The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony is less than a month away and the inductors have been announced for this year’s inductees.
Ringo Starr will be inducted by his fellow bandmate with the Beatles, Paul McCartney. For those of you (myself included) who thought this was a sure way to get McCartney as a prominent part of the celebration, you (we) were probably right.
The legendary Stevie Wonder will induct Bill Withers into the Hall of Fame. I can’t tell you how many times I have seen Withers name spelled without the “s” in multiple articles…a testament to the lack of knowledge from music writers these days.
Patti Smith will be inducting Lou Reed.
Peter Wolf, the lead singer of the J. Geils Band will be inducting The Paul Butterfield Blued Band. (Huh?)
Fall Out Boy (who for many are the next generation’s Green Day) will be inducting…Green Day.
Steve Cropper will be inducting the “5” Royales.
John Mayer will be inducting Stevie Ray Vaughn (Seriously?)
It has not yet been announced who will be inducting Joan Jett and the Blackhearts.
Overall, there are some fairly strange inductees, but as this was a strange group of choices to begin with, why not, we suppose.
Other performers scheduled are Jimmy Vaughan, Tom Morello, Beck, John Legend, Dave Grohl and Joe Walsh.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony will take place on April 18 and will be broadcast on HBO on May 30.
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