I saw Commander Cody more times than I can count. Their shows were always enjoyable. His lead guitarist (Bill Kirchen, see above) was from my home town, and the band spent a lot of time around there. They often played at the free concerts held every Sunday in the summertime, and would play second bill to anyone who came to town, seemed like. I payed to see them as headliners a time or two, as well; they were well worth it. Their fine fiddle player, Andy Stein (who doubled on sax sometimes), now plays in Garrison Keillor's house band on the Prairie Home Companion, I believe. The lead singer, Billy C. Farlow, played a wrecked old electric guitar which was never plugged in, and, if memory serves, wasn't completely strung either. They introduced the Ann Arbor area to rockabilly, and, I'm sure, in some part prefigured or brought on the rockabilly revival personified by the Stray Cats and such groups. I have their first album, and it still sounds as great to me today as the day I got it. Wish I had more. Commander Cody's real name is George Freyn (sp?), by the way. It's wonderful to read in Don Meixner's post above that he's still active and making great music, just as he used to do. regards, Bman