It's cool of you to do what you do,I always put that song on for my granddaughter sadie when we drive,check out ARLO GUTHRIE motorcycle song live version,and blues brothers RUBBER BISKET
@Jamel_AKA_Jamal It's more than a cover. Charlie Ryan 'answered' a 1940s song called "Hot Rod Race (Part 1)" by Arkie Shibley. It actually has 8 parts!
This song, combined with you mentioning "Highway Star" by Deep Purple, it seemed appropriate to pass this one along (one of my favorites). Great song from a great band (and make sure your seat belt is fastened and keep your hands and feet inside the vehicle when they get to the solos). Blackfoot - "Highway Song" th-cam.com/video/fBu4rdZdOSk/w-d-xo.html
"Hot Rod Lincoln" is a song by American singer-songwriter Charlie Ryan, first released in 1955. It was written as an answer song to Arkie Shibley's 1950 hit "Hot Rod Race" which describes a race in San Pedro, Los Angeles between two hot rod cars, a Ford and a Mercury, which stay neck-and-neck until both are overtaken by "a kid in a hopped-up Model A"
I was hoping someone would bring this up! “Hot Rod Lincoln” is actually a sequel! 😀 The original “Hot Rod Race” is more of a country shuffle, but it is the first part of the story! Look for the Red Foley version.
I'm 55 and I've never heard of Charlie Ryan. I learned something new today. I remember this song from when I was a kid. I just always thought it was older. Knowing it's a cover from a rockabilly song from the 50s makes a lot of sense now.
Johnny Cash sang it in our house anyway, and I'm same age as you. Sunday was Marty Robbins Gunfighter Ballads in our house and my Dad would be making chili, or ham hocks and beans.
when you hear the one from charley ryan you're gonna discover he started and influenced others to rap music. yes i said it. this is rap. i wanted to say it was walter brennen and his rap song "old rivers" but no this is the original rap song.
Ha, this was my daughters favorite song when she was four. She loved the “pappy said son you’re gonna drive me to drinkin if you don’t stop driving that hot... rod... Lincoln”
Me too, Keith. This is the one I rem. I mean if George Thorogood covered it like it said at the end of the video, he did a great job. I was going to say it sounds like it was remastered but, hey...I could see George singing it. Great old song.
@TJ Tampa, I only knew the Commander Cody version. Didn’t know George Thorogood covered it too. Prefer the Cody version, nostalgia I think. Oh, the originals good too. Guessing you’re in Tampa, Sarasota here.
He's still rocking, too! Just saw him live a couple years ago, and he recently contributed to a collection of John Lilly songs called "April in Your Eyes". He's great! You are so lucky to have played with him!
Nice.😊😊..My late Pops would play this...Among MANY other 'fun/goofy/unique...songs from long ago...And this was DEFINITELY one of them...They are a great go-to...When I'm missing him.🥺...Have a peaceful rest of your evening...✌
This always amazed me that they were making all these sound effects with just their instruments. EVERYTHING... the tire squeals, engine noises sirens, the whole shebang.
Nope you're not the only one. He has become my go to in the morning with my coffee, lunch and now! Always brightens my day. He is the definition of what he promotes A good human ❤
Hell YEA! I'm a gal and I had a 1973 Lincoln Continental 2 door (the one with the tire hump on the trunk lid) when I was about 19. Let me tell ya, if I was on a long stretch of interstate when this song came on, I let those horses RUN. That thing had a HUGE engine and rode like a dream. I LOVED that car, it would SAIL! So much fun!
Commander Cody's original lead guitarist, Bill Kirchen, has several fun TH-cam videos out there of him and his band going through classic riffs from rock history while performing this song.
RON WARMICK, you read my mind. Bill Kirchen has an amazing live version of this with a band called the TWANGBANGERS, which includes Dallas Wayne, and Red Volkeart.
Grateful Dead had a TON of country influence. Byrds / Flying Burritos / Gram Parsons, Linda Ronstadt, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Commander Cody etc etc. West coast country scene was something special.
Probably 20 years ago, I was driving on the PA turnpike when this song came on the radio. The song wasn't even halfway through when I realized Smokey Bear had pulled up next to me. We made eye contact, he put his hand to his ear and gave me a thumbs up. Naughty Smokey blew my doors off without using his lights or siren!
I was in college in upstate NY. It was about 1974-75. A bunch of us went to a concert at Kleinhans Music Hall in Buffalo. Commander Cody was the warm-up. The headliner was Jessie Colin Young..... what a great show1
The full band here was Commander Cody & his Lost Planet Airmen. George Lucas was a fan, & paid tribute by having a character in the Star Wars prequels named Commander Cody.
Jamel I’ve watched many of your videos and feel you’re a kindred spirit. It’ s wonderful to see a man of the current generation appreciate the music of the past. From one of the flyover people thank you.
That’s good but I prefer ; colonel claypool’s bucket of Bernie brains or even Les claypools fearless flying frog brigade. Come to think of it Les does an even better cover of this.
Was still a little too young to drive when this came out, but was definitely a favorite tune.. learned all the words.. Driving songs were pretty huge in the 70's.. C.W. McCall had a massive hit with "Convoy", a trucker song.. but I would recommend another song by C.W. McCall called "Wolf Creek Pass", and it is a great story he tells throughout the song..
