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Jimi Hendrix Experience Rising Sun
614 wordsBorn James Marshall Hendrix, on November 27, 1942, in Seattle, Washington. Often called the greatest guitarist of all time, Hendrix pioneered the explosive popularity of the electric guitar. Hendrix's unique style of combining fuzz, feedback and controlled distortion created a new musical form Hendrix's legacy grew far beyond the wide popularity he achieved during his short career. He taught himself to play guitar as an adolescent, learning from the albums of bluesman like Muddy Waters and B. B....
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Heavy Metal T Shirt
1,030 wordsOh, so youre one of those people, she inquires, in a tone consisting of disdain and surprise, after telling her Im going to the Mudvayne and Ultraspank concert. She continues, so you get all dressed in leather and put in your nose ring to get ready, huh? I laugh, looking over my rather plain appearance of a Black Label Society t-shirt and jeans, wondering how many laughs I would get wearing leather and give a clearly sarcastic yeah answer. She looks clearly offended by my nature and explains tha...
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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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Famous Works Of Pablo Picasso
846 wordsPablo Picasso was a famous Spanish-French Painter in the late 19 th and early 20 th century. Pablo Picasso's works can be seen in many museums and galleries all over the world today. He is best known for co-creating the art style of cubism. His most famous works of art were possibly The Old Guitarist, which was in his Blue Period and Les Demoiselles d Avignon, which was in his Cubism Period. Picasso was not just a famous painter, but also did some sculpture and printmaking as well. He is better ...
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' Amp B B
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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Ringo Starr Brian Epstein
582 wordsThe Beatles to this day are one of the most famous and popular rock n roll groups in the world. The Beatles include George Harrison, John Lennon (1940 - 1980), Paul McCartney, and Richard Starkey (Ringo Starr). All of the Beatles where born and raised in Liverpool, England. John Lennon was considered the leader of the band. George Harrison was the lead guitarist. John Lennon was a song writer, one of the two lead singers, and rhythm guitarist. Paul McCartney was a song writer, one of the two lea...
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Eric Clapton Top 40
670 wordsEric Eric Clapton Eric Clapton Eric Clapton is an innovative guitarist, basically the first to combine blues and rock, which in turn popularized blues. Because of his skill and ever- evolving style, his music is a lasting contribution in itself. Eric Clapton made his recording debut with The Yardbirds, the British group that also featured guitar virtuosos Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck. Together, they created a whole new blues / rock sound that many of the famous? 60 s and? 70 s bands copied. Clapton ...
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Smells Like Teen Kurt And Courtney Nirvana
888 wordsCoMe AS YoU ARe: The Story OF Nirvana February 20, 1967 Kurt Donald Cobain was born in Aberdeen Wa. , a small town outside of Seattle. Kurt was a very artistic child who loved to draw. Kurt's parents bought him a Mickey mouse drum set when he was about five. I kind of pushed drums on him because I wanted to be a drummer said Kurt's mom Wendy OConnor. Kurt's parents later got divorced when he was eight. Kurt took the divorce very hard, It just destroyed hi life says Wendy. Kurt was used in a war ...
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Rock And Roll Quot Quot
718 wordsRiley B. " B. B. " King (guitarist / singer , born September 16, 1925, It Bena, MS) The most touching bluesman of our time, and the most influential electric guitarist ever, the " King of the Blues" sums up his message with some simple advice. " I would say to all people, but maybe to young people especially black and white or whatever color follow your own feelings and trust them, find out what you want to do and do it, and then practice it every day of your life and ke...
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Folk Music Rock Music
498 wordsMusic is the way we speak, who we are, where we came from, what we feel, the things we remember, and music often communicates the things we are unable to. I have an extensive group of friends. The biggest difficulty I? ve noticed about this is our music tastes. Riding in the car is often like attending a court hearing over control over the c. d. player. The most common debate is usually rock versus folk. Rock and folk are two of my preferred music styles. When I? m experiencing an intense emotio...
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Hendrix Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix James
220 wordsJimi Hendrix Hendrix Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix lived his life as a Musician, Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter. He also pioneered the electric guitar, a right handed Fender Strat, upside-down and left-handed. He was one of the most original and influential people of all time. James Marshall Hendrix was born November 27, 1942 in Seattle, Washington. He taught himself to play in his school boy days. He then enlisted himself in the Army as a parachute jumper, but an injury led to discharge. He then ...
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Rock And Roll Jimi Hendrix
1,673 wordsJimi Hendrix and Why He Is Important Jimi Hendrix became popular for the person that he was rather than the songs that he wrote. Purple Haze was known as his signature song primarily because it was his first really big hit that was his own music. He crossed many boundaries and influenced many musicians to come. Hendrix excelled in unique guitar sounds, and Purple Haze is a fine showing of Hendrix s combination of sounds and innovative lyrics. He changed rock and roll by making his music show wha...
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Jimi Hendrix Guitar Style Rock
369 wordsHad rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix not died of complications from a drug overdose on Sept. 18, 1970, at the age of 27 theres no doubt he would have continued to contribute great works of art not only in the pop world but also in the jazz realm. At the time of his death, he was preparing to collaborate with Miles Davis, who was fascinated with his searing music. Hendrix was born in Seattle on Nov. 27, 1942. A fan of Muddy Waters, Elmore James, B. B. King and Chuck Berry, Hendrix developed a guitar s...
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James Marshal Hendrix Jimi Hendrix Chas
320 wordsJames Jimi Hendrix JIMMI HENDRIX James Marshal Hendrix was born on November 27 th 1942, in State Washington. He was considered by many to be the greatest guitarist to have ever lived. When he was 12 years old, his father traded his saxophone to buy an inexpensive acoustic guitar for Jimi. Though he never learned to read music, he tought himself by getting together with other local no-named bands and gigged for about 50 cents an hour and all the pop and food they could consume. When he was 17 he ...
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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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Marilyn Manson Satanic Bible
1,516 wordsMarilyn Manson is a name that one hears everywhere they go. Todays media is constantly reporting on Marilyn Manson's controversial looks, shows, and religious beliefs. Manson's controversial nature has gained him much infamous in the media world today. Many people believe that Marilyn Manson is strange, considering he wears various womens clothing, heavy makeup, and loads of large jewelry. Many oppose his shows, because of reports of Satanic rituals, bodily harm inflicted on himself and on other...
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Met The Band Jason Newstead Metallica
597 wordsMetallica was a Metallica Introduction Metallica was a band that that started out in the garage of one of the members when they were in high school. The band went through many changes and tragedies and found solutions for them and somehow remained playing. They started in 1980 as one of the first, if not the first Black/Metal band. Their popularity decreased in 1987 and form there they went on to become really popular later on. Summary Metallica started playing in 1980 and are still a band to th...
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R 038 B North Carolina
1,176 wordsNew Orleans Jazz Band: Dag They have a word down South to describe the way you feel when your packed into a crowded dive at 1: 00 AM, where the cigarette smoke is so thick it makes its own weather; and the waitress is slinging bourbon and Fritos while some bad-ass Jazz Funk band rocks the house as hard as Blue Ridge granite, and the sweat flows down from the stage like the cloudy waters of Pamlico Sound. Theres a word for how you feel when you hear live Jazzy-funk music so sweet and hot, you jus...
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Beale Street Blues Boy Beale Street Blues King
795 wordsA. K. A. Riley King Riley 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 dont 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 Blues. Wi...
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