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        Hey! Ho! The Ramones' Influence Spotlighted At SXSW

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        GRAMMY Museum panel examines the lasting legacy of the group that "felt like having your hand in a light socket"
        Lynne Margolis
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        Mar 18, 2016 - 9:20 am
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        Punchlines flew with nearly as much speed as a Ramones song during Celebrating 40 Years Of The Ramones, this year's annual GRAMMY Museum Musical Milestones panel at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, on March 17. The panel and an evening showcase were held as a prelude to the exhibit Hey! Ho! Let's Go: The Ramones And The Birth Of Punk, opening April 10 at the Queens Museum in New York and Sept. 16 at the GRAMMY Museum at L.A. Live.

        Rolling Stone senior writer David Fricke, Sire Records co-founder Seymour Stein, pioneering punk singer/songwriter John Doe (X, the Knitters, the Blasters) and Johnny Ramone's widow, Linda Ramone, needed little prompting from GRAMMY Museum Executive Director and panel moderator Bob Santelli as they regaled a room full of acolytes with recollections and insights about the band's history and continuing impact.

        Fricke was writing for a local weekly in Philadelphia when a radio DJ gave him an album. The DJ knew his station would never air the self-titled 1976 debut by four Queens, N.Y., guys who took on the same last name and look: ripped jeans, biker jackets and black hair cut in longer-locked versions of a Prince Valiant pageboy. 

        "As soon as I put it on, it was like, head blown," Fricke recalled. "It was everything I wanted at incredible velocity." The writer, who wears his locks in a shoulder-length Ramones cut, added, "And the look. I ripped that look off immediately. I said, 'You guys invented it, but it's mine now.'"

        Speaking of hair and punchlines, Linda Ramone drew a round of laughs by reciting the time Johnny Ramone came home from auditioning bass players and pronounced with disgust, "Oh God, one of them had curly hair."

        Fricke said that witnessing the Ramones for the first time at a University of Pennsylvania coffee house informed his entire career, calling the show "one of the most astonishing things I've ever seen."

        Whether the Ramones marked the birth of punk was in some dispute, because as the panelists observed, their songs really were pop — just done at lightning speed.

        Though the band's chart impact was minimal — the 1977 single "Rockaway Beach," their biggest hit, reached No. 66 — 40 years on, new fans continue to discover songs the panelists cited as favorites, including "I Wanna Be Sedated," "Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio?" and "Blitzkrieg Bop."

        "The songs were so sharp," Fricke said. "They were concise. And there was lot of thought in there."

        Stein, who signed The Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award recipients to his then-new label, had to rent a studio for an hour so he could hear them play because he kept missing their shows while signing bands in England.

        "They must have done 15 songs in 18 minutes or 18 songs in 15 minutes," he said, drawing laughs. "They could have stopped after five minutes. I wanted to sign them. It was like having your hand in a light socket. We used the other 45 minutes to discuss the deal. And they were in the studio a couple of days later and they were done."

        Doe said the Ramones influenced X lead guitarist Billy Zoom's playing style, as well as the L.A. punk band's song lengths.

        "The Ramones were a conceptual art piece that had nothing to do with fine art. It was pop art," said Doe. "It was the connection between Andy Warhol and the street and popular music. And we wanted to be part of that."

        Noting that the 1976 music scene included both California rock and prog rock, Santelli observed, "It seems like the Ramones were the great correction."

        Describing New York at the time as a disintegrating disaster mitigated by a cultural surge "at all levels," Fricke responded, "It wasn't that rock needed a correction. It was that there was a city where something could happen — needed to happen." The Ramones, he added, just took their influences, from the Bay City Rollers to girl groups, "and sucked all the unnecessary air out of it."

        Stein disagreed, saying, "It wasn't so much that New York needed a correction; it needed an infusion. And the Ramones led the way because they were the most extreme."

        Doe countered, "I think rock and roll absolutely needed a correction — absolutely needed to be knocked upside the head. It was the Eagles, Linda Ronstadt and Yes and all that. As a youngster, whether you're 15 or 25, you can't necessarily play all those notes and don't want to have to be a virtuoso. That has nothing to do with rock and roll."

        Regardless of their preferences, all seemed to agree with Stein's pronouncement, "There's great music coming from everywhere. And the reason that rock and roll has survived is because of its ability to change."

