There is an extensive liner notes book, and
each disk also has its own notes. Plenty to read while you trip across rhyme and space, all the way from the Kingston Trio’s rendition of “Where Have all the Flowers Gone” to pop
Commander Cody and The Modern Day Airmen Live From The Island (Woodstock Records)
The 21st century version of what was once
hits that were directly impacted by the folkies. Songs like Don McLean’s “American Pie.” All of the elements are here that you would ex- pect of a huge folk retrospective - the usual suspects, including Kingston Trio, Peter Paul and Mary, Joan Baez, Judy Collins of course the enigmatic Bob Dylan, the crown jewel of the folk music scene. Along our way down the folk path we also encounter pop gems (al- though heavily influenced by folk) like “Cali- fornia Dreamin’” from The Mamas & The Papas and “Different Drum” from Stone Ponys (featuring a teenaged Linda Ronstadt). This magnificent set serves more as an overall time capsule of ‘60’s music than just a folk ex- plosion. Also included - The Byrds “Turn, Turn, Turn;”Johnny Cash doing his version of Dylan’s “Don't Think Twice, It's Alright;” and Otis Redding Sitting On the Dock of the Bay.” An outstanding collwction.
-Michael Buffalo Smith
called Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen do a great job of interpreting all of the old classics, and although “Commander” George Frayne is the only original band mem- ber, the shows still boogie woogie as hard and fast as ever before. Frayne sings the songs well, and his keyboard work is as good as it ever was. The Modern Day Airmen are pretty hot.
Professor Louie on organ, Steve Barbuto on drums, Randy Bramwell on bass and Mark Emerick on lead guitar can seemingly do no wrong. They are tighter than J-Lo’s Daisy Dukes, and while they don’t look as good as J- Lo -(why did I have to paint that picture anyway? Sheesh-) they sure do lay down the boogie woogie. Kicking off the show with the old Billy C.
Farlow/Bill Kirchen tune “Too Much Fun,” (featuring special guest, founding guitarist Bill Kirchen) the band blazes through a show that includes “Riot in Cell Block #9,” “Thanks a Lot Lone Ranger,” “Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar,” and of course,”Hot Rod Lincoln.” Mark Emerick turns in an excellent vocal to accompany his always hot guitar work on “River City.” Emerick is a Massachusetts boy with the heart of a Southern Rocker. In fact,
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