OMG someone reacted to Commander Cody and his lost planet airmen ! No ?! Really ? I can’t believe it . These guys are incredible! Boogie woogie blues and country rock
That was on a tape of oldies my Mom made, which we would listen to while driving up to Grandma’s when I was a kid. We loved trying to keep up with the words as the song got faster and faster, lol! Lots of other goodies, too: Tell Laura I Love Her, Spirit In the Sky, In the Year 2525, Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In, at least 5 songs by the Supremes, and a ton of other fun sing-along songs. IIRC, Hot Rod Lincoln was on there, too. :)
My first car was a '59 Rambler 2-door station wagon.. It had Nash Motor Company stamped on the bumpers and had a red "R" in the middle of the hubcaps. I was mortified when my dad bought that for me to drive to school in 1974... But it wound up being a guy magnet 😉, so it wasn't so bad after all. All the seats folded down flat and we could cram 10 kids in it if I left the tailgate down. We would go cruising the drag on the weekends. My dad used to play that song for me and we'd have a good laugh! Sweet memories...
This song was originally released 1955, however, this song was a sequel song to Hot Rod Race released in 1950. I have both the original 45's. Another cool hot rod song that is not super well known, The Ballad of Thunder Road sung by Robert Mitchum in 1957.
Came to suggest that too. It explains parts of Hot Rod Lincoln. I never understood "Have you heard the story of the hot rod race where the Fords and Mercury's were setting the pace" when this race involved a Lincoln and a caddy, until I heard Hot Rod Race.
I had this 45 when the song came out. I LOVED IT. My friends thought I was nuts but I would play it over and over until I could sing it word for word. Loved it thanks for playing it.
George and I have been friends for 45 years. We first met at a bar I worked at in Eugene Oregon in the ‘70’s but these last 35 years whenever he comes to Minneapolis we get together for a great time. These days he looks like a frail little old man until he sits at his piano. Then he is transformed into a high energy rocker. You should give a listen to Cody’s “Down to Seeds and Stems Again Blues.” For those of us old enough to remember when weed was full of seeds.
First time ive heard Anyone react to Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen . Good Job ! Down to seeds and stems again blues or Too Much Fun would also be fun :) ✌🏼☮️☕
Owsley Stanley Foundation came out with a recent live Bears Journal release . Its called Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airman. Live from the Family Dog at the Great Higway 3-28-1970. Excellent sounding release.
Ahhh The Commander. I can’t count the number of times I saw him and the boys at the Armadillo World Headquarters. Always a fun time. Thanks for the memory.
Went to the country music hall of Fame a few years ago. They had a huge exhibit about the armadillo world headquarters. And early outlaw country music.
I love the story telling, and how the song ends the same way it begins. Classic, classic song! Another fun car song, that I have loved since I was a little kid, is "Beep Beep (Little Nash Rambler)".
I was 14 my uncle took me to the old waldorf. It's a bar we sat at a table. The first band just finished there set. The next ban was Commander Cody. Cool as shit.
Brother "JJ", I'm staring at 60 and believe me when I say, I've had a couple of speeding tickets. Being from L.A. you'll know my lay out with cars. From 1972 to 1979 I grew up in the San Fernando Valley. Jr' High through High School. I took auto shop when it was still a thing...my dad was a shade tree mechanic from a family of moonshiners back in the 30's. Getting the picture? Some of my best friends were from Pacoima and bro', did they have talents! I learned from all of these people in my life, by just shutting my mouth...and listening. By 1981 I was helping my good friend, one Walley Mac, keep his business going. Wallie was the best mechanic I had ever known who could make me doubt my dad. He and I built a 1969 Chevy Chevelle SS 396. We spent over 9 months building that car and to this day, the Crawford County Sheriffs Dept. still don't know who ran Blackie Rices Oldsmobile 442 into the dirt...but we do! Peace.
I always put this on for my granddaughter sadie when we're driving,she loves it, hey man you should really do the motorcycle song by ARLO GUTHRIE live version
Bill Kirchen was the lead guitar player in this version, he is known as the originator of the “Diesel-Billy” sound. This version was released in 1971. The original was released in 1955.
Jamal thank you for these reactions! Great for me to re live these songs. Your genuine enjoyment reminds me of when I heard them for the first time. THABK YOU!
Commander Cody and his band the Lost Planet Airmen played at a club where I was working as a bouncer in 1974 in North Brunswick NJ. The guy drank so much beer I was surprised he could sing.
Hot Rod Lincoln was written as an answer to the song, 'Hot Rod Race', by Arkie Shibley. Maybe give a listen to that, as well as Charlie Ryan's original version of this tune.
@@rockinredneck57 Charlie Ryan wrote this as an answer to “hot rod race”. That song is about a race between a Ford and a Mercury but they were passed by a Lincoln. Ryan wrote hot rod Lincoln from the viewpoint of this third driver that’s why the first few lines say something like “you’ve heard about that hot rod race” in reference to that song.
Released by Charlie Ryan in 1955 by his band Charley Ryan and The Livingston Brothers. He released a second version in 1959 with another band he called Charley Ryan and The Timberline Riders. Charlie Ryan born December 19, 1915 died February 16, 2008. In 1960 the first cover version was released by Johnny Bond (Cyrus Whitfield Bond) The Commander Cody version was released in 1972.
