"Dixie Chicks Among Esteemed Outlaws," by Ashley Sayeau is about the ordeals the Dixie Chicks endured particularly among the Nashville music establishment because of a statement made by lead singer Natalie Maines on the eveof the Iraq war. The author argues the the Dixie Chicks are just one of many artist who have been snubbed by the Country Music Association.…
The article that I chose to write about was called, “Nature’s Weed Eater’s.” This article was about a lady named Elaine who was looking at a newspaper and seen an ad about using goats to manage rough areas. At the time, Elaine had two children ages six and eight, a husband who traveled for work, and a full time job of her own. However, when she seen the ad, she instantly wanted to put her four goats to work. She called the number in the newspaper ad and instantly put her goats to work at a local golf course.…
Janice Joplin, a singer-songwriter and one of the biggest female rock stars of her time was born in Texas on January 19, 1943. Joplin was an American blues influenced rock singer and known for her powerful, blues-inspired distinctive vocals.…
A new year had just begun which was 1805; my family and I packed up and moved to a different state. The move wasn’t really by choice, but because the plantations had dried out and so had the money. Originally from Alabama, Mississippi, but we had just recently moved to Chesapeake, Virginia. I go by the name of Courtney Rich now, but in my past life I went by Courtney Bennett. It was very hard being a twenty four year old African American woman and married with a child in the eighteenth century.…
Born on October 19, 1945, in Texas, Jeannie Riley’s earliest memory was living in a house with no foundation. As a child, she already had dreams of becoming big in Nashville so she could give her parents a better life. While other young girls were learning how to do household chores, Jeannie spent her time teaching herself about country music and singing. Her uncle, Johnny Moore, was a part of a country singing band and he helped…
Season 1 ends with Boyd and Raylan teaming up to find Ava, who had been taken by Boyd’s father, Bo. The two meet up with Bo in the woods, and Boyd ends up raising a gun to his father. Raylan tells Boyd that killing his father is not something he wants to do. Boyd says, “It’s not something I want to do my friend; it’s something I have to do.” Shots are fired, and Bo is mortally wounded. It turns out the shots were fired by two Miami drug runners after…
When interviewing my grandma I had a lot of fun. It was neat learning from her experiences and being able to learn about some of her childhood that I did not already know about. Because she is always listening to her records I decided to start off with that subject. When I brought this up I found it interesting that her face lightened up and it was almost as if she was glowing. I asked her many things and I loved the way she went into so much detail about a specific artist. She talked about Rockabilly a lot! I can’t remember everything she said because she talked to fast but I do remember that she said “He was the best country western artist of the…
Carrie Chapman Catt’s speech is her primary reason to get the applause and willingness of her followers to empower the movement she was leading By asking rhetorical questions and answering them with metaphorical answers she successfully has her followers attention and motivates them into actions. She uses words that made her sound trusty and reliable. The path for the change has been started thanks to the honored people who supported and sustained the cause. All because of Carrie’s perseverance, empathy, and willingness to help the…
By comparing and contrasting the life and accomplishment of the two ex-slave Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth, I am going to analyze their upbringing as well as families broken apart, slavery for men vs. women and activism with historical legacy.…
Once upon a time, there were two boys who lived in the same neighborhood, with the same name and family situation, but ended up with totally different lives. Both boys grew up in impoverished neighborhoods with single moms. One of the boys grew up to be a successful decorated soldier and author. Wes’ mother, Joy, raised him as a well-disciplined boy sending him to military school. The other boy grows up selling drugs and taking part in several gangs, he later goes to jail for life after killing a veteran police officer in an armed robbery. His mother, Mary, on the other hand, had a more difficult punishing Wes because she was busy working multiple shifts to support her family. Mothers have different methods of raising their children, but they love them none the less, accurately identified by Pearl S. Buck, some mothers are more lenient while others make extreme decisions to insure the best for their kids.…
Ella Fitzgerald, also known as “The First Lady of Song” or “Lady Ella”, was an extraordinary singer highly known in the Harlem Renaissance for her joyful scat singing. Born in Virginia then moving to New York, Fitzgerald grew up during the 1920s and got her breakthrough in the early 1930s. She joined an orchestra/band and produced her first number one single, “A-Tisket, A-Tasket”. Fitzgerald’s contributions to the Harlem Renaissance included her various styles of singing; style of singing that include swing and traditional pop. Fitzgerald is shaped into the woman that she once was through her background, accomplishments, challenges and hardships; she also leaves a legacy that would continue on to influence many generations to come.…
In reading these articles from Rolling Stone Magazine and further analyzing them, the author's general focus is clearly music. They all focused on the road to fame of certain artists and the hottest music in the industry today. To convey this information to the audience, the author uses several rhetorical strategies such as anecdotes, side remarks, flashbacks, and authoritative appeals.…
Throughout the Jazz Age a significant number of eminent figures emerged, including the American aviation pioneer and women’s rights advocate, Amelia Mary Earhart. Born on July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas, Amelia Earhart from an early age began to show leadership skills as well as a tendency to cause mischief. Nicknamed “Meeley” by her parents, she would often misbehave with her sister, Grace Muriel, who acted as her “dutiful follower”. Their upbringing was rather unconventional because Amy Earhart, Amelia’s mother, did not believe in molding her children into “nice little girls”. This disregard for the traditionalist gender roles that society had assigned to females throughout this era had a subconscious effect on Earhart. Evidence of this can be seen in her adult years as an aviator, as her attire habitually consisted of “tomboyish” garments and her activities and hobbies were also considered of that nature.…
Carrie grew up with many siblings and spent a lot of time with the family’s slaves. All her life she was comfortable with people of various races nCarrie’s father moved the family to High Grove Farm near Belton in Cass County, Missouri. Rather than finding peace, Carrie’s family found people divided over political issues. In 1862 the Moores moved again, this time to Texas. While her husband practiced law, Carrie Nation managed a hotel in Columbia and then bought and ran one in Richmond, Texas, for ten years. She was a deeply religious person and started having visions and dreams during this period. In 1889 Nation’s husband became a preacher, and they moved to Medicine Lodge, Kansas. Here she began a career of charity and religious work and became known as “Mother Nation.” She took a…
"I love to work, I love to sing, I love to actI get restless when I don't .If I had to do it all over again, I would probably make the same choices and the same errors. These are a part of living." These words were once spoken by the timeless vocalist, Judy Garland.…