St. Louis Blues

Imagine waking up in the morning, showering and going back to sleep. Then warming up a couple of slices of pizza for breakfast 5 minutes later. That is my morning routine for every day since I was 12 and has now become a part of who I am and a part of my culture. This is just one example of how my cultural identity is different from my cultural heritage. One big part of my cultural identity is that being African American, I sometimes fit my cultural heritage and I sometimes don't fit my…

bedrooms; mine, my moms,and a spare for guests. The bedroom is lime green decorated with sea shells, dolphin figures, etc. My bedroom is by the bathroom There are three bathrooms in the house. My favorite bathroom is the kid bathroom; that bathroom has blue walls, white tiled floors, and doesn't look anything like a child's bathroom. Our living room is huge with beautiful tan walls and soft carpet. On the other hand my kitchen is old fashioned; it has an old table with an island table with a…

stressful life. There are numerous things about Sugar beach that make it such a soothing place to be. The most evident things are the sights and sounds, from the ocean to the stunning scenery. The beautiful sights of Sugar beach is its cloudy bright blue sky with the rays of the scorching sun peeking through it. When you stare into the ocean all you see are peaceful waves flowing from side to side. Even the white grainy sand has such a stunning look to it and you can’t help but be in such…

V. series The Blues and American Masters, applies his love for music history to capture the stunning spiritual saga of an art form cultivated by what was then diametrically opposed racial identities. The plot focus on the black character Grimes, combined with Finestra’s enduring fascination with blues music, establishes this transcendental, cross-racial divide quite gracefully. It begins from the first moment Finestra hears Grimes, as he sheds soft tears while listening to the blues musician’s…

Bongo drums, usually just called bongos, are one of the most recognizable of percussion instruments. Due to the pervasive popularity of Latin music (thank you, "Dancing With the Stars"), the sounds of these little drums are familiar to people around the world. Bongos, as the name implies, always come in attached sets of two. One drum is slightly bigger than the other; the larger is the "hembra" (the Spanish word for "female), while the smaller is the "macho" (the Spanish word for "male"). Bongo…

Fort Campbell’s Division Parade Field was a sea of blankets and lawn chairs; people adorned in red, white, and blue chirped merrily in the spirit of Independence Day. The alluring aroma of deep-fried carnival treats saturated the thick humid air; a constant reminder of the festival that served as the audience’s backdrop. The dense crowd of a thousand consisted of older veterans proudly wearing their decorated hats, parents attending to their children’s needs, and teenagers chattering around the…

“I don't know of a guitar player that has only one guitar. They're never happy with one. I'm never happy with just one of them. I woke up and ended up with six, even if you can only play one at a time!” (Les Paul). Finding the right guitar a very important thing that every guitar player has to go through. There are two guitars that can nearly give a guitar player the guitar that they have been dreaming about. The Fender Stratocaster, and The Gibson Les Paul are similar in ways but also very…

One the beloved myths in music is the one about how Rock 'n' roll allegedly died when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper died in an Iowa plane crash. Elvis was in the Army, Little Richard had given up rock for Jesus Christ, and Jerry Lee had married his teenage cousin. During these years, “real” rock 'n' rollers were replaced by poppy artists which watered down Rock 'n' roll. Many first-generation rockers produced some of their best work in the early '60s -- the Everly Brothers,…

The Bakersfield Sound is one of the most influential and famous sounds in the history of the country music and influenced many artists and bands worldwide. The Bakersfield Sound focused on staying true to the country music genre with loud, upbeat, hokey, and honky-tonk tunes and is considered in relation to sounds from Nashville, Tennessee. The most successful, influential, and famous country artists and musicians originated in Bakersfield, California in the late 1950’s. These artists included…

Music is a powerful language which speaks to us, move us, and fills us with emotions. In “Sonny’s Blues”, the voice of jazz reflects the relationship between two brothers. The unnamed narrator who represents one of the one of the sides of the African American experience. Sonny the titular character of the story, Sonny represents the other side of the African American experience. In “Sonny’s Blues” we find an important description of how a musician can express his feeling through his music. The…