21st june , 2008.
Well, as soon as i woke up i was feeling as hopped up as a kid high on sugar.
The reason was simple , i was about to visit a museum which is called "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" museum in Cleveland and i was darn excited about it.
I wish i could put to words the kinda feeling you have when u are about to charter into an unexplored territory , somewhere u always wanted to be.
The best example i can give is of a 'virgin' groom about to enter the room (empty room) with just his bride , just imagine the kind of anticipation he keeps in the abyss of his deepest desires :P.
By the way , just so you know all rallies that "look" like peace rallies are not always what they look like and COULD be a part of joyous celebrations of the "UNHOLY" (HOMO-ERECTUS as i put it) of their "UNHOLYNESS" if you know what i mean... we will talk about that later.
lets just skip to the part where i entered the GATES of the museum and let me just tell you that it took me like a minute to realize what mistake i had made and i tried to choke myself as soon as i realized that . I entered at 1:45 P.M. and museum closed at 5:30 .... nd i knew within seconds that this time was not enough (and the 23$ ticket made sure that my MOM wont let me visit it again).
So let me just take you all through a breezy tour through the Museum.
It started of with beautiful portraits of Legends like chuck berry ,Lennon , Elvis ,Dylan and mick jagger as a warmup.Then was the actual start , roots of Rock nd roll were on display.
Their were portraits, information and recording samples of d FATHERS AND MOTHERS of rock n roll , with the likes of Robert Johnson,Luis Jordon , Jimmy roger ,Lead Belly , Luis Armstrong , charlie christian etc etc (dont remember them all).Heard and was impressed by the works of Robert Johnson , The 1st modern day bluesman and the tunes of his early tracks such as "Crossroad blues" and "love in vein".Then another bluesman caught my attention , The infamous "louis Armstrong" and heard his track "Westend blues" atleast thrice.
Then came across the mentors such as T-bone walker -Electric blues guitarist , Jimmy yancee ,Hank Williams and none other then "LES PAUL" .
Of all of them there were some that hit me in a way that made me go for some soul searching , Mainly Woodie Guthrie .His work made me notice the similarities between the works of Bob Dylan and Bruce springsteen and i knew where the greats came from.
More of like Willie Dixon , Dinah washington , Elmore james , Pete seagar , Bill Monroe were on display.
There were many more but due to lack of Memory reserves and lazy nature (didnt right all of them down) i cant remember them all :P
After this there was a digital section where we could see and compare the modern day artists and their influences and hear their similarities in music and song writing .
I came to know that An old timer named "Bert jansch" was the influencing factor in shaping up the works of Jimmy page and Neil Young.
Willie Dixon had inspired a lot of lyrical styles of Led Zep , and Woodie Gutherie and chuck berry providing a major sense of direction to Bob Dylan.
By the way i have decided to check out the work of "CREAM" in near future which unfortunately i haevnt yet coz a lot of bands have marked them as a major influence in their musical styles.
After breezing past some small exhibits i crashed into d father of all , ELVIS PRESLEY.
It had his Appreciation letters , Shirts , The famous JUMPSUIT ,show tickets , concert tickets , guitars , donation slips and d best of all his "LINCOLN MARK IV COUP" , the slanderous shiny beast with a look to kill for.
