Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen

April 2, 2022

Country Trucker Titan C.W. McCall (Bill Fries) Passes Away

Call him one of the overlords of country trucker songs, but don’t call him a one hit wonder. His name was William Dale Fries Jr., but the world knew him as C.W. McCall, and knew of him through his iconic country trucker epic “Convoy.”

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September 26, 2021

Pioneering Country Rocker Commander Cody (George Frayne) Has Died

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There were few that could tap into the cosmic side of country music better, and nobody that could sail as deep into the ozone as Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen. And now, the band’s illustrious pilot, the Captain, keyboard player and singer Commander Cody himself, has died.

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