This morning, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum hosted a group of local reporters and gave them a tour of Rolling Stones: 50 Years of Satisfaction, the new exhibit that opens on Friday. New York-based curator Craig Inciardi led the group through the exhibit, which takes up the Rock Hall’s top two floors. After you walk through a giant “tongue” at the exhibit entrance, you’ll see some 100 still photos of the group that scroll through on a 9-minute loop. Vintage concert footage plays on a series of TV monitors and the exhibit starts chronologically with a “roots section” that documents how singer Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards first met when they were kids and then lost touch with one another before meeting again years later and discovering they shared a love for American blues and rock ’n’ roll. Key items from the ’60s include a Brian Jones dulcimer, the Mellotron used on “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” and the red shirt that Richards wore when the band played Altamont.
This article appears in May 15-21, 2013.
