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understanding, accepting, and sympathetic. Since the Vietnam War was going on, they tried to forget it and be in peace, just listening to the music. There were many different performers over the next three days. The performers were people such as Jimi Hendrix (who ended the show on Monday morning), The Who, Johnny Winter, Santana, Ravi Shankar, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Joe Cocker, Joni Mitchell, The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, and Crosby, Stills, Nash, and…

and white, to grant equality to colored persons in America. It was the last decade of substantial development in the U.S. Throughout this chaotic era, music was a vital element for expressing one’s voice towards these changing times. Artists like Jimi Hendrix, The Byrds, and The Beatles sang songs…

compelling, and often painful portrait of modern Indian life” (Cline 197). Alexie exactly did that on his book The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, particularly the short story Because My Father Always Said He Was the Only Indian Who Saw Jimi Hendrix Play “The Star-Spangled Banner” at Woodstock. He implied his view of life and values as American Indian through themes of war, reservation relationships and the power of music are particularly represented in his short story. The story…

Woodstock The 1960’s marked a huge turning point in American history. Music continued to become more and more influential in everyday life. By the mid 1960’s, young Americans began to feel progressively more frustrated by the society they were being brought up in. The youth had to witness women be suppressed and discredited strictly based on gender. Many women revolted against the traditional housewife position that men felt the need to impose on their wives. The youth had to watch colored men…

Tropicalia and Heavy Metal The Tropicalia movement ignited Brazil leading to the fusion of traditional Brazilian culture with outside influences and to new and exciting ideas in poetry, music and art. Tropicalia came as an anti-establishment movement in Brazil that began the era of cultural opposition through the influence these artistic and musical influences. Heavy metal music was a primary influence of this cultural change that came from the influence of Western culture. The movement has made…

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace. - Jimi Hendrix I agree with the idea expressed in this statement about power because to me it feels true. The reason we have all of our problems in the world is because of hate. There is only one thing that can overcome hate and that is love. The power of love can change our whole world upside down. If everybody learned to love each other and be kind to one another then we wouldn’t need to lock our cars or our houses…

Woodstock Festival The Woodstock Festival begun as a small local fun time event that exploded into a 3 day rock and roll phenomenon. For some this event was a decent way to get out of the house, but for most this was a way for them to forget about the Vietnam war. The Woodstock Festival a time for America to let loose and forget about every care in the world. A weekend full of 32 rock bands, 400,000 people, drugs, and a bunch of alcohol, the world actually forgot about their pitiful little…

A wide open field in upstate New York turns into the hotspot of the country in 1969. Same event 30 years later, in an abandoned airport terminal, turns into a horror story, all over national news. This event; Woodstock. The ideas behind the original hippie concert were destroyed after the 1999 anniverary concert, but never forgotten. The 1969 Woodstock had a much deeper value to the world than other anniversary concerts. In 1969, the idea of Woodstock came about as an idea of creating a music…

peak of their popularity and success. Jimi Hendrix who was considered to be one of the greatest guitarist of his time overdosed on sleeping pills in 1970. This was at the young age of 27. Jim Morrison, who was a very popular lead singer for the band The Doors died of a heroin overdose in 1971. He too was only 27 years old when he died. Ironically, Janis Joplin was also only 27 when she was found dead, overdosed on heroin. This was only 16 days after Jimi Hendrix lost his life. Janis Joplin was a…

Following his explanation about his participation in the various events, he pulled out many mementos from his youth as a hippie. He still had multiple clothing articles such as velvet, pants, and tops with a lot of fringe. He still wore many headbands, like the one he was wearing, and he had many more in a variety of prints including the typical rainbow tie-dye floral prints. He had many sunglasses in a variety of fluorescent colors and many shapes. His biggest collection was of pins that would…