Birthplace of Rock and Roll

There’s that old joke about the pedestrian in New York asking the violinist on the street, ‘How do you get to Carnegie Hall?’ with the immediate reply being… ‘Practice!’

We asked a similar thing this week. How do you get to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

By going to Cleveland.

If you ever make it there, you’ll be blown away not just by the artifacts, but also the stylistic design of the displays and the consideration to making a cohesive telling of the history of rock. It’s a journey in fact that winds through the museum at the Rock Hall starting with the roots of rock.

It was on the radio in Cleveland in the 1950s when the term Rock and Roll was coined and popularized in reference to the Rhythm and Blues albums being played.

The evolution of rock is the story that is still unfolding and it was awesome to see the artifacts of the time period where country music helped lead the charge as to what rock has become today.

When we release our new album in 2014, and soon start bringing out some singles, you’ll hear how we’ve been thinking a lot these past few years in the making of the album about the origins of rock and how classic country was a major influence.