George Frayne IV, who led the band Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, a group that combined elements of the rock counterculture with a love for roots music in the early 1970s, died Sunday at ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – George Frayne IV, who spun the name of a 1950s sci-fi character into a lifelong alias as leader of the band Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, died Sunday, according ...

George Frayne, best known under his alias as Commander Cody and leader of the group Commander Cody and His Planet Lost Airmen, died yesterday at age 77 following a battle with cancer. "Early this ...

VAIL – In the late 1960s, some members of the Commander Cody Band were deciding on whether to go to grad school, or to follow a friend out west and pursue a career in music. The path that was chosen, ...

Commander Cody, aka George Frayne, exploded on the national music scene more than 40 years ago while fronting the seminal roots-Americana outfit Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen. The band was ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Resident music legend George Frayne, leader of the band Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, passed away in Saratoga Springs at age 77 on Sunday, September 29.

Yes, "Hot Rod Lincoln" was the lone big hit by Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airman, back in 1972. But the band, from the perspective of nearly 40 years later, can be seen as a trailblazer for ...

George Frayne, aka pioneering alt-country rocker Commander Cody, died earlier this week of esophageal cancer at his Saratoga Springs, N.Y. home. He was 77 and his death was confirmed by former ...

George Frayne IV, who led the band Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, a group that combined elements of the rock counterculture with a love for roots music in the early 1970s, died Sunday at ...