RIP Commander Cody

[dixiehack]

Guess he finally stopped driving that Hot Rod Lincoln.

George Frayne, aka Commander Cody, dies at 77

 

[Corky Ramirez up on 94th St.]

Ahh, damn. Loved his version more than the original.

Also liked his rendition of "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (that Cigarette)."

 

[Justin_Rice]

I'm not going to fall down an internet rabbit hole, but tell me the Commander Cody from Star Wars was named after him ...

 

[Michael_ Gee]

This is so sad. They were a great band, and based on my slight but real acquaintance, he was a real good fellow, too.

 

[Moderator1]

 

[Moderator1]

That's me with the Commander after a show at The Birchmere in Alexandria, Va., seven years ago. Came out and played the second set with his pal Bill Kirchen and then indulged all the fanboys like me. And seemed to have a good time doing it.

RIP. I'm crushed

 

[Mr._Graybeard]

I'm not going to fall down an internet rabbit hole, but tell me the Commander Cody from Star Wars was named after him ...

The name may have come originally from Commando Cody, star of a 1950s Republic serial.

Commando Cody - Wikipedia

 

[OscarMadison]

DAMMIT! Jackholes like Kid Rock and Ted Nugent are still alive and death comes for Commander Cody?

Feh!

Feh, I say!

 

[Batman]

I'm not going to fall down an internet rabbit hole, but tell me the Commander Cody from Star Wars was named after him ...

Either him or former Oilers QB Cody Carlson were the two people I thought of when I saw the thread title.

 

[Jake from State Farm]

Apologies

George “Commander Cody” Frayne, 1944-2021

 

[Jake from State Farm]

The Commander on the 1989 Jerry Lewis telethon

 

[Jake from State Farm]

Legend has it when the Commander was short on $$$ he paid the band in controlled substances

 

[Neutral Corner]

I love the Ole Commander, and I'm saddened to hear this. One of my very favorites is their version of "Beat me daddy, eight to the bar". I know there's one up, but I think this is superior. It's from the same show as the first link above. The little girl singer with the braids is Nicolette Larsen.

 

[Jake from State Farm]

I love the Ole Commander, and I'm saddened to hear this. One of my very favorites is their version of "Beat me daddy, eight to the bar". I know there's one up, but I think this is superior. It's from the same show as the first link above. The little girl singer with the braids is Nicolette Larsen.

That has the pedal steel, which the other doesn’t
I liked that one because Ed McMahon called him Commodore Cody
Figure they got on stage about 1:30 am EDT
During my sophomore year the good folks on floor 1A in Holden Hall on the campus of Michigan State University discovered We’ve Got A Live One Here and everybody played it
One of my favorites featuring the Commander

 

[Starman]

I love the Ole Commander, and I'm saddened to hear this. One of my very favorites is their version of "Beat me daddy, eight to the bar". I know there's one up, but I think this is superior. It's from the same show as the first link above. The little girl singer with the braids is Nicolette Larsen.

One thing about blurry BW video from the 1970s is that it's pretty hard to tell if girls wearing tight sheer t-shirts are wearing shirts at all.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

One thing about blurry BW video from the 1970s is that it's pretty hard to tell if girls wearing tight sheer t-shirts are wearing shirts at all.

It was good to be alive back then, wasn't it?

 

[Starman]

In fact halter tops were pretty much invented exactly in the years it started to make a difference among our classmates.

 

[Neutral Corner]

When I was in my teens I worked at Six Flags Over Georgia. Mid-Seventies. It was halter top heaven. The only thing better than hundreds of girls in halter tops was hundreds of girls in halter tops after it rained.