I remember this song when it came out. It was kind of a novelty song. Nobody had heard of Commander Cody before or after but it was clever and fast-paced and had a catchy tag line at the end of the song. Good memories. Love your channel J. Thanks for featuring it. 🧨
Bill Kirchen, the guitarist on this track with Commander Cody, has a great extended version of Hot Rod Lincoln he does live that is well worth a listen. I think you'd really enjoy it, Jamel_AKA_Jamal. Love your Channel. Thanks so much.
The man and the song that got me to go to college! Yup, was graduating from High School with no desire to go to college. A week or two left in the summer prior to my friends all going and me, working behind the deli counter with my own money. My Mom gives me a letter from the local community college inviting me to a visiting day with a free concert by Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen. I go to the school alone, meet some nice students a few cool professors and then a free show with the Commander and free beer. Hot Rod Lincoln comes on and a jay gets passed my way. Needless to say, I signed up, went for one year, got grades, transferred to our state's highest rated State school at the time after one year and the rest is history.
Was a child way back when my dad introduced me to Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen. My Papy said Son Your Gonna Drive Me To Drinking If You Don't Stop Driving That Hot Rod Lincoln. 😁💗
Saw these guys in concert at the Fox West Coast Theater (had once been a movie theater). They were in support of Linda Ronstadt and the opening band was Tranquility. I was in the second row and there were only four rows in the theater filled. All three bands were great. Commander Cody & The Lost Planet Airmen were riding a popularity wave from the "Out In The Ozone" album. Nothing but fond memories of that show and this song was the highlight of their set! Love hearing it again!
I saw commander Cody with JJ Cale and Jerry Jeff Walker at Red Rocks back in “75” I was 15 it was my first concert at Red Rocks one of the best concerts I’ve ever seen
Commander, Bill Kirchen and the band put on a great concert. Beer drinkin', foot stompin' fun. They did great truck driving songs. Rockabilly boogie woogie at its best.
JAJ u done it again! RIP George Frayne aka commander cody...JAJ you put me in touch with what you used to be old fashioned DJing pre digital and pre 90s
RECORD FACT: It's more than a cover! "Hot Rod Lincoln" was an answer to a 1940s song called "Hot Rod Race (Part 1)" by Arkie Shibley. In fact, it's a whole story with 8 parts! The original "Hot Rod Lincoln" was by Charlie Ryan in the mid 50s.
I am a 64 year-old woman. I have been driving "hot-rods" since I was fifteen! My first car was a '69 Superbee (my brother's hand-me-down). My current ride is an '89 Cadillac Allante. That car can FLY. I always get a kick out of "Hot Rod Lincoln,"
I don't think I've heard this song since about 1973. I had it on a 45 and played it all the time. My fave line was always when he said "the telephone poles looked like a picket fence". What an old random memory you've brought back. :)
A great mix of country, rockabilly and blues. Sure could tell you loved this! Just a great patter, groove and story. Raise your hands if you got ticketed while driving to this! Oh yeah. Good times.
The original was called hot rod race by arkie Sibley. The hot rod Lincoln name came along in the 1940's,johnny bond did a version in the late 50's early 60's, commander Cody in the early 70's, asleep at the wheel in the 80's,Jim varney in the 90's,and a few others.
While I've never gotten a ticket for speeding while having this on in the car, the urge is almost overwhelming, particularly on an open highway. My other, need-to-watch-my-speed song is Tom Petty's Running Down a Dream. Both songs give you the sound and feel of driving down the road punctuated with the breaks in slabs of concrete that are especially reminiscent of older roads that had tar strips between the slabs. Thanks for playing this one. 😎
this was one of my families favorite songs. everytime i hear it i can see my 2 year old brother riding his big wheel up an down the hallway singing it at the topof his little llungs. Even at 2 he knew everyword.
This is the definitive version of this song... it was a radio hit in my childhood.... maybe sometime around 1970 or so. I had a 1928 Ford Model A that my father had salvaged for me as a kid who was a real gearhead and loved old cars (I still have the car, but have yet to do a full restoration of it). So I totally loved this "song" when it came out. It tells the story of a dude who had a Model A Ford that he put a large Lincoln V8 engine in it, hence the name Hot Rod Lincoln.
I was in middle school back in 1970 to 1973 playing upright string bass with a guitar playing friend who could do this song. Brings back a lot of fond memories
The original Charlie Ryan song went "got 12 cylinders and uses 'em all". Lincoln built v-12 engines from 1932 thru 1948. The Commander Cody version is the one I heard first, and still my favorite, but there are many cover versions.
The song was originally written and recorded by Charlie Ryan. Many artists have recorded this song including Johnny Bond and Commander Cody. The version here was recorded by George Thorogood and the Destroyers.
Just watched this...Commander Cody and Lost Planet Airmen among my all-time favorites. Also just watched your good time with Charlie Daniels and "The Devil went down to Georgia." You guys were awesome with your appreciation of CD, his humility...sharing the limelight with other TALENTED musicians. Your reactions to the keyboard player were perfect. So-o-o...don't overlook the Boogie-WoogieCommander (George Frayne), especially in light of his recent death; and his Tom MacDonald-style battle with Warner Brothers. Checking them out...a path less traveled: "Beat me Daddy, Eight to the Bar" "Rock That Boogie" "2 Triple Cheese (Side Order of Fries)" "Smoke, Smoke Smoke that Cigarette" "Riot in Cell Block #9" "Lost in the Ozone Again" "Truck Stop Rock" "Seven Eleven" "Rock that Boogie" Slow it down with: "Down to Seeds and Stems Blues" Have a little church: "Family Bible" Another "drivin' tune"... Elvin Bishop "Travelin' Shoes" Just for good listening, Midnight Special venue... Elvin Bishop "Fooled Around and Fell in Love" featuring Mickey Thomas (on to Jefferson Starship) as lead vocal. Thank you for your your love of music. Keep up the great work! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏...in Christ
Molly Hatchet. " Flirt'n with Disaster." Is definitely another one of them tunes. And the Doobie Brothers. " Rock'n Down The Highway." This song here, was one of my favorites back in 8th grade.
