[.ca] Lost In The Ozone

The Greatest Country Rock Album Ever !:
This is it ! Recently I bought five copies to give to friends. While Hot Rod Lincoln is the only top-40 cut on the album, it has GREAT Country rockers like Wine, Wine, Wine; Down to Seeds and Stems; Lost in the Ozone; and Family Bible. BUY IT !

The Acapulco Gold standard of hippie country and swing:
It's difficult to remember how we took this music when it was originally issued in the early 70s. Many of us were busy listening to the last remnants of 60s guitar rock morphing itself into the overblown stadium prattle that would hang on for several more years. So how did we end up listening to stone country, boogie-woogie and jump blues? It can all be pinned on Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen. The wedding of hippie sentiment ("Seeds and Stems") with country, rock and boogie-woogie classics ("Hot Rod Lincoln" "20 Flight Rock" "Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar"), backed by the stellar playing of everyone concerned, and topped off with Cody's incredible showmanship (both live and on LP) was a package destined to gather up a lot of new ears. This is the band's debut LP, and though they'd record many more excellent releases, I'm not so sure they ever topped this one as a statement of just who they were. A stone classic, so to speak.

Outstanding Unique Music From The 70's:
stephen arnade palm bay-florida This is an outstanding first album from a new band. The hit song "Hot Rod Lincoln" is on this album. Commander Cody and The Lost Planet Airmen throw away the normal formula for music that so many bands did back in the 1970's. The music created a new type of sound called "Truck Stop Rock", with their emphasis on the truck driving culture. The music is combination of; Texas Swing, Boogie-Woogie, Country Rock and Rock-And-Roll. While so many bands/musicians created over-produced formula music, Commander Cody created a honest new sound. The Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen maybe the most original rock-and-roll music from the 1970's. The first album show their unique style and the albums that followed kept the formula going. The Commander Cody has this great "deadpan" style voice and great boogie-woogie piano playing he is a gem. With Billy C. Farlow singing lead on songs also, it just makes for a unique band. Bill Kirchen, was in the band and went on to become a star in his own right. Bill Kirchen did his own career after Commander Cody band broke up, and was a big hit in his own career. Producing "rockabilly" to "Country-Rock" to "dieselbilly/high-octane country", to playing "smokin' Telecaster" music. This band was full of incredible talent ! .

LOST IN THE OZONE:
I wore out the album!Sure was glad to see it available on cd. These guys were a bunch of hippies playing country music in the early 70's,NOT GOOD!!!However,if you had never seen the group, you would not know this by their sound.I can only imagine all the redneck bookings these guys got,as well as new hair styles without appointments.I wonder if they ever played at "BOB'S COUNTRY BUNKER"...

I second: "Where is Country Casenova?":
I have always been a fan of CC and his LPA. I also regret the unavailability of the Country Casenova recording, my favorite. I had a chance to buy a copy about 6 or 7 years ago in Albuquerque (!), but unfortunately did not. I am also dissappointed that the first two Asleep at the Wheel albums, "Asleep at the Wheel" and "Texas Gold" are not available either; golly, talk about about toe-tappin' swing! Asleep at the Wheel, together with Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, are two of my alltime favorite bands.

• Back to Tennessee
• Wine Do Yer Stuff
• Seeds and Stems Again Blues
• Daddy's Gonna Treat You Right
• Family Bible - Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
• My Home in My Hand
• Lost in the Ozone
• Midnight Shift
• Hot Rod Lincoln
• What's the Matter Now?
• 20 Flight Rock
• Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar