Dawes Rolls

with who they are, you may have heard some of their songs and at least like one of the songs. The songs they created are timeless and fit almost every mood imaginable. This is despite the fact that they represented drugs and sex on top of the rock and roll aspect of their band. To really appreciate this rock band, one must take a step back into the history of the band, understand the personal look (through my eyes),…

[Title]: In 2010 Rolling Stone magazine made an issue of 100 greatest Artist of our time. It was no surprise the 22 time Grammy award winning band U2 made the list with all they have done for the rock world. Aside from having an enormous impact on the music industry U2 takes part in many foundations helping third world countries like Africa fight hunger, AIDS, and other necessary programs helping the people. The groups quality traits not only reflect in their actions but in much of their…

The concert I went to see was none other than Phil Vassar. He is a current modern country musician who got his start in the country music business in the 1990’s writing songs for various artists. Some artists he wrote for include Tim McGraw, Jo Dee Messina, Collin Raye, and Alan Jackson. Country music has changed greatly since its beginning. Fans who grew up with country music since its beginning also notice how the style has evolved over the years. Now country sounds more like a mixture of…

Therefore, the majority of soviets that were fans of rock and roll didn’t see the Western world as a threat, as well as, not giving in to the propaganda created by the government. Music influenced greatly the population of the Soviet Union since, it made it possible for artists to talk about social issues for around…

Everyone enjoys listening to music and everyone prefer their own type they listen to. This will be about my two favorite types of music: r&b and hip-hop. R&b and hip-hop music both have grown from something special that also form them to be very differentiated between the two. They have so much in common but are also unique in their own ways. There is so much information about the cultural background of both R&B and Hip-Hop/Rap music. R&b is referred to as rhythm and blues. It has been…

What do you listen to when you turn on the radio? Is it country, is it rap, or is it rock? If you are one of those people that choose rock, then let's talk. There are so many legendary rock bands. There is Metallica, AC/DC, Aerosmith, and Black Sabbath that's just to me a few. There are also a few that have followed in their footsteps, like Avenged Sevenfold’s Synester Gates amazing guitar solos. Bring me the Horizon’s Jordan Fish playing piano, and Asking Alexandria’s Denis Stoff screaming in a…

Let me tell you about that “old school” 90’s, throwback, R&B love songs. These are they type of songs that actually make you feel the love. You can really pick up on how the singer passion is toward the thing they are talking about. The late 90’s and early 2000’s was the time of that “feel good” music. Back in this time artists were not afraid to tell a women that they loved them, wanted to spend the rest of their life with them, or shoot even wanted to make love to them. They were real with…

As the 1980s dawned, pop-influenced country music was the dominant style, through such acts as Kenny Rogers, Eddie Rabbitt, and Crystal Gayle. Crystal Gayle best known for her 1977 country-pop crossover hit, the jazz-flavored ballad, "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue". Kenny Rogers’s crossover success was important; his lush, easy listening productions and smooth croons showed that country stars could conquer the pop audience, if produced and marketed correctly. By the beginning of the '80s,…

Elvis Presley the king of rock & roll Eighty years ago, on January 8, 1935, Elvis Aaron Presley arrived in the world. Born in a modest family of young parents Vernon Elvis Presley and Gladys Love Presley. The couple gave birth to one of the twins that the mother was expecting in Tupelo, Mississippi. Inspired in the first instance by the music of the Protestant church where he attended with his parents, the legend began to take shape. Was the first musical icon that created an image that…

Music in America is known for being incredibly diverse; even within the many genres of music, there are thousands of playing styles embedded in its culture. In his article, “United States of America”, Richard Crawford goes through the roots of America’s music by tracing the styles and genres all the way back to the eighteenth century. He argues that all American music is made through the combination of two different cultures or genres. Another author, Laura Keith, builds on his argument in her…