Daily Discovery: Arlo McKinley, “Time in Bars”

August 15, 2014 9:55 am

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Arlo McKinley and Co. come from Cincinnati, Ohio. Having spent a few years fine tuning their sound, they released their debut album, titled Arlo Mckinley & the Lonesome Sound. The time taken to perfect the sound shows, so go ahead and buy it here.

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ARTIST – Arlo McKinley & The Lonesome Sound

SONG – Time In Bars

BIRTHDATE – 10-23-1979

HOMETOWN – Cincinnati Oh

CURRENT LOCATION – Covington Ky

AMBITIONS – To be a working musician

TURN OFF’S – Negativity

TURN OFF’S – Creativity

DREAM GIG – Opening for Neil Young

FAVORITE LYRICS– Since you’ve been gone, it’s a losing battle….Stampeding cattle they rattle the walls. (The Band- It makes no difference)

CRAZIEST PERSON I KNOW– Too many to choose from

SONG I WISH I WROTE– Life Is A Carnival by The Band

5 PEOPLE I’D LIKE TO HAVE DINNER WITH – Neil Young, Marc Maron, Tom Petty, Glenn Danzig and Merle Haggard

BEST CONCERT EXPERIENCE – 1988, David Lee Roth and Poison at the Cincinnati Gardens. I was 9 years old and that was the moment that I knew I wanted to be a musician.

I WROTE THIS SONG – (Time In Bars) at 3am in my kitchen