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Rock Hall nominations are in: Stevie Ray snubbed
Jeff Beck, Chic, Wanda Jackson, Little Anthony and the Imperials, Metallica, Run-D.M.C., the Stooges, War and Bobby Womack are this year’s nominees for induction into the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame. Ballots will be sent to more than 500 voters, who will select artists to be inducted April 4 in Cleveland.
The list omits Stevie Ray Vaughan in his first year of eligibility. “Texas Flood” came out in 1983 and to be eligible an act must have released its first single or album at least 25 years prior to the year of nomination.
The five nominated acts most likely to get in are Beck, Metallica, Run-DMC, Wanda Jackson and the Stooges. All deserving. Still, it’s an outrage that Vaughan is not on that list. There hasn’t been a more influential guitarist in the past 25 years, except perhaps Eddie Van Halen.
But I guess Jann Wenner, who lords over the nomination process, is not an SRV fan.
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By real
September 22, 2008 9:25 PM | Link to this
Thats because he SUCKS!
By David Sestito
September 23, 2008 10:24 AM | Link to this
absolutely clueless! hall of fame sucks.
By Sandwich
September 23, 2008 10:27 AM | Link to this
Outrage? Really? I mean, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a joke anyway so who cares, but SRV is a pretty overrated bore.
By Chuck
September 23, 2008 5:00 PM | Link to this
To omit SRV as a nominee to the Rock & Roll Hall of Shame is unforgivable. SRV is a direct descendent of the blues greats who helped create Rock & Roll he and brought his style of hard blues/rock into the mainstream at a time when this style of music was all but forgotten. SRV does not need a nomination from the R&R Hall of Fame to validate the immortal quality of his music but the Hall does need SRV to legitimize their existence and purpose.
Chuck in Denver
By Jeff in California
October 5, 2008 11:34 PM | Link to this
The ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME is a complete joke without any credibility at all. The Rock Hall of Fame prefers nominating unknown living inductees that can tour and promote the Rock & Roll Hall over those that are deceased & more deserving. The Rock Hall usually promotes the artists from the labels and companies associated with Rock & Roll Hall of Fame board members like Jan Werner & Jon Landau. This year Landau chaired the committee that nominated Little Walter, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, Afrika Bambaataa & even lesser artists over Stevie Ray Vaughan! Jan Werner and Jon Landau’s Hall of Shame is a complete joke and undeserving of someone as gifted, honest and giving as Stevie Ray Vaughan.
By Mookie
December 27, 2008 1:57 PM | Link to this
Stevie is playing in pardise So What!