George Frayne

Art Brokerage: George Frayne aka Commander Cody American Artist: Commander Cody has been making music for decades. He and his Lost Planet Airmen were at the crux of the American Roots Music movement and made the Rolling Stone's list of top 100 bands of all time. But past the boogie woogie, swing, country and rock is another side to the Old Commander: George Frayne, The visual artist. He earned a masters degree in sculpture and painting from the University of Michigan. His art has shown from London to Tokyo, and in museums including MOMA, The Museum of Natural History, the Saratoga Auto Museum and at the Director's Guild in Hollywood. He has been published numerous times in books such as Star Making Machinery, Musicians as Artists, Rockin' Garages, and in Starart along with Joni Mitchell, Ron Wood, Claus Voorman, plus a few other very talented contemporaries. Recently George authored his own colorful table top book called Art Music and Life. His quote on the cover sums it up well: "I have painting for a long time. I have been rocking for almost as long. The tales of adventures in both cases run together and in some cases intersect. Here are the stories and the art of these moments." Listings wanted.