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    For Nelson 's 21st birthday, Edward gave his son a 4 acre island that Nelson would suggestively designate as Phoenix Island. At the time of this gift, 1920, there were few trees taller than Nelson who stood 5 ' 9” due to a ferocious fire on the island around 1913. Nelson who knew the island before the fire likened the idea of the island 's recovering plants as a Phoenix, the mythological bird that cyclicly rises itself from the dead. A significant part of Nelson 's childhood was influenced by…

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    I’ve Been Everywhere Johnny Cash Big River Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson 25 Minutes to Go Johnny Cash This increase in likes shows immediate results to what results +/- one song due to the randomness and shuffling of the algorithm but with that in mind an equation…

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    change things up. These musicians created an edgy form of hardcore country music that was influenced by rock and roll, folks, and blues that became known as outlaw country music. The two main faces of outlaw country music are Waylon Jennins and Willie Nelson. These three genres may differ in sound, icons, and meaning, but they all share something: fans. Without fans, none of these genres would have risen and gained the popularity it has today. Honky tonk and rockabilly may have a large amount…

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    Bytt til norskAvslutt fullskjerm Johnny Cash on stage, ca. 1960. 20th Century Fox. limited American singer, guitarist and composer, raised 1935 in Dyess, Arkansas. Johnny Cash made his first recordings for Sun Records in 1955 (the single Hey Porter / Cry, Cry, Cry), and soon became a leading name in country music. Several of his songs have become classics of the genre, for example. Folsom Prison Blues (1956), I Walk The Line (1956), Ring Of Fire (1963) and A Boy Named Sue. The latter is a…

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    form and as this poem was also created into a song it uses a cadence rather than rhyme. The poem was written by Woody Guthrie but a decade later Martin Hoffman would add a melody and later was sung by several artist. It was sung by Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Johnny Rodriguez. As the listener listens to the song the vocals and the instrumentation makes you feel sad to hear what happen to the immigrants who have died. The vocals fit well for the mood that this song is written for.…

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    that connect with each other (Tuten & Soloman, 2015). The Scarecrow was heavily advertised through social publishing with the video that was shared many times on YouTube and other internet sites (Tuten & Soloman, 2015). There was a song sung by Willie Nelson (Tuten & Soloman, 2015). With publishing, it involves editorial, commercials, and user-generated (Tuten & Soloman, 2015). Chipotle makes a profit off of the film and their food because they show their audience there are no hormones in their…

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    Some Phun Intended The first time you hear music, it is not even a sound. It is a feeling, a sensation one got from inside their mother. Whether it was Willie Nelson, Beethoven, or Slim Shady, the rhythm felt as such a small person stays with us. Later, we listened to whatever television show was playing in the room we were in; or the music our parents played for us in the car on the way to school. It is not until we are about eleven or twelve that we truly discover what we enjoy listening to.…

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    Orlando Rivera Period:4+5 ELA “Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.”-Willie Nelson. What he is saying is that when you having a positive attitude in a conflict the way it ends is in a positive way. Some examples of people that have done this is are the story of Miss Breed and Anne Frank. Both of these have shown how their positive attitudes and had better effects than others with negative attitudes. So I believe having a positive attitude…

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    “Cruelty is all out of ignorance. If you knew what was in store for you, you wouldn't hurt anybody, because whatever you do comes back much more forceful than you send it out, quoted Willie Nelson.” In Mary Shelley’s Novel, Frankenstein, the main protagonist, Victor Frankenstein pursues diligently in order to find the elixir of life. Even though Victor had an earnest desire to acquire knowledge, his lacks of compassion for his creation through the act of abandonment had a devastating impact not…

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    Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, German and more. However, Iglesias was determined to enter the U.S market and he began by analyzing the United States and its people. His duets with famous American artist such as Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross and Willie Nelson made him be seen as a singer in the United States and in the 1988 he won a Grammy for Best Latin Pop Album. While he had fame in the United States, he created other albums in Filipino, Indonesian and others. Iglesias also, got invited to…

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