Rock and Roll – RDZ Photography

Cleveland – February 2020 – Instruments of the Rock Hall of Fame

Cleveland Rocks – at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!

While they normally have a nice selection of the instruments that made all those classic songs, for a limited time they have pulled out many more and have them on display throughout the entire museum.

Johnny Otis wrote numerous songs, including contributing to the writing of Hound Dog.

Legendary bluesman John Lee Hooker’s guitar.

There is a section of the museum dedicated to the music of various cities – including Memphis.

A section celebrating the 25 years of Vans Warped Tours.

A number of guitars have unique shapes.

Chuck Berry – Keith Richards once said if they needed another name for Rock and Roll they should use Chuck Berry.

Elvis Presley’s Guitar – who knew he could even play a guitar.

Jerry Garcia’s Guitar.

Eric Clapton’s Strat.

Along with David Gilmour’s.

The collection continues through numerous rooms.

Jeff Beck’s worn out guitar.

As is Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Strat.

The bass guitar of Dee Dee Ramone.

The guitar god collection continues.

Paul McCartney’s rhythm guitar on the right.

Pete Townshend’s guitar – intact! Upstairs was another that he had destroyed.

Z Z Top guitars looking like they came from a Mad Max movie. The collection was excellent – too bad I only had a point and click camera with me!

Cleveland – March 2018 – Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Architecture, Art, History

It has been over 10 years since the last visit to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, but having recently read that they now allow photography in most places it seemed like a good time to make a return visit.

I had forgotten how many artifacts they have from many genres, not just Rock. Since blues had such an influence, there was an extensive exhibit honoring those who contributed, such as Bo Diddley.

In my opinion Ruth Brown is the best blues singer of all time…

And Muddy Waters was one of the best as well. Note the partial view of the album in the upper right corner. It is ‘Hard Again’, featuring Muddy, Bob Margolin on Guitar, Pinetop Perkins on piano, James Cotton on harmonica, Willie ‘Big Eyes’ Smith on drums, Charles Calmese on bass and produced, as well as playing guitar, Johnny Winter. The Best Blues Album Ever!

The sign from Elvis’ famed 1968 comeback TV special

Another cool Bo Diddley guitar.

Mixing blues and rock makes another of my favorites, the Allman Brothers Band.

Beyond the instruments and outfits there is an excellent collection of paraphernalia, including the original lyrics – such as Riders on the Storm by the Doors.