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Jimi Hendrix Grateful Dead
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Count Basie Bob Marley
1,580 wordsFor my week posing as professor for music history 10, I would like to discuss the meaning of and history leading up to the mid 90 s ska selection by Less Than Jake: Sugar in Your Gas Tank. Sugar in Your Gas Tank was released on Less Than Jakes 1996 album on Capitol records: Losing Streak. Although they had actually had many previous releases on independent labels, this was Less than Jakes first major label record. Previously only having an underground Indy following, being picked up by a major l...
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890 wordsWhen some people hear talk of country music, they think only of singers of sad songs with stereotypically twangy accents. These misconceptions did impede country music's growth at its birth, but the stereotype did not prevent it from becoming one of the most popular music forms of the 20 th century. In fact, country music is one of the best-selling genres after rock / pop ... The fiddle (or violin) was the most common instrument since it was easy and inexpensive to make and not a major burden to...
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David Ellison Mai Brother Came Back Dont
1,281 wordsWalking onto the stage, seeing my challenger; thought not much of him, then I glanced to my left; hundreds upon hundreds of people have come to see this. My nerves shot to hell, I picked it up, plugged it in, waiting for the challengers opening riff. Just one more time, Ill get it this time, for sure! I was tutoring some twelve year old; his name, David Ellison Mai. I was trying to teach him how to play the guitar. I have been playing for so many years, I cannot even begin to think how it is lik...
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Picked Up My Guitar Ry Cooder Jay
1,285 words... finale lined up. These shows rely on the participant pulling something big at the end. Ok, I think I will enter, and I hope you know the whole band has to be there, I do need a bass line and drumbeat. Fine, no skin off my Back, Sam, the word is back. Ok, time to start learning some new stuff, only a week to the big day. After the little session that morning, I went home, and watched Sams DVD. I suppose I shouldnt have taken it but who cares. I skipped it all right up to the duel, it was impr...
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811 wordsRiley King A. K. A. : B. B. King & # 9; Instruments: Electric Guitar, Vocals & # 9; Life span: 1925 -? ? ? ? & # 9; Style Synopsis: Style is the word that describes the way that B. B. He uses signature tremolo and 'T-Bone Walker' influenced jazzy sounding blues riffs. Also, in words of B. B. , 'I don't do no chords'. He can also tell when muted notes are more necessary than full notes. Biography & # 9; For as long as anyone can remember, B. B. King has reigned as the 'King Of Blu...
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Rock And Roll Chord Progression
2,559 wordsJoseph Machlis says that the blues is a native American musical and verse form, with no direct European and African antecedents of which we know. (p. 578) In other words, it is a blending of both traditions. Something special and entirely different from either of its parent traditions. (Although Alan Lomax cites some examples of very similar songs having been found in Northwest Africa, particularly among the Wolof and Watusi. p. 233) The word blue has been associated with the idea of melancholia...
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Chord Progression Blues Singers
2,623 wordsA Brief Blues Music Arts: A Brief History of the Blues 2000 - 06 - 30 A Brief History of the Blues Joseph Machlis says that the blues is a native American musical and verse form, with no direct European and African antecedents of which we know. (p. 578) In other words, it is a blending of both traditions. Something special and entirely different from either of its parent traditions. (Although Alan Lomax cites some examples of very similar songs having been found in Northwest Africa, particularly...
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Rock And Roll University Of Minnesota
3,253 wordsToday Bob Dylan November 1960 Today was my last official day at the University of Minnesota. I have decided to move to New York and where my idol, the legendary folk singer Woody Guthrie, is hospitalized with a rare hereditary disease of the nervous system. For the past 19 years I have been living with my parents in Duluth, Minnesota. I was born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941. My father, Abe Zimmerman works for a standard oil company and my grandparents were Jewish Russian immigrants. In...
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Lead Singer Band Members
454 wordsPearl Jam, Everclear, and No Doubt Almost everyone has a favorite band. People buy CDs and tapes to not only listen to the music that they like, but to support that band. There are many, many different types of music, and usually a certain band will fit into a specific type of music. I listen mostly to alternative / grunge music. And by coincidence the three bands Im going to talk about are all from the west coast. I am going to talk a little bit about three of my favorite bands in that category...
