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TRAVESTY

A place called the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame which in name is great but when you look over the list of performers enshrined as such crucial and impactful people in the history of Rock and Roll, you quickly come to WTF?

There is a band that comes to my mind and may I dare “say” hundreds of thousands would agree that is tragically missing from the museum.
There is a band which many a band refers to as inspirational to their own group’s tapestry and foundation of what has made them take the musical road for a lifetime.
There is a band that has songs that are brought in and weaved into movie soundtracks.
There is a band that does not have the nod of a bunch of tossers so they aren’t in what is supposed to be a museum not of Rock and Roll only but TO ROCK AND ROLL.
And lets bring up again that this is the museum that waited until 2013 to give the nod to RUSH.
The band that is missing?

Just a few of the performers that are in the R&R HOF. Yes the R&R HOF that Thin Lizzy is not recognized in:
BEE GEES
HARRY BELAFONTE
THE BLUE CAPS
RUTH BROWN
SOLOMON BURKE
THE CARS
CHICAGO
THE COMETS
THE CURE
THE DELLS
DONOVAN
DUANE EDDY
EURYTHMICS
EMINEM
THE FAMOUS FLAMES
THE FLAMINGOS
FRANKIE LYMON AND THE TEENAGERS
THE GO-GOs
GRANDMASTER FLASH AND THE FURIOUS FIVE
AL GREEN
ALLEN GRUBMAN
GREEN DAY
HEART
THE IMPRESSIONS
WHITNEY HOUSTON
THE ISLEY BROTHERS
WILLIE NELSON
DOLLY PARTON
TRAFFIC
STEVIE WONDER
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
AND MANY OTHERS

That short list of performers (not knocking them as performers); just providing a baseline. We are really supposed to believe that they each have impacted R&R much more than Thin Lizzy.
REALLY??

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Steve Perry links of some recent interviews, his new website and more…

October 5, 2018 scheduled release

First track release: No Erasin’
Available for pre-order at his official site and many other
His online Traces store

Favorite interview to date

Lite Rock 105 interview

92 KQRS interview

The Current interview

Rolling Stone article

WFPG interview

And if I may “plug” my long time running Steve Perry discussion board: The Perry Plaza and Hotel

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Roger Waters and his dad

I can’t imagine growing up without my father or mother. I especially can’t imagine not being able to really remember one’s parent. Undoubtedly this daily experience which includes the unanswered questions weighs on one’s psyche. As the years roll by it is a tool in shaping one’s self which includes one’s perceptions, aspirations and personality.

I also think when one thinks of “celebrities” per se we don’t consider them as “Everyday Joe’s” – which they really are. It is just that they also have different talents, circumstances and/or fortunateness in their mix. With some celebrities it is a little easier to see the colors that make up the individual, especially those of the skill and trade of artists, authors and musicians.

A deeper than surface level fan of Pink Floyd and especially of Roger Waters (undoubtedly Mr. Pink himself) knows that Waters has had the unfortunate experiences of having his dad taken from him when he was a mere five months old. I don’t know what kind of relationship he had with his mother or his father’s parents but I am sure he had questions about his dad.

I learned yesterday that Roger was recently contacted with information about what happened to his dad many years ago during WW2. The story is here. I look forward to new music from him as he processes the details and comes to grips with the history of the experiences.

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