Ike Turner

his ankle a year later in 1962. After this incident, he then decided to pursue a career of a profession musician, in the place of Nashville, Tennessee. As the years progressed, “Hendrix played backup for the Isley Brothers, Little Richard, Ike and Tina Turner, King Curtis, and also Sam and Dave,” (Wilson sec.3). Yet throughout this extraordinary experience,he had “no significant recordings” (Wilson sec.3). Hendrix continued to focus in his own band and playing shows at cafe’s. The way his…

I saw a picture at the museum that caught my attention. The picture told the community to finish school. I thought that was very important because without a good education, you have no change to make it in the world. I am glad they took the time and made the decision to become color blind. We are all the same in gods’ eyes despite our many walks of like. It is so awesome to hear how these people, “with the key word being people” made wonderful music together in Stax and overlooked the color…

These days, it's normal to hear the combination of various styles of music. Truth be told, American music is more incorporated than previously and exhibits distinctive music from around the globe. Consolidating distinctive styles of music was famously done as ahead of schedule as the twentieth century with the development of American well-known music. One style of music that affected well-known music was African American music. At the time, American mainstream music was expanding with various…

without the group by the time he died of aids at age 30. He was buried in a gold casket wearing jeans and a Compton hat. Jerry Heller was a well known manager at the time, having worked with bands like: Journey, Marvin Gaye, Crosby Stills and Nash, Ike &…

I don’t know how the wonderful music history of Memphis pass me by but somehow It did! I have always heard that Memphis is known for its music history, especially the blues, but I never investigated the theory for myself. The instructor at the college challenged me to write a paper about the history of the Stax Museum in a reflection paper and I am really glad she did. It influenced me to finally take the time to view the history of Memphis firsthand starting with the Stax Museum. The research,…

While ubiquitous Internet access is extremely convenient and enables marvelous new applications for mobile users, it also creates a major security vulnerability—by placing a passive receiver in the vicinity of the wireless transmitter, that receiver can obtain a copy of every packet that is transmitted! These packets can contain all kinds of sensitive information, including passwords, social security numbers, trade secrets, and private personal messages. A passive receiver that records a copy of…