August 2010 | Blog Archives
Three Emmy Awards for the 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
We are pleased to learn that the 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert, produced by Playtone, Tenth Planet Productions and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation in association with HBO Entertainment, has won three Emmy Awards! See the list below for the specific awards, and be sure to tune into NBC on Sunday, August 29, 2010 to watch the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards.
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences - 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards>>>
- Outstanding Picture Editing for a Special (Single or Multi-Camera)
- Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control For a Miniseries, Movie or Special
- Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety or Music Series
(Read more at Billboard.com.)
The Shows – which include Tom Hanks paying homage to Cleveland’s Rock Hall – and broadcasted on HBO, will be released on a Time-Life DVD on September 28, 2010 and available for purchase at rockhallstore.com.
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Related:
WATCH: The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert at the Museum (FREE with admission)
BUY: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: The First 25 Years (book - right)
The Rock Hall's 15th Annual American Music Masters series will honor Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew
“There is no, no, no place like New Orleans for music. The pioneers are here. We built the house. You can redecorate it, but we laid the foundation.”
-Dave Bartholomew
We are very excited about this year’s American Music Masters Series! The program, entitled “Walking to New Orleans: The Music of Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew” will be held here in Cleveland November 8-13th. Domino, a legendary piano player, wonderful singer, and galvanizing performer, and Bartholomew, an accomplished trumpet player, arranger and bandleader, make up one of the great partnerships of rock and roll. They wrote more than 50 songs together, including “Ain’t That a Shame,” “Blue Monday,” “I’m in Love Again” and “I’m Walkin.’” In a 1999 interview with the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Dave Bartholomew said “Fats and I, I think that the Lord put us together.” Domino responded, “I’m pretty sure...Who else would do it?” We are so grateful to our honorees and their families for all their help in making this event possible. We met with them back in June, which Terry Stewart described in a previous blog post.
Because Domino and Bartholomew both predate rock and roll and are first ...
Get to know: Trans Am - performing at the Rock Hall on August 18
Trans Am will perform for the first time at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum on Wednesday, August 18 as part of the free Summer in the City concert series. We caught up with the Nathan Means about the band’s one of a kind sound and their thoughts on playing at the Rock Hall for the first time.
Tell us about your band and who your musical inspirations are that influenced your sound?
We like a lot of music. There's no point in writing a list, but, say, Deep Purple, Autechre, Nice Nice, The Eagles, and Vangelis. That probably tells you almost nothing. How about this: We're three-piece that includes drums/drum machines/vocals, guitar/keyboards/bass/vocals, bass/keyboards/vocoder. So we get a lot of different sounds, but the music is especially good for exercising or driving on the highway. Unfortunately, a lot of people don't know this and just seem to drink and yell during our shows. Those shows are high energy. Our drummer, Sebastian, is usually the most featured musician.
Anyway, Trans Am has been around since the mid-90s. I guess we are a "cult band" -- we were lucky ...
Hitsville USA
Last week at the Rock Hall the buzz was all about Hitsville USA. On Wednesday the Education Department featured a Rock and Roll Night School program on Motown, and on Friday we welcomed Inductee Dennis Edwards of the Temptations for an afternoon Hall of Fame Series event. And don’t forget that this week is your final chance to see the excellent exhibit MOTOWN: The Sound of Young America Turns 50.
This month’s Rock and Roll Night School, our second on the music of Motown, focused on the years 1964 to 1967, when the label was hitting its stride, cranking out hit after hit, and going head to head with the sounds of the British invasion. Several factors lead to Motown’s success during this period. One was Berry Gordy’s vision and business smarts. By owning the recording, publishing, marketing, distribution, and management he was able to connect every part of the music business and control the sound and image that became the Motown brand. Another key development was connecting a team of songwriters to a specific musical group. In the case of Holland-Dozier-Holland this meant teaming with the Supremes and the Four Tops, and the result was ...
