Eric Clapton says Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame is a “frat boys club” and “not a place for rebels”
nme.comEric Clapton has some choice words to say about the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.The veteran singer-songwriter was speaking in an interview with The Real Music Observer when he made the comments, in which he criticised the exclusion of some influential artists, like the late guitarist J.J.
Cale.Clapton said, of his own inductions into the Hall, “I came to that thing, whatever it is. I think of it as a frat boys club that happened to lure [me] in.“I think the fact that they had [former Atlantic Records president and Hall Of Fame chairman] Ahmet Ertegun was the ticket for me.
He was doing it for people like Ruth Brown and The Drifters, all those early Atlantic artists that were being forgotten. And then, it just kind of started to snowball.”He explained that he had his suspicions due to the involvement of Rolling Stone magazine, but that his friend Robbie Robertson was involved with it too, and persuaded him to do it.However, he made it clear that he wasn’t happy with many of the Hall Of Fame’s decisions, saying, “The fact that someone like J.J.
has never even been suggested is proof of what that thing is or proof of what it isn’t. It’s not like he’ll ever come up. It’s not their thing.
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