b. 29 January 1948, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. Kirchen grew up with a love of various forms of American music - country, blues, western swing and rockabilly - and this has proved invaluable over the years. He was a founder member of Commander Cody And The Lost Planet Airmen in 1967 and he sang and played guitar with the group until 1976. With his Telecaster guitar, he could emulate the hard country twang of the Bakersfield acts, Buck Owens and Merle Haggard, and although Commander Cody And The Lost Planet Airmen was regarded as a psychedelic band, much of it was country music played by hippies. "Lack of discipline sunk the band in the end," he confides.

Listen to Bill Kirchen at Finetune.

• (2008)  Tied To The Wheel
• (2008)  King Of Dieselbilly
• (2007)  Hammer of the Honky Tonk Gods
• (2001)  Tied To The Wheel
• (1997)  Hot Rod Lincoln-Live

• Hot Rod Lincoln
• Hillbilly Truck Driving Man
• Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
• Poultry In Motion
• Cold Country Blues

• Eric Clapton
• Stevie Ray Vaughan
• Danny Gatton
• Albert Collins
• Robert Gordon
• The Paladins
• Ray Campi
• Lyle Lovett
• Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen
• Stray Cats
• Link Wray
• Charlie Rich
• Fats Domino
• Ace Cannon
• Gene Simmons
• The Blasters
• Southern Culture On The Skids
• Brian Setzer
• Patsy Cline
• Big Sandy and his Fly-Rite Boys

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