Hot Licks, Cold Steel & Truckers Favorites
Hot Licks, Cold Steel & Truckers' Favorites is the second album by the country rock band Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen. The album is an ode to truckers and songs about trucking, mixing classics of the genre like "Truck Drivin' Man" and "Looking at the World Through a Windshield" with the band's originals.
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| Released | May 1972 | |||
| Recorded | February-March 1972 | |||
| Genre | Country rock, Western swing, rock and roll, rockabilly, Americana | |||
| Label | Paramount (original) MCA (reissue) | |||
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| Christgau's Record Guide | B+[2] |
Critical reception
On AllMusic, Jana Pendragon wrote, "Again, a groundbreaking release from the wildest band in country music during the '70s.... With originals and some oldies, the Commander and his band make a big sound that is still reverberating through time.... As with Lost in the Ozone, this is top-flight music in every regard that shows another side to this great band."[1]
Robert Christgau wrote, "This rocks and wails with almost all the coherence and feeling of the rockabilly it takes off from..."[2]
Track listing
Side A
- "Truck Stop Rock" (Billy Farlow, Bill Kirchen, Bruce Barlow, George Frayne, Andy Stein)
- "Truck Drivin' Man" (Terry Fell)
- "Rip It Up" (John Marascalco, Robert Blackwell)
- "Cravin' Your Love" (Billy Farlow, Andy Stein)
- "It Should've Been Me" (Memphis Curtis)
- "Watch My .38" (Billy Farlow, Carl Spelbring)
Side B
- "Semi-Truck" (Billy Farlow, Bill Kirchen)
- "Kentucky Hills of Tennessee" (Billy Farlow, Michael James Richards)
- "Looking at the World Through a Windshield" (Jerry Chesnut, Mike Hoyer)
- "Diggy Liggy Lo" (J. D. "Jay" Miller)
- "Mama Hated Diesels" (Kevin "Blackie" Farrell)
- "Tutti Frutti" [live] (Little Richard, Dorothy LaBostrie)
Personnel
- George Frayne (Commander Cody) – piano, keyboards, vocals
- Billy C. Farlow – harmonica, vocals
- Bill Kirchen – guitar, vocals
- John Tichy – guitar
- Lance Dickerson – drums, vocals
- "Buffalo" Bruce Barlow – bass, vocals
- Andy Stein – violin, saxophone
- Bobby "Blue" Black – pedal steel guitar, vocals
Production
- Producer: None listed
- Recording Engineer: Dale Lear
- Mixing: Dale Lear
- Cover Art: Chris Frayne
- Photography: Paul Noel
- Liner notes: None
References
- Pendragon, Jana. Hot Licks, Cold Steel & Truckers Favorites at AllMusic. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
- Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: C". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 23, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.