        (Austin, Texas-based writer/editor Lynne Margolis contributes regularly to print, broadcast and online media including American Songwriter and Lone Star Music magazines. Outlets also have included the Christian Science Monitor, Paste, Rollingstone.com, and NPR. A contributing editor to the encyclopedia, The Ties That Bind: Bruce Springsteen From A To E To Z, Margolis also writes bios for new and established artists.)

        "It's Only Rock And Roll: 50 Years Of The Rolling Stones" panelists Bob Santelli and Ian McLagan

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        The Rolling Stones: Still The World's Greatest Rock And Roll Band?

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        GRAMMY Museum panel debates the Rolling Stones' status as "the world's greatest rock and roll band"
        Lynne Margolis
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        Dec 2, 2014 - 4:06 pm
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        (Check back for GRAMMY.com's daily news and blog coverage from South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, including reports on Recording Academy-related events. Meanwhile, visit The Recording Academy on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for more SXSW updates.)

        On the same day the Rolling Stones announced they will headline festivals in Belgium and Holland in June, a South by Southwest panel presented by the GRAMMY Museum debated how Mick Jagger, Keith Richards & Co. earned their status as "the world's greatest rock and roll band" — and whether they can still claim it after 50 years.

        "It's Only Rock And Roll: 50 Years Of The Rolling Stones," the March 12 panel moderated by GRAMMY Museum Executive Director Bob Santelli, was the third installment in the museum's annual SXSW Musical Milestones series. The GRAMMY Museum will also present a special SXSW showcase featuring artists paying tribute to the Rolling Stones on March 13.

        Panelists weighing in on the topic were keyboardist Ian McLagan of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees the Faces/Small Faces fame; Rolling Stone magazine senior writer David Fricke; former MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer; John Doe, co-founder of punk band X; and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Associate Curator Craig Inciardi, who organized that museum's recent Rolling Stones: 50 Years Of Satisfaction exhibit.

        Observing that the Rolling Stones' longevity wasn't even imagined early in the group's career, Fricke said, "Nobody talked about age, they just talked about doing it."

        Even now, the band wonders why it's an issue, he added. "When you're alive, you do," said Fricke. "As long as you're drawing breath, you should do what matters."

        McLagan agreed. Noting his Bump Band plays free gigs every Thursday in Austin, Texas, he said he would never be able to give up playing music.

        "What they call a retired musician is a corpse," joked McLagan, who has toured and/or recorded with artists such as the Rolling Stones, Ronnie Wood, Bonnie Raitt, and Bob Dylan, among others.

        Doe was slightly more skeptical, saying that musicians "represent less danger as [they] get older."

        Regarding the Stones' initial allure, Kramer said the band's effect on his generation "was like a tsunami." He recalls going to see the 1964 film The T.A.M.I. Show at a Detroit-area drive-in, and being so affected by the Stones and James Brown's performances, he returned the next five nights.

        "There was no cynicism yet," said Kramer of the American youth who fell in love with the British rockers. "We weren't hardened. We had the certainty of youth.

        "It was very exciting. The way they sounded, the way they looked, the way they dressed. Every generation is looking for their voice, their music, their artists, their clothing styles. The Rolling Stones [were] my generation. I embraced them completely."

        Santelli observed, "For a lot of us, it was the first time we got to hear blues." Like many other fans, Santelli traced the composers' names he saw under the Rolling Stones' song titles and learned about the music's origins.

        "The real power was that they created their own authenticity," added Fricke. "They actually devised a style that was true to the sources and respectful of the sources. They paid a great service to their inspirations by acknowledging them."

        As for the age-old debate about who is better — the Beatles or the Stones — Fricke said he refused to choose, adding he's just happy he's old enough to have experienced the rush of hearing classics such as "Jumpin' Jack Flash" when they were new.

        Calling the comparison an apples-and-oranges scenario, Doe said it boiled down to one issue: "Do you want it from your brain or do you want it from your groin?"

        (Austin-based writer/editor Lynne Margolis contributes regularly to print, broadcast and online media including American Songwriter and Lone Star Music magazines. Outlets also have included the Christian Science Monitor, Paste, Rollingstone.com and NPR affiliates. A contributing editor to the encyclopedia, The Ties That Bind: Bruce Springsteen From A To E To Z, she also writes bios for new and established artists.)