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Thank you SO much! This was a favorite karaoke song of a close friend who’s passed & this was a flood of amazing memories 🤠🥰
It's cool of you to do what you do,I always put that song on for my granddaughter sadie when we drive,check out ARLO GUTHRIE motorcycle song live version,and blues brothers RUBBER BISKET
@Jamel_AKA_Jamal It's more than a cover. Charlie Ryan 'answered' a 1940s song called "Hot Rod Race (Part 1)" by Arkie Shibley. It actually has 8 parts!
This song, combined with you mentioning "Highway Star" by Deep Purple, it seemed appropriate to pass this one along (one of my favorites). Great song from a great band (and make sure your seat belt is fastened and keep your hands and feet inside the vehicle when they get to the solos).
Blackfoot - "Highway Song"
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Another good song similar to this is beep beep(little Nash rambler) by the playmates
Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airman!!
This is the classic version of Hot Rod Lincoln. More Commander Cody, please! How about "Seeds & Stems Again Blues"?
Ozone!
Or "Everybody's Doin' It Now"
Down to Seeds and Stems Again Blues.
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hell ya!
"Hot Rod Lincoln" is a song by American singer-songwriter Charlie Ryan, first released in 1955. It was written as an answer song to Arkie Shibley's 1950 hit "Hot Rod Race" which describes a race in San Pedro, Los Angeles between two hot rod cars, a Ford and a Mercury, which stay neck-and-neck until both are overtaken by "a kid in a hopped-up Model A"
I just went and found that "Hot Rod Race" by Arkie Shibley. Thanks!
I was hoping someone would bring this up! “Hot Rod Lincoln” is actually a sequel! 😀 The original “Hot Rod Race” is more of a country shuffle, but it is the first part of the story! Look for the Red Foley version.
Where did the Cadalac come from????
Thanks - you just saved me from having to explain it!
Came to say the same thing.
I'm 55 and I've never heard of Charlie Ryan. I learned something new today. I remember this song from when I was a kid. I just always thought it was older. Knowing it's a cover from a rockabilly song from the 50s makes a lot of sense now.
56 and same. Local stations only played the Commander Cody version. Now I need to go hunt up the original.
I'm 70, saw Commander Cody in 1971 backing the Jefferson Airplane, and I've never heard of Charlie Ryan. And I know and have seen a lot of artists.
49 and who the F is Charlie Ryan ?
Johnny Cash sang it in our house anyway, and I'm same age as you. Sunday was Marty Robbins Gunfighter Ballads in our house and my Dad would be making chili, or ham hocks and beans.
when you hear the one from charley ryan you're gonna discover he started and influenced others to rap music.
yes i said it. this is rap. i wanted to say it was walter brennen and his rap song "old rivers" but no this is the original rap song.
Ha, this was my daughters favorite song when she was four. She loved the “pappy said son you’re gonna drive me to drinkin if you don’t stop driving that hot... rod... Lincoln”
Me too, Keith. This is the one I rem. I mean if George Thorogood covered it like it said at the end of the video, he did a great job. I was going to say it sounds like it was remastered but, hey...I could see George singing it. Great old song.
@TJ Tampa, I only knew the Commander Cody version. Didn’t know George Thorogood covered it too. Prefer the Cody version, nostalgia I think. Oh, the originals good too. Guessing you’re in Tampa, Sarasota here.
You can't do this one without listening to the classic novelty tune "Beep Beep" by the Playmates. Great surprise ending. Check it out.
Absolutely. I had to look-up the song name, it had been so long since I'd heard it. (I thought it was Nash Rambler)
Might as well check out Transfusion by Nervous Norvus
Followed by, hello muddah, hello faddah. Lol
@@markuhlman3767 throw in some dead puppies and fish heads and we got a show!
I concur. Beep Beep is a great novelty song!🎶 You'll love it. 😂
Bill Kirchen (guitarist) was my guitar teacher when I was teen. He has many amazing stories.
He's still rocking, too! Just saw him live a couple years ago, and he recently contributed to a collection of John Lilly songs called "April in Your Eyes". He's great! You are so lucky to have played with him!
Wow, didn't remember Bill Kirchen was the guitarist for Commander Cody. I opened a gig for him a few years back - really nice guy.
Not what I read in a story about Danny??
Bill Kirchen is STILL ROCKIN' on Facebook LIVE. He performs live on fb every week with his wife.
Thats him dang it braintooted! Couldnt remember his name... Played that Tele like a mutha.
My late father loved this song I was having a bad day. Just what I needed
Nice.😊😊..My late Pops would play this...Among MANY other 'fun/goofy/unique...songs from long ago...And this was DEFINITELY one of them...They are a great go-to...When I'm missing him.🥺...Have a peaceful rest of your evening...✌
I was just going to post that my late father loved this song and here you all are! 💕
This was the smash hit 1972!
