David Cassidy on the Web
The Strokes, Eddie Vedder and Lou Reed Rock for Our 1000th Issue
May 5, 2006
From www.rollingstone.com
By Charley Rogulewski
There's a hallway at Rolling Stone's New York headquarters wallpapered with every cover of the magazine since its November 9th, 1967 inception -- a walk through images from four decades of rock & roll history. Last night, that hallway came to life at the magazine's 1000th issue concert bash at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom, with guests as varied as the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Ice-T, Marilyn Manson and Bette Midler, and a headlining performance by the Strokes, with surprise appearances by Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder and Lou Reed.
Rolling Stone editor and publisher Jann S. Wenner kicked off the party with a few surprises, inviting crooner and longtime pal John Mellencamp onstage for a joint rendition of Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show's 1973 hit, "The Cover of the Rolling Stone." Guests like Blondie's Debbie Harry, the Beastie Boys' Mike D, Sebastian Bach and Moby were early minglers among the V.I.P. area's white leather couches, as Ice-T and David Cassidy -- who bared it all on a 1972 cover -- walked the red carpet.
The photo of David by Annie Leibowitz from the cover of Rolling Stone magazine was picked as one of their most memorable covers.
"In those days, [getting naked] was very controversial, even for a male to do it," the former Partridge Family star says of the memorable image, shot by Annie Leibovitz. "I go to concerts, and people still hold it up to me."
David Cassidy, right, and his wife, Susan, arrive to celebrate the 1,000th cover of Rolling Stone magazine at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York, Thursday, May 4, 2006. The party was meant to honor the artists, musicians, and politicians who have made up the Rolling Stone family for almost 40 years.
