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Grammy nominated guitarist, singer and songwriter Bill Kirchen first gained national recognition as a founding member of Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen. They recorded seven albums for Paramount and Warner Brothers, one of which (Live From Deep in the Heart of Texas) rightfully made Rolling Stones list of the 100 Best Albums of All Time. The original band established its place in the infancy of the Americana movement by being one of the first and only rock n roll bands to infuse their honky-tonk sound with pure, blood-and-guts country roots and Western swing. Its Kirchens indelible guitar licks that define their top-ten charting hit, Hot Rod Lincoln, a song that eventually took on a post-Cody life of its own. He has released a dozen CDs under his own name, and recorded and/or played guitar live with a whos who of Americana and Roots Rock N Roll, among them Gene Vincent, Link Wray, Bo Diddley, Hazel Dickens, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Narada Michael Walden, Doug Sahm, Hoyt Axton, Emmylou Harris, Maria Muldaur, Dan Hicks, Nick Lowe and Elvis Costello.
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