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        GRAMMY Museum Experience Prudential Center

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        The Boss, Taylor Swift, Education & More: Inside New Jersey's GRAMMY Museum Experience

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        History is alive and the future looks bright in Newark as the GRAMMY Museum Experience Prudential Center gears up for interactive educational programs
        Nate Hertweck
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        Apr 12, 2018 - 5:58 pm

        In October 2017, the GRAMMY Museum Experience Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., opened its doors to curious musical minds of all ages, offering one-of-a-kind artifacts, interactive exhibits and mementos of GRAMMY history. With a focus on New Jersey-born artists such as Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen and Jersey Boys, and the recent opening of the Taylor Swift Experience, the exhibit space is alive with the spirit of music's rich — and growing — legacy.

        Today, there is a palpable sense of excitement bouncing off the walls of the Experience. It can be felt from the moment you step into the GRAMMY Award statuette-lined entry room, and it can be seen in the eyes of new Director Rashida Cruz. A professor at Monmouth University's Music Industry Program, Cruz now focuses her unique blend of industry and education experience toward building meaningful programming for the Museum.

        During her 20-year career, Cruz has taught several music industry courses and mentored her students through the process of building their own student-run record label, Blue Hawk Records. Her new role of building out the Experience's educational resources to support the future minds of music starts with a deep-rooted understanding of New Jersey's celebrated musical past.

        "Just behind me we have a huge archive with New Jersey legends, everyone from Bruce Springsteen to Whitney Houston to Bon Jovi, who just performed here at the Prudential Center this past weekend, to the Sugarhill Gang — so many artists who have been an integral part of music," says Cruz "It's right in the middle of the Museum so everyone can see it. We really want to shine a light on their contributions to music."

        While New Jersey's musical legacy is often overlooked, it takes center stage at this Museum, showcased by a collection of personal instruments, clothing and keepsakes from a diverse mix of musical legends. After just a few minutes of perusing the exhibit, the Garden State's deep impact on music can be felt in a big way.

        "The Museum allows us to celebrate that great music tradition of the state, but also teach people about it as well," says GRAMMY Museum Founding Executive Director, Bob Santelli. "The great Count Basie — most people don't know he was born in Red Bank. The Four Seasons. 'Jersey Boys' is such a part of American culture now, it's the story of four kids from Newark.

        "What we have the opportunity to do is unveil so many great artists that people either know and admire, but didn't know were from Jersey, or we turn them on to music or artists they didn't know were Jersey-based."

        The Museum saw an influx of visitors last week when the Taylor Swift Experience opened on April 6. The exhibit gleams with Swift's immaculate stage costumes, GRAMMY outfits, childhood possession, instruments, interactive dancing jukebox, and much more. In a compilation of rare home video and live footage, you can watch Swift singing as a toddler, heading off to her first day at school, taking the stage at county fairs, wowing a radio DJ with an improvised jingle, and performing in front of sold-out crowds the world over. Any aficionado of music will find this exhibit genuine, vibrant and moving, while Swifties will find themselves in pure heaven.

        GRAMMY Museum Experience at Prudential Center's Taylor Swift Experience exhibit
        GRAMMY Museum Experience at Prudential Center's Taylor Swift Experience exhibit

        But the mission of the Experience doesn't stop at celebrating New Jersey's musical past and hosting exclusive collections from today's hottest artists. Cruz and Santelli are determined to engage the youth with music in a meaningful and lasting way.

        "The emphasis has been, and always will be, reaching out to school groups and kids," says Santelli. "This museum is really designed to connect with young people. Not just kids who want to be the next Taylor Swift or Beyoncé or Justin Timberlake, but kids who we hope will appreciate music more and understand more."

        One way the Experience accomplishes this is through interactive musical exhibits. Rather than stand back and watch how music is made, visitors can get their hands dirty, play instruments in the Roland LIVE exhibit, mix multi-tracks with In The Studio, and even jump in the booth to hop on the mic with Wyclef Jean as he leads you through the fundamentals of the hip-hop feel.

        "Students can really immerse themselves in some of the tools and learn some of the techniques that are used to make music today," says Cruz.

        The difference between watching and doing is huge, and it's most apparent at the Museum's exclusive drum lesson from Max Weinberg of Bruce Springsteen's E-Street Band. As you take a seat in the drummer's throne and take the sticks, Weinberg takes you through the basics of playing on of the Boss' biggest hits, including "Born In The U.S.A."

