{"id":3525,"date":"2018-06-29T01:53:27","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T01:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/speaktherights.com\/?p=3525"},"modified":"2018-06-29T02:01:50","modified_gmt":"2018-06-29T02:01:50","slug":"rock-roll-hall-fame-finally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midwestfootballwriter.com\/?p=3525","title":{"rendered":"Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, finally…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Did not think we would ever get here.\u00a0 The Moody Blues had been eligible for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for a quarter century before they got the call.\u00a0 Better late than never, I suppose.\u00a0 I wasn’t going to visit this place until The Moodies found their way into the place.\u00a0 Miracles never cease.<\/p>\n

My dear wife, Carrie, and I spent about four hours in the the rock hall this afternoon.\u00a0 It went by so quickly.<\/p>\n

I will offer a few of the highlights and know there were many more.<\/p>\n

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Of course I had to wear a Moodies shirt…one I got nearly a year ago when I saw them in play Days of Future Passed live.<\/p>\n

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For Tim Mullins, I had Carrie pose in front of The Rolling Stones.<\/p>\n

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When I saw the guitar John Lennon was playing on the roof with the rest of The Beatles in their last public performance, I was really amazed.\u00a0 I knew what it was before I had to look twice.<\/p>\n

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Handwritten lyrics of John Lennon’s 1980 hit Starting Over<\/em>…how ironic are those words?\u00a0 \u00a0He was killed that same year.<\/p>\n

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The Moody Blues display case.\u00a0 A section of all of this year’s inductees were there to take in and enjoy.<\/p>\n

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Had a great time reliving old television\/music memories.\u00a0 I always enjoyed American Bandstand.\u00a0 I remember watching for my favorite artists perform.\u00a0 I was glued to AB when The Bay City Rollers were on.<\/p>\n

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The Midnight Special was our MTV before MTV.\u00a0 We tuned in to see what the artists looked like as well as what they sounded like.\u00a0 Bonnie Tyler’s It’s a Heartache<\/em>, The Little River Band’s Reminiscing<\/em>, and Steve Miller Band’s Fly Like an Eagle<\/em> still stir me up.\u00a0 Thank you, Wolfman Jack.<\/p>\n

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Don Kirschner’s Rock Concert came on after The Midnight Special and it was a little edgier and straightforward with its music and presentation.\u00a0 It was a concert feel in the living room.\u00a0 Problem was, it was so late I had to keep the volume down so it would not wake my parents up.\u00a0 Such a sacrifice for a ten year-old.<\/p>\n

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A-ha’s Take on Me\u00a0<\/em>was a ground breaking video in the mid-80s.\u00a0 To see some of the original drawings for this masterpiece was pretty cool.<\/p>\n

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At Dick Clark’s podium, I give The Moody Blues a 100!<\/p>\n

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Carrie caught me admiring The Moodies’ display.<\/p>\n

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The guitar that Justin Hayward used to record the early Moody Blues songs with.\u00a0 Justin is such a gracious guy.\u00a0 It belonged originally to Lonnie Donegan,\u00a0 Lonnie signed Justin to an awful publishing deal that made Donegan’s family very comfortable I am sure thanks to Justin’s brilliance and eagerness and thoughtless youth.\u00a0 In 2005 Donegan’s\u00a0 widow contacted Justin and offered to SELL him the guitar for 3000 pounds!\u00a0 Justin had already filled the Donegan coffers many times over.\u00a0 What does Justin Hayward do?\u00a0 Well, he bought the guitar back and now it sits in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a post script to the class he and the other Moodies have presented over the years.<\/p>\n

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Finally, it was good to see an old friend, Larry Lujack given mention.\u00a0 One of my WLS DJ heroes, Lujack deserves his mention in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n

What I have presented here only constitutes a thimble of what is to be seen, heard, realized, remembered, and learned.\u00a0 I was totally impressed with the place.<\/p>\n

Like The Moody Blues, Carrie and I finally made it to The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I am very glad we did.<\/p>\n

Speaking the rights…<\/p>\n

Danny Johnson<\/p>\n

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