Chuck Berry

There was not a single piece of leather furniture that lacked an intricate map I had scratched into it with my grubby four-year-old fingernails. Every wall and flat surface had Sharpie murals of vast cotton candy skies and family trees made of dogs as soon as I discovered how to hold a pen. My parents never tried to stifle my creativity. They urged me to pursue artistry and offered every tool conceivable to develop my creative skills. Growing up hearing my father jam out on guitar and watching…

Music has always had a huge impact on life. Music is inspiring, music can bring people together, music is constantly changing, and there are thousands of types for anyone to listen to. Music is and always will be here and is constantly changing, people producing and creating new styles of it. A certain genre of music has never been dominate, it mostly spread out. There are times in history where very specific eras have increased the popularity of some genres. Different eras have different styles…

Rock and roll is one of the genres of popular music, which originated in the 1950s in America and which was the early stage of development of rock music. It is also the dance, performed by the music of rock and roll and musical composition in the style of rock and roll. This music is fast-paced; great use of slang (mostly of Afro-Americans) and freedom of musical performance are typical for it. The main instruments are the electric guitar, bass, drums and piano. It is believed that the musical…

Shayna Berry Professor Albert Faggard Art Appreciation 1301 September 23, 2015 Jackson Pollock Jackson Pollock, or “Jack the Dripper”, born on January 28, 1912, would become one of the world’s most influential American painters. He started his art career when he was only eighteen years old. He studied with countless numbers of well-known artists in his lifetime. From the Public Works Project in which he developed his most famous paintings, to being a part of the abstract expressionism art…

In a video posted in early 2016, Amandla Stenburg addresses the appropriation of Black culture by artists such as Miley Cyrus and Macklemore. The young, black actress ends her monologue with a simple question: “What would America be like if it loved black people as much as it loves Black culture?” While reading Flyboy 2: The Greg Tate Reader, it became increasingly clear that Black culture is loved by many and understood by few. As Tate delves into his work of critiques and interviews of famous…

Elvis In 1935, a man was born who unknowingly was about to change history. Elvis Presley a man of great dedication, was later on to be known as “The King of Rock and Roll”. He had such an effect on society that he is still very well known today, 41 years after his death. Elvis Presley’s significant effects on Rock and Roll helped to ease racial segregation and created a new youth generation. Elvis Presley first started off his career with pop music, until he moved on to expand Rock and Roll…

A lot of things happened in the 1950s from color T.V. to many changes in medicine. As many from the 50s may remember, this decade was filled with joy and terror for America. This decade also filled many of America’s dreams, from credit cards to rising gas prices, the 50s had it all. There were big changes in electronics for example T.V.s; a few good shows from the 50s were “I Love Lucy”, “Captain Kangaroo”,”Father Knows Best”, etc. Colored T.V. also came out in this time making our favorite 50’s…

A Perspective of Rock and Roll’s Impact on Society “Rock and roll keeps you in a constant state of juvenile delinquency,” stated Eddie Spaghetti; this quote captures the essence of Rock and Roll. It speaks its truth about the influence on attitudes towards authority and implies how society reacted to the new revolution created by Rock and Roll, transforming the world into what it has become today. The music of rock and roll influenced the social and cultural beliefs of youth and threatened the…

and an exhaustive list of other country music luminaries, her voice held a raspy quality akin to Wanda Jackson, and she possessed the storytelling ability of Loretta Lynn. With a unique guitar style influenced by the likes of Gene Vincent and Chuck Berry, she was a rare musical talent. To put it another way, she was a triple threat whose guitar style, voice, and overall musicianship would, in time, contribute to the unique musicality and feel of the Sirens’ early recordings. “When Rosie joined,…

Since rock and roll did not begin till the mid 1950s the youth was still being held to strict tidy polices by parents and educators. Social cultural wise the teens were to dress in an specific manner where the males must be dressed in tight jeans, button up shirts and letterman cardigans. As for the girls they had to wear ballet flats with long poodle skirts. The youth of the 50s was also given the same social norms that their parents acquired when they were young. Many of the recreational…