My God @77jovian, Tyminski at 110dB? For Bluegrass?! The loudest band I ever heard were The Ramones at The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium (MUCH louder than The Who), a cement bunker with atrocious acoustics. It was absolutely ridiculous, I left after a few songs. I was wearing my molded ear plugs with attenuators, but every snare drum backbeat Marky played felt like a punch in the chest. Why, why, why?!
Brian Wilson is deaf in one ear (that's why he mixed to mono), from his dad Murry punching him in the head.