Hot Rod Lincoln Ned Gray on drums with Commander Cody and his lost Planet Airmen

Ned Gray on drums

[@captainkangaroo4301]

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]

Condolences for your loss

[@tdw7886]

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]

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]

Junior Brown does a great version

[@tomcampbell6384]

OMG!! Love it!!! Just goes to show that there is always more to any story!!! Well done.....

[@Wooley689]

Thanks for the back story.

[@grandadneal8114]

this was on a k tel record I had

[@Seattle41791]

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]

Exxcellent job with this classic from my youth.

[@davisharris4957]

What a F'ing classic..…drank alot of beer back on them days....

[@danielcorreard3746]

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.

[@KennethShawSF]

Right on! Thanks...Saw them in ...1974, blew me away. With Marshall Tucker Band and BOC....great show!

[@darrellsaunders4267]

1980 for me!

[@JL-fx2cd]

Saw the same tour... great show...

[@allanstenson9703]

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]

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]

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]

also smoke smoke that cigarette

[@texaswader]

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]

Love The Lost Planet Airmen - gigged and partied with them - Lincoln Motor had 12 Cylinders.

[@johns6362]

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]

One of the all time greats

[@ellencoulter9279]

Love this song.

[@michaelbuzan7939]

My brother loved this song

[@rgs4x]

I saw them 1974 Day on the Green @ The Oakland Coliseum. Almost 50 years ago.

[@phrotojoe]

RIP,I didn't know you lived right near me and shared the same Birthday....

[@johnheer3059]

Ned - glad you got your cameo shot at the end! You were laying down a serious backbeat!

[@sheddski2942]

saw them outdoor weekend concert in 1978 great bands all day like a mini woodstock

[@maryvaughn7886]

Remember them well.

[@mudhens4ever]

Thanks for posting this terrific song!

[@johnnyhenderson3449]

Not many will remember this ''

[@tikitorturedmf]

Killed it!

[@doniellestenson3502]

The guitarist was serious AF

[@seeharvester]

With a modified mullet.

[@JamesAllmond]

in Macon, Ga, miss these guys!

[@scottodonahoe9505]

AH , The 70,s !

[@robertcleveland2038]

Saw same show SF

[@brianellinger6622]

Suspected of a jacket turns out you give a code word to my actual name

[@tdw7886]

I remember buying the 45 when it came out, so I could keep hearing that riff!

[@paulrubery1042]

Good stuff 👍🇬🇧

[@Jakeking-hx7jp]

🇺🇸

[@johnabalos1455]

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]

man, how does he get those lyrics in. I'd have blown a tongue halfway through! Great drums and guitar too!

[@seeharvester]

Cocaine man.

[@randyreynolds3245]

My favorite car song and favorite car!!

[@dlighted8861]

They still got in in over-drive too. 🤗

[@michaelstjohn4600]

Played with them in Las Vegas

[@danielcraft3727]

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]

WoW,!! Gary Buseys really jammin good here..

[@bravo3279]

Hehehe

[@Ojb_1959]

If you haven’t heard the Les Claypool cover version of this, it’s darn good too🤙

[@meTimetraveler]

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

[@robertallen6710]

World's first rap song....

[@bravo3279]

Used to think that too

[@wexfradio1346]

...same Hot Rod Lincoln...different one-hit wonder on WEXF radio...

[@ericsmith8708]

What a beautiful voice I love this song. How are you WEXF ?

[@jonwilliams4507]

Wait… where’s Bill Kirchin? THE best medley version ever.

[@puttentanesame6687]

SAN PEDRO...SAN PEDRO...SAN PEDRO...not LA...(my Pappy was driving the Caddy, by the way....)

[@marc2397]

Y’all crazy now

[@swedesspeedshop2518]

Tell me it's the 90s without telling me it's the 90s

[@tonysilva571]

Stanley Jordan live

[@georgepugh9863]

How many of know about 4.11 gears?

[@missouribattleflag328]

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@ytmc3946]

That's not a Tele

[@shanemichaels8289]

Sacrilegious to play that on a strat.

[@buzzedalldrink9131]

wrong guitar player wrong guitar