The Jimi Hendrix Experience

guitarists in rock bands that include Jimi Hendrix, and Slash, are famous in their own right. It’s true that the vocalist may have his lyrics, but, it is the rhythm section behind him, who truly make the sound. The list of legendary lead guitarists: 1. The top spot goes to the American rock guitarist and singer - Jimi Hendrix. Hendrix is best known as one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music. The top tracks of Hendrix include: “Purple Haze,” “Fire”…

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…

If the Newseum is torn down, the first amendment will not have a place to be celebrated just for itself, so there will be no place to celebrate the first American Constitutional freedom. President Trump is pressuring Congress into passing a bill that will start a project to make room for new monuments. The project will consist of tearing down monuments that the government feels are unnecessary. The project will ruin DC and the American spirit. If the bill does pass, the Newseum should…

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…

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…

1990s music In the nineteen nineties there were several popular types of music but the most well known was the grunge genre because of one man that changed music forever. His band known as ‘Nirvana’ has influenced many ,especially one of its very own band members Dave Grohl. Who later went to pursue his love music in the band ‘Foo Fighters’. The legacy of Nirvana has lasted for more than 20 years and will continue to be remembered by the lovers of nineties music forever. Nirvana was founded…

Peaceful Place Collage This collage-making process was new to me but very fun to do. I really liked how you could layer as many pieces of paper as you want and make so many pieces look seamless enough to look like one piece of paper. For this Peaceful Place collage, I used cardstock paper, fabric material, magazine paper, marble paper, and wood paper to get a variety of textures and colors. I used a layering technique by layering pieces of paper, making them blend together as if they were paint…

When one thinks about dirt, what comes to mind? Dirty items, like dirty shoes, shirts, and pants. The question comes up, is dirt really dirty? Take this thought, you play baseball, and you slide into home plate. When you get up, happy you scored the run, and you dust the dirt off. So now you are all dirty, or are you? Can they be such a thing as clean dirt? In our lab, we were giving two bags of dirt, one looked like dirt you would dig up from someone back yard (sample B), the second one was…

“In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first” Jimi Hendrix. Jimi Hendrix was born on November 27, 1943 in Seattle, Washington. He was nine years old when his mom died. His dad got custody of Jimi and his brother, Al. His dad would not let them go to their mom's funeral. Instead he gave them a shot of whiskey and said, “You are a man now and you have to deal with loss.” Before Jimi was famous, he was caught in a stolen car three times. He had the option to go to…

capable of connecting radically different ideas and lifestyles. For some reason, the guitar happens to be one of them. For example: Jimi Hendrix is unanimously considered one of the greats. He was known for his outrageous stage habits (like setting his axe on fire), his ability to draw influences from Black music into Rock N Roll, and his divine talents on the guitar. Jimi played as though there were no rules or limits when it came to the guitar, and, as a result, left legions of guitarists…