Coincidently this months MOJO magazine's feature on TIMEMACHINE 1994 reports that in that year the following acts were inducted John Lennon (by Paul McCartney), Bob Marley, Rod Stewart (sans Faces), The Band, Elton John, Grateful Dead, The Animals, Duane Eddy, Willie Dixon and Johnny Otis. I'm not a huge fan of all those mentioned but then again there are none I would have argued against! It's only rock n' roll but I like it!
On Dec 8, 12:46 pm, R3 <[email protected]> wrote: > I do agree on Runs and Noses but then again I wandered away from > mainstream popular music long before they appeared on the scene. The > Beastie Boys, Rock & Roll uh no. I disagree on Donovan however. In the > late 60s he was a very well known act and second only to Dylan and > Peter Paul and Mary in carrying the Folk torch in that era. He was > friends with and influenced a large diverse circle of musicians - Jeff > Beck, Beatles, Stones, etc. and was a disciple of the Maraharishi > Mahesh Yogi. (He is the guy with the hooka in "My Dinner With Jimi). > > Rock & Roll is a diverse media umbrella where sound styles get > pigeonholed into genres, typecast into segments so that record stores > knew where to put/how to market a particular artist. The R&R Haul of > Business seems to have little to do with the music and more to do with > the money. > > Not knowing who got in before and (not going to look either) my RRR > Hall of Fame would include: Beatles, Beach Boys, Kinks, Dave Clark 5, > Yardbirds, Herman's Hermits, Who, Donovan, Turtles, Frank Zappa and > the Mothers of Invention, Doors, Blues Project, Jimi, Rascals, > Hollies, Searchers, Animals, Lovin' Spoonful, The Mammas & the Papas, > Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Cream, Jan & Dean, Moody Blues, Todd > Rundgren, Spirit, The Nice, Soft Machine, Jethro Tull, Emerson Lake > and Palmer, Yes, Gentle Giant, King Crimson, Caravan, ELO, XTC, > Parliment/Funkadelic
