The Yardbirds

Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band that was formed in Los Angeles, California. The group was originated in 1994 as Kara's Flowers and originally consisted of: Adam Levine (lead vocals, guitar), Jesse Carmichael (guitar, backing vocals), Mickey Madden (bass guitar) and Ryan Dusick(drums). Kara's Flowers signed to Reprise Records and released an album, The Fourth World, in 1997. After a lukewarm response to the album, the band parted ways with the record label and the members attended their different colleges. While Levine and Carmichael were in New York, they began to take notice of the urban music feeling surrounding them and later picked up the urban music feeling in the newer songs they wrote. In 2001, the band reconnected, with the name: Maroon 5. Then, Jesse Carmichael switched to playing the keyboards and has remained in this position in the band. After the irrational but worthy switch ups, Maroon 5 signed with Octone Records and released their debut album, Songs About Jane, in June 2002. Maroon 5 won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2005. For the next few years, the band toured comprehensively worldwide. In 2006, Ryan Dusick, who sang backing vocals during his time in Maroon 5, eventually left the band after suffering from serious wrist and shoulder injuries and was replaced by Matt Flynn. The band produced their second album, It Won't Be Soon Before Long and released it in May 2007. The album topped at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart and the lead…

Music has been around since the dawn of time. It has gone through many changes. "The whole idea of music from the beginning of time was for people to be happy." Quoted by Robert Plant lead singer of Led Zeppelin, who was one of the first to introduce the world to heavy rock. When Robert Plant was a teenager he was obsessed with rawest blues and always wished for for the painly whiny blues voice and ended up getting something more. Robert Plant began his early life in West Bramwich,…

Raine Baker 5/5/2016 Sean Beachy "Good Times, Bad Times" Led Zeppelin is a name that transcends generations and has made a lasting impression on music history. After an unlikely formation from the ending of another band, they took the world by storm. The band faced triumphs and tribulations, before their sad and unwelcome end. Luckily for everyone else, they reunited time and time again to delight and wow the public. Led Zeppelin was instrumental in the late sixties and seventies of the…

Three out of four bandmates are still alive and are involved in many activities. The band made little effort to rejoin after Bonham’s death. Every member went off and had their own plans. Led Zeppelin was still distributing songs, but they weren’t actually creating any new music. Page engaged in the ARMS (Action Research for Multiple Sclerosis) Project and brought together three of “rock’s greatest guitars” and “Yardbird alumni”; Page, Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck. After the band split up, Page…

Charlie Parker also known as “Yardbird” or “Bird” was born on August 29, 1920 and died on March 12, 1955. He was one of the most important and influential saxophonists and jazz players of the 1940’s. A legendary figure in his own lifetime, he was idolized by those who worked with him, and he inspired a generation of jazz performers and composers. Charlie had a magnetic personality; wherever he would walk into he would change the feel of the room. He started studying music in a local school in…

Led Zeppelin was a English Rock band formed in London in 1968. The group consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist and keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham. The band's heavy, guitar-driven sound is rooted in blues and psychedelic on their early albums. Their unique style drew from a wide variety of influences such as Blues, Rock and Roll, Soul, Rockabilly, Folk Ballad, and Jazz. The groups’ original name was Yardbirds which Jimmy Page joined. The band never…

They were on to something when they careened into the abyss that groups like the Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Yardbirds, The Animals, The Kinks, Herman's Hermits and the Dave Clark Five opened up. Carrying the torch into previously dark territory a few more of my personal old-time favorites who still mess with my mind are Cream and Pink Floyd. Watching Eric Clapton perform gave him an indelible mark in my music psyche that goes back a few decades. Then I can't finish this…

in his life, and shaped him into the person we know today. Eric Clapton is who he is today because of the people he met, and the experiences he encountered. Eric Clapton was the first person to be inducted three times into the rock and roll hall of fame (“Eric…” Encyclopedia… 1). Clapton has won many awards including eleven grammy Awards (“Eric…” Encyclopedia… 3). Clapton helped build a rehabilitation center for drug abuse (“Eric…” Encyclopedia…3). Eric Clapton had a son with Lori Del Santo…

and his song ‘Tutti Frutti’. With strange lyrics and onstage antics, Little Richard became the creator of rock and roll. But that title would not be held for long. The following year, Elvis Presley, who wanted to record a song for his mother, came in the studio and music changed forever. Rock and Roll was the music to listen to is you were a teenager. It stayed that way until 1964, when the Beatles invaded America. Before them, all the record labels where looking for the next Elvis. They…

Sumlin was discovered by the Bluesman Howlin’Wolf band and went on to become the band’s backbone guitarist. Theses style created key signature models, which lost touch after sometime. The late 1960’s revival of folk music instigated the rediscovering and recognition of the 1930s country and blues music and early musicians by college student. The electric guitar and the prominence of the Beatles caused another boom in the industry at the time. Everyone in the guitar sector wanted to achieve…