        "If you're from Jersey that could be an important song for you. But when you hear Max on record, you're not thinking about it so much, it may be just basic snare shots," says Santelli. "When you start to put together some of the things he's doing, all of a sudden it gets quite difficult, and that's deliberate. We want to show you that the artistic process is something that requires great skill and creativity, which will allow you to appreciate it more."

        After a quick personal run-through of the drum parts from Weinberg, the video cuts to festival concert footage of Springsteen counting off the song live, and the adrenaline begins to flow. The crack of the snare is no longer just a sound on a record, but it becomes the lifeblood of the song, accentuating the Boss' impassioned vocals and driving an endless sea of screaming fans absolutely wild.

        And then it does get quite difficult, as Santelli points out, and you learn that while the hi-hat, kick drum and snare are all individual pieces of the kit, they must be played with a cohesive feel, groove, and musicality that musicians spend their whole lives mastering. This a-ha moment represents what makes the Experience such a valuable educational resource.

        "The Max Weinberg interactive demonstrates what this Museum can be and should be. Here's were we got cooperation from a major artist who saw the educational merits in what we're doing and basically gave me his time and talent to tell a story, and that I'm most appreciative of, because it doesn't happen every day."

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        This kind of support from superstar members of the music community continues to lay the groundwork for the outreach, but spreading the word to area schools that these resources are available represents the next step for the Experience.

        "We're having our first teacher's open house on April 12 here at the GRAMMY Museum," Cruz says. "It's an opportunity to expose teachers to some of the educational resources here, get feedback from them as to what programming they would like to see here, and connect with them to let them know that we are here so they can bring their students and enjoy the experience."

        With educational programming taking shape, and a knockout location inside Newark's Prudential Center, the GRAMMY Museum Experience is primed to extend its reach across the surrounding communities and create a hub for musical growth and exploration.

        "The key to this GRAMMY Museum Experience will be its public programs and the education programs," says Santelli. "It's great to come see the exhibits, it's great to try out the interactives, but really where we're going to make the biggest impression on the community is with what we do with young people in Newark and the surrounding cities, because these kids never had the opportunity music-wise that we're going to be able to give them. Kids in Los Angeles have that, kids in the Mississippi Delta now have that, thanks to the GRAMMY Museum in Mississippi, and now kids in the greater metropolitan area, particularly Newark, will have it as well.

        "We're going to be able to allow them the opportunity to interact with our music tradition in a way that wasn't possible before. That will start with this summer. That's what I'm most excited about, to be honest."

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        GRAMMYs At SXSW 2015

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        Mar 18, 2015 - 10:30 am
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        All eyes will focus on the "live music capital of the world" for the annual South by Southwest Music and Media Conference March 17‒22 in Austin, Texas. The week-long affair will include a keynote address by GRAMMY-nominated rapper Snoop Dogg as well as panels and showcases featuring GRAMMY winners and nominees such as Asleep At The Wheel, Gary Clark Jr., BJ The Chicago Kid, Clean Bandit, Kirk Franklin, Wynonna Judd, Hiatus Kaiyote, Nas, and Plain White T's, among others. 

        The GRAMMYs will be in town, offering an array of must-attend events in between bites of good old-fashioned Texas barbeque, of course. If you're headed to Austin for SXSW these are the Recording Academy events you surely do not want to miss. 

        GRAMMY Amplifier Showcase

        Date: March 17
        Location: Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop
        Time: Noon‒4:00 p.m.; 8‒Midnight
        The Rundown: Three winners of the third annual GRAMMY Amplifier — selected by program curators the Band Perry, Ziggy Marley and Allen Stone — will be announced and perform. Additional performers include Best Coast, Tove Lo and TV On The Radio, among others.

        Sinatra: An American Icon 

        Date: March 18
        Location: Austin Convention Center, Room 16AB
        Time: 3:30‒4:30 p.m.
        The Rundown: In celebration of Frank Sinatra's 100th birthday, the GRAMMY Museum will host a panel discussion focusing on the GRAMMY winner's life and legacy. Speakers include Sinatra archivist Charles Pignone, GRAMMY Museum Executive Director Bob Santelli, Frank Sinatra Jr., and GRAMMY winner Steven Van Zandt.

