Rock n Roll Graffiti (defunct but valuable).The Midnight Tracker (our album side-only blog, on hiatus).Text from other sources, when excerpted, is credited. The text is copyright 2007-2023, Jeff Ash. “Hot Rod Lincoln,” by Jane Bond and the Undercover Men, 1982. “Hot Rod Lincoln,” by Johnny Bond, 1960, available on “The Golden Age of Rock ‘n’ Roll, Vol. To learn more about these cuts, head over there.
#Who sings hot rod lincoln song series
Here are two other versions, both from Chris’ epic post on driving songs from last summer’s “7 Means of Movement” series over at Locust St. George Frayne spoke with us about his life in music. “Hot Rod Lincoln,” Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen, from “We’ve Got a Live One Here!” 1976. Best known for a Top Ten hit in 1972 called Hot Rod Lincoln, Commander Cody is still going strong. The pursuit just gets wilder from there, especially at about 3 minutes in. Find songs like Hot Rod Lincoln by Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen such as Honky Tonk Music, Bang On The Drum All Day and 409 and add them to. “My pappy said, ‘Son … you worthless hippie … you shameless drug fiend … you no-good alcoholic … you commie punk! You gonna drive me to drinkin’ if you don’t stop drivin’ that hot rod Lincoln!'” They take some liberties with the lyrics. Here’s an even better version, recorded live in England in the winter of 1976. “Hot Rod Lincoln,” Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen, from “Lost in the Ozone,” 1971. So let’s honor Charles Ryan, a Minnesota native who died last week in Spokane, and indulge.įor the record, here’s the version you know: Stevenson, Charlie Ryan and Arkie Shibley and was first recorded and released by Charley Ryan and The Livingston Bros. I can’t say any of my friends really dug the Commander, so I’d guess you’d have to call it a guilty pleasure. The song Hot Rod Lincoln was written by W.S. I have six of their albums, all from the early to mid-’70s. Once I heard this tune, the Commander’s mix of country, swing and boogie-woogie had me hooked. They launched it into the Top 10 in 1972. My introduction to this tune came - as yours probably did - from Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen, a band out of Ann Arbor, Michigan, led by the gravel-voiced George Frayne, a/k/a Commander Cody. It didn’t become a hit until Johnny Bond recorded it in 1960.Īccording to the AP story in the Times: “The song was inspired by Ryan’s commutes in his 1941 Lincoln from Spokane (Washington) to play gigs at the Paradise Club across the state line in Lewiston, Idaho.” Ryan, a country singer and songwriter, wrote this classic rockabilly tune with W.S. Reading the Los Angeles Times this morning, I came across this headline: “Charles Ryan, 92 co-wrote pop hit ‘Hot Rod Lincoln.'”
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