Cleveland OH
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Downtown Cleveland
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Enter here. I am not even going to try to summarize our visit to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This place is amazing and just packed with exhibits. I have never been into the hard rock and heavy metal types of music. I think I must be too old to appreciate? it. The highlights of my visit were the early years and the their influences on Rock and Roll.
Early Influences... Billie Holiday Her sadness resonates in her songs.
I did not know this.
Howlin' Wolf, Les Paul, The Ink Spots, Bessie Smith, Dinah Washington
Rhythm and Blues Memorabilia
Country and Bluegrass
Gospel
The Blues
Howlin' Wolf's Money case. Heard about him in Memphis.
Frank Zappa had to testify at a senate hearing on censorship as late as 1985.
Senator Ernest Hollings a Democrat from South Carolina: "By God, rescue the tender young ears of this nation from this, this rock porn.... It's outrageous filth, and we've got to do something about it.
Frank Zappa's response: "Rock music was never written for, or performed for, conservative tastes.
Ice-T Before he was a cop on "Law and Order SVU"
Ice-T 1993: "Cop Killer" was a protest record, man. It was a record of anger, and some people didn't understand it... I have the right to [protest] because the cops are killing my people...
Guess Who!
Took these off videos that were playing
One of Elvis' Toys
Jailhouse Rock Poster
Memphis Memorabilia
A Chronology of various cities' impact on Rock and Roll.
Memphis
Detroit
Distracted by another exhibit
The Everly Brothers
London / Liverpool
San Francisco
Los Angeles
London / New York / Los Angeles
Otis Redding This is the music I grew up with.
Seattle
Prince
John Mellencamp
The Animals.
Bruce Springsteen
The Beach Boys
The Supremes
Michael Jackson
James Brown
The Rolling Stones Never really cared for them, But they did have an impact.
The Beatles
Jimi Hendrix
Madonna was inducted into the Hall in 2005, but I didn't see an exhibit.
Cher, Cyndi Lauper, Stevie Nicks, Missy Elliot, Patti LaBelle, The Pointer Sisters, Sheryl Crow, I could go on, but none of these women are in the Hall today. Something is missing, I think.
Future Hall of Famers?? Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift
Lady Gaga
Taylor Swift
Joan Baez... Inducted in 2017.
Now to another Level
The Architects of Rock and Roll
Watch the technology change 1877 to 2004
Les Paul Exhibit
Johnny Cash Exhibit
Chuck Berry
Jane Scott Cleveland's own "Rock and Roll Journalist"
No comments:
Post a Comment