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Blind Mellow Jelly

Blind Mellow Jelly
We admit that this has no real business being on this ballot but as one of us are devotees of the 70’s Sitcom, Sanford and Son, we have to honor Fred Sanford’s favorite Blues musician, Blind Mellow Jelly, of whom he had an extensive record collection. Well, that is until they got broken. No what “Big Dummy” was responsible for that?




The Bullet Points:
TV Show Appeared:
Sanford and Son (1975)

Actor:
None

Songs you might remember:
None

Why you should vote for him:
We begrudgingly admit you shouldn’t.  

Why you should not vote for him:
Not only was he not seen, he wasn’t really heard.

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Bleek Gilliam Quintet

Bleek Gilliam Quintet
The Jazz world can be a miserable business and in Spike Lee’s gem, Mo’ Better Blues, we see Blake Gilliam (Denzel Washington) constantly make the wrong decisions both in his music (he is trumpeter in his Jazz Quintet) and in his personal life. Music is used here as more than a plot device and though Jazz does not have much of a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, we wonder if Jazz will have much of a place in the Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. If any act could get in, this could be it.




The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
Mo’ Better Blues (1990)

Actors:
Denzel Washington (Bleek Gilliam)
Wesley Snipes (Shadow Henderson)
Giancarlo Esposito (Left Hand Lacey)
Jeff “Tain” Watts (Rhythm Jones)
Bill Nunn (Bottom Hammer)

Songs you might remember:
Mo’ Better Blues

Why you should vote for them:
Music played a bigger part of this film than a lot more bands on the ballot.

Why you should not vote for them:
The genre of Jazz may work against them if you feel it isn’t “Rock” enough.

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Bleeding Gums Murphy

Bleeding Gums Murphy
Famous Springfield Jazz Musician, Bleeding Gums Murphy was the musical muse for Lisa Simpson. He appeared on the Cosby Show (as one of the “four” grandfathers) appeared on Steve Allen’s Tonight Show and acquired his nickname because he never visited the dentist. Murphy’s lone album, Sax on the Beach was considered a classic in the fictitious Springfield Jazz genre, well at least it was to Lisa.




The Bullet Points:
TV Show Appeared:
The Simpsons (1990-95)

Actors:
Ron Taylor and Daryl L.Coley

Songs you might remember:
Sax on the Beach

Why you should vote for him:
We are a sucker for anyone (even fictitiously) that appeared on the Cosby Show.

Why you should not vote for him:
As mentioned in the 137th Episode, along with Dr. Marvin Monroe, he was never “popular”.

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Blackie and the Riff Raff

Blackie and the Riff Raff
From the daytime soap opera, General Hospital, we witness John Stamos’ first foray into acting/singing as the leader and drummer of Blackie and the Riff Raff. Stamos played Blackie Parrish, who forms a band (we don’t care why) that somehow employed Frisco Jones (Jack Wagner), which again we don’t care why. Either way, in the annals of daytime soap, this may the most memorable group. Whether that is enough for an induction here is up to you.




The Bullet Points:
TV Show Appeared:
General Hospital (1982-84)

Actors:
John Stamos (Blackie Parrish, Drums)
Jack Wagner (Frisco Jones, Vocals)
We are not going to research anyone else is in this group.

Songs you might remember:
Sneak Attack

Why you should vote for them:
Stamos and Wagner!!!

Why you should not vote for them:
Same reason….Stamos and Wagner.

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