Performance · Production
Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen
Ann Arbor, United States
Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen is credited on 10 releases across 5 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1971–2003 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
10
Pressings credited
5
Albums
4
Decades active
12
In collections
Biography
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen were an American country rock band founded in 1967. The group's leader and co-founder was pianist and vocalist George Frayne IV, alias Commander Cody (born July 19, 1944, in Boise, Idaho; died September 26, 2021, in Saratoga Springs, New York). The band became known for marathon live shows. Alongside Frayne, the classic lineup was Billy C. Farlow (b. Decatur, Alabama) on vocals and harmonica; John Tichy (b. St. Louis, Missouri) on guitar and vocals; Bill Kirchen (Kirchen was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, June 29, 1948, but grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan) on lead guitar; Andy Stein (b. August 31, 1948, in New York City) on saxophone and fiddle; "Buffalo" Bruce Barlow (b. December 3, 1948, in Oxnard, California) on bass guitar; Lance Dickerson (b. October 15, 1948, in Livonia, Michigan, died November 10, 2003, in Fairfax, California) on drums; and Steve "The West Virginia Creeper" Davis (b. July 18, 1946, in Charleston, West Virginia), followed by Bobby Black, on pedal steel guitar.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
10 releases · 5 albums · active 1971–2003
- Performance · 9
- Production · 1
Studios: Pacific High Recording · Long Branch Saloon · New Monk
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Link Wray
- Commander Cody
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