Commander Cody already gained cult status with his band The Lost Planet Airmen by 1980 when he was invited to play the Rockpalast His music wandered between the genres blues country rock boogie rockabilly and TexMex spiked with his very own wit and humour The audience witnessed a colourful high energy concert evening in the WDR Studio A in Cologne In his known manner Commander Cody was rocking through the setlist always with a tongueincheek That evening he was accompanied by Steve Mackay saxophone vocals Tona Johnson drums vocals Bill Kirchen guitar vocals Doug Killmer bass vocals and Peter Sigel pedal steel guitar guitar