{"id":5062339,"date":"2023-12-19T20:05:16","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T20:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/illatinonews.com\/?p=5062339"},"modified":"2023-12-19T20:05:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T20:05:16","slug":"recognizing-illinois-great-music-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/illn\/2023\/12\/19\/recognizing-illinois-great-music-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Recognizing Illinois’ Great Music History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

JOLIET – \u201cWe want people to know that it exists, our museum exists, and we want to be inclusive of all of Route 66 that we can,\u201d Ron Romero, founder and executive director of the \u201cIllinois Rock & Roll Museum on Route 66,\u201d<\/a> told The Pantagraph. \u201c\u2026 There\u2019s a lot of great music history here in Illinois, throughout the whole state, and nobody has really recognized that yet, so we just got lucky. We came around at the right time.\u201d Romero was interviewed earlier this year about \u201cGigantar,\u201d<\/a> a giant guitar that stretches 24 feet high and weighs approximately 1,600 pounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gigantar is one of the finishing touches Romero is putting on the museum in Joliet that has yet to make its debut despite the project starting in 2019. Only the gift shop is open to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s been enough attention on Illinois musicians in honoring them and preserving and promoting their music,\u201d Romero told<\/a> the Chicago Tribune at the third annual Hall of Fame induction award ceremony on Sept. 17 at Rialto Square Theatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Inductees include Earth, Wind & Fire, which started in Chicago; The Cryan\u2019 Shames, which began in Hinsdale; The Shadows of Knight, which started in Mount Prospect; Nat King Cole, who grew up in Chicago\u2019s Bronzeville neighborhood; and Alton-born Miles Davis in the Band or Solo Artist category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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