Who Cares About the Heisman Trophy?

Baton Rouge celebrates the induction of Percy Sledge and Buddy Guy into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Also being honored are the O'Jays, the Pretenders, and U2.

Personal Note: the year I moved back to Louisiana, Baton Rouge held a free downtown music festival that was a moderate success. If I remember, crowds averaged between 50 and 75 thousand a day--and, to digress, seeing all the Budweiser advertising made me wonder about the potential for just going ahead and adding a corporate sponsor to the state name, you know, sort of along the lines of the Fed Ex Sugar Bowl...I thought to myself, hey, how about the Budweiser state of Louisiana--or the Pabst Blue Ribbon city of Baton Rouge...anyway, in classic Red Stick style, the next year they tried to make it a paid show, charging something like $15 dollars a day. Sure enough, crowds dwindled to about 5 thousand, making for a dismal weekend...

The silver lining was that I didn't even have to fight to stand at the foot of the stage for Mr. Guy's show, and even caught one of the many guitar picks he threw to the audience. Percy was the last act of the day, and wasn't bad, but Buddy stole the show.

Congrats to both.