Wednesday, October 19, 2016
A Fable about Change Management
Once upon a time, there was a system called "Assessment
Management System." There were many (many) Change Management activities
that governed the packaging and release of this system. For example, there was
a weekly meeting where proposed changes to the system - which were entered into
a system called Rally - had to be approved by the manager of that development
team. Within Rally, there was a field in the "story" details for us
(the tech writers) to mark whether the change impacted the user interface, the
documentation, or was N/A. We ran queries over the Rally database to get a list
of stories we needed to review for doc changes. We used that list of stories to
determine our workload. The reviewing of the stories packaged with a release
was time-consuming, but it allowed us to “own” whether or not there was a
change needed to the doc. We thought of the doc, in this way, as “source code”
and as the product owners of the documentation. Some dev teams had bought into
our value as TWers and would mark that field in Rally as a way to flag it for
us. There was a field for designating what release the change was to be
included in. It was a sweet CM process.
However, all good things end.
It was decided to rewrite the system using a new tech
platform. The new system was to be called "Assessment Management System
Next" and was to be developed by an entirely different team of
developers. These developers were never involved in the original Change
Management activities for "Assessment Management System" and, because
of that, they only heard about the meetings and the bureaucracy. Thus, this new
dev team ditched all of those CM activities. They didn’t replace them with a
different approach – they were simply not going to be done.
Thus, there were no longer any meetings to review what changes
were going to be made. Only the Dev Team Manager (who hated writing things down
lest he be questioned what he meant by his description) knew what changes were
going to be made to the system and when they’d be released. At first, some of
the Dev team members were using Rally, but there was no requirement – from
anyone – to use the "release" field. Looking at a Rally story, there
was no way to know if the change was going out tomorrow, next week, or if it
had already been released! There was no way to know which changes to the system
were being bundled into a release.
In response to all of this, our manager decided that we
would no longer "dumpster dive" in Rally and review stories for
potential doc changes. The Dev team(s) were told they needed to create Release
Notes and to give those Release Notes to us and then we would write the doc
changes based upon those Release Notes. If the Dev team(s) didn't include a
change to the system - like adding a new menu option - our manager told us we
did not need to be worried about it. Explicitly, we were told do not
investigate any change in the UI that we might have seen in the Test
environment of the system. If it’s not on the list, it’s not relevant.
No, I didn’t like this change. However, my questioning of
the “new way” of doing our work was seen as “not adaptable to change.” After a
while, I accepted the new way of doing our work. Then a release went out to the
customer, with a change in the system, that wasn't in Dev's Release Notes. Customers
asked Customer Support about the new functionality, how it impacted the way they
did their tasks in the system. Customer Support looked in the online Help and
found no information. They went to our manager. She said, "It wasn't in
the Release Notes. We don't know what it does." She pushed the issue off
on Dev, who had a Dev team member talk to the customer. Essentially, it came
back to us as we scrambled to figure out what we needed to know, to meet with
the Dev team(s) and to learn how the changes worked, and how it impacted the system.
These were all things that had been learned during the "Assessment
Management System" CM activities that had been dismissed as "too
bureaucratic."
There is no moral or goal of telling this fable - it came to my mind during my ITIL class today.
Rigged Election
Yesterday, President Obama interjected himself into the 2016 Presidential campaign and said that Donald Trump needs to stop whining. From that article:
KCRG, my local news station, has been balanced in its coverage of this news story. There is this story - in which Iowa's governor has said he believes it is true - as well as interviews with both the Linn County Auditor and the Johnson County Auditor - which dispute the claim.
I found the videos below which have not been screened for bullshit.
Trump has been claiming that the election is "rigged" and it has caused quite a stir.
“There is no serious person out there who would suggest somehow that you could even rig America’s elections, in part because they’re so decentralized and the numbers of votes involved,” Obama said Tuesday. “There’s no evidence that that has happened in the past or that there are instances in which that will happen this time."
KCRG, my local news station, has been balanced in its coverage of this news story. There is this story - in which Iowa's governor has said he believes it is true - as well as interviews with both the Linn County Auditor and the Johnson County Auditor - which dispute the claim.
