SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Resident music legend George Frayne, leader of the band Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, passed away in Saratoga Springs at age 77 on Sunday, September 29.

Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen were founded at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, forging a unique combination of western swing country and boogie-woogie rock. When they took that ...

In the early '70s, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen had a different style than other country-influenced groups. Much of their material channeled Western swing (Bob Wills and the Texas ...

Back in the early ’70s, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen basically invented hippie-redneck rock (what squares call “insurgent country”). We’re talking a smoking mix of country, rock-and-roll, ...

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