Spring 2012: Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame Induction and Carnegie Hall
Originally posted on “Buzzin’ In The Hive”, Thursday, 12 April 2012
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Spring 2012 arrived with a lovely mid-March night at Carnegie Hall as I took the stage with Ian Hunter (I appear on 4 tracks on Ian’s yet-to-be-named
Legendary artists gathering to perform ‘The Music of the Rolling Stones: Hot Rocks 1964-1971’ Photo credit: facebook, photo by James Smith
inducted under the category named for Ahmet Ertegun …..I was so honored to sing on that with Darlene Love, with my NYC Hit Squad compadre Ricky Byrd (a 2012 nominee himself, with Joan Jett & The Blackhearts) standing alongside in the “Rock and Roll Choir”. Finally, three pivotal engineers–Glyn Johns, Tom Dowd, and Cosimo Matassa–were inducated by Robbie Robertson. They brought Cosimo out in a wheelchair and he beamed while his grandson spoke on his behalf. SO moving and wonderful for a devotee of New Orleans music like me. 5,000 fans thronged the sold-out Cleveland Hall. Props to HBO, who of course did everything right and ramped it up in terms of how that venerable, historic rock and roll stage (once home to the Beatles) was dressed. The vintage footage and photographs were projected onto a gigantic scrim at the back of the stage..just beautiful. Many, many MANY industry were squeezed into 100 tables on the floor of the hall. Again, up popped my friend Ian’s name, being invoked (although he is not yet inducted, nor is Mott the Hoople…the Hall should rectify that) at the very end of Hall President Terry Stewart’s opening speech: “In the words of the immortal Ian Hunter, ‘Cleveland Rocks!’ ” We of The Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame House Band (Liberty DeVitto, Jeff Carlisi, Jeff Adams, Rob Arthur, Jimmy Hall, Ricky Byrd and me) tore it up the night before at the pre-induction Gala with our very great special guest Felix Cavaliere (he killed). Darlene Love, Cleveland’s native son Michael Stanley, and Dave Wakeling also stopped by, and our NYC compadres Will Lee and Felicia Collins got up and did their thing, too. And then morning-of, we got called for a last-minute vocal rundown in the dusty, cement-strewn basement of the Cleveland Hall. The door opened and Carole King came sweeping into the room for an impromptu twirl through “Will You Love Me Tomorrow,” as she picked out the string chart single-note (on a beat-up Fender Rhodes), playing along with Paul Shaffer on the song that would be performed later that evening before that sold-out crowd with Darlene Love. What a lovely moment. Ricky and I hoofed it upstairs to watch the Faces camera-block. Again, a lovely, rockin’ moment, so filled with history. Byrd knew Marriott well. It was emotional in the best kind of way. The weekend was filled with those, and I counted myself a very lucky little rock and roll Beehive Queen, makin’ the scene!Posted by Christine Ohlman at 8:19 AM
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