I found the videos below which have not been screened for bullshit.
Editor's Note: The videos above are embedded here as a reminder that when someone states "There’s no evidence that that has happened in the past or that there are instances in which that will happen this time," rarely is there not a dissenting point of view...
Dismal News
Erick Erickson states that Republicans need to focus on saving the House and Senate. The White House is gone and my reaction is simple. I don't plan to vote for HRC and I don't plan to vote for Trump. I plan to go with Evan McMullin.
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
David Diepold Drums
David Diepold may be one of my new favorite drummers. Below are videos he uploaded to his youtube.com channel. The first is his drum cover of Nile's "The Inevitable Degradation of Flesh" and the second is just his drumming for the song.
Diepold is also involved in Cognizance - they released the Illusory in August. Here are tunes from it.
R & R Hall of Fame 2017
The following have been nominated to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:
https://vote.rockhall.com/
Here is the complete list, sorted by year inducted:
- Bad Brains
- Chaka Khan
- Chic
- Depeche Mode
- Electric Light Orchestra (ELO)
- The J. Geils Band
- Jane's Addiction
- Janet Jackson
- Joan Baez
- Joe Tex
- Journey
- Kraftwerk
- MC5
- Pearl Jam
- Steppenwolf
- The Cars
- The Zombies
- Tupac Shakur
- Yes
https://vote.rockhall.com/
Here is the complete list, sorted by year inducted:
|
Name
|
Year inducted
|
Induction category
|
|
Alan Freed
|
1986
|
Non-Performer
|
|
Buddy Holly
|
1986
|
Performers
|
|
Chuck Berry
|
1986
|
Performers
|
|
Elvis Presley
|
1986
|
Performers
|
|
Fats Domino
|
1986
|
Performers
|
|
James Brown
|
1986
|
Performers
|
|
Jerry Lee Lewis
|
1986
|
Performers
|
|
Jimmie Rodgers
|
1986
|
Early Influences
|
|
Jimmy Yancey
|
1986
|
Early Influences
|
|
John Hammond
|
1986
|
Ahmet Ertegun Award
|
|
Little Richard
|
1986
|
Performers
|
|
Ray Charles
|
1986
|
Performers
|
|
Robert Johnson
|
1986
|
Early Influences
|
|
Sam Cooke
|
1986
|
Performers
|
|
Sam Phillips
|
1986
|
Non-Performer
|
|
The Everly Brothers
|
1986
|
Performers
|
|
Ahmet Ertegun
|
1987
|
Non-Performer
|
|
Aretha Franklin
|
1987
|
Performers
|
|
B.B. King
|
1987
|
Performers
|
|
Big Joe Turner
|
1987
|
Performers
|
|
Bill Haley
|
1987
|
Performers
|
|
Bo Diddley
|
1987
|
Performers
|
|
Carl Perkins
|
1987
|
Performers
|
|
Clyde McPhatter
|
1987
|
Performers
|
|
Eddie Cochran
|
1987
|
Performers
|
|
Hank Williams
|
1987
|
Early Influences
|
|
Jackie Wilson
|
1987
|
Performers
|
|
Jerry Leiber and Mike
Stoller
|
1987
|
Non-Performer
|
|
Jerry Wexler
|
1987
|
Non-Performer
|
|
Leonard Chess
|
1987
|
Non-Performer
|
|
Louis Jordan
|
1987
|
