INDUCTED ONCE IT OPENS.
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REPORTER: RELEASED IN 1970, THE
SONG " VEHICLE" WAS A SMASH IT
FOR THE IDES OF MARCH, PART
OF THE RICH HISTORY OF ROCK 'N
ROLL IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
WHICH WILL SOON BE CELEBRATED IN
THIS SPACE, FUTURE ILLINOIS ROCK
'N ROLL MUSEUM.
>> ALL OF THESE -- THE
FANS LOVE CHICAGO BANDS.
REPORTER: THE IDES OF MARCH WILL
BE AMONG THE FIRST CLASS
INDUCTED INTO THE ILLINOIS HALL
OF FAME INCLUDING CHEAP TRICK,
REO SPEEDWAY AND AND BLUES
ARTIST MUDDY WATERS AND BUDDY
GUY.
>> THE THIRD FLOOR WILL BE
MULTIPURPOSE.
WE WILL HAVE A STAGE WITH
PERFORMANCES.
REPORTER: THE MUSEUM IS THE
BRAINCHILD OF RON ROMERO WHO
SAYS THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN
OVERWHELMING.
HE'S CONVERTING IT OLD RETAIL
SPACE INTO THE MUSEUM AND HE HAS
TONS OF MEMORABILIA FROM PHOTOS
TO INSTRUMENTS DONATED BY ARTIST
AND SUPPORTERS -- BY ARTISTS AND
SUPPORTERS.
IT WILL ALSO FEATURE TO BE TO
THE HISTORY OF RADIO.
IT ALSO INCLUDES DISC JOCKEYS.
ROMERO SAYS JOLIET WILL BE A
GREAT HOME FOR THE MUSEUM.
>> WE ARE THE FORCE LARGEST --
THE FOURTH-LARGEST CITY IN THE
STATE.
IT'S KIND OF A BIG TOWN
ATMOSPHERE IN A SMALL PACKAGE.
REPORTER: AT THE CEREMONY IN
MARCH, MANY OF THE INDUCTEES
WILL BE INVITED TO PERFORM.
JIM PETERICK WHO WON A GRAMMY
FOR THE SONG "EYE OF THE TIGER,"
SAYS THAT THE MUSEUM IS HUGE.
>> THE BIGGEST -- IS THIS
INDUCTION.
REPORTER: THE PLAN IS TO HAVE
THE FIRST FLOOR FINISHED AN OPEN
TO BUSINESS -- FOR BUSINESS BY
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