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I believe that Johnny Rivers is still excluded from the RRHOF for his political beliefs.

I was curious about this statement, and googled around to the JR fan forum. Here is an excerpt:

"JR has never been a part of the counter culture....you know what I mean....the Rolling Stone Magazine types. If JR had been arrested for indecent exposure on stage, if he had done drugs and gotten crazy on stage, if he had been busted at an airport for concealing dope, the liberal music medial would have been in love with JR. Scandal sells....people like to see people hit the skids and fall from grace. That's one show that JR has never performed. The HOF committee is primarily the same Rolling Stone crowd with the same dope smokin' mentality. They wouldn't know a good song or artist if it hit them in the face. But I'm sure they'd accept a bribe from a record company that was willing to pay up. Damn, JR ain't gonna do that either. JR is today's equivilant of a straight laced conservative. They wouldn't want to have someone with business saavy and a little class in the HOF. I read Ben Fong Torres' article about JR a year or so ago. Ben's wife was dancing with some friends to JR's music. Ben couldn't believe how great JR sounded and that he didn't appreciate him back in the 60's. Sorry Ben, all that smoke in your office kept you from witnessing a great rock and roll performer....he just wasn't cool enough for you then."

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PS---for Skynyrd not to be in the HOF is a joke and that alone discredits the farce that HOF is. gg