The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Jimi Hendrix summed up the meaning of life with his quote, “Music is my religion.” With this, every person can recognize the experience that music gives them. Music is a sense of entertainment that brings feelings that listeners know to the table. Each aspect of the listener’s favorite song brings emotions that they can relate to and know. Over the generations, music has evolved into what we wanted it to be. Now, society has conformed to the effects of different types of music and how it has transformed

The only thing that kept us going was the hope that there would be righteous music to rock out to. We heard of all the funky artist that would be there such as The Who, Jimi Hendrix, the Grateful Dead. As we finally made it to the field after an unbearable fifty mile long backup of wheels. We saw the largest amount of people ever. It was packed. All that could be seen was a sea of people in bellbottoms and flowing shirts. Most people didn’t have shoes on. Everyone was setting up camp, whither that

Though obviously bearing altered characteristics, musicians such as Jimi Hendrix were still considered essential to the evolution of rock. Despite the variance of execution, when technically defined all of the musicians and bands within these rock subgenres should be classified under rock music. Jimi Hendrix also defied many other stereotypes set in place by society; he was black and played solo instead of in a group. People generally associate

came to an over 600 acre farm for the Woodstock festival which was a musical celebration of love, peace and happiness. The most popular bands and artists playing at the festival included: Joe Cocker; CCR; Crosby; Stills and Nash; Grateful Dead; Jimi Hendrix; Jefferson Airplane; Janis Joplin; Santana; Ravi Shankar; The Who; Neil Young and Santana. The 1960s itself is a decade that is almost incomparable to any other. None of us since have seen a war that can compare to the likes of the Vietnam War

Alex Bass Mrs. Baird English 11B, Period 3 04 June 2012 Drugs and the Music Industry Throughout the years, drugs and music have been as synonymous as America and baseball. Especially within the past 50 years, this nation has experienced the birth, and death, of many genres of music due to rampant drug use. Sure, we all know that drugs are bad for you and that if you abuse them, they will eventually lead to your death, but these substances have created music that has inspired millions around the

In the 1950’s and 1960’s, rebellion and music were synonymous. The 1950’s brought widespread attention to a new kind of music coined as “Rock ‘n’ Roll”. Because parents deemed the music as sinful, the youth used it to establish an identity for themselvess. In the 1960’s, the rebellion was given a collective charge when young adults voiced displeasure over the country’s entrance into the Vietnam War and the use of nuclear weapons. One group within this movement was coined the “hippies”. This paper

A Change in Traditions What was your childhood like? Who influenced your experiences and what are some of your earliest memories? In the Lone Ranger and tonto the author Sherman alexie follows the life of a young man named Victor. Alexie portrays the chronic adverse effects that alcoholism has on victor’s childhood and into his adult years, as well as its effects on the Native American community as a whole. Alexi documents the adverse effects alcohol has on the Native American communities

past or current issues. Ironically in escaping their issues, they caused other altercations to uprise. The impression derived from four of the stories I read, “Every little hurricane”, “Because my Father Always Said He was the Only Indian Who Saw Jimi Hendrix Play “the Star-Spangled Banner” at Woodstock”, “Somebody Kept Saying Powwow, and “Indian Education”. In each of these stories you’ll see some of Victor’s family members drinking themselves

based their own off of it. In the song, “Peel This Away”, Freddie Feldman and Gaskit address the true, horrendous crimes of these people. “The Unforgiven” by Metallica is another example of taking Elie’s life and putting another spin on it. Lastly, Jimi Hendrix addresses the hard truth of the Holocaust with his song “The Wind Cries Mary.” These artists took something from this book in a way that we all should. As the song, “Peel This Away” by Freddie Feldman and Gaskit begins, the first verse is one that

Every Little Hurricane by Sherman Alexie is a short story about the hardships Victor remembers growing up on the Spokane Reservation. The story starts off with "the largest New Years Eve party in tribal history (LR pg1)." During this party fights begin to breakout between Victors uncles as an act of love, and a little hurricane that brought destruction. Victor goes on to mention the many other hurricanes that happened in his childhood. The rhetorical devices that are used in this short story are