One of my all time favorite songs, Commander Cody is a wonderful rabbit hole.
I'm 39 and grew up jammin to this song man, Brings back so many memories. Between this and JR Browns Highway Patrol. Thanks for the flashback.
he should react to Jr. Brown
@@pedrolopez8057 Absolutely!!!!
Imagining him reacting to the video for Venom Wearing Denim 🤣🤣🤣
@@pedrolopez8057 Yes to Junior Brown
This always amazed me that they were making all these sound effects with just their instruments. EVERYTHING... the tire squeals, engine noises sirens, the whole shebang.
Everytime I hear this songs it reminds me of Charlie Daniel's Uneasy Rider for some reason. 😂😂✌️
Old SOUTHERN song🤠👍
Been some time since the 📻played that one... Ole 🤢teeth
And Wallace for prez.. 🤣😅💙✌
Uneasy Rider needs to be reacted to...
@@watsonroadster3707 The original not the later version after they went country.
Jamel, Uneasy Rider by the Charlie Daniels Band tells a great story and would be a fantastic one to react to.
OMG, I have a funny story about Uneasy Rider. Nevermind, had to be there...
Jamal my brother. You are an old soul and you are discovering why the music from this era was great! Rock on!!
On my worst day you can make me laugh & I bet I'm not the only one. That makes you a blessing. Thank you so much Jamel!!
Appreciate You
Nope you're not the only one. He has become my go to in the morning with my coffee, lunch and now! Always brightens my day. He is the definition of what he promotes A good human ❤
TOTALLY AGREED 😜🤘🏼😜🤘🏼😜🤘🏼😜🤘🏼😜🤘🏼😜🤘🏼😜🤘🏼😜🤘🏼😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I listen to Jamel everyday. He brightens up everyday for me. Good Bless!
Hell YEA! I'm a gal and I had a 1973 Lincoln Continental 2 door (the one with the tire hump on the trunk lid) when I was about 19. Let me tell ya, if I was on a long stretch of interstate when this song came on, I let those horses RUN. That thing had a HUGE engine and rode like a dream. I LOVED that car, it would SAIL! So much fun!
Flirtin' With Disaster by Molly Hatchet is an amazing fast driving tune.
Yep, with a speeding ticket, I can attest to that...
Should see his reaction 🙂
He already did that one. Check his playlist.
Yes he already did this one. I've been requesting Dreams I'll Never See.
yes sir and Stranglehold Ted Nugent another petal to the metal song .
Commander Cody's original lead guitarist, Bill Kirchen, has several fun TH-cam videos out there of him and his band going through classic riffs from rock history while performing this song.
RON WARMICK, you read my mind. Bill Kirchen has an amazing live version of this with a band called the TWANGBANGERS, which includes Dallas Wayne, and Red Volkeart.
Grateful Dead had a TON of country influence. Byrds / Flying Burritos / Gram Parsons, Linda Ronstadt, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Commander Cody etc etc. West coast country scene was something special.
Probably 20 years ago, I was driving on the PA turnpike when this song came on the radio. The song wasn't even halfway through when I realized Smokey Bear had pulled up next to me. We made eye contact, he put his hand to his ear and gave me a thumbs up. Naughty Smokey blew my doors off without using his lights or siren!
Imagine that visual..."telephone poles look like a picket fence"...definitely moto-vatin'! LOL 🚙 🚓 🤣
motor-vatin
I was in college in upstate NY. It was about 1974-75. A bunch of us went to a concert at Kleinhans Music Hall in Buffalo. Commander Cody was the warm-up. The headliner was Jessie Colin Young..... what a great show1
The full band here was Commander Cody & his Lost Planet Airmen. George Lucas was a fan, & paid tribute by having a character in the Star Wars prequels named Commander Cody.
@odeerg I stand corrected, then. Thanks so much!
Jamel I’ve watched many of your videos and feel you’re a kindred spirit. It’ s wonderful to see a man of the current generation appreciate the music of the past. From one of the flyover people thank you.
The full name of the band is the best ever. "Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen" :)
Well. Maybe as good as Mojo Nixon and the Toadliquors. Maybe.
...and wasn't the album "Lost in the Ozone"?
@@PJ818 I do believe so :)
That’s good but I prefer ; colonel claypool’s bucket of Bernie brains or even Les claypools fearless flying frog brigade. Come to think of it Les does an even better cover of this.
Check out "Commando Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen", 1951.
The original Rocketman.
Was still a little too young to drive when this came out, but was definitely a favorite tune.. learned all the words.. Driving songs were pretty huge in the 70's.. C.W. McCall had a massive hit with "Convoy", a trucker song.. but I would recommend another song by C.W. McCall called "Wolf Creek Pass", and it is a great story he tells throughout the song..
This song is one of the reasons I play guitar
OMG someone reacted to Commander Cody and his lost planet airmen ! No ?! Really ? I can’t believe it . These guys are incredible! Boogie woogie blues and country rock
I used to love listening to this as well as Beep Beep(little Nash Rambler) as a kid.
I was coming on here to request this one. The kids loved shouting the "beep, beep" parts.
That was on a tape of oldies my Mom made, which we would listen to while driving up to Grandma’s when I was a kid. We loved trying to keep up with the words as the song got faster and faster, lol!
