Cleveland is a city that proudly touts its rock ’n’ roll legacy. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum website paints a cozily nostalgic picture of post-World War II teens packing downtown record stores to shell out money for the latest tunes. It details the Beatlemania frenzy that led then-Mayor Ralph Locher to ban the mop-headed Brits from Cleveland in the mid-’60s. Even the term “rock ’n’ roll” was mainstreamed locally, thanks to Record Rendezvous owner Leo Mintz and deejay Alan Freed, or so the legend goes. Elvis Presley, the O’Jays, the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springst...
