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Jun 16, 2007 · "Bar Room Classics," also recorded live at Austin's now defunct Armadillo World Headquarters, is a well recorded tour of the Commander's eclectic music style. The initial attraction for me was that the album did not repeat any of the tracks from "Live From Deep in the Heart of Texas," and included the band's most well known hit, "Hot ...
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Sep 22, 2019 · Bar Room Classsics by Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen (2000-01-02) Commander Cody Format: Audio CD. 3.6 4 ratings. $39900. $ 30 79.
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It’s essentially a second chapter to the earlier recording, featuring the same classic lineup (including Billy C. Farlow and Bill Kirchen, amusingly misspelled here as Bill Kitchen), but an entirely different group of songs.
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Jul 16, 2010 · Word to the Wise is a good-humoured, easy-paced selection of bar-room rockers, country numbers and western swing, with Kirchen twanging out riffs and guests including Elvis Costello and...
- Influenced by Newport Festival
- Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
- For The Record …
- Started Solo Career
- Clean and Sober
- Selected Discography
- Sources
In both 1964 and 1965, Kirchen attended the renowned Newport Folk Festival. "If I had to put my finger on life changing experiences, that's right up there at the top of the list," Kirchen said in an interview. "I was lucky enough to hear music from people who by and large hadn't spent a lot of time away from their little regions…. Specifically old-...
The Seventh Seal, which included bassist Ron Miller, drummer Steve Elliot, pianist Andy Sacks, and a revolving door of other local musicians, played in the Ann Arbor area while Kirchen made a half-hearted attempt at furthering his education at the University of Michigan. The Seventh Seal was floundering, and so was Kirchen's grade point average, wh...
Born on June 29, 1948, in Ann Arbor, MI; son of Calvin (a statistician and Ford plant worker) and Chestine (an English teacher) Kirchen; married Louise Kirchen, 1974; children: Julia Ann Kirchen. Started folk-rock band The Who Knows Pickers, 1965; helped form psychedelic folk-rock combo the Seventh Seal, 1966; along with George Frayne, John Tichy, ...
During his days with the Lost Planet Airmen, Kirchen had begun tinkering with a new band, The Moonlighters. "We started out literally moonlighting from Cody," explained Kirchen. "The band progressed from a 7-piece western swing band—we put out one album on the Amherst label—then me and the drummer stuck with it and began working with Audie De Lone ...
Although he still plays shows in bars, Kirchen himself is no longer a drinker or substance abuser. "I had to come to terms with that early or get a new career," he recalled. "I don't have a big beef with booze. I have a big beef with booze and me." The singer-songwriter cleaned up his act in 1984, and though issues with his lungs dictate that Kirch...
Solo albums
Tombstone Every Mile,Black Top, 1994. Have Love, Will Travel!,Black Top, 1996. Hot Rod Lincoln Live!,Hightone, 1997. Big Hat,Hightone, 1999. Raise a Ruckus,Hightone, 1999. Tied to the Wheel,Hightone, 2001. Dieselbilly Road Trip,Cracker Barrel, 2003.
With Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
Lost in the Ozone,Paramount, 1971, MCA, 1992. Hot Licks, Cold Steel & Truckers' Favorites,Paramount, 1972. Country Casanova,Paramount, 1973. Live from Deep in the Heart of Texas,Paramount, 1974; reissued, MCA, 1992. Lost in Space,Relix, 1975. Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen,Warner Bros., 1975; reissued, Wounded Bird, 2003. Tales from the Ozone,Warner Bros., 1975; reissued, Wounded Bird, 2003. We've Got a Live One Here,Warner Bros., 1976. Lose It Tonight,Line, 1980. Let's Rock,Blind Pi...
With The Moonlighters
Moonlighters,Amherst, 1977. Rush Hour,Demon, 1983; reissued, Diablo, 1995. Midnight in Memphis,Amherst, 1999.
Books
Goodman, David, Modern Twang: An Alternative CountryMusic Guide & Directory,Dowling Press, 1999. McCloud, Barry Definitive Country: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Country Music and Its Performers,Perigree, 1995.
Periodicals
Brutarian Quarterly,#40, Winter 2003.
Online
"Bill Kirchen," All Music Guide,http://www.allmusic.com (June 26, 2004). Bill Kirchen Official Website, http://www.billkirchen.com(June 26, 2004). "Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen," All MusicGuide,http://www.allmusic.com (June 26, 2004). Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen Official Website, http://www.commandercody.com(June 26, 2004). Additional information was obtained from an interview with Bill Kirchen in May of 2003, from which all quotations were drawn. —Ken Burke
Aug 24, 2016 · Recorded primarily in Austin and London with two different rhythm sections, the pair is in fine spirits as they frolic through what was once considered pub rock in the UK and bar band music in...
Jul 14, 2020 · Bill Kirchen is a renowned guitarist known as a The Titan of The Telecaster for his musical prowess on that guitar. He was a member of Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen from 1967 to the mid-1970s.
