Charles Crossley, Jr.
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Charles Crossley, Jr.
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Long time Rock Hall watcher of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Want Johnny Burnette and the Rock 'N' Roll Trio inducted. Also into other things.
. . . 21 Nov 2025 on Mötley Crüe's website only.

Now, if we can only get Iron Maiden and Sylvia Rhone inducted, we can turn to Mötley Crüe. . .
November 20, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Same here!
November 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
On my third guess, I fell into one humongous Wordle trap with a bazillion possibilities. Then my next guess was simply the first word that came to mind, and it's the answer? I got out of a massive Wordle trap with just one guess? Pinch me!

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November 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
. . . at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach, California and 22 Mar 2026 at the Miner Auditorium in San Francisco, California. More dates are expected to be announced.
November 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
. . . tour 17 Apr - 07 May 2026.

5) For any rockists, jazz fusion is jazz combined with rock, so it's a form of rock. That out of the way. . . Among the Miles 100 celebrations of Miles Davis' 100th birthday next year is a tour by the Miles Electric Band with two dates so far - 30 Jan 2026. . .
November 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
. . . while sporting an equally gnarly white club for a walking cane. Now, if there are issues other than blindness, then by all means retire. But don't let blindness get in your way. Yes! Ian Gillan ain't going down!

4) Jon Anderson will be backed by the Band Geeks for a United States. . .
November 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
. . . could come up with a program to help you adjust to your type of blindness. It may take a year off the road for you to get use to all the new gadgets and routines, but then you can be back on the road even though you're blind. Besides, I want to see you being led by a gnarly dog. . .
November 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
. . . blind - after all, there are many types and degrees of blindness. However, being blind does not mean you have to give up touring. Just ask Stevie Wonder, Ronnie Milsap, José Feliciano or Andrea Bocelli. I'm sure you can call up the Royal National Institute of Blind People and they. . .
November 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
2) ZZ Top and Dwight Yoakam will be touring together 26 Mar - 23 May 2026 as the Dos Amigos Tour. Tickets go on sale 21 Nov 2026 on axs.com.

3) Dear Ian Gillan, yeah, you're losing your eyesight if you have to read a computer screen by looking at it sideways. That is better known as going. . .
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November 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
. . . when you look at them historically.

Music Drives Us, "Simon Kirke of Bad Company on Music, Recovery, and the Rhythm of Life" (21 min 47 sec)

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Simon Kirke of Bad Company on Music, Recovery, and the Rhythm of Life
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November 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
. . . goes back to the early R&B, doo wop and rockabilly that Alan Freed called rock and roll on his radio shows, and all the music that was influenced by that music, which over the years became everything? I sure hope Kirke and DeYoung get to read my rant, because their rants make no sense. . .
November 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
. . . radio format they called "rock" that was just about 100% white guys playing loud, all designed to sell stuff. Talk about denigrating - is that the definition of rock you want to be associated with, Kirke and DeYoung? Or would you rather be associated with a definition of rock that. . .
November 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
. . . Family Stone were being called rock along with Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix and the Who, and Kirke and DeYoung both witnessed how that definition changed, very much to Kirke's and DeYoung's favor I might add, when a bunch of radio programmers ran a bunch of demographic studies to develop a. . .
November 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
. . . Dolls have never been nominated, and that Run-D.M.C. was inducted in 2009, not 2014. But those are common errors everyone makes. What's concerning about Simon Kirke, and for that matter Dennis DeYoung, is that they were both there back in the early 70s when James Brown and Sly & The. . .
November 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
. . . gut feeling is it's to do with money. And when you lump them all together to make it 'the Rock and Roll [Hall of Fame]', it should be the Music Hall of Fame. But it doesn't roll off the tongue like the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame."

Charles' thoughts? I'll point out that the Goo Goo. . .
November 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
. . . have much connection with rock and roll. And I'm not denigrating the people who have gone in before us. But it makes sense to have an R&B Hall of Fame and a Rap Hall of Fame and a Rock and Roll and a Country, maybe even a Pop Hall of Fame. . .I don't want to speak out of turn, but my. . .
November 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
. . . interview on the Music Drives Us podcast. Kirke said, about Bad Company being snubbed year in and year out:

"Every year, the list would go up, and it would be Goo Goo Dolls,* Run-D.M.C. . . . they got in, in 2014.** But it would be a bunch of disparate music bands that didn't really. . .
November 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
. . . listening to and were inspired and influenced by, and see them go through the process and kind of have that moment. It’s a beautiful thing."

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November 19, 2025 at 7:43 AM
. . . "It’s nice to be recognized and to be honored. But does it really validate your career or make or break you if you’re in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame or not? No. But it’s nice, right? It’s a nice thing, and I’ve seen it firsthand with a lot of bands that I care about, that I grew up. . .
November 19, 2025 at 7:43 AM
. . . well. . . they're already on pre-sale now. The appearances start 26 May 2026 through 01 Sep 2026. You may see the dates at Ticketmaster at the link below.

As much as I love "Weird Al" Yankovic, no, I'm not buying any tickets.

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November 19, 2025 at 6:21 AM