Nashville

1985, Rod Phelps came from Dallas to listen to Brooks, because he liked what he heard and offered Brook's to produce his first demo. He went to Nashville and within 24 hours he was back in Oklahoma. Later on, after Phelps continued on asking him to come back to Nashville, he finally did. Two years later, Brooks, along with his wife Sandy Mahi moved to Nashville. There he began making contacts in the music…

did terribly wrong was to drink to excess and die very young. The debut of Hank Williams, Sr. at the Grand Ole Opry was a great triumph. The debut remains the most famous in the history of live country music performance program broadcast on WSN Nashville weekly since 1925. When Williams grabbed the microphone on June 11, 1949 on the Grand Ole Opry stage he gave such an electrifying performance that he had to take six encores. When Williams first appeared on the Grand Ole Opry he was just 25…

The March is a graphic novel series told in the account of the successful congressman John Lewis’ and his experiences in the Civil Rights Movement. The book tells his story for the fight to end segregation, discrimination, and to earn the rightful freedoms for his fellow minorities in the United States of America. The series went over many events from the 60’s such as Rosa Park’s refusal to give her seat to a white person, Emmett Till’s brutal murder for allegedly whistling at a white women, the…

Govenor Bill Haslam has devised his own plan to rectify the number of youths in detention. (Tamburin, 2018). He also hopes that his plan will lead to shorter juvenile sentences for some of the lower level offenses. Official's believe that his Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2018 will keep more children out of the system and reduce the likelihood of them becoming repeat offenders after they become adults. By focusing on smarter resources with responsible reforms for more serious offenders, we…

Punished for Studying “They were remarkable, he said -- as sober as judges,” (Martin 70). These extraordinary sit-ins were to achieve rights for colored people who suffered atrociously. Can you imagine sitting at a diner counter with someone you love and knowing you might get beat to death? In the short story, “The Welcome Table” by Lee Martin from his collection, The Least You Need to Know, explains a seventeen year old boy experiencing this first hand, by displaying the atrocious acts on…

the context of a social and economic condition in the United States. Serpe discusses how the shows such as “Repo Games,” reflect worsening economic condition for low-income people in the United State. In the article, “You’ve Got the wrong Song: Nashville and Country Music Feminism,” by writer Claire Miye Stanford describes how one can be both feminine and feminist in the country music. The two articles are more…

The program was broadcast from Nashville, Tennessee, the star city for old-time music, and later led to the development of Western and Texas country. Western country is the most popular, and has even put a stereotype on other types of country as this style tells stories about lovesick cowboys and outlaws. Nashville producers decided that the cowboy portrayal was better for business than the hillbilly image of old-time music…

This paper will cover three members of the Southern Agrarians, -- John Crowe Ransom, Donald Davidson, and Allen Tate. We will explore their involvement in the Fugitive circle, which was an off-campus social club that eventually published a literary journal called The Fugitive. We will then shift our attention to the formation of the Symposium on Southern Heritage, which became known as Southern Agrarianism. The paper will provide historical context to the ideas of these men by exploring the…

The Titans may be one of the most powerful group of Greek hero’s, not only coming from the Golden Age, but any time period. That is exactly what the name means, “They were immortal giants of incredible strength and knowledge of old religion rituals and magic”. They were also known as the Elder Gods and came from Mount Othrys (“The Titans”, 2016). So why not name a football team the Titans? Whether it is a professional, college, high school or any level of competition having an intimidating name…

Taylor Swift.She was born on December 13, 1989 and grew up in a town called Wyomissing Pennsylvania.When Taylor was 12 she started writing her own songs and performed some of them at local fairs and events. When she turned 14 her family moved to Nashville, Tennessee to pursue her career in country music. She signed with a label company called Big Machine Records, and her first song that was released was called “ Tim McGraw” “Our Song” was her third single and it reached number one on the Hot…