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Rock Hall 'Play It Loud' Exhibit Prompts Memories Of The Power Of Music

Kay Dye of Parma says she cried when she saw the Eddie Van Halen guitar collection [David C. Barnett /ideastream]

For music lovers that want to geek out on more than the performers, there鈥檚  at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame featuring famous instruments -- like the keyboard used in that favorite song.

The Gibson Flying V "Love Drops" guitar used by Jimi Hendrix for his solo in "All Along the Watchtower" [David C. Barnett / ideastream]

It鈥檚 one thing to say that an exhibit case has a guitar used by Jimi Hendrix. It鈥檚 a little different to say that Hendrix used this guitar to record 鈥淎ll Along the Watchtower.鈥 Or the B-52鈥檚 Kate Pierson used this Farfisa organ to play the solo on 鈥淩ock Lobster.鈥

Red-headed Kate Pierson plays her Farfisa organ in the B-52's "Rock Lobster"

Some of these artifacts come from collectors, some from the estates of the musicians themselves. There are over one hundred objects and they are spread out over several floors of the Cleveland museum. This collection was curated by the Rock Hall and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, where it was on display earlier this year. The Rock Hall says this is the largest exhibit they鈥檝e ever mounted.

Clevelander Karen Kovalcik looked closely at the Beatles section during a recent museum visit. First a fan in her teens, the Fab Four also brought her solace many years later.

Boomers Ron Bruce and Karen Kovalcik at the "Play It Loud" exhibition [David C. Barnett / ideastream]

Listening to that took me to a place that I found peace,鈥 Kovalcik said. 鈥淚 was going through a divorce, and it was a very difficult divorce and I was homeless. And so, listening to that 鈥 it just took me to a place that I found complete peace.鈥

Quentin Bond and his mom, Christine, visited from Boston. Quentin took pictures of a Metallica display and Christine was looking over his shoulder.

Christine and Quentin Bond pose by the Metallica exhibit [David C. Barnett / ideastream]

鈥淚 think in 2008 when their "Death Magnetic" album came out, that was the first like Metallica album that I like actually held in my hands,鈥 said Quentin. 鈥淎nd that was a big moment for me.鈥

Christine learned about another one of her son鈥檚 early musical favorites when they introduced Quentin to the rock star simulation video game, 鈥淕uitar Hero.鈥

And I remember my son immediately loved AC/DC,鈥 she said. 鈥淎nd I thought: 鈥楾hat there's good parenting.鈥 I was so proud of that!鈥

There鈥檚 currently a big buzz in pop music circles about the lack of representation by women in the hall of fame. There are some female performers in the 鈥淧lay It Loud鈥 exhibit, but there were a couple of young ladies who would have liked to have seen more during their visit.

Paris Nicole and Cena Bean want to see more women performers featured in the Rock Hall [David C. Barnett / ideastream]

I barely saw any pictures of women,鈥 said Paris Nicole. 鈥淎nd I never even really thought about it till walking in here. I don't really think about female rock 'n' roll stars. Beyonce uses an all female band. So I think it's cool seeing women do that.鈥

鈥淚t鈥檚 like being shocked seeing women in here, because we鈥檙e definitely not used to it,鈥 said Cena Bean.                                                     

David C. Barnett was a senior arts & culture reporter for 海角破解版. He retired in October 2022.