STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - COMMANDER CODY AND HIS LOST PLANET AIRMEN - HOT LICKS , COLD STEEL & TRUCKERS FAVORITES

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Good Monday morning gang and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again . Today we joyfully celebrate the 77th Birthday of George Frayne IV, better known as Commander Cody of Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen. Happy Birthday Cody ! With him in mind, we spotlight their second studio record, Hot Licks, Cold Steel & Truckers Favorites. The LP was released May 1972 on the Paramount label and peaked at #94 on the Billboard 200. "Mama Hated Diesels" and "Watch My .38" were released as singles, but did not chart.

"Truck Stop Rock" (Billy Farlow, Bill Kirchen, Bruce Barlow, George Frayne, Andy Stein)

"Truck Drivin' Man" (Terry Fell)

"Rip It Up" (John Marascalco, Robert Blackwell)

"Cravin' Your Love" (Billy Farlow, Andy Stein)

"It Should've Been Me" (Memphis Curtis)

"Watch My .38" (Billy Farlow, Carl Spelbring)

Side B

"Semi-Truck" (Billy Farlow, Bill Kirchen)

"Kentucky Hills of Tennessee" (Billy Farlow, Michael James Richards)

"Looking at the World Through a Windshield" (Jerry Chesnut, Mike Hoyer)

"Diggy Liggy Lo" (J. D. "Jay" Miller)

"Mama Hated Diesels" (Kevin "Blackie" Farrell)

"Tutti Frutti" (Little Richard, Dorothy LaBostrie) – recorded live at Mandrake's, Berkeley, California

Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen :

George Frayne (Commander Cody) – piano, vocals, lead vocals on "It Should've Been Me"

Billy C. Farlow – harmonica, vocals, lead vocals on "Truck Stop Rock", "Truck Drivin' Man", "Rip It Up", "Cravin' Your Love", "Watch My .38", "Semi-Truck", "Tutti Frutti"

Bill Kirchen – lead guitar, vocals, lead vocals on "Looking at the World Through a Windshield", "Mama Hated Diesels"

John Tichy – rhythm guitar, vocals, lead vocals on "Kentucky Hills of Tennessee", "Diggy Liggy Lo"

Bobby "Blue" Black – pedal steel guitar

Andy Stein – fiddle, saxophone

"Buffalo" Bruce Barlow – bass, acoustic bass

Lance Dickerson – drums

Production

Recording, mixing: Dale Lear
Cover art: Chris Frayne
Photography: Paul Noel