What’s Inside
Michigan's On-line Hall of Fame. 42 great artists have been inducted into Michigan Rock and Roll Legends. Read their biographies along with recommended recordings, books, the best Internet links, and links to Youtube videos. Click here for the Inductees Page
The 2010 vote opens January 1, 2010. Over 300 eligible Michigan artists! Click here for the 2010 Eligible Artists
The 2010 vote opens January 1, 2010. Over 230 nominated songs! Click here for the 2010 Nominated Michigan Songs
Dr. J's Page. Check out the stories on: 2009 Voting Results, Michigan Garage Rock Compilations, The Stooges, Michigan Grammy Nominations, 2008's Best Albums, Ronnie Italiano, 25 Great Rock and Roll Instrumentals, "We Have Madonna's Key" (Or Do We?), Bay City's Rock and Roll Mayor, "Madonna Misconstrued", "96 Tears" and Art Schiell, the latest Michigan Rock and Roll news, and other cool stuff. Click here for Dr. J's Page and use the index to find the article.
Contact Dr. J at michrrleg@charter.net
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Saginaw Valley State University offers great new Rock and Roll classes for 2009. Click here for Rock & Roll Classes
The Bay City Motor Company. Visit the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends display and check out all the cool cars at 1124 N. Water St., Bay City, MI Click here for the Bay City Motor Co. Page
Other Cool Stuff
Motown Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary. The Detroit Free Press is celebrating Motown's 50th in grand style with a series of 50 short videos on its web site that highlight the many aspects of Michigan's greatest record company. Go to http://freep.com and scroll down to Motown Anniversary near the bottom right of the page and click on the the Motown label to view the short videos of bassist James Jamerson, ace producers Holland-Dozier-Holland, the Roostertail nightclub, Motown's tape vault, and many others. Awesome!
Upper Peninsula Rock and Roll writer Steve Seymour wrote anice article about Michigan Rock and Roll Legends and the U.P artists who are nominated on the 2009 ballot on his great website at http://rocknrollgraffiti.blogspot.com/ Then scroll down to Wednesday, December 24, 2008, for the article titled "U.P. Groups On 'Legends' Ballot".
Scott Baker, local musician, recording artist, and Rock and Roll writer, sent along a couple of great videos featuring the Rolling Stones and Ray Charles that show us what music would be like without the blues. Enjoy! http://www.igetblues.com/without.php
Bay City's Historic State Theatre at 913 Washington Avenue has a bunch of great films and concerts scheduled in the coming months. Visit the website at www.statetheatrebaycity.com for all the details.
The Prime Event Center on Washington Avenue in downtown Bay City is hosting a number of rock and roll shows. Although the majority of these are tribute bands, the venue is also beginning to schedule name acts such as Robin Trower, Johnny Winter, and John Mayall. Check out the schedule of events at www.primeeventcenter.com
Vinyl Video. Watch photographer Jeronimo Nisa's cool video, "Spin Guys", that includes a story in the Bay City Times on Dr. J's vinyl record collection. It can be viewed by clicking on http://blog.mlive.com/baycitytimes_extra/2008/08/video_spin_guys_for_some_music.html