NOW IN HD! Bill pays tribute to all the old school players while getting sound effects aplenty from his Fender in this live version of his hit single from 1972.
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@mex.tzgi05 ай бұрын
THAT MY GRAND DAD!!!!!! ILY G-PA
@mex.tzgi05 ай бұрын
Shoot i didnt think anyone would like my comment-
@creatrixanima4 ай бұрын
Your grand dad rocked the house in Montclair, NJ last night!
@johnmoyer5515Ай бұрын
Pretty cool g pop
@alexnetick18343 жыл бұрын
I can't believe anybody could not like this.
@clarkburr3 жыл бұрын
My thoughts exactly
@emkkahn2 жыл бұрын
This 10 minutes is way better than most stadium concerts I've gone to....
@robbiegadeguitar9 жыл бұрын
This guy is a friiggin' human music library. What a talent.
@Davedidntdoit5 жыл бұрын
Damn right. I have 5 or 6 autographed CD's by Bill.
@JohnDoe-pm3oq4 жыл бұрын
@@Davedidntdoit : my apologies to Bill K and you. Accidentally clicked the wrong thumb.
@kermitthefrog35893 жыл бұрын
@@JohnDoe-pm3oq what
@marcoabreo65063 жыл бұрын
Save some cheek for everyone Robbie
@joemcdonald98813 жыл бұрын
He played this at my wedding. Great guy.
@user-fp4ul7ut8m Жыл бұрын
Bill Kirchen was my guitar teacher! I’m working on an opera!
@mex.tzgi05 ай бұрын
NICEE
@roykressin82297 жыл бұрын
just a snare and sticks for the drum kit and it's perfect
@joshuagallman75492 жыл бұрын
i was hoping bill would of tooken that guitar and knocked that smile off the stand up bass player, I mean, he has sideburns,
@tonepoet8 жыл бұрын
Bills giving a vital music history lesson. For free. Can't beat that.
@Davedidntdoit5 жыл бұрын
He' one of the best. Of his contemporaries from the late 60's early 70's only Clarence White was better.
@shannonmcsurely69563 жыл бұрын
This seems to be his wonderful norm
@jrscottweaver81613 жыл бұрын
Bill Kirchen the original guitarist for Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen and their 1972 hit "Hot Rod Lincoln" from the "Lost In The Ozone" album.
@roddymoore16 сағат бұрын
Not only a master of the telecaster but a great entertainer and from what I here, a good person too.
@christinagrimmiewasanactiv18472 жыл бұрын
This guy is the rolodex of guitar songs.
@harrykaplan Жыл бұрын
IWT. I worked in that plaza and Bill playing that bandshell was the highlight of my year. What a great performer and more importantly, a great human!
@coaltrain44234 жыл бұрын
Bill Kirchen is a legend for sure.
@CamboMaka10 жыл бұрын
Met this man in Jersey about 15 years ago. Nicest guy. Waited on his table at Jimmy's in Asbury, and he was kind enough to comp me a ticket to that night's show. Band SHREDDED. Thanks Bill :)
@Davedidntdoit5 жыл бұрын
What a guy!!
@jacobbuxton9325 жыл бұрын
That’s awesome. Great place too
@e.w.johnsiii73344 жыл бұрын
He was so cool when I've seen him at a couple of places in Johnson City TN. He's coming in January, jamming with Redd Volkaert. Tele-Attack!
@user-fj1zp5cg6c10 ай бұрын
I would never tell anyone that I was North of the Mason-Dixon. Actually I would not ever go North of the Mason-D🎉ixon. I have not ever lost anything up there. But I wish everyone that has brought their rumps South would carry their rumps back up there.
@FenderJazzStudent9 жыл бұрын
The man is an all-around musical magician!!
@LutherAmosHouse Жыл бұрын
I’ve watched this 50 times at least, Kirchen is a guitar genius!!! 40 years on this planet and barely hear about musicians like this. Chances are he’s your favorite guitar player’s favorite guitar player
@scottbostic6247 Жыл бұрын
Love it. Could not have said it better
@SafetyMentalst11 ай бұрын
"Hot Rod Lincoln" Cars go faster than a mind can think Follow to close you'll hit a brake light So always signal your blinkers do blink Night driving requires lights on bright And rethink having to much to Drink
@starjunkie28044 жыл бұрын
That is a BAAAD BAAAD man right there. Dangerous. I've never seen anybody play it like that before.
@greggtrubee95656 күн бұрын
Too Much Fun.... Lived in Dc for 11 years. Seen his band several times. Plays around the area.
@cbroz74922 жыл бұрын
WOW!!! This dude is a year older than me...I'm 72...
