James Barringer

When Ted Nugent dropped by a Battle Creek bar, jaws dropped. Rockers were shocked when ZZ Top's Dusty Hill died and Olde Peninsula closed for good in July of 21. As we begin a hopeful new year in 2022, we take a look back at the biggest stories of 2021 here in Kalamazoo, around Michigan, and across the rock and roll world. These were the big stories in May and June of 2021 that everyone was talking about.

It was some two years in the making, interrupted by a pandemic, but it all worked out great for Portage's Jim Barringer, the winner of the WRKR Rocker Classic Car, a 1980 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am. Originally intended to be given away in 2020, the car was scouted by 'RKR Legend Mike McKelly and by Butler Body Shop's Jeff Butler, who found this candidate in Kentucky. Then, the Butler team went to work on it. and it was ready to rock. And then the pandemic hit.

RESEARCH ARTICLE (Open Access) Previous Next Contents Vol 52(8) Stephen J. E. McNeill A C , Nancy Golubiewski B and James Barringer A + Author Affiliations - Author Affiliations A Landcare Research, Box 69040, Lincoln 7640, New Zealand. B Ministry for the Environment, PO Box 10362, Wellington 6143, New Zealand. C Corresponding author.