Born Stephanie Lynn Nicks‚ Stevie‚ as she’s known has become famous in the world of rock n’ roll music not only as the lead singer of Fleetwood Mac‚ but as solo artist as well. To some there is a great deal of mystery that revolves around her‚ but I beg to differ. The only one would have to do is listen to her extensive catalogue of songs‚ that majority of them penned by her‚ which explains in great detail the certain stages of her life and the life of those closest to her. If her genre of music
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Sex‚ Drugs‚ and Rock and Roll Rock and Roll is a genre of music that is known for its earsplitting music and people of the partying atmosphere. During the 1950’s and 1960’s these partying people were better known as "hippies‚" easy going‚ laid back‚ just here to have a good time. Thinking back to 1951‚ Alan Freed discovered Rock and Roll; Freed was a disc jockey that obviously loved music. Nowadays we look at rock and roll as a past era that dominated the musical world at one time. Families
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1940 and 1950. It was quite radical in fact; this is the decade that began rock and roll‚ the civil rights movement‚ better family living. In the forties and fifties were looked at more as a state of mind‚ a way of living rather than just another decade or time era in history. It was more peaceful during them times; the economy was doing better than it had been before. Teenagers were having more fun than ever. Rock n’ roll was making head way with them. White teenagers were learning that blacks were
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Rock‚ Roll‚ and the Power of Rebellion Rock and Roll is definitely a youthful demonstration of anti-establishment attitudes. Rebellion is one of the most important parts of one’s teenage years. After all‚ as kids we all spend all of our time trying to impress or make proud our parents. As teenagers we need to spend time doing the opposite or else we’ll end up repressing our true selves our whole lives. Although some just do it to fit in and others end up acting like their parents when they become
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In a fit of patriotic zeal‚ American folk musician Woody Guthrie famously scrawled the words “this machine kills fascists” onto his acoustic guitar. It marked the beginning of an era where American rock & roll music would infiltrate politics and alter political realities both at home and abroad. Guthrie’s “machine” was a synecdoche for music‚ specifically‚ music’s ability to topple authoritarianism and rattle the political landscape. The epitaph foretold that sometimes a guitar‚ more than even armaments
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Gospel music had a influence on rock and roll unlike anything I have known or heard thus far. In the church‚ we use praise and worship to give thanks to the Lord. There is a clear difference between praising and worshipping. In the spirit of worship‚ we taking the sound from deep down in the diaphragm‚ while using compression breathing‚ the sound is released but with power and depth. In worship‚ you would normally hear a lot of chest voice and mix voice at times. When it’s time for praising the Lord
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In the early 1950’s a new artist became present on the rock n roll scene. This artist was the 24 year old Chuck Berry. Chuck Berry was inspired by gospel music chanted in his mother’s household. The family would join in and all sing together and harmonize with one another. Berry also sang in his St. Louis church’s Baptist choir at age six. Berry learned to play the guitar while attending Sumner High School‚ the first Black high school west of the Mississippi. Some of Berry’s other influences were
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AC/DC are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1973 by Scottish born brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Although the band are commonly classified as hard rock and are considered pioneers of heavy metal‚ they have always classified their music as "rock and roll" AC/DC underwent several line-up changes before releasing their first album‚ High Voltage‚ in 1975. Membership remained stable until bassist Mark Evans was replaced by Cliff Williams in 1977. In 1979‚ the band recorded their highly
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to say what they want and how they feel‚” stated Kendrick Lamar. Eazy-E grew up in Compton‚ California with a pretty rough life. As a highschool dropout‚ he founded Ruthless Records with Jerry Heller. Eazy and Heller would go on to form the N.W.A.‚ and through the N.W.A. Eazy made an enormous influence on America. He died on March 26‚ 1995 from complications of AIDS. Although he isn’t alive anymore‚ he is still one of the most influential people ever. Eazy-E changed his community and the U.S
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However‚ the Great Depression forever changed how people lived for over 40 years. One of the main things it prompted was penny pinchers. The Great Depression put at least 12 million people out of work‚ and put nearly 60% of Americans into poverty. When the stock market crashed‚ many people could not get the money out of there banks‚ it put most people into great debt. Because people back in that time period had to save all the money they could. As they grew up and had kids they passed that nature
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