MLT Club Member Tim Arnold
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I’ve always loved Dr. Hook and The Medicine show, especially their first few albums before they cleaned up their act. They had songs that could tear the heart out of your soul or make you laugh out loud. They were basically a country band that was wild, wooly, sweaty, and usually stoned but the band was amazingly tight and very talented. Here’s a very politically uncorrect tune from their second album called the Freaker’s Ball.
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An eerie bluesy tune by two of my favorite young guitar players Samantha Fish from Kansas City and Sadie Johnson from Bloomington Indiana jamming out live in 2014 in Owensboro Kentucky.
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My Monsters and Music video for today is from one of the coolest bands of the 70’s. Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show, Too wild and wooly for country music radio and too country for main stream pop radio, they played songs that could make you laugh, cry, kiss your Mamma or tear your heart out of your chest. I still love them today, especially their early albums before they cleaned up their act. This is a song from their first album about a little witch from the swamps of Louisiana named Marie Laveau. She is one of those girls like Sweet Lorraine or Wednesday Adams that you definitely do not want to have on your bad side or it will be “Yeeeeee, another man done gone”.
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Here’s another classic rock track that has a great bassline intro and throughout the song. There was a time when I really liked the band Aerosmith, especially their first few albums, pure rock. Great work by bassist Tom Hamilton and some equally great guitar work by Joe Perry and Brad Whitford.
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David, That video made me laugh and brought back a memory. I actually did that once. Me and a friend was driving in Madison WI one time in his old beat up car. I believe we had gone there for concert tickets, anyway his wipers didn’t work and it started raining, not hard but enough to be a nuisance. We tied a piece of speaker wire to each side and took turns pulling them back and forth. I haven’t thought about that in years. Thanks for the video and the memory.
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Here’s a similar guitar that I know nothing about. I just remembered watching this video with Roy Clark and Jim Stafford. This is a very fun rendition of Dueling Banjos by two very talented guitar players.
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It seems like every time he plays a note or hits a switch that his house lights flicker. I too would worry about shocks. Some of the tones sound good and it would be fun to play with. It does make a lot of irritating noises too. I’m glad Paul didn’t use it to record Band On The Run. I bet you could use it for a metal detector too.
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That’s a good song Jurgen, I don’t remember The Hooters but they have a very good sound. I agree with Jung about bands in the 80’s. In the new century it seems if you have a half way decent voice you can have a hit record using computer generated music. Actually, you don’t even need a good voice, that can be digitally produced too. Of course there are exceptions, and I’m very thankful for artists like Mona and Lisa that produce outstanding music with hard work, talent and pride.
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Hi Jurgen, It sounds similar to metal music to me. I don’t understand the German language which is ok because I don’t understand half the language in American heavy metal music but I do like the beat and the music. Very cool, thanks.
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This is the only song I know by the Cranberries. Our family band which is called Home By Nine and consists of two nephews John and Jd, my niece Amber, John’s daughter Michelle and Jd’s best friend Pat have played this song for a few years. I went out and listened to them Friday night at a local club. When they played this song Amber’s daughter and sister as well as Pat’s wife joined them on stage to sing along. It was the highlight of the night, very fun. Thanks for the video.
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Jung, thanks for the picture of Mona with her alien. I thought about that too while watching the video. You’re right, there’s not many of the greasy spoon diners around anymore. It’s been a while since I’ve had a big greasy cheeseburger with a slice of onion and tomato and a big basket full of homemade fries and unlimited packets of ketchup. Now I’m hungry, Lol. Thanks for the reply.
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I think The Devil Went Down To Georgia was a couple years after I seen him. He had a hit called Long Haired Country Boy that, for a pure country record, got a lot of air play on rock radio. Mostly because of lines like “I get stoned in the morning, I get drunk in the afternoon”. I think he had quite a few cross over hits and I’m guessing maybe it was because of having to tour with rock bands and a lot of that crowd liking his music. He was probably billed as southern rock and I suspect he toured with some of those bands like Lynyrd Skynyrd. I suppose because the country music establishment wouldn’t claim him I guess they had to label him as something. I really dislike all the different labels. To me it’s all music and either I like it or I don’t.
Anyway I have another Monster song. This is a band from your backyard. I had a Facebook post this morning about the 50th anniversary of the song Smokin’ In The Boys Room. I remember listening to that song in junior high school when a kid from the audio visual department would play DJ in the gymnasium at lunch hour. Man, 50 years, that went by fast. I really liked Cub Koda and Brownsville Station because they just played rowdy, raunchy Rock n Roll. I know they weren’t that good but they didn’t have to be. In those days I listened to music on a cheap phonograph or 8 track player that had terrible sound anyway. It just had to make you feel good. So here’s a feel good song about an alien in a hamburger joint by Brownsville Station called The Martian Boogie. I have heard this was all done in one take which is incredible.
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Yeah Chris, I grew up in the middle of cow country, our local radio station is actually WCOW and is all country music. All my older relatives listened to country and played a lot of it in their different bands. I guess that’s why I liked rock n roll so much because I didn’t want to listen to what the old people were listening to, that would be uncool. Listening to country music was like kissing a fat girl, nothing wrong with it, you just don’t want anyone to know about it, Lol. Truth is I like a lot of the older stuff like Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard and Buck Owens. I don’t like much of the new pop-country stuff, it all sounds the same to me. Another old boy I really liked was Charlie Daniels. He had to tour with Rock acts starting out because the band had long hair and sang about subjects that were taboo in Nashville. I seen him in the late 70’s with (I believe) Journey and Cheap Trick, again some of the late 70’s and early 80’s are a little unclear. Talk about a shock to all of us that went to hear rock n roll, but they played great and really got the crowd going. So here is Charlie Daniels and his “Monster” hit The Devil Went Down To Georgia.
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Oh I like that one Chris, I love the Twins but I like some heavier stuff every now and then. Here’s a band I was listening to a couple years ago. They are a family band, made up of 3 brothers and 2 sisters and managed by their father that have some really good rock covers. Kind of like a heavy metal Partridge family. Singer Melody Christea has a fantastic rock voice and I like watching her sister Abby beat the heck out of her drums. They kind of overdo the stage show a bit, especially with the hair but I like their sound. This is the band Liliac covering Metallica’s Enter Sandman.
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Jung, B.C. is so beautiful from what I’ve seen, the ocean, lakes and mountains are majestic. On the map it looks twice the size of Texas which is amazing. I’ve been in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and it is breathtaking. My state of Wisconsin doesn’t have the mountains but we have a few natural wonders like the Mississippi river, Lake Michigan and Lake Superior, all amazing treasures of this place called Earth. The song you posted is a little emotional for me. I lost my pretty lady 9 years ago, I miss her everyday. A pretty woman may be the only thing better than a beautiful landscape. Good music is right up there too. It is a beautiful song I have never heard before, thanks for that one.