Posted on 11/22/2004 8:07:47 AM PST by stainlessbanner
Nobody seems to know much about the "1,000 rock experts" who decide who gets into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame.
This much we do know: They haven't listened to Lynyrd Skynyrd. I mean, really listened. Not just heard a few familiar notes of Freebird or Sweet Home Alabama, pictured rebel flags and Trans Ams, and voted for other bands.
They haven't looked at old footage of packed stadiums. Not just in the South. All over the country.
They haven't paid attention to what a wide range of musicians -- from Hank Williams Jr. to Neil Young (yes, Neil Young) -- have said about Skynyrd's music.
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Six nominations. No induction.
Eric Verona wants to make sure the seventh time is different. Verona, 38, isn't a voter. He's a fan. He has started an online drive at RockTheHall.com, hoping to push Skynyrd into the Hall. He did the same last year for Bob Seger. And it worked, helping to get Seger into the Class of 2004.
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But, let's face it, voters hear Skynyrd and think Southern rock, emphasis on Southern. And although you would think helping to create a genre would be a reason to put a band in the Hall of Fame, in this case it has the opposite effect. And it's a shame. The voters are doing exactly what they accuse Southerners of doing -- stereotyping.
Ronnie Van Zant sang about a lot of things, some that might surprise those who paint a simplistic image of the band. Saturday Night Special is a song about getting rid of handguns. The Ballad to Curtis Loew is a song about a friendship with an old black man.
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That's alright, I got a Damn Yankee's CD that I still sometimes listen too.
If the R&R HoF cannot give them the honor of acceptance in their shrine then they deserve ever piddly a$$ non R&R band they can suck up too.
Seger deserved it. Straight up no BS rock.
Skynyrd should be in though.
Absolutely Bob Seger deserved to be in...after Patsy Cline's "Crazy", "Old Time Rock & Roll" is the most-played jukebox tune of all-time.
They were? I figured it would be the other way around since Skynyrd was big before BadCo(another great band).
>Yeah, what's up with Al Green and Chet Akins, not to mention some other questionables?
I agree [about alot of the names]..... BUT, Chet Atkins did an album with Mark Knoppfler that is kick a$$, two great guitarist! That's my 2 cents :)
LOL Me, too. Those were the days.
Chet Atkins has been listed by more rock guitarists than you can count as a primary influence. I believe that he served as a session guitarist for many early, influential rock performers.
My mistake. I was thing of Cassie Gaines who was married to Steve Gaines. Dale Krantz (spelling another bad) is married to Rossington. Interesting about Saturday Night Special. I wondered what happened to Pyle.
BTW, I mentioned above an album called Voodoo Lounge - WRONG, it's called "Twenty" and the single on it is called Voodoo Lake. I'll back out now since I obviously have no clue what I'm talking about.
The main artists that Skynyrd covered and learned a lot of their most influential licks from in their pre-original days were Free, Bad Company, Cream, Merle Haggard, an obscure two album band named Illinois Speed Press and that equally obscure pre-Allman Bros "Hour Glass" album. I also believe they took a lot of their style & stage presence from the Stones even if they didn't cover them
Yes, I'm aware of his influence...I just see him more as a country "artist" than R&R.
The core of Bad Company was in an earlier band named "Free". "Fire & Water" is worth finding if you want an excellent example of Skynyrd's roots.
FYI, on CMT's "Crossroads" series, the remainig members of Skynyrd will appear with Montgomery-Gentry Dec. 10th at 9:00 pm CST. Should be an entertaining hour.
Remaining members = Powell and Rossington. (well maybe Medlocke, if you count one alubum).
My favorite Lynyrd Skynyrd song is Simple Man.
It is mine also. I also like the Ballad of Curtis Loew.
Half of the names in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame are hardly Rock and Rollers. If Skynyrd aint in the hall, it aint legit.
Those two songs are great!! But my favorite Skynyrd jam is one of the songs that was on the One More From The Road album, but left off the CD...T For Texas...the guitar duel on that song is awesome!!
Why won't MCA release One More From The Road on CD as it was originally released, with T For Texas and Travellin' Man?
LOL... shortly after I posted that... I went over to my MP3 library and realized my mistake. Ooops! :)
Still love both songs I mentioned.
yup. that was a mental typo so to speak.
Thanks.
:-)
Bon Jovi is in and Skynyrd isn't!? That's it! i'm glad i didn't visit the R&RHOF when i was in Cleve last month. My sister warned me it was crap anyway!
My daughter reminds me how embarrassed she was when i "toined it up!" at 8 am while washing my car one Saturday morning last spring (probably woke up the neighborhood).
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