@cster92613 жыл бұрын
I saw him when I was a kid he signed my cd the talent still amazing to me every time listen to it
@marcelneuts10 жыл бұрын
Lijkt allemaal zo makkelijk.... tof!
@kdeltatube5 жыл бұрын
Holy cow, I like this guy, a cornucopia of talent and songs. All from a little Telecaster
@michaelsorrentino74093 жыл бұрын
HOW CAN YOU NOT "LOVE BILL'S MUSIC" ????
@Instramark2 жыл бұрын
Easy. Total cringe crap.
@triviaone1Ай бұрын
Thanks to "Too Much Too Soon" radio for introducing me to this marvel
@nellayema24552 жыл бұрын
He's a bloody legend! Tearing it up!
@maxmason605312 жыл бұрын
Could watch Bill for hours...........amazing talent and a riot to listen to.
@rdouglass9 жыл бұрын
Now that's the whole package. Amazing guitarist and outstanding performer. One more word-"wow".
@cartwright420able3 жыл бұрын
And there my friends is the history of the guitar. Thanks Bill!
@cbroz74922 жыл бұрын
This guy is perhaps the greatest GI-tar player you never heard of...
@michaelsorrentino74093 жыл бұрын
BILL COULD HAVE PLAYED WITH ANY BAND IN THE WORLD!! BUT KEPT IT SIMPLE !! AND HUMBLE !!
@ChrisB-xm3mg3 жыл бұрын
And he already knows all their music...
@tomlis1232 жыл бұрын
@@ChrisB-xm3mg Always catch him when he comes to Chicago
@MrRiverfeverwa8 жыл бұрын
Just saw Bill in Austin. He was AWESOME!
@Geeman00211 жыл бұрын
Love the way Bill handles a telecaster. I wish I could get up to 1/4 of his speed.
@Davedidntdoit5 жыл бұрын
Me too!!
@ronweinstock15572 жыл бұрын
I was at this show. Bill lived in the DMV for years and made regular stops after he moved to Austin.
@mikemagnum79877 жыл бұрын
43 people disliked this video and put on display the fact that there are 43 people in this world that are without souls......With that being said, Commander Cody is the King of Rockabilly and one of the great Guitar Players of our time. Thank you for posting this video! Bill has been going strong for 50 years and brings it ALL when he comes to your stage! Guitar pickers who look down at the Telecaster haven't learned how to play a guitar!
@realmcqoy53415 жыл бұрын
I am envious truly when I saw the talent magnitude level of this guy; I only saw this one video so far. I own a Tele myself, but I play rock.
@Logan-wv8qf5 жыл бұрын
Mike Magnum- Proof That 43 Zombies already exist!!
@Davedidntdoit5 жыл бұрын
They must not like or appreciate good music. Bill is the rock icon, rock & roll legend, King of Dieselbilly, Country music legend, Honk Tonk Hero, Austin, TX music guru, Honorary Texan, Texas Music Giant & links the young hippies to their music roots & old hippies to the uoung.
@starjunkie28044 жыл бұрын
Those 43 are all millenials. They wouldn't know great music if they stumbled onto a site like this. They'd rather see Justin Bieber strumming 3 open chords (D,C,A) for 2 hours and waiting on his next album. They should save their money cuz it all sounds the same! I swear, I can't tell any of them apart blindfolded!
@media1groupDC4 жыл бұрын
Haters ALWAYS HATE because they have nothing else!
@jpol38089 ай бұрын
Gotta love that guy because he just plain loves what he does and he puts on a great show indeed! ,,👍
@tyger74066 жыл бұрын
That HAS to be the most amazing display of guitar playing I have ever seen!
@Davedidntdoit5 жыл бұрын
Seen him several times in Texas. It's always lights out! That's not just a Fender, it's the Hammer of the Honky TONK Gods!!
@yojanelsoto120112 жыл бұрын
this GUY is awsome
@acousticshadow40323 жыл бұрын
Saw BK do this number in a New London CT club about 20 years ago, and he tore up the joint. Great stuff!
@TheOpinionatedGuitarist11 жыл бұрын
As long as I live I will never cease to be amazed or fail to be intrigued by the continuous number of amazing, yet almost unknown AWESOME guitar players there are all around the world! I just found out about this guy today on a Stewart-McDonald guitar repair video of all places and now I'm blown away once again!!!
@ShotOfSelf6 жыл бұрын
Todd Hooper 4 years later, that’s exactly how I found him. Just got a telecaster as well so I’ll grab all his licks quick and then spend a lifetime on Danny Gatton!
@Davedidntdoit5 жыл бұрын
Bill has been one of the rock guitar Icons since he broke into the rock scene as a Lost Planet Airmen with Commander Cody.
