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EXHIBITIONSAll Access with Kevin MazurFebruary 1 – June 1, 2008Through the revealing camera lens of world-famous photographer KevinMazur, music and photography enthusiasts had the opportunity to viewrock and roll icons in an up-close and personal way. Over the past 25years, Mazur has managed to capture legendary rock and rollers in amoment lasting no longer than the blink of an eye, illuminating the truenature of the artist and the raw power of the most memorable rockconcerts in history.Mike McCartney’s Liverpool LifeJune 26 – September 21, 2008Mike McCartney’s Liverpool Life featured incredible black-and-whitephotographs documenting the origins of the British Invasion. The exhibitincluded playful self-portraits of the artist experimenting with his firstcamera and intimate, informal scenes of family life in McCartney’smodest childhood home at 20 Forthlin Road. The photographs wereaccompanied by quotes from the photographer, who revealed storiesbehind these images. Other musicians captured by McCartney’s lensinclude Gene Vincent, Jerry Lee Lewis, Billy J. Kramer, Jeff Beck and theHollies. Exclusive to the Cleveland exhibition, McCartney, in consultationwith his brother Paul, chose several additional photographs featuringmembers of the Beatles.The exhibit was organized by ArtVision Exhibitions, LLC.Take Me Out: Baseball Rocks!April 26 – September 28, 2008Keith RichardsPhoto credits listed on back cover.The relationship between popular music and America’s pastime, baseball, came to life through displaysof sports memorabilia, advertising material, early cylinder and disc recordings, and sheet music– including the 1908 best seller, “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.” The exhibit also focused on musicaltributes to the stars of the golden era of baseball, including Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Lou Gehrig, JackieRobinson, Willie Mays, Larry Doby, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle and more. Also featured were rockand roll references to baseball – from Chuck Berry’s “Brown Eyed Handsome Man” to Simon andGarfunkel’s “Mrs. Robinson” and John Fogerty’s “Centerfield.”Baseball Rocks! ExhibitMike McCartneyWMMS: A Cleveland Legend Turns 40August 29, 2008 – July 21, 2009Since it went on the air on September 28, 1968, Cleveland’sWMMS has earned a coveted place in the history of FM radio.The station played a key role in the breakthroughs of numerousrock icons, including David Bowie, Roxy Music, Rush and BruceSpringsteen. Along with its impressive playlist, the station hasbeen home to legendary deejays Billy Bass, “Kid Leo,” “Mattthe Cat,” Len “Boom Boom” Goldberg, Ed “Flash” Ferenc, JeffKinzbach, Betty Korvan, Murray Saul and Steve Lushbaugh.Among the exhibit’s artifacts were David Helton’s originalartwork for the station’s Buzzard logo, airchecks from thedeejays, original photos, gold and platinum records, interofficememos, and video and listening stations.WMMS Focus UnitSimon and GarfunkelCleveland Rocks: The Birthplace of Rock and Roll –Photographs by George ShubaOctober 10, 2008 – January 4, 2009George Shuba has been a ubiquitous figure on the Cleveland-area musicscene since the 1960s. He got his big break in music photography in 1964with Upbeat, a syndicated weekly television show in Cleveland that featuredperformances of the hottest rock and pop acts of the day. For the next 40years, his passion for photographing the Cleveland rock and roll scene wasproven time and time again through his work. Cleveland Rocks focused onthe years 1963-69, when the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, the Rolling Stones, JackieWilson and the Doors sent local teens into joyful hysterics. While the subjectsof Shuba’s luminous silver gelatin prints are ostensibly the musicians, it is thefaces around them that often stand out: happy teenaged boys in suits and ties,girls with short cotton dresses and stiffly sprayed beehive hairdos, balancedby tough-looking Cleveland policemen at their crowd control posts.The exhibit was organized by the Fine Art Museum, Western Carolina University.