Rush And Heart 2013 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Inductees Among Others

    The 28th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be held Thursday, April 18, 2013, at the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles.

     I am really excited about this year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees.  Being a big "Rush" fan as well as a "Heart" fan, what more could you ask for?  Rush is one of the best performing rock bands that I have ever seen in concert.  I had the opportunity to see them three times at The Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tenn., in 79', 81' and 82' and once in Nashville, 10'.  I was able to see Heart perform at the Mid-South Coliseum in 78'.  I was one of thousands who has petitioned for several years recently to have Rush inducted.  I even wrote a blog about this subject a couple of years ago.  I love those guys of Rush-Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart.  And I love Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart too!  Much love and respect to them! I commend Rush and Heart of all their years of hard work and their contributions to the world of rock and roll! Congrats!

This year's Inductees are:

·    Heart
·    Albert King
·    Randy Newman
·    Public Enemy
·    Rush
·    Donna Summer
Ahmet Ertegun (non performer) Award: ·    Lou Adler
·    Quincy Jones

    This marks the first time since 1993 that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be held on the West Coast. The ceremony will again be open to the public, as it was in 2009 and 2012 in Cleveland.
Joel Peresman, President and CEO of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation, said, “We are thrilled to announce this year’s class of inductees, which again represents the broad, compelling and significant definition of rock and roll.”
The induction ceremony will broadcast on HBO on Saturday, May 18 at 9pm ET/PT. Said Michael Lombardo, President of HBO Programming, "We are excited to team up once again with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for what is sure to be an incredible evening of one-of-a-kind performances.” The 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame performer inductees were chosen by more than 500 voters of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation.  To be eligible for nomination, an individual artist or band must have released its first single or album at least 25 years prior to the year of nomination. The 2013 Nominees had to release their first recording no later than 1987.

All inductees are ultimately represented in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a nonprofit organization that exists to educate visitors, fans and scholars from around the world about the history and continuing significance of rock and roll music. It carries out this mission both through its operation of a world-class museum that collects, preserves, exhibits and interprets this art form; and through its library and archives, as well as its educational activities.

Sleeper Agent And Diarrhea Planet Kill It At Tidball's (The Ground Zero For Indie Rock Music In Bowling Green, Ky.) Last Night

"Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird. Surrender, surrender, but don't give yourself away, ay, aaaaaaaay."-From the Song, "Surrender" By Cheap Trick

   BOWLING GREEN, KY. _ Yes, Mommy and Daddy were up a little late last night.  But we intended to because we wanted to see our son, Tony Smith from Sleeper Agent play and we did.  We made it and finally went to bed around 2 a.m! And Sleeper Agent killed it again last night along with a Super Garage Rock/Pop band called "Diarrhea Planet" from Nashville, at Tidball's in downtown Bowling Green.  I have now officially dubbed Bowling Green's music venue and bar, "Tidball's, "The Ground Zero For Indie Rock Music in Bowing Green, Ky.," or "The Ground Zero For The Bowling Green, Ky., Music Scene."  I saw John Tidball, the owner, last night and told him that I was going to write a blog about his little place soon.  He said he would like that and that would be cool. To make a long story short,  Tidball's is where it all began for the indie rock music scene to take off in Bowling Green. It's also where indie rock superstars and sensations such as Bowling Green's "Cage The Elephant" and "Sleeper Agent" got their start which has taken them on a journey near and far. Both of these bands have reached mega heights in the indie rock recording industry that no one has ever achieved before being from Bowling Green.

    Patty and I had a great time last night.  Usually, older folks like us don't get out to the local music venues very often not unless Sleeper Agent is playing somewhere in town.  However, you can usually find us at Mariah's Restaurant's restaurant in downtown Bowling Green on a Friday night which seems to have become our regular hangout.  We've pretty much gotten to know several of the server staff members down there and they know us by name and they always treat us right.  Also, they do a great job along with excellent service and great tasting food with reasonable prices.  But that will be another blog at a later time.