@danakirkwood75164 жыл бұрын
@@Davedidntdoit That's right. an Icon
@rockinredneck573 жыл бұрын
50 years ago this year I first heard Bill with Commander Cody. Truly legendary band. A bunch of long haired college boys playing revved up country music. They didn't write Hot Rod Lincoln but they made ur famous.
@cbroz74922 жыл бұрын
Yup...me too..stumbled onto him...greatest GI-TAR play you never heard of
@rickroche88604 жыл бұрын
Great show! A musician with a sense of humor, for a change! Hats off to the great workout by the rhythm section!
@SafetyMentalst11 ай бұрын
"Hot Rod Lincoln" Cars go faster than a mind can think Follow to close you'll hit a brake light So always signal your blinkers do blink Night driving requires lights on bright And rethink having to much to Drink
@bobwallace18803 жыл бұрын
Saw Bill at Gruene Hall in New Braunfels Tx few years ago. No cover but he did hawk his "Kerchindise" . Fabulous show, very nice man. No roadies unloaded his stuff himself.
@AutumnMoth11 жыл бұрын
Bill was in the Lost Planet Airmen and he almost always introduces it that way. Cody is cool with it, and Bill has changed the words. Either way it has lived on through Bill since Cody doesn't play very often anymore. He tells the whole story on one live recording about how the song became popular. \
@knuckle473 жыл бұрын
Saw this back in 1973 or1974 with Commander Cody ... yep, this man is fluid
@LRBerry4 жыл бұрын
I only found the amazing Bill Kirchen today on a Stew-Mac video of him talking about his guitar and reversed controls. What an absolutely fantastic player he is.
@dr.sminty77819 жыл бұрын
I stumbled across this and I am glad I did. That was pretty damn good.
@alext.14596 жыл бұрын
Wow wow wow!!!!!!!! My favourite tele player.!!
@bobkonradi1027Ай бұрын
At 0:37 in the song, he says, "its got 8 cylinders and uses 'em all..." The actual song as written by Charlie Ryan says, "its got 12 cylinders and uses 'em all.." I've seen the actual car, I watched it go over the auction block at Barrett-Jackson's January auction in Scottsdale some years ago. Its a V-12 Lincoln Zephyr engine. The history of the car is that it was a V12 Lincoln Zephyr, Charlie Ryan bought the whole car and shortened the frame so he could adapt a Ford Model A coupe body on to it. There are videos of the man who bought the car for $105,000 plus buyer's premium driving the car in parades, and it shows the V12 engine. For these reasons, I do not know why Bill Kirchen and others would arbitrarily change the wording of the song from a V12 engine to a V8 engine.
@eeboy17785 жыл бұрын
I can’t believe this. I was born in ‘52 and grew up loving people like Eric Clapton with Cream; Peter Green; Jeff Beck; Paul Kossoff. Over the past few years I’ve discovered some fabulous players on KZbin such as Lari Basilio, Jack Thammarat, Vinai Trinitapakdee. And in the space of the last few days I have come across Louie Shelton, and this gentleman - Bill Kirchen. These last two just floor me. Shows what incredible talent there was on some of the most “poppy” records we have listened to over the years....
@jwosborne42625 жыл бұрын
An absolutely funny dude! I love the impressions of EVERYBODY!!!!!
@MechWarrior8945 жыл бұрын
Gotta love that Rockabilly, I hope some day that I'll get off of Rock Band and carry on that legacy.
@CopperSound6 жыл бұрын
I worked at that building from 2003-2003 for the EPA. In the window above the stage is a conference room. I got lucky in there. And this guitar player , Bill Kirchen, has magic in his soul. He captures it well. Thank you for the music Bill!!!
@Davedidntdoit5 жыл бұрын
Damn right!!
@KJensenStudio8 жыл бұрын
omgs...what a hambone! I love Bill Kirchen so much, and kudos to his back ups for keeping up with his changes.
@skelter11532 жыл бұрын
Well, he's having fun up there! That's great. Entertaining.
@jgmusic818 жыл бұрын
I just saw him tonight at The Troubadour in London and it was most amazing show☺
@countvond2335 жыл бұрын
Damn. That is being entertained. Inviting your audience in. We need more Bill K's in the world.
@Davedidntdoit5 жыл бұрын
Damn right!! My hero's are Bill Kirchen & Dr. Timothy Leary!
@markg10515 жыл бұрын
Don't know how many times I've watched and listened to this, it never fails to put a big grin on my face!
@paliazzar4 жыл бұрын
Great! Glad you enjoy it!
@mearkitek37737 жыл бұрын
Just got hip to this vid. Thanks a bunch Bill Kirchen! You play that tele like it's 1966!!
