2011 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees named

[moxham123]

2011 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees named.

http://rockhall.com/blog/post/5355_2011-inductees/

The performer Inductees are:

· Alice Cooper Band
· Neil Diamond
· Dr. John
· Darlene Love
· Tom Waits

Ahmet Ertegun Award recipients (nonperformers):
· Jac Holzman
· Art Rupe

Award for Musical Excellence Award (previously the Sidemen category):
· Leon Russell

[f.sciarrillo]

Leon Russel is great ..

[ToonaRockGuy]

Leon Russel is great ..

He can be a real a-hole, also. I have an issue of Modern Drummer magazine with a great interview with Jamie Oldaker (and had a chance to ask Jamie about it in a phone interview), who used to play with Leon Russell. In the interview, Oldaker talked about getting the call to play with Eric Clapton starting with the 461 Ocean Blvd. record. Apparently, Leon told Jamie to take the gig, as it was a great opportunity. 35 years later, Leon still refuses to talk to Jamie, claiming that he deserted Leon to play with Clapton. I've heard of grudges, but damn!!

(And a bit of trivia for the drummers out there...the drum break in "I Shot The Sheriff" that is very difficult to count is NOT a trick by Jamie. It was a bad tape splice by the engineer that they never fixed.)

[bassist_25]

!!

(And a bit of trivia for the drummers out there...the drum break in "I Shot The Sheriff" that is very difficult to count is NOT a trick by Jamie. It was a bad tape splice by the engineer that they never fixed.)

Very cool trivia, Kevin.

A similar piece of trivia is that on the outro of Fire by Jimi Hendrix, there's a section where Noel Redding goes back to the intro riff in the middle of the chorus runs he's playing. This was actually a mistake on Noel's part, as he thought Jimi and Mitch were going back to the intro riff. They dug it, so they kept that take for the album.

[f.sciarrillo]

That is very cool info there, Kevin. I never knew that about Leon. There are a lot of assholes in the music business, though. Each one has their own I guess. I have heard about that same thing happening, for example; When Barry Manilow left Bett Midler's band to do his own thing, she didn't talk to him for almost 10 years. She said that she was't upset at him for having a successful career, she was upset because she felt he deserted her.

[banderson]

Good to see Alice Cooper finally made it. 1 of about 1000 more that deserve to be in the "Rock Hall". Having a little trouble wrapping my mind around how Tom Waits would get inducted over a band like Deep Purple, Kiss and more....But every year its the same thing.

[moxham123]

Some groups who have not made it into the R&R Hall yet and should be there already before others who have been inducted.

Grand Funk Railroad
Yes
The Guess Who
Deep Purple
Emerson, Lake, & Palmer
Jethro Tull
Moody Blues
Chicago
Three Dog Night
Kiss
Steve Miller Band
Heart
Pat Benatar
Blood, Sweat, & Tears
Paul Revere & The Raiders
King Crimson
Rush
Tommy James & The Shondells
Hall & Oates
Kansas
Styx
Foreigner
Boston
Journey
Judas Priest
The Cars
Todd Rundgren
The Doobie Brothers
Cheap Trick

[f.sciarrillo]

Some groups who have not made it into the R&R Hall yet and should be there already before others who have been inducted.

Grand Funk Railroad
Yes
The Guess Who
Deep Purple
Emerson, Lake, & Palmer
Jethro Tull
Moody Blues
Chicago
Three Dog Night
Kiss
Steve Miller Band
Heart
Pat Benatar
Blood, Sweat, & Tears
Paul Revere & The Raiders
King Crimson
Rush
Tommy James & The Shondells
Hall & Oates
Kansas
Styx
Foreigner
Boston
Journey
Judas Priest
The Cars
Todd Rundgren
The Doobie Brothers
Cheap Trick

I agree with all those.

[MOONDOGGY]

It's still ridiculous that Rush and all those other phenomenal bands aren't in yet.

But it does make me happy to see Waits getting some props! I apparently changed my avatar a bit too soon!

[moxham123]

And, another thing. Every other Hall of Fame, whether it is music, sports, etc. all hold their induction ceremonies at the halls of fame locations. However, the R&R Hall of Fame is the only one that holds theirs in another city. Why would you have an induction ceremony in New York City and the hall of fame is in Cleveland? That is so stupid. I know the reasons but they are still stupid.

[joltinjeff]

And, another thing. Every other Hall of Fame, whether it is music, sports, etc. all hold their induction ceremonies at the halls of fame locations. However, the R&R Hall of Fame is the only one that holds theirs in another city. Why would you have an induction ceremony in New York City and the hall of fame is in Cleveland? That is so stupid. I know the reasons but they are still stupid.

Thats because Cleveland sucks....any who...I agree there are a ton of bands and individuals that should have been inducted into the hall way before some of the bands there now and soooooooooooooo help me god if someone puts another rap star, bubble gum pop star in before the list show in previous posts, we should storm the Hall of Fame and scream for justice!!!!