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Hall of Fame Honors Rockers of Ages
No, Spinal Tap won't be crashing the party, but several members of rock 'n' roll royalty will be on hand Tuesday for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony--rock's highest honor.
The class of '97 is an eclectic, accomplished bunch. There's the Bee Gees, a brotherly band that's scored hits by redefining itself in each of the last four decades; Buffalo Springfield, a relatively unsung group that co-founded (with fellow Hall of Famers the Byrds) West Coast folk-rock and spawned four platinum-selling offshoots; Crosby, Stills and Nash, folk-rock's biggest and sweetest-singing supergroup; the Jackson 5, Motown's last major act and Michael's launching pad; Joni Mitchell, one of music's greatest stylists and writers; Parliament-Funkadelic, George Clinton's seminal sounding board and the most sampled musicians ever; and the Rascals (nee Young Rascals), New York's smoothest blue-eyed soul ensemble of the '60s and '70s.
Also being inducted tonight as rock influences: Bill Monroe, the man who invented bluegrass and gospel queen Mahalia Jackson. And former James Brown manager and impresario Syd Nathan will be honored as a non-performing influence.
A nominating committee begins the selection process by choosing candidates from among artists who have cut their first record at least 25 years earlier. Those inducted each year are voted on by about 1,000 rock experts from around the world.
The ceremony's biggest mystery is who will show up. Organizers are counting on most of the (living) inductees to appear, many of whom will play in the gala's jam with celebrity presenters like Diana Ross, Tom Petty, James Taylor, Brian Wilson and the ex-Prince.
So far, only the notoriously surly Neil Young--already inducted for his solo career and honored again for his work with Buffalo Springfield--and fellow Canadian Mitchell are playing hooky tonight. We also have to wait and see whether the Jackson 5--all scheduled to show, including his Glovedness--will recreate their chart-topping magic.
The 1997 ceremony, at the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, is the first in the hometown of the $100-million Hall, a glass-and-steel pyramid designed by I.M. Pei, overlooking Lake Erie. Since inductions began in 1986, ceremonies have been held in New York City, except for 1993, when the event moved to Los Angeles. You can tune in to the ceremony, beginning at 6 p.m. ET at the Hall's Website.
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