Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees 2024

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

Your 2024 inductees:

Mary J. Blige, Cher, Dave Matthews Band, Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Kool & The Gang, Ozzy Osbourne, and A Tribe Called Quest are being inducted under the Performer Category.

The Rock Hall is also honoring the late Jimmy Buffett, MC5, Dionne Warwick, and Norman Whitfield with the Musical Excellence Award, which is given to "artists, musicians, songwriters and producers whose originality and influence creating music have had a dramatic impact on music."

Alexis Korner, John Mayall, and Big Mama Thornton earned the Musical Influence Award, which goes to "artists whose music and performance style have directly influenced, inspired, and evolved rock & roll and music impacting youth culture."

And Suzanne de Passe is being honored with the Ahmet Ertegun Award, which goes to a "non-performing industry professional who's had a major influence on the growth of the art form."

https://ew.com/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fa ... es-8636464

[kcmets]

It's like a recurring nightmare that keeps coming back and you go
to get therapy and every time you agree not to go there again but
you do and to top it off insurance rejects your annual malaise $$$.

[Edgy MD]

The shamelessness with which they use The Musical Excellence Award as a backdoor is hilarious.

Four honorees? Really?

And if it goes to "artists, musicians, songwriters and producers whose originality and influence creating music have had a dramatic impact on music," what exactly does that suggest they are honoring Peter Frampton and A Tribe Called Quest for?

[Frayed Knot]

And they're just NOW getting around to honoring Norman Whitfield?

[whippoorwill]

Jon Bon Jovi on AARP magazine this month

[Frayed Knot]

And he's younger than most of the recent inductees.