Early Influences
|
|
Marvin Gaye
|
1987
|
Performers
|
|
Muddy Waters
|
1987
|
Performers
|
|
Ricky Nelson
|
1987
|
Performers
|
|
Roy Orbison
|
1987
|
Performers
|
|
Smokey Robinson
|
1987
|
Performers
|
|
T-Bone Walker
|
1987
|
Early Influences
|
|
The Coasters
|
1987
|
Performers
|
|
Berry Gordy Jr
|
1988
|
Non-Performer
|
|
Bob Dylan
|
1988
|
Performers
|
|
Lead Belly
|
1988
|
Early Influences
|
|
Les Paul
|
1988
|
Early Influences
|
|
The Beach Boys
|
1988
|
Performers
|
|
The Beatles
|
1988
|
Performers
|
|
The Drifters
|
1988
|
Performers
|
|
The Supremes
|
1988
|
Performers
|
|
Woody Guthrie
|
1988
|
Early Influences
|
|
Bessie Smith
|
1989
|
Early Influences
|
|
Dion
|
1989
|
Performers
|
|
Otis Redding
|
1989
|
Performers
|
|
Phil Spector
|
1989
|
Non-Performer
|
|
Stevie Wonder
|
1989
|
Performers
|
|
The Ink Spots
|
1989
|
Early Influences
|
|
The Rolling Stones
|
1989
|
Performers
|
|
The Soul Stirrers
|
1989
|
Early Influences
|
|
The Temptations
|
1989
|
Performers
|
|
Bobby Darin
|
1990
|
Performers
|
|
Charlie Christian
|
1990
|
Early Influences
|
|
Gerry Goffin and Carole
King
|
1990
|
Non-Performer
|
|
Hank Ballard
|
1990
|
Performers
|
|
Holland, Dozier and Holland
|
1990
|
Non-Performer
|
|
Louis Armstrong
|
1990
|
Early Influences
|
|
Ma Rainey
|
1990
|
Early Influences
|
|
Simon And Garfunkel
|
1990
|
Performers
|
|
The Four Seasons
|
1990
|
Performers
|
|
The Four Tops
|
1990
|
Performers
|
|
The Kinks
|
1990
|
Performers
|
|
The Platters
|
1990
|
Performers
|
|
The Who
|
1990
|
Performers
|
|
Dave Bartholomew
|
1991
|
Non-Performer
|
|
Howlin Wolf
|
1991
|
Early Influences
|
|
Ike and Tina Turner
|
1991
|
Performers
|
|
Jimmy Reed
|
1991
|
Performers
|
|
John Lee Hooker
|
1991
|
Performers
|
|
Lavern Baker
|
1991
|
Performers
|
|
Nesuhi Ertegun
|
1991
|
Ahmet Ertegun Award
|
|
Ralph Bass
|
1991
|
Non-Performer
|
|
The Byrds
|
1991
|
Performers
|
|
The Impressions
|
1991
|
Performers
|
|
Wilson Pickett
|
1991
|
Performers
|
|
Bill Graham
|
1992
|
Non-Performer
|
|
Bobby "Blue"
Bland
|
1992
|
Performers
|
|
Booker T. and the M.G.'s
|
1992
|
Performers
|
|
Doc Pomus
|
1992
|
Non-Performer
|
|
Elmore James
|
1992
|
Early Influences
|
|
Johnny Cash
|
1992
|
Performers
|
|
Leo Fender
|
1992
|
Non-Performer
|
|
Professor Longhair
|
1992
|
Early Influences
|
|
Sam and Dave
|
1992
|
Performers
|
|
The Isley Brothers
|
1992
|
Performers
|
|
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
|
1992
|
Performers
|
|
The Yardbirds
|
1992
|
Performers
|
|
Cream
|
1993
|
Performers
|
|
Creedence Clearwater
Revival
|
1993
|
Performers
|
|
Dick Clark
|
1993
|
Non-Performer
|
|
Dinah Washington
|
1993
|
Early Influences
|
|
Etta James
|
1993
|
Performers
|
|
Frankie Lymon and the
Teenagers
|
1993
|
Performers
|
|
Milt Gabler
|
