Hot Licks, Cold Steel & Truckers' Favorites
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Hot Licks, Cold Steel & Truckers' Favorites is the 2nd album by the Country rock
band Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
. The album is an ode to truckers and songs about trucking, mixing classics of the genre like "Truck Drivin' Man" and "Looking at the World Through a Windshield" with the band's originals.
Country rock
Country rock is sub-genre of popular music, formed from the fusion of rock with country. The term is generally used to refer to the wave of rock musicians who began to record country-flavored records in the late 1960s and early 1970s, beginning with Bob Dylan and The Byrds; reaching its greatest...
band Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen is an American country rock band founded in 1967. Core members included founder George Frayne, John Tichy, Billy C. Farlow, Bill Kirchen, Andy Stein, Paul "Buffalo" Bruce Barlow, Lance Dickerson, and Bobby Black....
. The album is an ode to truckers and songs about trucking, mixing classics of the genre like "Truck Drivin' Man" and "Looking at the World Through a Windshield" with the band's originals.
Track listing
- "Truck Stop Rock" (Billy Farlow, Bill Kirchen, Barlow, George Frayne, Andy Stein)
- "Truck Drivin' ManTruck Drivin' Man"Truck Drivin' Man" is a popular country song written and recorded by Terry Fell in 1954. One of his band members, Buck Owens, sang harmony with him on the recording....
" (Terry Fell) - "Rip It Up" (John MarascalcoJohn MarascalcoJohn Marascalco is an American songwriter, who is most noted for his collaborations with Robert Blackwell...
, Robert BlackwellRobert BlackwellRobert "Bumps" Blackwell was an American songwriter, arranger, and record producer, best known for his work overseeing the early hits of Little Richard, as well as grooming Ray Charles, Quincy Jones, Lloyd Price, Sam Cooke, Herb Alpert, Larry Williams, and Sly and the Family Stone at the start of...
) - "Cravin' Your Love" (Billy Farlow, Andy Stein)
- "It Should've Been Me" (Memphis Curtis)
- "Watch My .38" (Billy Farlow, Carl Spelbring)
- "Semi-Truck" (Billy Farlow, Bill Kirchen)
- "Kentucky Hills of Tennessee" (Billy Farlow, Michael J Richards)
- "Looking at the World Through a Windshield" (Jerry Chestnut, Mike Hoyer)
- "Diggy Liggy LoDiggy Liggy Lo"Diggy Liggy Lo" is a single by American country music duo Rusty & Doug. Released in 1961, their version peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. Doug Kershaw, one half of the duo, released a solo version of the song in 1969 that peaked at number 70 on the Billboard Hot...
" (J. D. "Jay" Miller) - "Mama Hated Diesels" (Kevin "Blackie" Farrell)
- "Tutti FruttiTutti Frutti (song)"Tutti Frutti" is a 1955 song by Little Richard, which became his first hit record. With its opening cry of "A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-lop-bop-bop!" and its hard-driving sound and wild lyrics, it became not only a model for many future Little Richard songs, but also one of the...
" (Live) (Little RichardLittle RichardRichard Wayne Penniman , known by the stage name Little Richard, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, recording artist, and actor, considered key in the transition from rhythm and blues to rock and roll in the 1950s. He was also the first artist to put the funk in the rock and roll beat and...
, Dorothy LaBostrie)
Personnel
- George Frayne (Commander Cody) - piano, keyboards, vocals
- Billy C. Farlow - harmonica, vocals
- Bill KirchenBill KirchenBill Kirchen is an American rockabilly guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was the guitarist with the original Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen from 1967 to the mid 1970s, although, in reality, his time with the Commander accounts for only a portion of his career...
- guitar, vocals - John Tichy - guitar
- Lance Dickerson - drums, vocals
- Bruce Barlow - bass, vocals
- Andy SteinAndy SteinAndy Stein is a saxophone and violin player in the United States best known for his appearances with the country rock band Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen. He is also known for the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band on the radio show "A Prairie Home Companion" and the movie. He has played on a...
- violin, saxophone - Bobby Black - steel guitar, vocals
Production
- Producer: None listed
- Recording Engineer: Dale Lear
- Mixing: Dale Lear
- Cover Art: Chris Frayne
- Liner notes: None