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    Posted on 10/22/2012

    Elvis - The King of Las Vegas

    Elvis - The King of Las Vegas

    Written by Mike Arnold
    Back in the late 1960s Elvis Presley started a trend in Las Vegas that still continues today, rock music at casinos.  This trend seemed to work for the casino business, although I personally never understood the mix.  If you are visiting a casino, it seems to me that music would be the last thing on your mind, unless you are celebrating a huge payoff!  If I wanted to attend a concert at a casino, gambling would be the last thing on my mind, but I’m not a gambler.

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      Concert Blast Video – Look Back on 2010 Part 5 – July Through September (Podcast 195)

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        POSTED 2/10/2011

        Concert Blast Video - Look Back 0n 2010 Part 5Written by Mike Arnold

         While the concert-touring season has slowed down for the winter, I thought it would be nice to show our listening audiences what we went through in 2010.  I created multiple videos of our experiences with a month by month journey of our adventures.

         Here’s Part 5 of our 2010 Concert Blast Posts.  This video takes you through our experiences in Memphis, TN with REO Speedwagon and Pat Benatar, in Nashville, TN at the Bridgstone Arena with the Scorpions and Ratt, Paul McCartney, as well as Crosby, Stills, and Nash with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.  There was the Heart Concert at the Ryman, the Michael Bolton concert at the Wildhorse Saloon as well Hard Rockers Cinderella also at the Wildhorse Saloon.  We also covered the Americana Music Festival shows from the Cannery which was a lot of fun!

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          Concert Blast Video – Look Back on 2010 Part 1 (Podcast 191)

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            POSTED 1/12/2011Concert Blast Look Back 0n 2010 - Part 1

            Written by Mike Arnold

            While the concert touring season has slowed down for the winter, I thought it would be nice to show our listening audiences what we went through in 2010.  I created multiple videos of our experiences with a month by month journey of our adventures.

            Here’s Part 1 of our 2010 Concert Blast Posts.  This video contains an Intro of our hosts (with the song “Shine” from the Newsboys) and then carries you through the months of January through April.

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