Rock Stars Toasted With Mugs on Beer Cans

Miller Brewing is celebrating the “50th anniversary of rock ‘n’ roll” with eight commemorative beer cans that feature Rolling Stone magazine cover shots of Elvis Presley and other stars.

The promotion also depicts Blondie, Alice Cooper, Bon Jovi, Willie Nelson, Eric Clapton and others on cans being issued this summer.

What’s missing, some say, is a black artist. Robert Thompson, a professor at Syracuse University, called the absence “beyond conspicuous” because black artists often were credited with inventing the musical genre.