Trojan guitarist John Tichy compares Commander Cody and The Lost Planet Airmen’s 1971 breakout to Elvis’ initial success in Memphis. “A deejay in California played “Hot Rod Lincoln” as an album cut ...

They were never as well known as the Grateful Dead or Jefferson Airplane, but from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen were among the most daring and ...

For your consideration, the life of the late George Frayne, an aspiring track star and artist turned rock and roller back during the tumult of the 1960s. You know him as Commander Cody, the pianist ...

George Frayne, better known as Commander Cody, has been making music with his band, The Lost Planet Airmen, for decades. Their work sits prominently on Rolling Stone's Top 100 albums of all time. But ...

NEW YORK (AP) — George Frayne, who as leader of Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen enjoyed a cult following in the 1970s with such party and concert favorites as “Hot Rod Lincoln” and “Smoke!