Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen

(Somebody on that Q thread also refers to Adams as Jerry Lee Monk!) Agree about the pub rock connection, in terms of originals, covers, grassroots appeal, creative and commercial aspirations---which reminds me: Elizabeth McQueen, who later joined Asleep At The Wheel, did a solo alb of intriguing pub covers: I didn't get into her renditions that much, but mang still need to check out for inst some Ducks Deluxe records---

Asleep At The Wheel, founded ca. 1970 "in a West Virginia chicken coop, " according to an early feature, were making their way to Austin,which was already something of a micro-hotbed for such sounds

Before arriving (and putting down Roots) in Austin, the Wheel worked out of Berkeley on the invitation of the Cody's! Asleep At The Wheel have been known to address "Hot Rod Lincoln" live, with Ray Benson stretching things out by delivering a humourous monologue about getting pulled over by the law before launching into the final verse.

Happy Birthday to Bill Kirchen, 74 years old today!

Reunion show??!??

Bill K is streaming live on FB right now.

Couple terrific Cody performances in this newly uploaded Midnight Special from '73:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o96gG_6uMbY

"Smoke x 3" @ 14:40 & "Jailhouse Rock" (Kirchen goes off on the solo) @ 33:25

Also: Kris Kristofferson! Rita Coolidge! King Harvest! ELO!

Cool, thanks!

Forgot I started this thread.

Also wanna say I glanced at the TV last night to guess what Mrs. Redd was watching, heard some faint music and saw some familiar-looking lyrics captioned on the screen I couldn’t quite place which ended x being from yet another cover version of “Willin’.”

And now I just realized that the version of “Willin’” I usually have in my head is not Little Feat but Commander Cody.