Re: At last: Darlene Love is booked, along with DDY's favorite guest.
- From: "Alan Page" <alpage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 05:43:50 -0800
"brian henke" wrote...
It's being reported that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has chosen
Darlene as a 2011 inductee, along with Neil Diamond, Alice Cooper, Tom
Waits and Dr. John. The inductees will officially announced tomorrow.
I'm sure Dave will enjoy introducing her as "R&RHoF Inductee" next week.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ROCK_HALL_OF_FAME?SITE=CAMAR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Alice Cooper, Darlene Love, Neil Diamond in Hall
NEW YORK (AP) -- Neil Diamond had been eligible for the Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame for several years but never got a nomination to join music's
prestigious club. But he was never really worried about it.
"I thought about it occasionally, but I kind of figured they'd get around to
me at some point," he said in a phone interview.
That point came on Tuesday, as the 2011 class for the Cleveland hall was
revealed. Diamond, whose hits include "Sweet Caroline," made the list, along
with the Alice Cooper Band, New Orleans musician Dr. John, Darlene Love and
singer-songwriter Tom Waits.
Piano man Leon Russell was honored with a musical excellence award,
previously the sideman category. Executives Jac Holzman and Art Rupe were
given the Ahmet Ertegun Awards.
It took three tries before Love, best known for hits such as "(Today I Met)
The Boy I'm Gonna Marry" and her work with producer Phil Spector and the
Blossoms, was approved for the hall. When reached on Tuesday, an
enthusiastic Love said: "I can actually breathe."
"Finally it's done," she added. "It still hasn't hit me yet. I still have
that nervous stomach, and I'm still excited."
The excitement will have to wait for some: Bon Jovi, nominated for the first
time, was turned away from the hall, as was LL Cool J, the J. Geils Band,
the Beastie Boys, Donna Summer and more.
Alice Cooper's name had been mentioned in conjunction with the Rock Hall for
years, but the shock rocker hadn't been nominated until this year. Like
Diamond, Cooper said he wasn't anxiously waiting.
"You know it crosses your mind, but then you think of all the guys who
aren't in there, some of them before you, and you go, `Wow.' ... You realize
that it's a waiting game," he said in a phone interview. "I don't think you
sit around holding your breath on it."
Cooper, a heavy metal rocker best known for his dark horror themes, said his
band was responsible for bringing show business into rock `n' roll.
"There was no spectacle in rock `n' roll, and I think what we did was we
kind of brought theater to rock `n' roll," said Cooper, known for a goth
look, heavy eyeliner and black shaggy hair. "It was sort of Cirque du Soleil
before Cirque du Soleil. It was kind of a weird vaudeville that we did. But
it all connected back to the lyrics. ... If we do a 10-hour rehearsal back
then, nine hours was on the music, and one hour was on the theatrics."
Diamond was on the other end of the spectrum, a singer-songwriter whose
first hit came in the form of a song he wrote for the Monkees, "I'm a
Believer." His early hits in the 1960s included "Girl, You'll Be A Woman
Soon" and "Cherry Cherry."
"The music I was doing was not in vogue. ... I was like a lone voice out
there with a guitar, and it was different than what was going on because it
was the English invasion and I wasn't doing that," Diamond said. "I think
I've had so many hits because what I was putting out and what I was writing
was very different for what was being played on the radio."
He's kept producing relevant material through the decades; he released his
latest album this fall. Diamond said he was gratified to be in the hall and
said his first choice to induct him would be a fan. Of his induction, he
joked: "I'm glad they did it before I'm dead."
Love said she thought two of her biggest boosters for the hall - Bruce
Springsteen and the E Street Band's Stevie Van Zandt - would likely do the
honors at the March 14 induction ceremony in New York City.
She was also happy for some of the other inductees, including Russell, who
used to play on some of her sessions.
"This is going to be a helluva jam session," she quipped about the upcoming
festivities.
The induction ceremony will be aired on Fuse
--
Alan
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