1993
|
Non-Performer
|
|
Ruth Brown
|
1993
|
Performers
|
|
Sly and the Family Stone
|
1993
|
Performers
|
|
The Doors
|
1993
|
Performers
|
|
Van Morrison
|
1993
|
Performers
|
|
Bob Marley
|
1994
|
Performers
|
|
Duane Eddy
|
1994
|
Performers
|
|
Elton John
|
1994
|
Performers
|
|
John Lennon
|
1994
|
Performers
|
|
Johnny Otis
|
1994
|
Non-Performer
|
|
Rod Stewart
|
1994
|
Performers
|
|
The Animals
|
1994
|
Performers
|
|
The Band
|
1994
|
Performers
|
|
The Grateful Dead
|
1994
|
Performers
|
|
Willie Dixon
|
1994
|
Early Influences
|
|
Al Green
|
1995
|
Performers
|
|
Frank Zappa
|
1995
|
Performers
|
|
Janis Joplin
|
1995
|
Performers
|
|
Led Zeppelin
|
1995
|
Performers
|
|
Martha and the Vandellas
|
1995
|
Performers
|
|
Neil Young
|
1995
|
Performers
|
|
Paul Ackerman
|
1995
|
Non-Performer
|
|
The Allman Brothers Band
|
1995
|
Performers
|
|
The Orioles
|
1995
|
Early Influences
|
|
David Bowie
|
1996
|
Performers
|
|
Gladys Knight and the Pips
|
1996
|
Performers
|
|
Jefferson Airplane
|
1996
|
Performers
|
|
Little Willie John
|
1996
|
Performers
|
|
Pete Seeger
|
1996
|
Early Influences
|
|
Pink Floyd
|
1996
|
Performers
|
|
The Shirelles
|
1996
|
Performers
|
|
The Velvet Underground
|
1996
|
Performers
|
|
Tom Donahue
|
1996
|
Non-Performer
|
|
Bill Monroe
|
1997
|
Early Influences
|
|
Buffalo Springfield
|
1997
|
Performers
|
|
Crosby, Stills and Nash
|
1997
|
Performers
|
|
Joni Mitchell
|
1997
|
Performers
|
|
Mahalia Jackson
|
1997
|
Early Influences
|
|
Parliament Funkadelic
|
1997
|
Performers
|
|
Syd Nathan
|
1997
|
Non-Performer
|
|
The (Young) Rascals
|
1997
|
Performers
|
|
The Bee Gees
|
1997
|
Performers
|
|
The Jackson Five
|
1997
|
Performers
|
|
Allen Toussaint
|
1998
|
Non-Performer
|
|
Fleetwood Mac
|
1998
|
Performers
|
|
Gene Vincent
|
1998
|
Performers
|
|
Jelly Roll Morton
|
1998
|
Early Influences
|
|
Lloyd Price
|
1998
|
Performers
|
|
Santana
|
1998
|
Performers
|
|
The Eagles
|
1998
|
Performers
|
|
The Mamas and the Papas
|
1998
|
Performers
|
|
Billy Joel
|
1999
|
Performers
|
|
Bob Wills and His Texas
Playboys
|
1999
|
Early Influences
|
|
Bruce Springsteen
|
1999
|
Performers
|
|
Charles Brown
|
1999
|
Early Influences
|
|
Curtis Mayfield
|
1999
|
Performers
|
|
Del Shannon
|
1999
|
Performers
|
|
Dusty Springfield
|
1999
|
Performers
|
|
George Martin
|
1999
|
Non-Performer
|
|
Paul McCartney
|
1999
|
Performers
|
|
The Staple Singers
|
1999
|
Performers
|
|
Billie Holiday
|
2000
|
Early Influences
|
|
Bonnie Raitt
|
2000
|
Performers
|
|
Clive Davis
|
2000
|
Non-Performer
|
|
Earl Palmer
|
2000
|
Sideman
|
|
Earth, Wind & Fire
|
2000
|
Performers
|
|
Eric Clapton
|
2000
|
Performers
|
|
Hal Blaine
|
2000
|
Sideman
|
|
James Jamerson
|
2000
|
Sideman
|
|
James Taylor
|
2000
|
Performers
|
