Hot Licks, Cold Steel & Truckers Favorites

Hot Licks, Cold Steel & Truckers' Favorites
Studio album by Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
Released	May 1972
Recorded	February-March 1972
Genre	Country rock, Western swing, rock and roll, rockabilly, Americana
Label	Paramount (original) MCA (reissue)
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen chronology
Lost in the Ozone (1971) Hot Licks, Cold Steel & Truckers' Favorites (1972) Country Casanova (1973)

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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.

Track listing

1. "Truck Stop Rock" (Billy Farlow, Bill Kirchen, Barlow, George Frayne, Andy Stein)
2. "Truck Drivin' Man" (Terry Fell)
3. "Rip It Up" (John Marascalco, Robert Blackwell)
4. "Cravin' Your Love" (Billy Farlow, Andy Stein)
5. "It Should've Been Me" (Memphis Curtis)
6. "Watch My .38" (Billy Farlow, Carl Spelbring)
7. "Semi-Truck" (Billy Farlow, Bill Kirchen)
8. "Kentucky Hills of Tennessee" (Billy Farlow, Michael James Richards)
9. "Looking at the World Through a Windshield" (Jerry Chesnut, Mike Hoyer)
10. "Diggy Liggy Lo" (J. D. "Jay" Miller)
11. "Mama Hated Diesels" (Kevin "Blackie" Farrell)
12. "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 – steel guitar, vocals

Production

• Producer: None listed
• Recording Engineer: Dale Lear
• Mixing: Dale Lear
• Cover Art: Chris Frayne
• Photography: Paul Noel
• Liner notes: None

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