Lots of other goodies, too: Tell Laura I Love Her, Spirit In the Sky, In the Year 2525, Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In, at least 5 songs by the Supremes, and a ton of other fun sing-along songs. IIRC, Hot Rod Lincoln was on there, too. :)
My dad used to own one of those cars.
That song is equal parts fantastic and ridiculous all the same time...
My first car was a '59 Rambler 2-door station wagon.. It had Nash Motor Company stamped on the bumpers and had a red "R" in the middle of the hubcaps. I was mortified when my dad bought that for me to drive to school in 1974... But it wound up being a guy magnet 😉, so it wasn't so bad after all. All the seats folded down flat and we could cram 10 kids in it if I left the tailgate down. We would go cruising the drag on the weekends. My dad used to play that song for me and we'd have a good laugh! Sweet memories...
This song was originally released 1955, however, this song was a sequel song to Hot Rod Race released in 1950. I have both the original 45's. Another cool hot rod song that is not super well known, The Ballad of Thunder Road sung by Robert Mitchum in 1957.
I just recommended the same exact song
@Jon Williams Movie was great!
Came to suggest that too. It explains parts of Hot Rod Lincoln. I never understood "Have you heard the story of the hot rod race where the Fords and Mercury's were setting the pace" when this race involved a Lincoln and a caddy, until I heard Hot Rod Race.
Highway Star and Red Barchetta are my two favorite driving songs.
Can't go wrong with either of those.
I'll add Roadhouse Blues by the Doors
Don't Stop Me Now by Queen
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And Led 2!
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I had this 45 when the song came out. I LOVED IT. My friends thought I was nuts but I would play it over and over until I could sing it word for word. Loved it thanks for playing it.
One of my dad's favorites. He loved the Lincoln's and oldsmobiles.
George and I have been friends for 45 years. We first met at a bar I worked at in Eugene Oregon in the ‘70’s but these last 35 years whenever he comes to Minneapolis we get together for a great time. These days he looks like a frail little old man until he sits at his piano. Then he is transformed into a high energy rocker. You should give a listen to Cody’s “Down to Seeds and Stems Again Blues.” For those of us old enough to remember when weed was full of seeds.
First time ive heard Anyone react to Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen . Good Job !
Down to seeds and stems again blues or Too Much Fun would also be fun :) ✌🏼☮️☕
All hail Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen!
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Owsley Stanley Foundation came out with a recent live Bears Journal release . Its called Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airman. Live from the Family Dog at the Great Higway 3-28-1970. Excellent sounding release.
Ahhh The Commander. I can’t count the number of times I saw him and the boys at the Armadillo World Headquarters. Always a fun time. Thanks for the memory.
Went to the country music hall of Fame a few years ago. They had a huge exhibit about the armadillo world headquarters. And early outlaw country music.
Good times. I wasn’t legal until 73 so missed some big shows like Springsteen and little feat
The legendary Bill Kirchen on guitar, the titan of the telecaster. Check out his solo version, but make sure there's video., pretty amazing.
Titan of the Telecaster !
In that spirit, you should listen to "One Piece At A Time" by Johnny Cash!
Oh yes! I love that one. Always funny!
So very much agreed.
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These guys used to open for the Grateful Dead back in the 70’s. Great times.
I love the story telling, and how the song ends the same way it begins. Classic, classic song!
Another fun car song, that I have loved since I was a little kid, is "Beep Beep (Little Nash Rambler)".
you have the best intro music of anyone on the interweb....
Appreciate You🙏🏾
I was 14 my uncle took me to the old waldorf. It's a bar we sat at a table. The first band just finished there set. The next ban was Commander Cody. Cool as shit.
Yaaaaaaas, awesome memory!
@rib bit My dad does rock. It was my uncle my mom's little brother that took me. Sad to say there both gone.
L.A. in the 70's was about cars,the beach and the girls in that order...
There's a saying.."If you can remember the 70's,You weren't there."
CLAP FOR THE WOLFMAN
@@rranger1014,"American Graffiti" I've been working that movie in on several channels,hopefully someone will appreciate it,lol
Hooooowwwwoooooo!
Brother "JJ", I'm staring at 60 and believe me when I say, I've had a couple of speeding tickets. Being from L.A. you'll know my lay out with cars. From 1972 to 1979 I grew up in the San Fernando Valley. Jr' High through High School. I took auto shop when it was still a thing...my dad was a shade tree mechanic from a family of moonshiners back in the 30's. Getting the picture? Some of my best friends were from Pacoima and bro', did they have talents! I learned from all of these people in my life, by just shutting my mouth...and listening. By 1981 I was helping my good friend, one Walley Mac, keep his business going. Wallie was the best mechanic I had ever known who could make me doubt my dad. He and I built a 1969 Chevy Chevelle SS 396. We spent over 9 months building that car and to this day, the Crawford County Sheriffs Dept. still don't know who ran Blackie Rices Oldsmobile 442 into the dirt...but we do! Peace.
I always put this on for my granddaughter sadie when we're driving,she loves it, hey man you should really do the motorcycle song by ARLO GUTHRIE live version
...but i don't want a pickle...
Vincent White Lightning?
@@oldarpanet I just want to ride my motorcy....cle.
Just wanna ride on my motor....sickle....
Bill Kirchen was the lead guitar player in this version, he is known as the originator of the “Diesel-Billy” sound. This version was released in 1971. The original was released in 1955.
