Rock 'N' Roll Hall Of Fame
Just visited the beautiful HOF and I am very impressed with
Cleveland. I hadn't been there in years and I cannot get over the renaissance of
that city.
I am disappointed as a drummer, through, that the museum has
such little percussion related material. I saw the following:
1)
A mid 60s Gretsch set with a metal Rogers, Dyna-Sonic that belonged to the late
Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys. I do know he played Gretsch some, but he mostly
used Camco drums with Rogers mounts.
2) Two Supraphonics- one
from Hal Blaine and U2s, Larry Mullen, Jr.
3) A very large
drumstick display from a fan.
4) The original Ludwig/Beatles
drum head used on the February 1964 Sullivan shows.
5) Two
Beatle outfits of Ringo including his pink Sgt. Pepper band uniform.
6)
One of Keith Moons Pictures of Lily toms.
There are lots of guitars
obliviously, but I was hoping for more drums and drummers. The Year 2000
inductees, through, do include Hal Blaine and Earl Palmer, so we are moving in
the right direction.
It's a beautiful place- now fill it with beautiful
drums.
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