Word: truck
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Steve's favorite love has long been hitting the open road to appreciate the beauty of nature. "When I was in high school, I had a pick-up truck and I used to drive it to West Virginia--that's beautiful country. I seriously thought about buying 70 acres of that land near a lake, but I didn't because the price was too high...
...years; the shifts have weakened continuity, which is so important in the ad business, and strained relations with some customers. Also, the attention of top executives has been partly diverted from advertising by financial matters, especially since the agency went public in 1969. Besides insurance, Thompson has moved into truck and car leasing and teaching equipment...
Such lyrics might give you the impression that Cody and his bunch are actually just Berkeley hippies who have never been near a truck in their lives. This may be true, but Cody's biggest problem is the opposite one--he is too authentic. Other rock performers, like Taj Mahal, impose their own fantasies of heroism onto the traditional country and western sound, and the result can be better music than you'll ever hear in a roadside grill. Cody, on the other hand, sets out like a disciple to painfully duplicate that traditional country style. And sure enough, here...
...WHICH is not to say that the Airmen are not skilled at their trade. Cody's piano riff, are great if you notice them frolicking around in the background. And the pedal-steel player is also proficient, he is just asked to do too much. "Semi-Truck" and "Windshield" actually turn out as pleasant little ditties, well suited for bouncing along through the countryside. "Cravin' Your Love," a slow number, is perhaps the best cut on the album, simply because it abandons the café atmosphere for a fuller sound closer to rock and roll. "Tutti Frutti...
...choosing to work strictly within the rules of traditional truck driving music, Commander Cody has set himself an enjoyable task. After he had chosen that genre, all the important decisions were made, and Cody needed only to stay awake and perfect his technique. Hot Licks. Cold Steel, and Truckers Favorites demonstrates how impoverished truckdriving in any form can be if we don't keep on making the important decisions for ourselves...