    Anyway, we invited our young friend and Sleeper Agent fan, Kegan Willaims to meet up with us at Mariah's to have dinner before we headed over to Tidballs's.  Marilyn Gardner, Scott from Sleeper Agent later joined us at Tidball's along with Scott's girlfriend parents.  Tidball's was not very crowded at first when Diarrhea Planet went on but those guys were awesome, let me tell you!  After a while, people started to trickle in and the more songs they played the better they got.  They are incredibly loud, hard and fast with that super garage rock/pop sound which included four classically trained guitarist playing electrics, a thundering bass and a hell of drummer who bangs the drums like a machine gun- hard, fast and loud!  They guys played hard, sang and kicked ass all at the same time.  Keep an eye out for Diarrhea Planet from Nashville.  I have a feeling that these guys are going somewhere with their band and music career in the record industry.  After Diahrrea Planet's set, the members of the band were selling copies of their first record album called, "Loose Jewels" downstairs for $10. I bought one and had them to autograph it for me. I figured it was going to be worth of a lot of money one day when they make it to the big time really soon.

    Of course, Sleeper Agent was fantastic like always.  Tony, Alex, Justin, Scott, Josh and Lee played their hearts out last night and they are extremely tight!  They have practiced tons and tons all summer, fall and winter while writing and recording new material for their next album which is due out soon. They played over 20 songs of their new and old material with new songs such as "Waves," "Get Loud" and "Bad News" and old songs such as "Get Burned," "Get It Daddy" and "Force of Smile." It was just an incredible performance all the way around.  Josh Martin, lead guitarist, from Sleeper Agent is a phenomenal guitarist and probably one of the best of the best in the business as far as I'm concerned. Between Tony awesome song writing capabilities and singing, Alex's talented and sharp singing, Lee's bad ass bass playing, Scott's masterful key board playing as well as singing and song writing and Justin's hard hitting, skillful drumming, Sleeper Agent wowed fans again last night and probably gained a lot of new fans too.

    I'm going out on a limb here by making some predictions about Sleeper Agent's future. But I strongly feel that Sleeper Agent will probably go gold with their sophomore album on the RCA record label. And we could be talking some Grammies too!  Also, I feel that "Waves" will probably be a big time summer hit for sure along with a lot more hit songs off the new album.  Everybody is really excited and pumped about this next album and we know it will shoot them straight to the top again with hit after hit.  Everybody across the country and the world will know who Sleeper Agent is before long for sure.

    So the next time Sleeper Agent plays their hometown of Bowling Green, please do not miss the opportunity to be there to witness and see them in person.  You won't regret it. Because when they hit the road to go on tour to promote their next album from RCA, you probably won't get a chance to see them for a long time because they are making their dreams come true all over again. But this time my friends, on a much larger grander scale!

"Compliance," Is An Intriguing Movie

The Sundance Film Festival 2012 movie, "Compliance"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDat96UyT5A which is now out on DVD is based on a true story. It's hard to believe that something like this could actually happen. But it did. And this movie will make a believer out of you.-Galen A. Smith Sr., Blogger, "A Critic From The South" Amazon.com review. 

Sleeper Agent, An Indie Rock Band From Bowling Green, Ky.

A short videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6u0E5_xHA4 of some pics of Sleeper Agent, an indie rock band from Bowling Green, Ky., on stage and with their fans and family members backstage,  who's hit songs include "Get It Daddy," "Get Burned" and "That's My Baby" off the debut album album, "Celebrasion" on the Mom + Pop record label that came in September of 2011.  To find out out more about Sleeper Agent go to their web-site at www.sleeperagentmusic.com (The background music is this video is "2nd Try" by Supegarage.)

Bowling Green Music Scene Video

This a short little video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T81Z4IS--zUtribute to the Bowling Green Music Scene and it's sonic boom that has been heard around the world these last few years.  With Bowling Green indie rock bands such Cage The Elephant and Sleeper Agent, we have been in the spotlight in the world of rock music featured in national publications such as Rolling Stone, Spin and USA Today among many others as well as videos, video games, movies and talk shows. Thanks to the hundreds of people including BG Classic Rock D93 WDNS, Bowling Green Daily News, "The Amplifier" and the world famous famous BG music venue, "Tidballs" have helped make the Bowling Green Music Scene is what it is today.  Thank you very much to all.  We look forward to 2013 and may the New Year bring many more good fortunes!

Alex and Tony of Sleeper Agent Are Now Officially Engaged!

Please read this short little news story about my son, Tony Smith and his girl friend, Alex Kandel from Bowling Green, Ky.'s indie rock band "Sleeper Agent"  that was published in the Bowling Green Daily New's "The Amplifier." This pretty much says it all! Thanks to Kim Mason of "The Amplifier!"http://www.bgdailynews.com/amplifier/music/congratulations-to-the-newly-engaged-alex-tony-of-sleeper-agent/article_6fd020ee-5518-11e2-abb8-0019bb2963f4.html

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