Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - MSG shows
The 25th anniversary concerts of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at Madison Square Garden Thursday night and tonight are offering up a load of fun and fantastic musical pairings. Still going strong musical graybeards like David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash, as well as Sting, Stevie Wonder, Simon and Garfunkel, John Fogerty and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band and others rocked the MSG stage to bring home the history of rock and roll over the past 50-60 years.
Rolling Stone's got most of the goods:
• Stevie Wonder turns a technical difficulty into a hilarious quip: “Aw, shit … stuff happens, you know what I’m saying?” and changes his set before it even gets going to kick off with a cover of Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind.” He later pays homage to Michael Jackson with a stunning “The Way You Make Me Feel.”
• The E Street Band make their own Wall of Sound as Darlene Love joins Bruce and the gang for “A Fine, Fine Boy” and “Da Doo Ron Ron.” “We’re in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame now,” Springsteen exclaims.
• Crosby, Stills and Nash add another layer of perfect harmony when James Taylor joins in on “Love the One You’re With.” The capper: one of many awe-inspiring guitar solos by Stephen Stills.
More about the concerts from NPR, MTV, The BBC and the Associated Press.

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