This generation’s music lovers can only dream of seeing Jimi Hendrix live on stage. Or The Doors for that matter. Or Janis Joplin or Pink Floyd or The Who.But veteran photographer Larry Hulst saw them all — and has the pictures to prove it.”Thirty Years of Rock and Roll: Photography by Larry Hulst” features 75 black and white photographs from the nearly 3,000 concerts Hulst attended. The exhibition showcases stills of rock icons from 1969 to 1999, chronicling the genre’s evolution from Chuck Berry to Billy Idol. The traveling exhibition is still set to show at the Union Art Gallery, but will come later than its planned Sept. 10 opening.Judi Stall, director of the Union Art Gallery, said the gallery is trying for a Friday opening, but said it is “extremely iffy.” Stall said she is sure they can fully open the exhibit by Sept. 17. While Gustav was an obvious culprit, the display is also on hold until the gallery receives the new, interactive part of the exhibit — mp3 players and the video game “Rock Band.””It’s exciting … that it’s one of the first … exhibitions that we have had in which our programming is geared toward music as opposed to just art,” Stall said.She said the MP3 players will let visitors listen to the music the artists on the walls once played. She believes it will give them a chance to understand the excitement Hulst captured and teach them some of the lesser-known musicians’ works.Students can take a step further and try to relive the concerts in their own “Rock Band.” Stall said she expects some visitors with little to no interest in the art will just come to play the video game or listen to the music, but that’s OK.”It’s just simply a way to have a new audience come in,” she said.Shara Horne, pre-nursing freshman, said, “I’ll listen to [classic rock], but it’s not my favorite.” Horne said she likes Guitar Hero, but does not think the addition of a video game is enough to make her want to go.”I guess you just have to be interested in that type of thing,” she said.The setback Gustav caused was a botched environment. Stall said the exhibition arrived before the storm, but it could not come out of its protective crates under such unpredictable conditions. “As a precaution, in the museum business, we won’t uncrate anything until the temperature control conditions are in place,” she said. Hydrothermographs are planted throughout the gallery, measuring temperature and humidity. Stall said these are a must with any exhibit that comes in.”We have a legal contract with [the exhibition’s supplier] that we will present the exhibition in an environment that has a certain temperature degree and a certain humidity control,” Stall said.Stall cracked the crates open yesterday, unveiling the framed photos she said the students in the Union Art Gallery Committee pushed hard to get. The Committee chooses exhibitions a year in advance and spends the year getting grants and securing, promoting and planning the exhibitions.”Thirty Years of Rock and Roll” will be free and open to the public Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. and, on home gamedays, Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. The Rock Band portion will be Monday through Friday from 3 to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m.Because of the late start, the exhibit will continue through October 26.—- Contact Julie Gutierrez at [email protected]