Telecaster master Bill Kirchen was right there at the BIG BANG of Ameri-
cana as a founder member Commander Cody and his Lost Planet
Airmen in 1967.
Playing guitar has been his only job ever since. Over a ten-year period com-
mencing in 2006, he made albums exclusively at Proper Records’ Specific
Sound studio in London.
All thirty-eight tracks including some bonus material are available in this two-
CD set. Guests include Nick Lowe, Elvis Costello, Paul Carrack, Commander

Cody, Dan Hicks, Maria Muldaur, Butch Hancock and more in this tour-de-
force of Americana and Alt. Country

CD 1: Hammer Of The Honky-Tonk Gods (with Nick Lowe and Geraint Watkins)
/ Rocks Into Sand (with Nick Lowe and Geraint Watkins) / Get A Little Goner
(with Nick Lowe and Geraint Watkins) / Skid Row In My Mind (with Nick Lowe
and Geraint Watkins) / Working Man (with Nick Lowe and Geraint Watkins) /
Soul Cruisin’ (with Nick Lowe and Geraint Watkins) / Truth Be Told (with Nick
Lowe and Geraint Watkins) / Devil With The Blue Dress / One More Day (with
Nick Lowe and Geraint Watkins) / Heart Of Gold (with Nick Lowe and Geraint
Watkins) / If It’s Really Got To Be This Way (with Nick Lowe and Geraint Wat-
kins) / Bump Wood / Shelly’s Winter Love (with Paul Carrack and Nick Lowe) /
Man In The Bottom Of The Well (with Elvis Costello) / I Don’t Work That Cheap
(with Commander Cody) / Time Will Tell The Story / Husbands And Wives
(with Chris O’Connell) / Open Range (with Blackie Farrell) / Arkansas Diamond

CD 2: Word To The Wise (with Dan Hicks) / Ain’t Got Time For The Blues (with
Maria Muldaur) / Valley Of The Moon (with Norton Buffalo) / Too Much Fun /
Tell Me The Reason / Down To Seeds And Stems / Semi-Truck / Rockabilly Fu-
neral / Womb To The Tomb / Flip Flop / Swing Fever / It Takes A Lot To Laugh,
It Takes A Train To Cry / Truck Stop At The End Of The World / Mama Hated
Diesels / Hot Rod Lincoln / Talkin’ About Chicken / Think It Over (with Austin
de Lone) / Oxblood (with Butch Hancock) / The Times They Are A-Changin’
(with Austin de Lone)