My favourite bands and artists are the ones who wander through the categories a bit and play songs that don’t fit their narrow music industry label.
Otherwise you end up with bands like Status Quo and nobody needs more of that.
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And they snubbed Philadelphia at their founding.
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Dolly sure rocks… oh no, wait…
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The one award I believe Ms Parton would really appreciate is the Gershwin Prize for Songwriting as she identifies most strongly as a “songteller.” Her catalog of songs has earned her the Gershwin Prize two or three times over.
Spread the word: Give Dolly Parton the Gershwin Prize! Let’s start a movement.
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Watch a Queen concert, you can see Roger Taylor counting quite a bit.
Gina Schock was an accomplished drummer by the time she got to the Go Gos and still gets high marks as a great drummer.
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A wizard is never late. Nor is he early. He arrives on the metal scene precisely when he means to.
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I was living in Memphis when the thing opened up, and people there were not happy about it, and rightly so.
I suppose I’ll use this moment to plug the Stax Museum, which is excellent.
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Making money from teenagers?
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Yup! And then there’s Philly, Louisiana, Nashville, Seattle…
Apropos of the Cleav. The Onion has “The Best Cities To Live In For Fans Of Rock And Roll Museums And The Cleveland Browns“ The Best Cities To Live In For Fans Of Rock And Roll Museums And The Cleveland Browns
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And Detroit, let’s not forget Detroit.
As I told everyone last night I was reading in Rolling Stone where they said Detroit audiences are the greatest rock and roll audiences in the world, I thought to myself, shit, I’ve known that for 10 years… Bob Seger 1975.
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While I appreciate and respect Dolly’s reasons here, it’s worth pointing out that Bill Monroe has a spot in the Rock Hall, and he never covered a Fine Young Cannibals song.
right, which we all know was: Stick’n it to the Man.
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Saint Dolly!
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There should be multiple Halls; themed to genres. Like the Gutter of Punk, the Tomb of Metal, etc.
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The real question is why Weird Al isn’t in the Hall of Fame. It’s not surprising that country artists aren’t.
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Isn’t there a country music HOF?!
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