★★★★★
Over the course of decades as a solo act, Bill Kirchen has recorded for a variety of labels, most of which are out of business. Many of his previous recordings are therefore unavailable. To remedy this comes
- www.austinchronicle.com
2013-10-03
★★★★★
Bill Kirchen was a founder and guitarist for "we were alt-country before it was born" legends Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, whose mixture of country rave-ups, trucker anthems, and cry-in-your-beer ballads found a varied audience in the 1970s. Since then Kirchen has led his own band, filling halls with his brand of roots music, anchored by his incredible skills on his Telecaster...
- www.ink19.com
2013-07-05
★★★★★
Proper Records 65 years young this June, Telecaster master Bill Kirchen is still picking and a' grinning like tykes a third of his age wish they could - a smooth combination of tasteful and tasty. Kirchen's style has remained the same since he first caught the world's ear as a founding member of Commander Cody's Lost Planet Airmen back in 1967: groove and melody come first; no flash for flash's sake; but if there's a straight stretch here and there, sure - let the twin glasspacks bark .....
- www.jambands.com
2013-07-02
★★★★★
Kirchen's most recent albums have found him collaborating with famous friends such as Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe, but never veering far from the fast-fret saloon rock, honky tonk and western swing that earned him the nickname The Telecaster Titan way back in his days with Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen in the 70s. This twofer goes back to the start of the 21st Century, reappraising work which may have slipped under the radar...
- recordcollectormag.com
2013-04-01
★★★★★
It seems tough to argue with Bill Kirchen's guitar-god status. As one of Commander Cody's original Lost Planet Airmen, his twangy Telecaster informed "Hot Rod Lincoln", among many other country-rock tunes. Decades later, Kirchen is still at it, releasing a good-natured set of songs featuring duets with such diverse artists as Dan Hicks, Maria Muldaur, and Elvis Costello...
- www.popmatters.com
2011-01-20
★★★★★
As the chief guitar twanger in Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airman, the avuncular Kirchen was a godlike figure to the UK's pub-rock fraternity in the 70s. Subsequent years found him saddling up with Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe, both of whom reunite with their old friend on this endlessly thrilling goodtime collection...
- www.recordcollectormag.com
2010-12-21
★★★★★
Guitarist Bill Kirchen was the picker who played the iconically twangy guitar on Commander Cody's "Hot Rod Lincoln," so it's no surprise that the title track to this album celebrates the Fender Telecaster. The album is more than just a guitar demonstration, though. In fact, it's very much a song album, and the songs seem effortless. He shifts gears from honky-tonk to country to pop and R&B easily, never losing his sound or the song in the process...
- www.offbeat.com
2010-11-09
★★★★★
It seems tough to argue with Bill Kirchen's guitar-god status. As one of Commander Cody's original Lost Planet Airmen, his twangy Telecaster informed "Hot Rod Lincoln", among many other country-rock tunes. Decades later, Kirchen is still at it, releasing a good-natured set of songs featuring duets with such diverse artists as Dan Hicks, Maria Muldaur, and Elvis Costello...
- www.popmatters.com
2010-08-24
★★★★★
Sound: A pioneer of rockabilly, Bill Kirchen is a guitarist known for a style marked "Dieselbilly". Though rock n' roll has taken a step back from the main stage, the Michigan songwriter still uses his combination of blues, country and western swing on Word To The Wise, a peculiar release with shades of a duet album your grandparents can do the boogie-woogie to...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2010-08-18
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