Seeing A Friend In The Rock Hall

​I spotted a friend in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. One wall on the first level features this old promo photo from radio station KROQ in Los Angeles. The lady in the middle with the blonde hair is Dusty Street, who passed away in October of last year.

This was not her favorite look, but the 80s were a rough decade for Dusty. Proudly clean and sober in the 90s, she laughed about the occasional run-in with people who suggested they used to hang out together. She would say, “Did we meet in the 80s? Oh. I’m sorry. There is a lot I do not remember from that time.”

And although this may not have been her first choice for a photo, it is great that she adorns the Rock Hall. She was never inducted. Although, as I discovered, the museum doesn’t really acknowledge most of the people who were inducted. (More on that another time.) So, she is one step ahead of them. But she definitely deserves to be there.

She was a rock radio pioneer, a friend and champion of many musicians, and a lover of music.