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Rock And Roll Jerry Garcia
1,633 wordsSince Im at work now, Ill try to type this out with a minimum of tears, although my heart is still aching. This morning I learned that Jerry Garciapassed away. Why should I care about a rock star who I dont even know? Why should I feeling pain? Why should I even take the time to write this? I have asked myself these questions. But I feel compelled, and the answer will lie in this letter. The unfortunate first words I heard about his death were from a jerk work who was callously telling somebody ...
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End Of The War Kent State
822 wordsFour Dead in Ohio On Thursday, April 30, 1970, President Richard Nixon told the American people that we were sending troops into Cambodia. This upset many Americans because Nixon was brought into office due to his promise to end the war. In his first year of presidency it looked like the end of the war was near, but with this announcement the end of the war was not evident. This pro-war decision by Nixon upset many people and led to riots all over the country. How could the President make the de...
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Jimi Hendrix Experience Cause Of Death
1,191 wordsJimi Hendrix was one of the most influential musicians in music history. Jimi Hendrix was one of the most exciting and creative guitar players ever. He mixed Blues and Rock & Roll together to create some of the most unique music ever played. Jimi had only four years of fame, but unlike others, has become even bigger in the 20 years after his death. Jimi? s parents, Al Hendrix and Lucille Jeter got married in Seattle, Washington on March 31, 1942. Soon after Johnny (Jimi) Allen Hendrix was bo...
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Jet Harris 038 Tony Meehan Jet Harris 038 Tony Page
355 wordsJimmy Page s incredible career spans four decades, appearing on an innumerable list of recordings. Best known for his trademark Les Pauls, double-neck guitar and riff-master deluxe, his contributions to rock history are nearly unmatched. He first picked up a guitar as a child, curiously plucking away on a Spanish acoustic given to the family. Soon after, Page became entranced with rock and roll, inspired by Elvis Presley's Baby, Lets Play House. The rest is history In the early sixties, he perfo...
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Kurt Cobain Donald Cobain
1,310 wordsKurt Cobain Kurt Donald Cobain was born to Wendy and Donald Cobain on February 20, 1967 in the small logging community of Aberdeen Washington and his life ended on April 5, 1994. Kurt fronted one of the greatest bands of our time called Nirvana. In this report I hope to inform you about the life and mysterious death of Kurt Cobain. Kurt had a good childhood, but a troubled adolescence. Partly because of his parents splitting up in 1975 when Kurt was eight years old. Kurt chose to live with his m...
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Mariachi Vargas Mariachi Mariachi Music
694 wordsThe Music Appreciation: Mariachi Mariachi The French named mariachi, but the Coca Indians gave the original name in 1500 s referring to any musician. Mariachi sound is impacted by African influence known as SON. Rhythmic pattern altering between 3 / 4 and 6 / 8. Instruments of Mariachi In a complete Mariachi group today there are as many as 6 to 8 violins, 2 trumpets, and a guitar, which are all standard European instruments. Then there is a high-itched, round-backed guitar called the vihuela, w...
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Electric Guitar First Verse
442 wordsDec 2000 In The Air Tonight Phil Collins In The Air Tonight is a strophic composition produced by Phil Collins. The aria consists of an electronic drum set an electric guitar and a prophet to add an additional fullness to the song. The exposition of the monody is at an adagio tempo. The electronic drum kit repeats a drum pattern with 12 drum hits in each loop, while accenting on every third beat {eg 22 - 1 - 2 | 122 - 1 - 2 }. In the middle of the first loop the electric guitar roars a triple st...
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Beale Street Blues Boy Beale Street Blues King
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George Harrison Paul Mccartney
743 wordsThe Beatles were, and are without a doubt the most famous band in the history of music. The group was started up in 1957 by two upper-class young men by the names of Paul McCartney, and John Lennon. In 1958 the duo had an audition for a 3 rd member. George Harrison came along, and was of course brought into the group. George Harrison, unlike his two other members had come from a poor family, he was the only child to make it through into college from his family. George had started to get into mus...
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