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So this morning on the way into the city this idiot in a Hot Rod Lincoln is weaving in and out of 4 lanes of traffic. This shid box was all jacked up in the back with big fat tires. Just like we did when I was a kid in the 70s. The driver was practically sitting in the back seat like all young punks do today. He was also doing the Detroit lean as young punks do. It was loud, probably just some stupid thrush mufflers. This guy thought he was real special.
Anyway what came to mind was the great old song "Hot Rod Lincoln" by Commandor Cody and his lost planet airmen. I chose this version written by a Japanese cartoon writer.
Wondering how us old timers liked this song as well as how younger people who never really had any great music to call their own think of it. My curiosity is due to this song really is just talking with perfect rhyming but with good music by real instruments. Oh......and no cursing.
Axe slingin' Bill Kirchen's work on the Commander Cody version was one of the first times I can actually remember taking note of a guitar player and what a guitar was supposed to sound like (to me anyway). I can remember thinking how cool that was. It gave me an interest in learning to play. I couldn't have been 10 years old at the time. Took up the drums about 4 years later, and play to this day. There are several moments/songs in my life that were very influential to me as player, this song was one of them. The story-line and lyrics of the song through the eyes of a 10 year boy were pretty cool too.
Can this be considered to be part of both rock and country genres? In thinking about the song, I don't really notice any drums, more of a beat like some old Johnny Cash songs, where they'd thump the guitar for the song.
Love Bill Kirchen's voice.
When I think of Commander Cody and his band,I always think "country boogie."
He did a whole lot of nice covers of old-school songs (similar to Asleep At the Wheel): Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar, and Smoke That Cigarette.
But their original compositions are modern classics.
One of my favorite CC songs has a distinct country feel:
Bill Kirchen sang The Saddest Song in the World: the original "Seeds and Stems (Again)."
The Commander handles vocals here.
Not sure why but when I hear Commander Cody and Hot Rod Lincoln, I automatically think of this song. Must be the time period, I guess. Ain't it funny how a song can take you back to a certain time in your life?
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