For Veteran's Day, a Musician Turned Military Hero

The library will have limited hours on Monday, November 11, 12:00 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. in observance of Veteran's Day.

But to pay homage to the holiday, here's an article from the New York Times about Jason Everman. After being kicked out of both Nirvana and Soundgarden, he went on to a distinguished career U.S. Army Special Forces.

The Rock ’n’ Roll Casualty Who Became a War Hero

You can listen to Everman on guitar with Nirvana on Bleach (CD 25662) and on bass with Soundgarden on Telephantasm (CD 32002-32003), but his work in the military is much more impressive.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced the nominees for 2014 induction. Let the arguing commence over who deserves to make the cut, how to define the criteria for admission or, say it isn't so, why Hall and Oates hadn't been nominated previously.

While the library has plenty of materials by and about these artists, here's a starting point for each of them.

• The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, East-West (CD 16093)
• Chic, The Best of Chic: Dance, Dance, Dance (CD 8131)
• Deep Purple, Machine Head (CD 15706)
• Peter Gabriel, So (CD 18543)
• Hall and Oates, Private Eyes (CD 5329)
• KISS, Alive! (CD 23175-23176)
• LL Cool J, Mama Said Knock You Out (CD 4846)
• The Meters, Rejuvenation (CD 774)
• Nirvana, Nevermind (CD 1333)
• N.W.A., Straight Outta Compton (CD 23252)
• The Replacements, Let It Be (CD 11559)
• Linda Ronstadt, Heart Like a Wheel (CD 10202)
• Cat Stevens, Teaser and Firecat (CD 33531-33532)
• Link Wray, Rumble! The Best of Link Wray (CD 34286)
• Yes, Fragile (CD 2407)
• The Zombies