Lost In the Ozone, Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen, 1971, :38
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
Not knowing what to expect outside the classic "Hot Rod Lincoln," I was pleasantly surprised to hear straight country roots, à la the Burrito Brothers, steel guitar and fiddle and honky-tonk piano and Carl Perkins guitar licks and all. It's not all pure country, though; there's a couple of more rocking numbers. Whatever the tempo, lots of paeans to gettin' high here: "Seeds and Stems (Again)," "Wine Do Your Stuff," title track. Favorite tracks: "Hot Rod Lincoln" (which is musically a distant outlier from the rest of the album), "Midnight Shift."
