Paul Simonon and Mick
Jones arrive at the Dinner
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Elvis Costello, being
inducted into the Hall of Fame with his first band The Attractions,
arrives at the dinner with his new attraction, the lovely
singer Diana Krall
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Sir Elton John looks
happy as he arrives at the Waldorf
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Ric Ocasek and Steven
Tyler check out the room as the dinner begins
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Rolling Stone Magazine
publisher and one of the founders of the R&R Hall of
Fame Jann Wenner greets Billy Joel and John Mayer
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Mick Jones says hello
to tall actor Tim Robbins
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Sting smiles as he
is about to be inducted with his band, the Police
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New York's Mayor Mike
Bloomberg welcomed the festive crowd saying "New York
Rocks!". He said the Police song "Every Breath
You Take" inspired the city's new antismoking laws.
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U2's The Edge chats
with Gwen Stefani while Steven Tyler checks out the program
book with producer Ric Rubin
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Elvis says hi to Lucinda
Strummer as Joe's daughters Lola and Jazz look at the photos
in the program
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Billy Joel inducted
the Righteous Brothers, Bill Medley and Bobby Hartfield,
who then sang their hit "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling"
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Neil Young, Lorne Michaels,
and Paul Simon inducted Warner Record's Mo Ostin who developed
the careers of many of the Hall of Fame's members. Neil
said he felt the country was like a "gas guzzlin' SUV
speeding down the road and the driver is drunk". He
apologised for talking politics, but added "We're having
a good time tonight, but we're going to kill a lot of people
next week so let's not forget it"
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Sir Elton John inducted
Elvis Costello and The Attractions. Elvis called radio "music's
mortal enemy', and put down the "corporate raiders"
who wrecked the music business.
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Elvis played with his
current band the Imposters and sang an incendiary version
of "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding"
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The Edge spoke of how
inspiring the Clash were to him saying there would have
been no U2 without the Clash.
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Tom Morello, guitarist
of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave gave a heartfelt
talk about Clash. "They combined revolutionary sounds
with revolutionary ideas, and their music launched thousands
of bands and touched millions of fans......Whenever people
take to the streets to stop an unjust war, the spirit of
the Clash is definitely there."
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Joe Strummer's wife
Lucinda, original drummer Terry Chimes, Paul Simonon and
Mick Jones thanked the R&R Hall of Fame and expressed
how sorry they were that Joe was gone. Paul described the
band as "brothers in arms fighting to get our message
across." Mick said he was accepting the award on behalf
of "all the garage bands that never may have dreamed
of this type of moment." They also thanked drummer
Topper Headon and Manager Bernard Rhodes who couldn't make
it to NY.
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Steven Tyler gave a
Rock & Roll welcome to ACDC saying "There is no
greater purveyor of the power chord"
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Bon Scott's nephews
accepted the award for him along with the band
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ACDC got the crowd
up on their feet with "Highway to Hell" and "You
Shook Me All Night Long"
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Beautiful Gwen Stefani
inducted the Police into the R&R Hall of Fame
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The Police played together
for the first time in 18 years, and then Gwen, Steven Tyler
and John Mayer joined them for an all-star finale
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After the show, Mick
Jones invited a few friends up to his room to unwind. Above
are Johnny (Green) Broad, who wrote one of the best books
about the Clash titled "A Riot of Our Own", drummer
Terry Chimes, Clash spokesman Kozmo Vinyl, and Paul and
Mick.
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Here we are at the
end of a long but fun night, still smiling! Paul, Hollywood
agent Gerry Harrington and myself. Picture courtesy my wife
Elizabeth
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