ROCK and ROLL HALL OF FAME

Jodi had to be at the airport midmorning, so I took her there, then headed back into the city to take a look at the Rock and Roll Hall of fame.

So close, why not? It was pretty cool.

When you walk in they have the early influencers of Rock and Roll – both Rhythm and Blues and Folk.

Then there’s a section well chronicling the opposition to Rock and Roll. Many of the older set predicted the fall of western civilization if Rock and Roll were allowed to continue. Decadent, a bad influence on teenagers, etc. I chuckled – until I realized that their dislike of rock and roll had some parallels with my thoughts about rap (does that make me old?).

Then the fun begins with a big tribute to Elvis. The key rock and roll cities have displays. Memphis. Detroit. San Francisco. LA. But not Seattle. The only two references about Seattle were Jimi Hendrix and Pat ODay.

 They have quite a few artifacts and it was a fun couple of hours going through the Exhibits.

Jim Morrison of the DOORS was a cub scout.  Who knew?

THE BEATLES section was pretty cool

 The original lyrics in the songwriters handwriting.

There was a section on the technology side of sound reproduction and radio.