My good friend George passed away recently and I dearly miss him. We got together every year or so for 45 years. A tremendous person.
@harley0546 Жыл бұрын
Condolences for your loss
@tdw7886 Жыл бұрын
Occasionally stopped in at the deuce, in MV, had a beer with him, and some nights he'd play there...always fun, sometimes it got wild.
@RockReynolds Жыл бұрын
I've always loved this song! A little Rock History: "Hot Rod Lincoln" is an ANSWER song. --- In the early 50's, there was a song "Hot Rod Race", about a Ford and Mercury havin' a race. The first line of "Hot Rod Lincoln": "Have you heard the story of the 'Hot Rod Race'..." --- In the last verse of "Hot Rod Race", a "Model A" flies by the Ford and Mercury, ending THEIR race, thus, "Hot Rod Lincoln" is about that Model A. --- Red Foley did a good job on 1951's "Hot Rod Race", that you can find on KZbin. --- "Hot Rod Lincoln" was written in 1959 by Charlie Ryan, but another great version of "Hot Rod Lincoln", almost as good as Commander Cody's (R.I.P.), was done by Johnny Bond, with Joe Maphis on guitar, in 1961.
@Bluesman069 Жыл бұрын
Junior Brown does a great version
@tomcampbell6384 Жыл бұрын
OMG!! Love it!!! Just goes to show that there is always more to any story!!! Well done.....
@Wooley689 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the back story.
@grandadneal8114 Жыл бұрын
this was on a k tel record I had
@Seattle41791 Жыл бұрын
I met Charlie Ryan in 1985 and spent time talking with him in 1989 at the NHRA Northwest Streetrod Nationals in Spokane. The hotrod Lincoln was there and he gave a couple of us rides in it around the fairgrounds. He was a really neat guy. I will always remember that weekend. A family friend donated a seat and some other misc parts when Charlie restored it the previous winter.
@michaeltaylor520 Жыл бұрын
Exxcellent job with this classic from my youth.
@davisharris4957 Жыл бұрын
What a F'ing classic..…drank alot of beer back on them days....
@danielcorreard3746 Жыл бұрын
I have to admit I've loved this song since I was little but this is the best version of this song i've ever heard and I've heard a lot of them even better then the original.
@KennethShawSF13 жыл бұрын
Right on! Thanks...Saw them in ...1974, blew me away. With Marshall Tucker Band and BOC....great show!
@darrellsaunders42672 жыл бұрын
1980 for me!
@JL-fx2cd2 жыл бұрын
Saw the same tour... great show...
@allanstenson9703 Жыл бұрын
I saw them in 73 or 74 with Marshal Tucker Band and New Riders of the purple Sage in Lakeland Florida. My first concert.
@hipgnotist777 Жыл бұрын
I don't know why yt sent me this, 12 years later but I'm happy to see it! People talk about Willie and Snoop, but when George played my friend's club one day during the late 90s he smoked me under the table so hard I had to take a cab. Not even Tommy Chong did that!
@glenramo8597 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this COMMANDER CODY SIGNATURE song .When George ,Bill,Andy,and crew wrecked havoc in NYC it was always a good time had by all I enjoyed being round a GREAT BAND in the crowd up front and back stage too .THANK YOU GEORGE I LOVE TO STILL PLAY YOUR VINAL LPS
@meTimetraveler Жыл бұрын
also smoke smoke that cigarette
@texaswader Жыл бұрын
Commander Cody! Used to listen and watch them at The Armadillo in Austin in the 70's. Drank more than a few beers with them too lol
@justinoaks Жыл бұрын
Love The Lost Planet Airmen - gigged and partied with them - Lincoln Motor had 12 Cylinders.
@johns6362 Жыл бұрын
Saw them at a bar in Syracuse around 1974, ended up drinking at the bar with the Commander and Lance Dickerson, his drummer. In 1977 I toured with Phoebe Snow and David Bromberg and Lance was Brombergs drummer.
@stevejewell5989 Жыл бұрын
One of the all time greats
@ellencoulter9279 Жыл бұрын
Love this song.
