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Ain’t Going Down (Till I Get an A) “The most stunning success story of the early-Nineties contemporary country music boom was that of Garth Brooks.” (Rolling Stone) He was originally born with the name of Troyal Garth Brooks on February 7, 1962. His career started while he attended Oklahoma State University, singing in bars and clubs. Following college, he moved to Nashville and eventually was signed onto Capitol Records. Brooks is the biggest-selling solo recording artist in American music…

When I think of country music, I think of guitars and Taylor Swift. Country music is a form of popular music originating in the rural southern US. It is traditionally a mixture of ballads and dance tunes played characteristically on fiddle, guitar, steel guitar, drums, and keyboard. There are many reasons behind why many people do not like county music. It’s rated the number one most depressing music genre of all time, people think it all sounds the same, and the main reason, everyone just goes…

Popular Music Essay If society were to single out one thing that is most common in everyday lives it would be music. From simple instruments made out of tools, fast forwarded to today, the production of music has reached a milestone. Along the way during the changes in music, the human voice was utilized in singing words with the music defining it as a lyric. A music industry was also established to record and sell to the public. Varying types of songs were produced using different…

The American Character I am part of the first generation in my family that was born in America. My parents journeyed from Dominican Republic to Lowell twenty-nine years ago and I learned why because of the trip my family and I took to their native home four years ago. The education system isn’t as great as it is in America, real jobs and careers are very difficult to find and maintain, and the law is corrupt and not enforced. My parents came to America because it’s known as the country of…

Bob Dylan’s Lyricism: A Countercultural Perspective Abstract: Bob Dylan, a songwriter, poet and a 2017 Nobel laureate in literature is often portrayed as the guiding spirit of the sixties counterculture. Dylan’s politically committed songs in the 1960’s articulated a vision of society that was radically different from the existing political realities. The paper highlights the cultural resonance of Dylan’s radical lyricism amidst the countercultural era. It depicts the close affiliations that…

Country music is a genre of the United States popular music that has originated in the Southern and Southeastern United States in the year of 1920. Country music takes the roots of several music genres from the southeastern part of the United States known as Blues music, folk music, and western music. Country music often consists of ballads and dance tunes. Country music features instruments such as banjos, mandolins, guitars, fiddles, harmonicas, accordions, dulcimers, acoustic bass, jaw harp,…

As I read Bill Lucas’s autobiography, I was amazed by the fact that Lucas could just not catch a break. Not only did Lucas’s eyesight have a significant impact on his life, but between frequently moving around, losing his mother, and being unable to find work and keep his music group together, Lucas’s life was far from easy. However, it is the obstacles that Lucas faced that makes him the perfect person to be a blues singer. It seems like singing the blues was a great way for Lucas to get his…

Have you ever thought about the past? Well these 5 things are connected. Dalton Rapattoni, was born in Miley Cyrus’ hometown, which is close to Georgetown, Illinois. Miley Cyrus could know the History of Music and the History of makeup, because she sings and wears makeup. Dalton Rapattoni and Miley Cyrus are both singers. Georgetown is a city in Illinois (Jones). Illinois is the state west of Indiana (Jones). Georgetown was known for all timber, which attracted settlement (Jones).…

Since I got to choose what I wanted to write about for this report I decided to choose one of my favorite genres, country. It’s a style of music that was first developed in the southern and western states, which used to be known as folk type of music, but since then has transformed into pop/country. I would like to elaborate more on the old country musical instruments. Instruments generally used in the more traditional genre of country music were the banjo, fiddle, harmonica, string bass, and…

June and Johnny Cash June and Johnny Cash are some of the most famous singers during their time. They had written many songs together such as one of their most famous "I Walk the Line" and "Ring of Fire". Their love story had made it to theaters; the movie was called Walk the Line. Even though they had tough times while married to each other they had shown that they were always there for each other. Throughout this paper we will get to know June and Johnny separate as well as a married couple…