Telecaster master Bill Kirchen was right there at the BIG BANG of Americana 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 commencing in 2006, he made albums exclusively at Proper Records’ SpecificSound 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.

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  • 1. Hammer of the Honky-Tonk Gods (With Nick Lowe and Geraint Wa
  • 2. Rocks Into Sand (With Nick Lowe and Geraint Watkins)
  • 3. Get a Little Goner (With Nick Lowe and Geraint Watkins)
  • 4. Skid Row In My Mind (With Nick Lowe and Geraint Watkins)
  • 5. Working Man (With Nick Lowe and Geraint Watkins)
  • 6. Soul Cruisin (With Nick Lowe and Geraint Watkins)
  • 7. Truth Be Told (With Nick Lowe and Geraint Watkins)
  • 8. Devil With the Blue Dress
  • 9. One More Day (With Nick Lowe and Geraint Watkins)
  • 10. Heart of Gold (With Nick Lowe and Geraint Watkins)
  • 11. If Its Really Got To Be This Way (With Nick Lowe and Geraint
  • 12. Bump Wood
  • 13. Shellys Winter Love (With Paul Carrack and Nick Lowe)
  • 14. Man In the Bottom of the Well (With Elvis Costello)
  • 15. I Dont Work That Cheap (With Commander Cody)
  • 16. Time Will Tell the Story
  • 17. Husbands and Wives (With Chris O'Connell)
  • 18. Open Range (With Blackie Farrell)
  • 19. Arkansas Diamond

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  • 1. Word To the Wise (With Dan Hicks)
  • 2. Aint Got Time For the Blues (With Maria Muldaur)
  • 3. Valley of the Moon (With Norton Buffalo)
  • 4. Too Much Fun
  • 5. Tell Me the Reason
  • 6. Down To Seeds and Stems
  • 7. Semi-Truck
  • 8. Rockabilly Funeral
  • 9. Womb To the Tomb
  • 10. Flip Flop
  • 11. Swing Fever
  • 12. It Takes a Lot To Laugh, It Takes a Train To Cry
  • 13. Truck Stop At the End of the World
  • 14. Mama Hated Diesels
  • 15. Hot Rod Lincoln
  • 16. Talkin About Chicken
  • 17. Think It Over (With Austin De Lone)
  • 18. Oxblood (With Butch Hancock)
  • 19. The Times They Are A-Changin (With Austin De Lone)