Bill Kirchen is the former lead guitarist of Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen, and that’s his playing that anchors the band’s biggest hit, “Hot Rod Lincoln,” from 1972.
Kirchen is now a solo act, and he usually tours with his band, Too Much Fun. Kirchen has his own version of “Hot Rod Lincoln” where he performs just about every great guitar riff in the music songbook.
In this performance, he’s without his band, apparently because he’s at a folk festival. Fortunately, he didn’t unplug his Fender Telecaster.