MLT Club Member Tim Arnold
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This is a picture my niece took of the Rotary Club lights display in Riverside Park at La Crosse WI. I was hoping to get down there this year but that’s probably not going to happen. If I do I will take some pictures or maybe a video. This picture was taken from the Minnesota side of the Mississippi River.
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I like a good blues harp when it sounds like a train. I think Mona makes it sound that way on Look What They’ve Done To My Song and a few others. My Dad didn’t play often but every now and then after supper he would play harmonica, especially if my brothers were playing guitars. A couple songs I remember him playing were called Little Brown Jug and one he called Who Stole The Lock Off The $#!thouse Door, Lol. I don’t know if he made that one up or not. That brings back a lot of memories of my Dad.
Ricky Medlocke started out playing for the original Lynyrd Skynyrd band before they made it big. He left and started the band called Blackfoot. Now days he again plays for the revamped version of Lynyrd Skynyrd. The band Blackfoot had a couple hits called Highway Song and a song called Train, Train. On the song Train, Train there is some incredible blues harp played by Ricky Medlocke’s Grandfather. I think he was well into his 70’s at the time it was recorded. He gets the song rockin’ with the intro and does a smokin’ solo around 2:05 into the song.
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This was our big yellow tom cat. My 3 year old grand niece Makaya named him Gravel because we found him on the gravel road near my house. Someone had dropped him off. I found him on a Friday night and my plan was to take him to the shelter on Monday so they could find him a home. We already had 2 cats and a dog and didn’t need another pet. Needless to say by Monday, thanks to Makaya, he had found a place in our hearts and stayed for 10 years.
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I like a few of Neil Young’s heavier tunes. Definitely Cinnamon Girl, Keep On Rockin’ In The Free World and Mr. Soul. I have a CD of an album Rush made years ago called Feedback. It was all covers of songs that influenced them. I thought their cover of Mr. Soul was really cool.
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Jung
I always liked John Lennon singing this one. There’s a great live version of the Beatles doing this one on YouTube but when I first found the Twins a little over a year ago it was one of the ones I kept replaying, it blew me away, Mona completely owns it like nobody else. The whole band just nails it. I had the same feeling with their version of Nowhere Man. Two of my favorite Beatle songs and I couldn’t believe any one not named The Beatles could play it like that. I’ve listened to it 100 times and it still blows me away like it did the first time.
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There’s a lot of songs I would love to hear them cover but I try not to suggest any to them. I have found out that I like being surprised by their choices and many of their covers have been songs that I never thought that highly of like Everyody’s Talking but I love listening to it now with Mona and Lisa singing it.
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Jung, I have some great memories of those poker games, especially when we got a little older and could drink beer. My Mom didn’t allow alcohol in the house but on Saturdays my older Sister Mary would take my Mom to the laundry to wash all the clothes. While we helped carry the baskets of clothes out the front door, the beer was coming in the back door, Lol. Later when we seen Mary’s headlights come up the driveway the beer would go back out. The game usually died out shortly after that. Great times. The ones that weren’t playing poker were usually playing guitars in the living room.
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Jung, Yeah their vocals would really sound good on this song and I think Mona would have fun with the harmonica. Would be great for a Duo Session I think.
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I like this one Jung. It’s the first Neil Young song I remember hearing. My brother had it on an 8 track tape he played in his Corvair station wagon. I thought Neil’s voice was strange but I liked the song and the blues harp. I like how all these old songs we share and the Twins play bring back the memories. I think Mona and Lisa would knock this one out of the park.
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Yeah my Dad played the harmonica, not often but he always kept it on the window ledge by where he always sat in the kitchen along with a jar of coins he used to play penny poker with us on Saturday nights. Sometimes if he lost his money in the poker game he would play the harmonica for us.
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Yeah, John Popper was the front man for Blues Traveler and he could really play that harmonica, one of the best. He did the theme for the Roseanne sitcom and appeared on the show at least once. I always loved their Carolina Blues tune.
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Alex hardly ever shows up on anyone’s list of top guitarists but he’s always been one of my favorites. He can do so much with a guitar.
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Daryl, here’s a link to Mr. Soul by Rush on a different channel, maybe it will work for you.
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It works on my end Daryl, Idk, I know you’re a Rush fan so it’s worth checking out. The whole album is great.
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I joined the club on Dec. 16 2022. Not sure why it says Oct. 2022 on my profile. That’s when I ordered my first MLT Cd. I only got to experience the last 7 days of last years advent as it was happening. I did go back and and watch all the previous years advents and livestreams several times. I agree this years advent has been the best yet. To be able to join the Twins so often and chat amongst all the club members has been a unique experience. It is like a family sitting around the living room sharing stories, enjoying the season and the spirit of Christmas. This has been very special and I’ll be a little sad when it’s over but can’t wait to see what they do next.
