So many wonderful things to see in the USA !!!

As a friend once told me while I was riding along, "Slow down, smell the roses, check out the scenery!' I may be overlooking all that again being the impatient rider that I am.
   But Cleveland's ROCK and ROLL Museum is a ROSE, big time !!! Just dynamite !!!
   I spent the better part of the day in the RnR museum and that still didn't do justice to the immensity of the place and its contents. Whoever dreamed up the idea for Cleveland, that person has to be commended, for the attraction is simply superb. Anyone who says less than that about the place is jaded and innured to the extreme.
   This place is an historical shrine to the historical development of Rock and Roll, not just American RnR, but global. They cover every genre or aspect of American musical history from the 1920's to the the 1990's, from blues to grunge. I never even heard of some of the musical genre they display and show.

    Sadly, photos are not permitted throughout the museum to safeguard the artifacts contained therein. And there is far, far too much in the museum to remember. Best to make some notes on paper if you really want to retain what you have seen.
   Throughout the display areas, they offer interactive TV monitor-like displays which permit you to listen to music and read about the people involved with it. Not just the singers, musicians but also the producers, the writers, the back stage people, the DJ's...very few people are overlooked. Video interviews are done with various artists drawing out the nostalgia which belongs to the eras. Should you be in your mature years, beyond 40 and 50, then this is simply a walk down memory lane. I watched one mature couple stand before one musical display, arms locked together, swaying to the music, no doubt each of them lost in the memory trip back in time. I know I could not resist singing away to some of the old musical pieces which were hits during my teen years...the Beach Boys, Janis Joplin, Jimmie Hendrix, and of course, Elvis Presley.
    It is amazing to see some of the interactives which trace the influences on the musicians who saw themselves as originals. An example is Elvis who had influences from cowboy/rock singers like Carl Perkins, to blacks like Louis Jordan. One always saw him as an original. He wasn't!
    It is a thrill to be able to punch a screen and hear 'Blue Suede Shoes' sung by Elvis and then sung by those who inspired him. Amazing !

   This is a museum, entrance fee $22, which requires the better part of a day if not the entire day itself. They have multiple day passes available and if an entrant is a musician or a musical devotee, then, it is may be better to take advantage of the longer tour. There is an incredible amount to see, and a lot to do, and to attend just for 2 or 3 hours, will not do the museum justice. One can't get away with a diminished viewing of the place by just touring the lowest floor, but one should be aware that there are a number of floors offering a number of different historical aspects to the musical development of the USA.

   This museum truly is an historical musical tour. No matter what your musical tastes as long as it is along the RnR line, this museum, has stuff for you. I may be underselling the museum, for it isnt a museum. It is a Rock and Roll hall of Fame.
    Visit back again !