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Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen - Lost in the Ozone Audio CD

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Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen Band: Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
Title: Lost in the Ozone
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Release Date: 1990-10-25
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Back to Tennessee 2: Wine Do Yer Stuff 3: Seeds and Stems Again Blues 4: Daddy's Gonna Treat You Right 5: Family Bible - Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen 6: My Home in My Hand 7: Lost in the Ozone 8: Midnight Shift 9: Hot Rod Lincoln 10: What's the Matter Now? 11: 20 Flight Rock 12: Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar

Ozone lost and found
Yes, dear friends, apparently Rockabilly/C/W swing was in the back pocket of a few odd balls in the upper Mid-West. As much as the Bay Area wants to claim Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen as their own, it has to be acknowledged, it should be told truth that CCLPA started in/around Detroit, MI. There was no opportunity for fun/advancement/bucks for the group. They left the Yooper to the stooper. . Berkeley, CA! In Nor. CA, they found a history of C/W swing. Bob Wills once lived there, + all those damn hippies just loved the quirky grin and violins of the jazzy beat. Grateful Dead said Yeah!
CCLPA became forefront in the revival of C/W swing. The Bay Area embraced Asleep at the Wheel, another retro C/W swing band. Oh My! hits kept a'comin' on local radio and shows sold out.

CCLPA had a top 10 hurray rework of a novelity hit, "Hot Rod Lincoln". and some giggle hint hint FM hits w/ "Seeds and Stems" " Lost in the Ozone".
Live concerts were the grease that squeaked the wheel. But by the mid '80s sales dropped and the boys went to which ever post office box that residual checks go.

A damn fine fun LP is legacy.

All were honest, as is this fine CD. .


HOT ROD LINCOLN
NOBODY WAS PLAYING THIS KIND OF MUSIC ANYMORE, AND YET, THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL WHEN THEY HIT THE AIRWAVES. COMMANDER CODY AND THE LOST PLANET AIRMEN WERE AN ANACHRONISM EVEN WHEN THIS ALBUM CAME OUT IN THE EARLY 70'S. A NICE BLEND OF ROCKABILLY, COUNTRY, BOOGIE-WOOGIE, AND JUMP BLUES, MY FAVORITE SONG IS STILL HOT ROD LINCOLN, ONE OF THE COOLEST SONGS EVER.


One of the original crossover rockabilly/country albums
I'm so glad I did!! I've had the album (recently updated to a CD) for 35 years and still tap my toes to it and sing along. I remember looking through the bins in my favorite record store in Tucson AZ in the early 70's when this one caught my eye - Cool band name, great title and comic cover art - it had it all! I bought it without knowing anything about the band based solely on the cover. My favs: Back to Tennesee, Wine Do Yer Stuff, Seeds and Stems. Sure do miss "Hot Licks, Cold Steel & Other Truckers' Favorites" - Please bring that back!!.


Ozona Florida
(With my sneaky little girlfriend in a Monkeyfur coat)
After the set, I saw Billy C hiking toward the concession stand. I had to go to a wedding rehearsal one Friday night in 10BC but opted to go see CC&TLPA opeining for BYRDS at the Armory.
"Nice set man!" I said
"Uh Huh" was all he said back.
Lost in the Ozone was a sleeper then, known to many Florida musicians but not the run-of-the-mill Country crowd.
My, how time has grown and flown. These guys are an INSTITUTION like The Outlaws, Asleep at the Wheel, Greazy Wheels or Moby Grape. . . . And "Ozone" put them out there in fine fashion with a good mix of old and new material. Eventually older folks were humming along to Family Bible as if it was always done that way.
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Plenty of richness in this atmosphere
The truck stop music is unmistakably American and quite catchy (unless you find all things American to be gauche), the songs occaionally in turns counter-cultural (e. A hippie era relative introduced Commander Cody to me some years ago, and I've been hooked ever since. g. , about dope smoking) or traditional (e. g. , about the family Bible). Though I have most of the Commander's discs, this one is my favorite.

I'd love to see the Commander live, not only to hear them play but to soak in the ambience of the venue and crowd.


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