Researched by Twin Blends
Researched by Twin Blends
— Vincent Van Gogh
— Jimmy Cannon
The Louisiana State Fair of the Past
Researched by Twin Blends
We are twin brothers and best friends who grew up in Southern Hills in Shreveport and played sports together. Neither of us were really interested in history when we were younger, but we always loved looking at old photos. As we got older and retired from sports, we started to get more interested in old pictures of our city’s history. We search through thousands and thousands of old pictures from the past, go to the exact location where they were taken, snap our own picture and then combine those two pictures to form what we call a “Blend.” We then use those photos to tell the history of that location in a fun and exciting way! Since we are “twins” and “blend” the old and new photos together, that’s where the name Twin Blends comes from and you can find us on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and now the web at twinblendshistory.com.
Researched by Twin Blends
Come As You Are
Dine In Your Car
Street Car Trolley
Records Unlimited
The Gang's All Here
How About a Victory Lap?
Some great DeSoto Parish History from our friend Huel Jones! Check it out! You have to watch till the end to hear about the upcoming time capsule to be opened in June! Huel also talks about his family’s time capsule that he found as well! ... See MoreSee Less
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Here’s the song called “Twin Blends” that a very talented friend of ours, Rusty Bethley, wrote the lyrics to and produced about us and what we do. He used his friend’s voice and ran the lyrics through an A.I. program to get the final song and we think it came out great!
At first, when he told us about it, we felt VERY honored that he would make a song about Twin Blends! Then, when we listened to it, we were totally blown away! It’s incredible! Mike and I both immediately knew that we had to hold off on posting it until we could make it into a music video! We got together and started adding in old and new photos (and video) to match the lyrics in order to make the most impact! We took some of the best old photos that we’ve come across of places that people would immediately recognize and added them. Not only that, but we also used A.I. to colorize them (it’s much quicker and does a better job than we could do). Then we used A.I. again to make the pictures move in a short clip to bring them to life! We tried to work in as many old favorites as we could. Of course, there were some that we had to leave out but we were able to put in many of the great ones!
Almost all of the video clips were made from using ACTUAL PHOTOS that we found during our research over the years at the Northwest Louisiana Archives at LSUS Northwest Louisiana Archives at LSUS and the Thurman C. Smith collection or ones that we took ourselves! (We hate when Facebook pages post entire videos where they tell A.I. to completely generate a photo/video out of thin air and try and fool people into believing that they are real.)
We like to show the history of this area in a FUN, POSITIVE and EXCITING way and we had such a great time putting this video together and hope you enjoy it! It pretty much explains what we do! Be sure and share with your friends and family! Let us know what you think! Oh, and don’t forget to TURN UP THE VOLUME! It rocks!
Thank you again so much Rusty Bethley for this song! It’s perfect!
** Check out the comments to see a description of the photos, listed in order of appearance, that we used to make the video.
The Shreveport Times
Rusty Bethley Youtube Channel
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Update! It’s dropped!
No, we will not be dancing or singing! 😂🤣 ... See MoreSee Less
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Twin Blends Loves Sweet Tea Shreveport!
When we saw the Shreveport Captains themed T-shirts from Sweet Tea Shreveport, we knew we just had to have one (or two)! They really knocked it out of the park with this one! Everyone loved the Shreveport Captains back in the day and what better way to show that love than to pick up a couple of these T-shirts! Thank you Kathy May Ross for these! They look awesome!!
Contact them on their Facebook page to order!
Sweet Tee Shreveport
T-shirts are $32
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What a great read from the late, great Shreveport historian Eric Brock. ... See MoreSee Less
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This is a perfect example of why you need to come watch the LSU Shreveport Pilots play baseball! Carlos Sanches hits game ending triple! ... See MoreSee Less
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