander (keyboardist George Frayne, who supplied the fast-talking vocals to “Hot Rod Lincoln”) has continued in the music business. Band members also seemed to take themselves a bit less seriously than some of their contemporaries. While there were many country-influenced groups, the Airmen had a more idiosyncratic sound -accessing Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys and boogie-woogie piano (serving as a predecessor to groups like Asleep at the Wheel). During the period of rock creativity that was the early ‘70s, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen different than most bands.
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