Frank Ludwig

1. Front Page photo:

I have always berated musicians who continue to flog old hits and attempt to cling onto past glory.  This rather uncharitable attitude fails to take in the fact that some of their audience still derive pleasure from the music and their appearances.

Way back in the late 70's I had a Canadian hit with the song Round, Round We Go. 

Me sitting in the rain surrounded by blackberry thorns and trying to restore an old carousel is my way of expressing the futility of all the above.  The carousel clearly is un-repairable and will never again go Round and Round.

Ironically, a number of friends convinced me to do a 2nd Cd entitled "Earlier Times Unplugged" which lends acoustic treatment to some of the older songs from the Trooper and Body Electric days. 

I would hope that these are new treaments and I am not "sitting on my laurels" such as they were.  Either way, as the first song on "It's about Time" says, it's o.k. to do this, 'Cuz I Feel Like It. Hopefully you'll enjoy comparing them with the originals.

so there you have it

More Questions

Who is the curly haired girl/boy on the credits page"

 Can You name the bands the photos in the lyric booklet are taken from?

Are there other non-band photos?

What's with the circle with the letters TUIT on it?

 Did you notice that the Earlier Times cd has the hands at an earlier time than the main cd and runs 1-12 as opposed to 13 - 24?

For the answers to these and other meaningless questions, turn the page.