[Tim Arnold]

That’s sad. I seen him play on The Midnight Special a few times and always liked his songs. I love Sundown, Carefree Highway and of course The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Such a haunting tribute. I agree with Chris, seems like a lot of great artists passing away recently. A sad result of growing older I guess.

[Tim Arnold]

This is another of my favorite all time albums and album covers. Great 2 record set with a lot of interesting pictures on the jacket. The Rolling Stones “Exile On Main St.”

[Tim Arnold]

Hi Jurgen, You are right about those album jackets being too nice to be put in a rack. As a teen I used to pin them up on my bedroom wall like posters. The ones by female artists were particularly nice. Heart and Linda Ronstadt were two of my favorites. The best album cover of all (for me) was Moontan by Golden Earring. Radar Love was on this LP. If you don’t know the cover you can look it up. I could post a picture but I don’t want to be scolded by Mona and Lisa. It had a strategically placed label on the shrink wrap and when you took the plastic off it revealed a totally naked showgirl. I never put that one on my wall. My Mom would have burned it. Lol… Wait, Maybe I can post it this way

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[Tim Arnold]

In 2016 (after thirty five years of singing) AC/DC lead singer Brian Johnson had to quit mid-tour or risk total hearing loss. Guns and Roses singer Axl Rose volunteered to finish the tour and did a remarkable job despite breaking his foot along the way. An epic job of “pinch hitting”.https://youtu.be/wraRfve9NUk

[Tim Arnold]

Happy Easter to you Jacki and everyone in MLT Club.

[Tim Arnold]

I remember Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass and always liked seeing them on some of the old TV variety shows. I just didn’t know any of their albums. I checked out the cover of Whipped Cream and it looks “delicious”. Thanks David.

[Tim Arnold]

Hi David, I’m not familiar with the Herb Alpert album Whipped Cream. I’ll have to look it up. Golden Earring was a Dutch band (I believe) that had 2 monster Rock n Roll hits. Radar Love in the 70s was on the Moontan album. In the 80s they had a hit song called The Twilight Zone that was played on MTV a lot. As far as I know they are still playing with their original lineup.

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[Tim Arnold]

Hi Jurgen. I really didn’t know much about the pictures on the cover other than it was a collection of mostly circus and sideshow freaks and performers. The inside and back had pictures of the band and crew in black and white that were shot on one of the backstreets in LA where they finished the album. Photographer Robert Frank took the pictures. I researched it a little and apparently The band wanted pictures that portrayed them as “runaway outlaws using the blues as its weapon against the world”. The cover photo that was used was already published in a book by Robert Frank. I just remember looking at all the odd and somewhat creepy pictures while listening to the album. The two albums with Rock, Blues, Jazz and Country were just as much a collage as the cover photos. I would stack the two LPs on my turntable, throw on my headphones and crawl into bed and drift off to sleep listening to all that great Stones music.

[Tim Arnold]

I agree with you Jacki. It seems even the classic rock and classic country stations only have certain songs they play or maybe are obligated to play. I’ve never looked into it but I would bet some big music corps are controlling the playlists. I think MLT has found a more fulfilling way of doing business. They may not make a million dollars overnight but I think they have made a solid foundation that will sustain them for as long as they want to make music. Plus they have the freedom to choose what music they play and what videos to shoot and they seem to be very happy doing things their way.

[Tim Arnold]

Hi Jung. It looks like you guys have covered this topic in the past. I’m sure it’s even more of an issue in the heavier Rock n Roll bands. Interesting reading Lisa’s explanation. I knew about why they use monitor speakers facing each of the musicians but didn’t know about the spacing of musicians and monitors on the bigger stages. Makes sense. I believe the Beatles may have been the first band to use monitors because they said the first big arena shows the did that they couldn’t hear themselves over the crowd. I see quite a few bands using the ear monitors also now. My brother Tom played in clubs and bars for many years and suffered from hearing loss because of it. He compensated for it by just turning his amp up louder. Obviously not a good solution. Interesting topic. I think I liked AC/DC more in the early days with Bon Scott on vocals. They were more of a raw and raunchy Rock n Roll band. I do like a lot of their stuff with Brian though, Back In Black album and Black Ice album are my favorites. It’s still great Rock n Roll but much louder.

[Tim Arnold]

Thanks for the comment Jung. Yeah, I can’t imagine being exposed to that noise level for 35 years. From what I know Brian thought his career was over and was quite depressed. He was able to get help through some experimental procedures by a Doctor from Denver. Quite an ordeal I guess but was eventually able to rejoin the band. Very cool that you seen them play live. I’ve been a fan for many years but never have seen them live.

[Tim Arnold]

“‘Cuz I’ve got Friday on my mind”. Lol. Maybe the one thing we can’t predict is human behavior, although I’m sure someone is trying. I’ve spent some time herding cows from one pasture to the next and you can get most of them to follow each other but there’s always one or two that have to go the other way and head for the woods. Lol. Not sure what that has to do with anything just that there’s always those who look at things differently and do things in a different way. I’m glad we have 2 of those kind leading this club.

[Tim Arnold]

I see David, so Current simultaneous views would be within the last month or so? There must be a way we can help boost The Twins views on YouTube. I see other independents that don’t seem near as talented or work near as hard that are getting way more views. I know likes and comments stimulate the algorythms but there must be more to it. I would like to see one of their originals reach 1 million views. Any guesses on which one will get there first. Very interesting stuff and very cool you are tracking these stats. Thanks David.

[Tim Arnold]

Very cool David, I feel dumb asking but what does the C stand for? Comments? One thing that made me smile is The Beatles songs hold 9 of the top 10 spots. They are still very popular band.

[Tim Arnold]

Hi Chris, I really liked Johnny and his brother Edgar back in the day, Edgar mostly when I was a teenager. I think the Edgar Winter Group was really a “super group” with Dan Hartman, Ronnie Montrose and later Rick Derringer. They had a lot of great tunes. I really got into Johnny and more bluesy stuff recently. Yeah he was a great blues player. His version of Johnny B. Goode on YouTube was my favorite until I seen the Twins version at the Cavern in the MLT Club. Thanks for posting the video.