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    Lynyrd Skynyrd was the definitive Southern rock band, fusing the overdriven power of blues-rock with a rebellious Southern image and a hard rock swagger. Skynyrd never relied on the jazzy improvisations of the Allman Brothers. Instead, they were a hard-living, hard-driving rock & roll band -- they may have jammed endlessly on-stage, but their music remained firmly entrenched in blues, rock, and country. For many, Lynyrd Skynyrd's redneck image tended to obscure the songwriting skills of their…

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    1. Rock and roll has been expressed differently across cultures because each culture has different costumes, beliefs, and styles of artistic elements, such as music. This caused multiple types of rock and roll to form. These types of rock and roll include blues rock, punk/funk rock, hard rock, glam rock, rockabilly, and southern rock. The difference between these types of rock and roll is because of the movements that are happening at that time period. 2. Rock and roll is currently…

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    An example of contemporary popular culture is Elvis Presley, also known as the King of Rock and Roll. He was an American singer, actor and was one of the most important culture icons in the 20th century. According to Rolling Stone “Elvis Presley was rock & roll’s first real star, not to mention one of the most important cultural forces in history, a hip-shaking symbol of liberation for the staid America of the 1950s.”(Elvis Presley Biography) He contributed 151 different albums and singles and…

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    Alternative pop/rock is a catch-all term for post-punk bands from the mid-1980’s and mid-1990’s. Since there are a variety of musical styles within alternative rock, all of them tie together and exist outside of the mainstream. Most alternative pop/rock bands signed onto independent labels in the 80’s. However, they did not receive as much support as the mainstream acts that were on major labels. Soon enough, alternative pop/rock began to be marketed as mainstream. Indie rock, another subgenre…

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    wonderful variety of caves to the rock columns in the state parks of the south as well as the mines. The soil is as rich in diversity as the plant and animal life, from the north to the south as well as the east to the west. It can be dated back as far as before there was life on this planet and at one time even had an ocean over it. It is truly amazing what one can find as they begin to dig in the dirt. Missouri’s geological columns are more prevalent in the Southern area of the state…

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    career. Rock and roll music challenged the old beliefs that the African Americans and their culture were inferior. Moreover, it questioned the idea whether the African Americans should be separated as it seemed illogical. Given this, it can be mentioned that rock and roll brought unity between the two groups. It was seen that both of them attended the rock and roll concerts, which provided a platform for communication and understanding. Most of the American parents strongly opposed rock and…

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    Essay On Folk Music

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    Country is defined as a popular music based on the folk style of the southern rural United States. Country music was originally named hillbilly music but was found to be derogatory and changed to country and western music. As with bluegrass, country music has a deep reverence for and connection to the past. Country music’s…

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    Avalon Mountain Collisions

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    Ocean rocks got piled up was located in the northeast. The collision of the Northeastern part of North America and Baltica didn’t really affect the southern coast until part of Avalon called the Carolina Terrane hit the southern part. These collisions caused the rocks to be metamorphosed. North America and Baltica at this time were located near the equator and North America was moving…

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    Ocean during the collision of East and West Gondwana (Stern, 1994; Kröner and Stern, 2005; Fritz et al., 2013). It represents the greatest collision zone which extends from southern Israel in the north to Madagascar to the south. The Neoproterozoic basement of Ethiopia is found at the transition between the northern and southern sectors of the East African Orogen (EAO) namely the Arabian-Nubian Shield and the Mozambique Belt respectively (Kazmin et al., 1978; Tarekegn Tadesse et al.,…

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    Rock And Roll

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    Peace, war and rebellion. These three words that can sum up rock and roll in a whole. Starting in the 1950’s, rock has been known to break all the rules. Challenging racial barriers, family values, and teen rebellions, transitioning the decades and shaping society. From the beginning and its creation to its influence in America through the decades, shows how important rock and roll was important to history. Singing out their pain and suffering, or just to make the time fly by, blues was said…

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