Wanda Jackson helped kick off the opening of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum's new exhibit, Women Who Rock, in a performance at the Museum's annual spring benefit concert on Saturday. "Jackson got the party started with a feisty set," says the Cleveland Plain Dealer. WEWS calls the concert "a smash hit." Jackson's set was "perfect" and "the exhibit is a must-see," says Huffington Post. "She is called the 'Queen of Rockabilly' but that tag isn't big enough for her pivotal role in music history and in the exhibit."
Wanda Jackson helped kick off the opening of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum's new exhibit, Women Who Rock: Vision, Passion, Power, in a performance at the Museum's annual It's Only Rock and Roll Spring Benefit Concert at the Cleveland Convention Center Saturday night (pictured at left in a photo from the Museum/Janet Macoska). The all-star line-up includes fellow Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Mavis Staples and Darlene Love, as well as Cyndi Lauper, all featured in the Women Who Rock exhibit. Proceeds from the concert benefit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum's educational activities.
"Jackson got the party started with a feisty set, fittingly capped with her hip-shaking hit 'Let's Have a Party,'" reports the Cleveland Plain Dealer's John Soeder of a set that included another classic, "Riot in Cell Block #9," plus "You Know I'm No Good" and "Shakin' All Over," two songs off her recent Jack White-produced, Third Man / Nonesuch Records debut album, The Party Ain't Over, which the Wall Street Journal, in its review of the concert, calls "one of this year's unexpected treats."
ABC News affiliate WEWS calls the concert "a smash hit," one that "puts an exclamation point to a fabulous weekend for the Rock Hall."
Jackson's set was "perfect" and "the exhibit is a must-see," says Huffington Post contributor S.X. Rosenstock of Women Who Rock, which illustrates the important roles women have played in rock and roll. "Country music did indeed engage in a love affair with blues, and Wanda Jackson embodies this passionate union," says Rosenstock. "She is called the 'Queen of Rockabilly' but that tag isn't big enough for her pivotal role in music history and in the exhibit ... It is thrilling to hear Buddy Holly shake. But it is seismic to hear his gorgeous female peer in fringe do it because rock brings with it a mandate to speak one's mind, and an implied sexual self-respect, that were once unthinkable for women." Read more at huffingtonpost.com.
To pick up a copy of Jackson's latest album, The Party Ain't Over on vinyl or CD, head to the Nonesuch Store, where orders include high-quality, 320 kbps MP3s of the album at checkout. To see where Jackson's current US tour takes her next, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.
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