"Smoke, Smoke, Smoke" another killer cover by Cody
Love this.
My Dad also loved this song.
We'd cruise in his Chevelle.
Good ole' days.
Thanks for the great memory. Your the best J
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OMGoodness such a CLASSIC❣️❣️❣️😎😎😎😎
Jamal thank you for these reactions! Great for me to re live these songs. Your genuine enjoyment reminds me of when I heard them for the first time. THABK YOU!
My thoughts exactly
Jamel, being where you live, I know you'd have to go to San Pedro and run the Grapevine to live this song out at least once. Lol
Your wife's going to arrest you Jamel! 🤣
Commander Cody and his band the Lost Planet Airmen played at a club where I was working as a bouncer in 1974 in North Brunswick NJ. The guy drank so much beer I was surprised he could sing.
Hot Rod Lincoln was written as an answer to the song, 'Hot Rod Race', by Arkie Shibley. Maybe give a listen to that, as well as Charlie Ryan's original version of this tune.
I'd forgotten about Arkie. Seems his version was actually closer to this than Ryan's. Cody changed the description of the car a bit but it fit anyway.
@@rockinredneck57 Charlie Ryan wrote this as an answer to “hot rod race”. That song is about a race between a Ford and a Mercury but they were passed by a Lincoln. Ryan wrote hot rod Lincoln from the viewpoint of this third driver that’s why the first few lines say something like “you’ve heard about that hot rod race” in reference to that song.
Released by Charlie Ryan in 1955 by his band Charley Ryan and The Livingston Brothers. He released a second version in 1959 with another band he called Charley Ryan and The Timberline Riders. Charlie Ryan born December 19, 1915 died February 16, 2008. In 1960 the first cover version was released by Johnny Bond (Cyrus Whitfield Bond) The Commander Cody version was released in 1972.
Sammy Hagar "I Can't Drive 55" is the one song that I could get in trouble driving to.
Yes you could... and yes I did
I remember this song when it came out. It was kind of a novelty song. Nobody had heard of Commander Cody before or after but it was clever and fast-paced and had a catchy tag line at the end of the song. Good memories. Love your channel J. Thanks for featuring it. 🧨
Bill Kirchen, the guitarist on this track with Commander Cody, has a great extended version of Hot Rod Lincoln he does live that is well worth a listen. I think you'd really enjoy it, Jamel_AKA_Jamal. Love your Channel. Thanks so much.
I was born in 1968, used to jump and play to this song singing this song with my Mom and Dad. Great memories.
A guy called Bill Kirchen covers this song but did it as a medley of decades of rock songs and bands. He did it very differently
Bill Kirchen plays lead guitar on this. He’s an absolute beast of a player, a true legend
The man and the song that got me to go to college! Yup, was graduating from High School with no desire to go to college. A week or two left in the summer prior to my friends all going and me, working behind the deli counter with my own money. My Mom gives me a letter from the local community college inviting me to a visiting day with a free concert by Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen. I go to the school alone, meet some nice students a few cool professors and then a free show with the Commander and free beer. Hot Rod Lincoln comes on and a jay gets passed my way. Needless to say, I signed up, went for one year, got grades, transferred to our state's highest rated State school at the time after one year and the rest is history.
Great reaction to some old school story telling.
Now thats some REAL ROCKABILLY! Love the old tunes. GREAT Show
Check out "Uneasy Rider," by Charlie Daniels. I think you might like that one, too. 😉😊
Then once you're done checking out "Uneasy Rider", check out the sequel: "Uneasy Rider '88" :)
I always got visuals from this song because he told such a visual story. Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen is the actual name of the group.
Have you ever been asked to react to anything by the blues Brothers? Dan Aykroyd and John belushi? Good stuff as always brother
Personal favorite is Rubber Biscuit
Was a child way back when my dad introduced me to Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen. My Papy said Son Your Gonna Drive Me To Drinking If You Don't Stop Driving That Hot Rod Lincoln. 😁💗
You should do Asleep At The Wheel’s version.
Or anything by Asleep at the Wheel
No you shouldn't
I like there version better
Thank you for naming the original artist, Charlie Ryan.
Because, a Lincoln motor/engine that was used in Hot Rods was a 12 cylinder flat head v12!!
Great song!! Need to check out Johnny Cash, 1 piece at a time:) So funny
@Jason Gilbert ~ ~ I LOVE all of Johnny Cash’s songs but I have to say that One Piece at a Time is one of HiS BEST!
Saw these guys in concert at the Fox West Coast Theater (had once been a movie theater). They were in support of Linda Ronstadt and the opening band was Tranquility. I was in the second row and there were only four rows in the theater filled. All three bands were great. Commander Cody & The Lost Planet Airmen were riding a popularity wave from the "Out In The Ozone" album. Nothing but fond memories of that show and this song was the highlight of their set! Love hearing it again!
If yer gonna listen to this song... Asleep at the wheel is the version needed
I saw commander Cody with JJ Cale and Jerry Jeff Walker at Red Rocks back in “75” I was 15 it was my first concert at Red Rocks one of the best concerts I’ve ever seen
I bet. That's a great line-up at a great venue.
Commander Cody was born here in the great state of Idaho, so the legend has it the original writer was referring Lewiston Hill
Commander, Bill Kirchen and the band put on a great concert. Beer drinkin', foot stompin' fun. They did great truck driving songs. Rockabilly boogie woogie at its best.
