and the many more that didn’t. The back cover of Ringo Star’s “Sentimental Journey” album cover.
I never realized what a trail blazer Ringo was. Harry Nilsson did an album of 40′s songs. Rod Stewart milked it for all he could. Ringo might have been the first “Rock Star” to do an album of 40′s songs.
Your probably saying to yourself, “that don’t look like Ringo.” That’s Ringo, just look at that nose.
I can’t believe The Torch died. What a way to go, getting killed by a bunch of giant insects. I don’t know what kind of insects but I think it was beetles. Paul and Ringo did him in.
Here’s how I would have done it. The Kingpin is in the room with a bunch of villains. He telling everybody that there is a bounty on The Torch’s head. When the meeting is over and everybody is leaving the room he says, “Last one out, turn out the light.” The last one to leave is Mr. Fire Extinguisherman. That’s how The Torch gets it. Mr. Fire Extinguisherman has The Torch trapped in the corner and lets him have it.
So now what happens to The Fantastic Four. Do they become “The Above Average Three?” Maybe they could do what The Rolling Stones did, just get a new guitar player. Finding somebody that can burst into flames will be hard so they might settle for somebody with high blood pressure.
They could get out of the Super Hero business all together and go into music and call themselves, “Richards, Storm and Thing.” “RS&T” opening for “CS&N.”
It’s they first time on stage and Thing says, “It’s hot as hell up here.” Then they launch in to a series of songs, “Light My Fire,” “Fire,” “The Heat Is On,” and for the encore, “Hunk Of Burning Love.”
Normally I don’t like digital albums. They always sound to thin. However, this one I like. It sounds nice and fill and there’s not a bad song on here.
(painting by Ralph Rumpelton)
Ringo did this album for his mother. Maybe mothers like this album cause my mother loves it. Then again my mother likes the Rod Stewart albums.
Not that this is a bad album. It’s a Ringo album. You know he’s not the greatest singer in the world, you buy it cause you like Ringo.
The back cover is coming soon.
painting by Ralph Rumpelton
When I was young, I had my 45′s that I listened to. My parents had their albums. I never liked their stuff, I wanted to hear, The Monkees, Beach Boys, The Count Five and the rest. This was the one album of my dad’s that I really liked. It was Rock without out being grownup. It was fun music.
It’s recorded in a club and you can hear the crowd in the background. I love albums like this cause it’s like your there and can feel the excitement. I just put this on to my iPOD and after hearing this album for many time, just discovered something new. At the very beginning of the album, right before Trini starts a song, you can hear somebody in the audience yell, “All night long.” The crowd is pumped for this show!
Being the rotten guitar player I am, Trini Lopez’s guitar style is who I always wanted to play like. I don’t care about and ten minute solos, Trini’s playing is nice and fat and carries the songs.
I also want to mention that this is a tight band:
Trini Lopez – guitar
Dick Brant – bass and some of the best moves around
Mickey Jones – drums
You can keep Cream and all those other power trios. This is the type of band I always wanted to be in.
The painting is called “Bizzaro World Trini Lopez.” It didn’t start out like that, but when I got done and looked at it, it was the perfect name for it.
Most nights before I go to work, I stop at the 7-11 to buy lunch. I see the same guy behind the counter every night. I get a hero, pick up three packs of mustard and a roll of Smarties.
When I get up to the counter to pay, I put the stuff down. The guy rings it up and asks me if I want a bag. Every night I get a bag. Why bother asking me, just put the stuff in the bag. He goes to put the sandwich and the Smarties in the bag and leaves the three packs of mustard out on the counter. I don’t know why he does this. So what I started doing is putting the mustard on the counter first, then the sandwich behind it. He passes right over the mustard and puts the other stuff in the bag and leaves the mustard on the counter. It’s the strangest thing. For some reason he refuses to put the mustard in the bag. I’m thinking that the next time I go, I’m gonna put the mustard packs on top of the sandwich. This way when he picks up the sandwich, hopefully the mustard packs won’t fall off and be stranded on the counter.