        The Who At 50

        Date: March 19
        Location: Austin Convention Center, Room 16AB 
        Time: 2‒3 p.m.
        The Rundown: The GRAMMY Museum will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Who with a panel examining how the British rockers changed the course of rock and roll. Panelists include Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone (the Zombies), drummer Clem Burke (Blondie), music journalist Holly George-Warren, singer/songwriter Chuck Prophet, Santelli, and Van Zandt.

        GRAMMY Producers On The Record 

        Date: March 19
        Location: Austin Convention Center, Room 16AB 
        Time: 3:30‒4:30 p.m.
        The Rundown: GRAMMY-winning producer Ray Benson (Asleep At The Wheel, Willie Nelson) and GRAMMY-nominated producers Alex Da Kid (Eminem, Rihanna) and John Alagia (Dave Matthews, John Mayer) will share stories about their greatest hits. The event will also include never-before-heard demos of popular recordings. 

        Homegrown: Los Angeles

        Date: March 19
        Location: The Velveeta Room
        Time: 8 p.m.‒1:40 a.m.
        The Rundown: A GRAMMY Museum showcase highlighting Los Angeles-based artists, including Death Valley Girls, Dylan Gardner, Milo Greene, Holychild, the Lonely Wild, and Wardell.

        Americana — Future, Present, Past 

        Date: March 20
        Location: Austin Convention Center, Room 16AB
        Time: 11 a.m.‒noon
        The Rundown: The GRAMMY Foundation's Scott Goldman will moderate a panel on Americana's ascent from tiny clubs to major festivals and recognition by The Recording Academy. Panelists include Austin American-Statesman writer Peter Blackstock, Zach Chance and Jonathan Clay of Jamestown Revival, and Jamestown Revival manager Marc Friedenberg.

        Celebrities And Addiction

        Date: March 20
        Location: Gibson Guitar Showroom
        Time: Noon‒1 p.m.
        The Rundown: The Recording Academy's MusiCares Foundation will host a panel discussion on the unique challenges facing celebrities on the road to recovery. Speakers include guitarist Wayne Kramer and television/radio host Matt Pinfield.

        MusiCares Hearing Clinics

        Date: March 20‒21
        Location: Austin Convention Center, Room 5AB
        Time: 2‒5 p.m. (March 19); Noon‒5:00 p.m. (March 21)
        The Rundown: MusiCares will offer one-on-one hearing consultations, screenings and impressions for free earplugs to qualifying musicians. Appointments will be made on-site. 

         

        Seymour Stein

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        Seymour Stein Visits The GRAMMY Museum

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        Sire Records co-founder and chairman Seymour Stein was the featured guest for a recent installment of the GRAMMY Museum's Icons of the Music Industry series. Before an intimate audience at the Museum's Clive Davis Theater, Stein discussed his career in the music industry, founding Sire Records and signing the Ramones and Talking Heads, and his own musical influences. Additionally, folk/rock sextet Delta Rae, Stein's latest Sire signing, performed a brief set of songs from their debut album, Carry The Fire.

        "The minute I [heard Talking Heads,] I was swooped in. I had no control — it was like a snake charmer," said Stein. "[They were] one of the greatest bands, not just that I signed, but ever."

        As co-founder of Sire Records with producer/songwriter Richard Gottehrer, Stein has helped launch the careers of some of music's most iconic artists. Under Stein's leadership, Sire signed artists such as the Cure, Depeche Mode, Echo And The Bunnymen, k.d. lang, Madonna, the Pretenders, the Ramones, the Smiths, and Talking Heads, among others. Sire emerged as a driving force in establishing the punk and new wave genres in the '70s and '80s. The label was acquired by Warner Bros. in 1978 and became an important imprint within the Warner Bros. Records label family. Stein was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005.

        Formed in Durham, N.C., Delta Rae consists of siblings Brittany Hölljes (vocals), Ian Hölljes (vocals/guitar) and Eric Hölljes (vocals/guitar/keyboards), Elizabeth Hopkins (vocals), Mike McKee (percussion), and Grant Emerson (bass guitar). The group was signed to Sire Records in February. Their full-length debut album, Carry The Fire, was released in June and reached No. 20 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart. Their latest single is "Morning Comes."

        Upcoming GRAMMY Museum events include Reel To Reel: My Koaloha Story, featuring ukulele luthier Alvin Okami (Aug. 28), The Drop: Steve Fobert (Sept. 11), and An Evening With Lila Downs (Sept. 17).

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