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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, January 17, 1992                   TAG: 9201170518
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: E-9   EDITION: METRO 
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PEOPLE

The Yardbirds, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Johnny Cash, the Isley Brothers, Sam and Dave, Booker T and the MGs and Bobby "Blue" Bland were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Wednesday in New York.

The names of the seventh year's inductees were announced Nov. 4 in Cleveland, where a Hall of Fame building is to be built.

Also inducted at a Waldorf Astoria dinner were songwriter Doc Pomus; Leo Fender, creator of the Fender guitar; rock impresario Bill Graham, who died in a helicopter crash Oct. 25; and two early influences on rock 'n' roll, blues guitarist Elmore James and New Orleans pianist Professor Longhair.

Rod Stewart doesn't just sing about trains - he builds 'em.

The British rock star dropped into a Nitro, W.Va., hobby shop Tuesday to pick up supplies, said store owner Jerry Weeks. Stewart was singing in Charleston that night.

Weeks said Stewart bought paintbrushes, wood, plastic and "quite a bit of paint."

Stewart, whose hits include "Maggie May," was nominated for a Grammy last year for his version of Tom Waits' "Downtown Train."

Patricia Kluge, former wife of media tycoon John Kluge, will appear topless in the March issue of Penthouse, the magazine said Thursday.

Three or four small photos of her, taken in the 1970s when she was a model for a British men's magazine, will accompany the "U.S.A. Confidential" column by contributing editor Sharon Churcher, said Penthouse spokeswoman Catherine Koatz.

Described as a "political gossip column," the article will deal with Kluge's friendship with Virginia Gov. Douglas Wilder, Koatz said.

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