|
King Curtis
|
2000
|
Sideman
|
|
Lovin' Spoonful
|
2000
|
Performers
|
|
Nat "King" Cole
|
2000
|
Early Influences
|
|
Scotty Moore
|
2000
|
Sideman
|
|
The Moonglows
|
2000
|
Performers
|
|
Aerosmith
|
2001
|
Performers
|
|
Chris Blackwell
|
2001
|
Non-Performer
|
|
James Burton
|
2001
|
Sideman
|
|
Johnnie Johnson
|
2001
|
Sideman
|
|
Michael Jackson
|
2001
|
Performers
|
|
Paul Simon
|
2001
|
Performers
|
|
Queen
|
2001
|
Performers
|
|
Ritchie Valens
|
2001
|
Performers
|
|
Solomon Burke
|
2001
|
Performers
|
|
Steely Dan
|
2001
|
Performers
|
|
The Flamingos
|
2001
|
Performers
|
|
Brenda Lee
|
2002
|
Performers
|
|
Chet Atkins
|
2002
|
Sideman
|
|
Gene Pitney
|
2002
|
Performers
|
|
Isaac Hayes
|
2002
|
Performers
|
|
Jim Stewart
|
2002
|
Non-Performer
|
|
Ramones
|
2002
|
Performers
|
|
Talking Heads
|
2002
|
Performers
|
|
Tom Petty and the
Heartbreakers
|
2002
|
Performers
|
|
AC/DC
|
2003
|
Performers
|
|
Benny Benjamin
|
2003
|
Sideman
|
|
Elvis Costello & The
Attractions
|
2003
|
Performers
|
|
Floyd Cramer
|
2003
|
Sideman
|
|
Mo Ostin
|
2003
|
Non-Performer
|
|
Righteous Brothers
|
2003
|
Performers
|
|
Steve Douglas
|
2003
|
Sideman
|
|
The Clash
|
2003
|
Performers
|
|
The Police
|
2003
|
Performers
|
|
Bob Seger
|
2004
|
Performers
|
|
George Harrison
|
2004
|
Performers
|
|
Jackson Browne
|
2004
|
Performers
|
|
Jann S. Wenner
|
2004
|
Ahmet Ertegun Award
|
|
Prince
|
2004
|
Performers
|
|
The Dells
|
2004
|
Performers
|
|
Traffic
|
2004
|
Performers
|
|
ZZ Top
|
2004
|
Performers
|
|
Buddy Guy
|
2005
|
Performers
|
|
Frank Barsalona
|
2005
|
Ahmet Ertegun Award
|
|
Percy Sledge
|
2005
|
Performers
|
|
Seymour Stein
|
2005
|
Ahmet Ertegun Award
|
|
The O'Jays
|
2005
|
Performers
|
|
The Pretenders
|
2005
|
Performers
|
|
U2
|
2005
|
Performers
|
|
Black Sabbath
|
2006
|
Performers
|
|
Blondie
|
2006
|
Performers
|
|
Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss
|
2006
|
Ahmet Ertegun Award
|
|
Lynyrd Skynyrd
|
2006
|
Performers
|
|
Miles Davis
|
2006
|
Performers
|
|
Sex Pistols
|
2006
|
Performers
|
|
Grandmaster Flash and the
Furious Five
|
2007
|
Performers
|
|
Patti Smith
|
2007
|
Performers
|
|
R.E.M.
|
2007
|
Performers
|
|
The Ronettes
|
2007
|
Performers
|
|
Van Halen
|
2007
|
Performers
|
|
John Mellencamp
|
2008
|
Performers
|
|
Kenny Gamble & Leon
Huff
|
2008
|
Non-Performer
|
|
Leonard Cohen
|
2008
|
Performers
|
|
Little Walter
|
2008
|
Sideman
|
|
Madonna
|
2008
|
Performers
|
|
The Dave Clark Five
|
2008
|
Performers
|
|
The Ventures
|
2008
|
Performers
|
|
Bill Black
|
2009
|
Sideman
|
|
Bobby Womack
|
2009
|
Performers
|
|
D.J. Fontana
|
2009
|
Sideman
|
|
Jeff Beck
|
2009
|
Performers
|
|
Little Anthony & the
Imperials
|
2009
|
Performers
|
|
Metallica
|
2009
|
Performers
|
|
Run-D.M.C.
