Commander Cody is alive, well and live.<\/p>\n
George Frayne IV formed and became Commander Cody during 1967. Both with his Lost Planet Airmen and as a solo artist, he has been playing and recording music for the last half-century. His latest release is Live From The Sunbanks Festival Electric City, Washington 2018.<\/em><\/p>\n The original incarnation of his Lost Planet Airmen was a band that crossed styles and musical boundaries. They traveled from country to rock to blues to Western swing to rockabilly. It all coalesced into one of the ultimate party bands, which produced such hits and well-known tunes as \u201cHot Rod Lincoln,\u201d \u201cSmoke Smoke Smoke (That Cigarette),\u201d \u201cBeat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar.\u201d<\/p>\n His latest backing band, now called his Western Airmen, is a basic, stripped-down affair. Bassist\/vocalist Tim Eshliman, electric and pedal steel guitarist Sean Allen, and longtime drummer Steve Barbuto form the smallest backing band of his career.<\/p>\n Their new album was recorded live and, as such, it presents the band with all its positives and flaws. As a four-man band, they narrow their approach to rock and some up-tempo blues.<\/p>\n Commander Cody draws on his past for an 11-song set includes fun songs and more serious material. They ramp up the voltage with \u201cOh Momma Momma,\u201d \u201cTruck Drivin\u2019 Man,\u201d \u201cBoogie Woogie Country Band,\u201d and \u201cThey Kicked Me Out Of The Band.\u201d<\/p>\n With only four musicians, they try hard to blend together and create layers to their sound. \u201cOne Of Those Nights,\u201d \u201cHouse Of Blue Lights,\u201d and \u201cWhat\u2019s The Matter Now\u201d are good vehicles for the individual members to stretch a bit and improvise.<\/p>\n Live From The Sunbanks Festival Electric City, Washington 2018 <\/em>is an album that proves Commander Cody is not only musically relevant but also still having some fun along the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":33890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[10421],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-45717","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-commander-cody-and-his-western-airmen","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45717"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=45717"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=45717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}