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Live At Gilley's

By the time of this live recording in 1982 at Gilley's in Pasadena, Texas, Commander Cody had outlived his first band, the Lost Planet Airmen, but was still going strong with his pioneering country rock. Essentially a rocking bar band, the group did one live album for MCA in 1974 ("Live From Deep In

The Heart Of Texas") that came very close to capturing the full extent of Cody's manic stage sound. "Live At Gilley's," on the other hand, is better than no live album, but only just. The opening cut, "It Should Have Been Me," consists mainly of high-hat and vocal. The sound gets better, but live cuts strung together don't necessarily equal a live stage show. Especially irritating is the inclusion of only part of the spoken intro to Cody's classic hit "Hot Rod Lincoln." The album includes Cody's famous hippie anthem, "Down To Seeds And Stems Again," as well as his signature song "Beat Me Daddy (Eight To The Bar)." For non-Cody initiates, this would make a fair introduction.

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