Whitney Houston, Notorious B.I.G., and Rufus feat. Chaka Khan Nominated for 2020 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Whitney Houston, Rufus featuring Chaka Khan and Notorious B.I.G. are among the 16 nominees for the 2020 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees. Houston and Biggie Smalls are on the ballot for the first time along with Dave Matthews Band, The Doobie Brothers, Motörhead, Pat Benatar, Soundgarden, T.Rex, and Thin Lizzy. This is the third time Rufus & Chaka Khan have been nominated. […]
George Harrison and Bob Dylan performing at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. (1988)
“After the first of Bob Dylan’s two concerts at Wembley Arena in October 2000, legendary rock photographer Tom Sheehan and I head backstage, where Tom has earlier left his camera bags. We head first for the backstage bar, a surprisingly cavernous space that’s empty when we walk in apart from a solitary figure sitting hunched at a table in the middle of the room. Said figure has so much the bedraggled appearance of a bedraggled old crusty that I’m sure that if I look under the table he’s sitting at I’d find a couple of cans of cider and a dog on a string. I pay him no further immediate attention, as I have more urgent business to attend to with the barman. Sheehan, though, thinks he recognises the gnome-like individual at the table.
‘Jonesy,’ Sheehan whispers to me then. ‘That wouldn’t be The Quiet Beatle, would it?’
I take another look, and, fuck, it’s George Harrison, looking, you’d have to say, somewhat forlorn, disconsolate even, sitting on his own, no hint of the retinue of loyal retainers and pampering flunkeys you might expect him to be surrounded by. George just staring into the middle distance at something only he can see, as if in some lonely trance. Tom goes off to get his cameras. When I look back at the table where George has been sitting, he’s gone. I have no idea where.
I order another drink and wait for Sheehan, who finally returns beaming, smugly. Why?
'I’ve just met Bob,’ he says with a smirk that makes me want to slap him. Turns out when he gets there that Dylan’s holding court in the dressing room where Tom’s left his stuff and he’s been asked to wait outside with, of all people, George, with whom he’s just been chatting for the last 20 minutes about this and that, but mostly George’s favourite radio show, which turns out to be Gardener’s Question Time, Tom and George exchanging knowledgeable opinions on rhododendron clusters and soil enhancement. Bob had finally appeared to greet George, giving Tom a limp handshake as he does so.
Anyway, I mention this because I kept being reminded of the sight of him sitting alone in that vast Wembley bar as I was reading David Cavanagh’s brilliant cover story on George and what he did after The Beatles, which is a lot more than is often these days thought.”
- Allan Jones,Editor’s letter,Uncutmagazine (Aug. 2008)
How is Louis St-Laurent (1882-1973), Prime Minister of Canada, 1948-1957, related to -~-~ Madonna, née Madonna Ciccone (b.1958), singer, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
A video of legendary musician and producer Quincy Jones’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
I thought I’d share this little gem of a video I just came across. How I did not see this earlier I do not know, but I know that I am ashamed of calling myself a fan of music for not doing so.
This is a video of legendary musician and produced Quincy…
Rob Halford Is Going to Photobomb Dolly Parton at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Rob Halford Is Going to Photobomb Dolly Parton at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
This November, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will induct Dolly Parton into its ranks, and will (sort of) induct Judas Priest, who are receiving the ‘Musical Excellence Award.’ Now, Priest frontman Rob Halford has revealed that though he is 70 years old, he still intends to photobomb Dolly Parton like a metal-loving teenager, bless him.
Speaking to Metal Crypt, Halford said (good-naturedly, of…
