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| | Fly Magazine-Band/Performers Archive Article |
 | | In the late ’60s/early ’70s, Frayne left his job as an art professor at Wisconsin State University to front the boogie-woogie rock and roll outfit Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, landing a dedicated, ahem, grassroots following, a short string of novelty hits and one hell of a list of stories along the way. |
 | | The original lineup, of course, disbanded in 1976, but Frayne has toured and recorded with a rotating cast of players known as the Commander Cody Band ever since, the most recent combination having performed together for the past seven years. |
 | | Now, one might assume the Commander’s goals have shifted after 40 years of some of the most wild road tales in rock and roll history (see also: mescaline, see also: the Berkeley Riots). |
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