George Frayne, roots rocker known as Commander Cody, dies at 77
The title George Frayne could not ring a bell, however his alter ego, a glib, piano-pounding bandleader named Commander Cody, grew to become a minor rock star of the early Nineteen Seventies, fast-talking his manner by means of a pair of unlikely hits, “Scorching Rod Lincoln” and “Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette).”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/native/obituaries/george-frayne-died/2021/09/29/03baa792-213a-11ec-8200-5e3fd4c49f5e_story.html | George Frayne, roots rocker generally known as Commander Cody, dies at 77