@michaelbuzan7939 Жыл бұрын
My brother loved this song
@rgs4x Жыл бұрын
I saw them 1974 Day on the Green @ The Oakland Coliseum. Almost 50 years ago.
@phrotojoe Жыл бұрын
RIP,I didn't know you lived right near me and shared the same Birthday....
@johnheer30599 жыл бұрын
Ned - glad you got your cameo shot at the end! You were laying down a serious backbeat!
@sheddski2942 Жыл бұрын
saw them outdoor weekend concert in 1978 great bands all day like a mini woodstock
@maryvaughn7886 Жыл бұрын
Remember them well.
@mudhens4ever11 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this terrific song!
@johnnyhenderson3449 Жыл бұрын
Not many will remember this ''
@tikitorturedmf2 жыл бұрын
Killed it!
@doniellestenson3502 Жыл бұрын
The guitarist was serious AF
@seeharvester Жыл бұрын
With a modified mullet.
@JamesAllmond Жыл бұрын
in Macon, Ga, miss these guys!
@scottodonahoe9505 Жыл бұрын
AH , The 70,s !
@robertcleveland2038 Жыл бұрын
Saw same show SF
@brianellinger6622 Жыл бұрын
Suspected of a jacket turns out you give a code word to my actual name
@tdw7886 Жыл бұрын
I remember buying the 45 when it came out, so I could keep hearing that riff!
@paulrubery1042 Жыл бұрын
Good stuff 👍🇬🇧
@Jakeking-hx7jp11 ай бұрын
🇺🇸
@johnabalos1455 Жыл бұрын
I remember when I was a kid in the fifties an there actually was a guy that would pass by my house in a Lincoln all hot rod up!!
@josephthomas2226 Жыл бұрын
man, how does he get those lyrics in. I'd have blown a tongue halfway through! Great drums and guitar too!
@seeharvester Жыл бұрын
Cocaine man.
@randyreynolds3245 Жыл бұрын
My favorite car song and favorite car!!
@dlighted8861 Жыл бұрын
They still got in in over-drive too. 🤗
@michaelstjohn4600 Жыл бұрын
Played with them in Las Vegas
@danielcraft3727 Жыл бұрын
My father's first car was a hot rod model A. After outrunning the cops at 100 miles an hour, that included being shot at, by cutting through the orange and lemon groves ( concrete and asphalt now ), the only trouble he got in was stern lecture, G D it Dale don't you ever do that again. Back in the day when they would allow young punks to make a mistake or two. Prison and thousands of dollars of fines to feed the appetite of the lovers of money power and authority is where he would have ended up today. Never met a human being that never committed a crime. Especially cops and judges and politicians.
@bbjazzmanjazzman7721 Жыл бұрын
WoW,!! Gary Buseys really jammin good here..
@bravo3279 Жыл бұрын
Hehehe
@Ojb_1959 Жыл бұрын
If you haven’t heard the Les Claypool cover version of this, it’s darn good too🤙
@meTimetraveler Жыл бұрын
i saw Commander Cody twice in concert. George Frayne was playing the piano with his feet on a grand piano. then he did a flip off of the piano. Should have had Bill Kirchen playing guitar
@robertallen67102 жыл бұрын
World's first rap song....
@bravo3279 Жыл бұрын
Used to think that too
@wexfradio134610 жыл бұрын
...same Hot Rod Lincoln...different one-hit wonder on WEXF radio...
@ericsmith8708 Жыл бұрын
What a beautiful voice I love this song. How are you WEXF ?
@jonwilliams4507 Жыл бұрын
Wait… where’s Bill Kirchin? THE best medley version ever.
@puttentanesame6687 Жыл бұрын
SAN PEDRO...SAN PEDRO...SAN PEDRO...not LA...(my Pappy was driving the Caddy, by the way....)
@marc23972 жыл бұрын
Y’all crazy now
@swedesspeedshop2518 Жыл бұрын
Tell me it's the 90s without telling me it's the 90s