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Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer who is widely considered to be the most important electric guitarist in the history of music. Although Hendrix is known for his outstanding ability to play the guitar, he is also a very famous name in Blues music. He played the acoustic guitar but is known for his outstanding ability to play the electric guitar. With songs such as Red House, Here My Train A Comin', and Born Under a Bad Sign, Hendrix is considered

Woodstock was a four day long music and arts festival. The event was held on August 15 to 18 in 1969. Woodstock took place on Max Yasgur’s Dairy Farm in Bethel, New York. Nearly 500,000 people attended the festival, some as young as even two years old. The festival became a free event as people began to show up because even though tickets were sold there were far too many people to check tickets. The people who attended Woodstock savor all memories they have of the four day festival because it truly

there is another side to this, as there exists communities of the most impoverished people who lack the wealthy’s advantages. This aspect of society has persisted through time, for example the song “Fortunate Son” which was written by Creedence Clearwater Revival in 1969 features the singer lamenting not being born with a silver spoon, representing material advantages, and saying that he is not a fortunate son for this reason. The United States is one of the richest nations in the world today and

In Francis Ford Coppola’s critically acclaimed movie “ Apocalypse Now” he installed a journey of five soldiers into psychological madness down the Vietnamese river, and through four specific scenes that Francis used his screenplay to boast the utter psychological madness. The first scene to break down towards the stages of madness is the beach landing scene where the crew gets going on launching their patrol boat. Throughout this montage of scenes, also the longest shot segment in the movie, shows

main attraction of the festival was an all-star cast of top rock artists. Some of the greatest musicians of the 1960s performed, including singers Janis Joplin, Ravi Shankar, Arlo Guthrie, and Joan Baez as well as the bands The Stone; and Creedence Clearwater Revival (Sandow, 1). Singer Joe Cocker and guitar player Carlos Santana, up to then unknown, became overnight stars. Some performers who were scheduled to appear could not due to traffic problems. Jimi Hendrix ended the event with a freeform solo

Woodstock ‘69 Many large concerts occurred throughout America in the summer of 1969, but none were as well known and symbolic as Woodstock. Its message was clear; three days of Peace and Music. Its impact on America’s culture and society as well as its youth will not be forgotten for many years to come.      Four men named Michael Lang, Artie Kornfield, John Roberts, and Joel Rosenman originally established Woodstock. The men’s initial idea for the festival was to promote

The Music during the Hippie Movement Background The hippie movements of the sixties were driven by a plethora of factors. There were many new technologies that were being introduced in this period, a war against Communism around the globe, internal struggles against several types of injustices, a growing drug culture, and several other important developments. To say the least, it was a volatile period in American history and many sub-cultures were actively seeking to carve out new paths that

In the movie, Apocalypse Now, based on the Vietnam War, the director portrays the reality of war, a very traumatic place, and leads viewers through the painful reality that left many warriors with everlasting nightmares and disturbing memories. As is most great war-related films, the overarching message focuses on viewer understanding of the Vietnam War. The director did this by exemplifying the positives and negatives of the war, so that all viewers can learn from these historical events and prevent

York. Initially its purpose was for the founders to start their own label; it transformed into a cultural mecca for peace, love and antiwar sentiments. (Sanjek) The youth counterculture was able to experience musicians such as Joan Baez, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Grateful Dead and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. (Festival concludes) For James, just beginning his adult life, these bands brought on new ideas he never quite imagined were possible. It was due to the fact that he had grown up with

The music of the 1940’s was the Big Band sound like Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman. Popular singers were the Andrews Sisters, Kay Kaiser and many other famous ones. There were crooner style singers, including Bing Crosby, whose smooth voice made him one of the most popular singers. There was Frank Sinatra, Dinah Shore, Tony Bennett, Pat Boone, Nat King Cole, Kate Smith and Perry Como. All of these very popular singers led the hit parade. They sang the songs that