|
2009
|
Performers
|
|
Spooner Oldham
|
2009
|
Sideman
|
|
Wanda Jackson
|
2009
|
Early Influences
|
|
Abba
|
2010
|
Performers
|
|
Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
|
2010
|
Non-Performer
|
|
David Geffen
|
2010
|
Non-Performer
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Ellie Greenwich and Jeff
Barry
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2010
|
Non-Performer
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Genesis
|
2010
|
Performers
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Jesse Stone
|
2010
|
Non-Performer
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Jimmy Cliff
|
2010
|
Performers
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Mort Shuman
|
2010
|
Non-Performer
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Otis Blackwell
|
2010
|
Non-Performer
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The Hollies
|
2010
|
Performers
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The Stooges
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2010
|
Performers
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Alice Cooper
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2011
|
Performers
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Art Rupe
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2011
|
Ahmet Ertegun Award
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|
Darlene Love
|
2011
|
Performers
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Dr. John
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2011
|
Performers
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Jac Holzman
|
2011
|
Ahmet Ertegun Award
|
|
Leon Russell
|
2011
|
Award for Musical
Excellence
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|
Neil Diamond
|
2011
|
Performers
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Tom Waits
|
2011
|
Performers
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Beastie Boys
|
2012
|
Performers
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Cosimo Matassa
|
2012
|
Award for Musical
Excellence
|
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Don Kirshner
|
2012
|
Ahmet Ertegun Award
|
|
Donovan
|
2012
|
Performers
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Freddie King
|
2012
|
Early Influences
|
|
Glyn Johns
|
2012
|
Award for Musical
Excellence
|
|
Guns n' Roses
|
2012
|
Performers
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Laura Nyro
|
2012
|
Performers
|
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Red Hot Chili Peppers
|
2012
|
Performers
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The Blue Caps
|
2012
|
Performers
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The Comets
|
2012
|
Performers
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The Crickets
|
2012
|
Performers
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The Famous Flames
|
2012
|
Performers
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The Midnighters
|
2012
|
Performers
|
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The Miracles
|
2012
|
Performers
|
|
The Small Faces/Faces
|
2012
|
Performers
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|
Tom Dowd
|
2012
|
Award for Musical
Excellence
|
|
Albert King
|
2013
|
Performers
|
|
Donna Summer
|
2013
|
Performers
|
|
Heart
|
2013
|
Performers
|
|
Lou Adler
|
2013
|
Ahmet Ertegun Award
|
|
Public Enemy
|
2013
|
Performers
|
|
Quincy Jones
|
2013
|
Ahmet Ertegun Award
|
|
Randy Newman
|
2013
|
Performers
|
|
Rush
|
2013
|
Performers
|
|
Andrew Loog Oldham
|
2014
|
Ahmet Ertegun Award
|
|
Brian Epstein
|
2014
|
Ahmet Ertegun Award
|
|
Cat Stevens
|
2014
|
Performers
|
|
Hall and Oates
|
2014
|
Performers
|
|
KISS
|
2014
|
Performers
|
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Linda Ronstadt
|
2014
|
Performers
|
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Nirvana
|
2014
|
Performers
|
|
Peter Gabriel
|
2014
|
Performers
|
|
The E Street Band
|
2014
|
Award for Musical
Excellence
|
|
Bill Withers
|
2015
|
Performers
|
|
Green Day
|
2015
|
Performers
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|
Joan Jett & the
Blackhearts
|
2015
|
Performers
|
|
Lou Reed
|
2015
|
Performers
|
|
Ringo Starr
|
2015
|
Award for Musical
Excellence
|
|
Stevie Ray Vaughan &
Double Trouble
|
2015
|
Performers
|
|
The "5" Royales
|
2015
|
Early Influences
|
|
The Paul Butterfield Blues
Band
|
2015
|
Performers
|
|
Bert Berns
|
2016
|
Ahmet Ertegun Award
|
|
Cheap Trick
|
2016
|
Performers
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Chicago
|
2016
|
Performers
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Deep Purple
|
2016
|
Performers
|
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N.W.A
|
2016
|
Performers
|
|
Steve Miller
|
2016
|
Performers
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