I requested this reaction last year because i knew you would love it. Thanks for doing it. You do the best reactions on the tube.
Always put a smile on my face. I listened to this song as a kid back in the late 50s early 60s, and really enjoyed this cover.
JAJ u done it again! RIP George Frayne aka commander cody...JAJ you put me in touch with what you used to be old fashioned DJing pre digital and pre 90s
I so much enjoy watching you react to songs that I have known since they were new. Love your perspective and your enthusiasm in hearing "new" songs.
It’s fun to watch folks enjoying music! Rock on Jamel!!!!!
RECORD FACT: It's more than a cover! "Hot Rod Lincoln" was an answer to a 1940s song called "Hot Rod Race (Part 1)" by Arkie Shibley. In fact, it's a whole story with 8 parts!
The original "Hot Rod Lincoln" was by Charlie Ryan in the mid 50s.
I am a 64 year-old woman. I have been driving "hot-rods" since I was fifteen! My first car was a '69 Superbee (my brother's hand-me-down). My current ride is an '89 Cadillac Allante. That car can FLY. I always get a kick out of "Hot Rod Lincoln,"
"Lost in the Ozone" and "Down To Seeds And Stems Again Blues" are two other great ones by Commander Cody.
This is one of my all time favorites & love this guy singing it! 😁
I don't think I've heard this song since about 1973. I had it on a 45 and played it all the time. My fave line was always when he said "the telephone poles looked like a picket fence". What an old random memory you've brought back. :)
A great mix of country, rockabilly and blues. Sure could tell you loved this! Just a great patter, groove and story. Raise your hands if you got ticketed while driving to this! Oh yeah. Good times.
The original was called hot rod race by arkie Sibley. The hot rod Lincoln name came along in the 1940's,johnny bond did a version in the late 50's early 60's, commander Cody in the early 70's, asleep at the wheel in the 80's,Jim varney in the 90's,and a few others.
While I've never gotten a ticket for speeding while having this on in the car, the urge is almost overwhelming, particularly on an open highway. My other, need-to-watch-my-speed song is Tom Petty's Running Down a Dream. Both songs give you the sound and feel of driving down the road punctuated with the breaks in slabs of concrete that are especially reminiscent of older roads that had tar strips between the slabs.
Thanks for playing this one. 😎
Gotta love those Detroit bands... George Freynes (Commander Cody) passed a few months ago... He used to teach music at my high school in the mid-60s..
I remember playing this one at the college radio station I worked at. My co-host and I loved this one!
this was one of my families favorite songs. everytime i hear it i can see my 2 year old brother riding his big wheel up an down the hallway singing it at the topof his little llungs. Even at 2 he knew everyword.
This is the definitive version of this song... it was a radio hit in my childhood.... maybe sometime around 1970 or so. I had a 1928 Ford Model A that my father had salvaged for me as a kid who was a real gearhead and loved old cars (I still have the car, but have yet to do a full restoration of it). So I totally loved this "song" when it came out. It tells the story of a dude who had a Model A Ford that he put a large Lincoln V8 engine in it, hence the name Hot Rod Lincoln.
I was in middle school back in 1970 to 1973 playing upright string bass with a guitar playing friend who could do this song. Brings back a lot of fond memories
The original Charlie Ryan song went "got 12 cylinders and uses 'em all". Lincoln built v-12 engines from 1932 thru 1948. The Commander Cody version is the one I heard first, and still my favorite, but there are many cover versions.
U did it again Comm Cody and his LPA...oh man the guitarist was amazing...is indeed a driving song
The song was originally written and recorded by Charlie Ryan. Many artists have recorded this song including Johnny Bond and Commander Cody. The version here was recorded by George Thorogood and the Destroyers.
This band made this song famous. saw them live in NYC central Park in 82
Just watched this...Commander Cody and Lost Planet Airmen among my all-time favorites.
Also just watched your good time with Charlie Daniels and "The Devil went down to Georgia."
You guys were awesome with your appreciation of CD, his humility...sharing the limelight with other TALENTED musicians.
Your reactions to the keyboard player were perfect.
So-o-o...don't overlook the Boogie-WoogieCommander (George Frayne), especially in light of his recent death; and his Tom MacDonald-style battle with Warner Brothers.
Checking them out...a path less traveled:
"Beat me Daddy, Eight to the Bar"
"Rock That Boogie"
"2 Triple Cheese (Side Order of Fries)"
"Smoke, Smoke Smoke that Cigarette"
"Riot in Cell Block #9"
"Lost in the Ozone Again"
"Truck Stop Rock"
"Seven Eleven"
"Rock that Boogie"
Slow it down with:
"Down to Seeds and Stems Blues"
Have a little church:
"Family Bible"
Another "drivin' tune"...
Elvin Bishop "Travelin' Shoes"
Just for good listening, Midnight Special venue...
Elvin Bishop "Fooled Around and Fell in Love" featuring Mickey Thomas (on to Jefferson Starship) as lead vocal.
Thank you for your your love of music.
Keep up the great work!
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏...in Christ
My dad used to drive a car like this in Nascar back in the 40s/50s. He loved this song.
Molly Hatchet. " Flirt'n with Disaster." Is definitely another one of them tunes.
And the Doobie Brothers. " Rock'n Down The Highway."
This song here, was one of my favorites back in 8th grade.
Love this song. My dad used to crank up the AM radio when this came on.