Legends Of Rock Will Open Museum

Finally, after 10 years and upwards of $90 million, Jim Morrison’s Cub Scout uniform has a home.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, built on the shores of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland, opens to the public Friday, beginning a weekendlong, celebrity-filled celebration.

The uniform worn by the Lizard King during his days of knot-tying and tent-pitching is one of more than 4,000 items gathered by curators to assemble the museum’s collection of interactive displays and rock memorabilia.

The big event of the museum’s opening weekend will be “The Concert for the Hall of Fame” on Saturday at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. Scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. and be broadcast live on HBO, the concert will feature nearly 20 bands and artists spanning much of rock’s past and present.

The roster includes legends and modern-day favorites - Chuck Berry and Natalie Merchant, Johnny Cash and Snoop Doggy Dogg. In keeping with the hype and history-making of the weekend, the show will feature such special events as Bruce Springsteen’s first concert performance with his E-Street Band in eight years. The evening will also include cross-generational pairings of performers, with Sheryl Crow playing with the Allman Brothers and Bruce Springsteen slated to play with Jerry Lee Lewis.

The lineup also includes Jackson Browne, George Clinton, Carole King, James Brown, Booker T and the MGs, Melissa Etheridge, John Fogerty, Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Bon Jovi, the Kinks, Martha and the Vandellas, John Mellencamp, the Pretenders, Little Richard, Robbie Robertson and Soul Asylum.