Is Warren Zevon (Werewolves of London) finally going to get his HOF due?
What is known is that a nominating committee of about 30 music critics, entertainment lawyers and recording executives winnows the field each year to 15 artists. Then another committee, this one of about 500 people, including past winners, selects five inductees.The Hall has played a lot of catch-up in recent years, attempting to reverse the committee's apparent disdain for harder rock acts and hip hop.
Zevon, Los Angeles's own tempestuous troubadour, has been eligible for the Hall since 1994 , but hasn't been nominated even once, despite earning accolades and tributes from the likes of Bob Dylan to Father John Misty. That is, until now. And we may have Billy JoelAll this comes amid Zevon’s surprise nomination, announced Wednesday, to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
As with the sports halls of fame, rock's relies a lot on the statistical impact/chart performances of the players/artists selected. Unlike MLB, the Rock Hall seems a little less concerned about extracurricular peccadilloes. It's the nature of the beast that R&R inductees are there in spite of certain behavioral considerations. Perhaps Zevon, one of the most admired of the L.A.
The best part? Zevon himself wouldn't have given a frog's fat ass about the Hall. This belated effort is solely for the benefit of Boomers and Gen X-ers who grew up with a perhaps unhealthy affinity for songs like"Splendid Isolation" and"Mr. Bad Example." Inducted or not, his influence is undisputed, and he'll be drinking salty margaritas and shooting guns in whatever qualifies as the afterlife.
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