@catherinephonevalencia2937 Жыл бұрын
Commander Cody and Bill are forever fantastic. I shall forever love them!!
@robochop656 жыл бұрын
The drummer is slicker than snot on a door knob! Love it!!
@The_worst_alchamists3 ай бұрын
I would kill to play this good
@clairewyndham19712 жыл бұрын
Long live Rock-a-billy!
@jackboot3946Ай бұрын
I think rockabilly might be named after this guy.😊
@margaretmcinroe2652 жыл бұрын
Need anyone say more? Thank you Bill and Commander Cody and all of the songs that lead us through the worst of times to the very best hits of Rock and Roll. Public Service Announcement from Penn Station area. #savepennstationarea NYC loves you! Going back to the old days of driving herds outta town
@jezebeljones6593 жыл бұрын
Some ultra-cool dudes, of whom Bill is the coolest!
@saddleweary2777Ай бұрын
Man what a ride.❤️❤️❤️
@diegoayala112 жыл бұрын
dang ` enjoyed this a bunch. just came up randomly. 2011 post -
@exilemike13 жыл бұрын
He's badass,and a nice guy.He actually remembered me from seeing and talking with him at the previous show the year before.
@Davedidntdoit5 жыл бұрын
Wow!!
@Jrc-sb2lo5 жыл бұрын
Rock n roll history in 10 minutes or less!!!!!
@143ht9ball6 ай бұрын
Saw the CC & the Lost Planet Airmen band many times in the early 70 in the South Bay area near San Jose. CC is the finest piano player like Jerry Lee Lewis! BUT Bill didn't really get to be the Guitar Hero until many years later with his 3 piece Band. So happy for him and everyone that listens to HIS version of Hot Rod Lincoln. Everyone over 60 recognizes all these "Licks from the Past". This is his "Masterpiece!"
@dannygjk8 жыл бұрын
Why can't I like this 99 times HUH!?
@Davedidntdoit5 жыл бұрын
You can. It never gets old.
@paulholding20116 жыл бұрын
Go Bill, wicked player👌👍🎩
@ericmelia58282 жыл бұрын
I gave Bill a bumper sticker years ago from : Red Knuckles and his trail blazers... it read "I'm a Knucklehead" Bill likes "Hot Rize"
@raveon099 жыл бұрын
two big thumbs up!Bill is an American treasure.
@pietop554 жыл бұрын
I never grow tired of this great talent!!
@chandravene3 жыл бұрын
If you put thumbs down on this, you got no soul, no sense of humor, & NO TASTE!
@rickmalarky98789 жыл бұрын
Too Cool! Love the electric guitar sounds!!
@LutherAmosHouse Жыл бұрын
Titan of the Telly! The way he blended all those riffs together was awesome. I’ve been playing for 28 years and just recently learned of Kirchen (sadly), a new guitar hero for me.
@Njnnetwork7 жыл бұрын
God I got way too much to learn before it's all over
@ams72244 жыл бұрын
We saw Bill do this at the Oak Grove Music Festival in Staunton, VA a few summers ago! He is fantastic!!!!
@johnkeimig30256 жыл бұрын
My only regret is that I can only LIKE this version once! I heard Weasel play it on his Wild Weekend on WTMD one evening, and my love of this old song was born again.
@kmonz9011 жыл бұрын
always puts a big smile on my face :)
@jimwortham86342 жыл бұрын
Hot rod Lincoln ETC so glad I clicked made my day
@davidmoore76476 жыл бұрын
Bill Kirchen is an amazing player!!!
@jsres8384 жыл бұрын
Wonderful
@boataxe46053 жыл бұрын
I love how the tires are only “Fair”.
@ARichardP3 жыл бұрын
Always loved that they were just fair.
@tomfields36823 жыл бұрын
As in "good enough"!
@boataxe46053 жыл бұрын
@@tomfields3682 Yeah, and it’s better than having good tires and “fair” brakes!
@MrJackchap6 жыл бұрын
Bill is the man
@m.leblanc191110 жыл бұрын
Fantastic, amazing to hear all those artists coming out of one guitar. Whoa!
@patrickmurphy53383 ай бұрын
A living legend
@seabrookthemagnificent95805 жыл бұрын
That was a blast!!!
@dvh0652 жыл бұрын
Love it, I listen to all types of music that he played include the Bluegrass.
@mikedwyer98452 жыл бұрын
Amazing Talent
@jrscottweaver81613 жыл бұрын
Outstanding and a whole lot of fun. This comment coming from Grand Rapids Michigan.
@shannonmcsurely69563 жыл бұрын
melting my butter,Bill!-LOVE LOVE LOVE
@thedevilinthecircuit14144 ай бұрын
See him live soon! He plays a trombone solo. Really.