Jerry Wexler, who was a record executive from Atlantic Records, saw the band play at a record release party and asked them to play the Montreux International Jazz Festival in Switzerland. They were the first unsigned act to play at the festival. They were booked on a jazz acoustic night, which was supposed to be soft music, but because of Stevies loud sound the crowd didn’t like it and started to boo them. As they went backstage, thinking that the show was a disaster, celebrities David Bowie and Jackson Browne happened to be in the audience. Browne asked the band if they wanted 72 hours of free studio time at his studio in L.A. Also, David Bowie asked Stevie to play on his album Let’s Dance.
During the concert Luke Bryan played a lot of his hits, but there were a few that were chart toppers that he didn’t sing. At the end of the concert when he left the stage everyone start to scream and yell for more. People were going crazy not wanting the concert to end. After a few minutes Luke Bryan came back out on stage and started to sing a crowd pleaser which was a ballad called “Do I”. This song hit home to be because one of the first concerts my fiancée and I ever went to was for an artist that Luke Bryan opened up for.
Jackson Young, Talented Amazing live performers Have big time hits Five We are singers and dancers We wonder how many fans we will have We hear our neighbors singing our songs We see my da pushing us to get better We want to be famous We are singers and dancers We pretend to hear fans while practicing We feel wanted We touch our instruments We are singers and dancers We understand that we have potential We dream of being number one We try our best at practice We are singers and dancers Music wonderful, soothing singing, dancing, playing performing with the band Speechless November 10, 1964 Dear Diary, Being at Mr. Lucky’s Night Club was amazing. I have never really seen a place that is like Mr. Lucky’s before.
Although he had dangerously sexy looks he did find someone he was in love with and together they created a family. But there is always trouble in paradise and money can’t buy you happiness. Elvis soon became super dependent on drugs and fatty unhealthy food, which made him obese. Elvis wife then filed for divorced and gained custody of their daughter. He would later become isolated and more dependent on drugs.
He starts practicing with his band “Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two” and decides to bug Sam Phillips at Sun Records to let him perform for him quickly and the end up making a record that day. Then It jumps to Johnny on tour with “The Killer” Jerry Lee Lewis, a few scenes with “The King” Elvis Presley and of course his love for June Carter begins. It later shows the early stages of his drug problems and sleeping with young girls. Eventually all of the men on the tour become alcoholic drug addicts and June decides to leave the tour. Eventually Johnny Talks June into doing a duet tour with him and eventually they fall in love and the rest is history.
Woodstock was a music festival thrown during a hard time in the development of the modern worlds history. Women, blacks and hippies were fighting for their right to be heard and music was one of the ways these people made that happen. All sexes, races and cultures got together at Woodstock to peacefully celebrate the music that helped shaped the world as it is today. Most people thought it would just be a bunch of hippies getting together doing drugs and causing trouble but it turned it turned out to be a vital moment in history that would never be forgotten. Barriers were broken, people were brought together and prejudices were forgotten at this event that would soon be talked about worldwide as that music festival that changed the world for the better.
It was interesting to me how accurate the setting seemed, the baseball fields were old fashioned compared to modern fields, and the reenactment was very well done in my opinion. The movie was a reminder to me of the importance of the real struggles of those who fought for basic human rights of recognition and dignity during segregation. The movie was very sentimental, and the actors did a great job of connecting the audience to the past and setting a mood that an individual could relate to. I am glad I chose this movie because we did not go very into depth on the story behind Jackie Robinson and it gave me a better understanding and more accurate view on the struggles that African Americans faced during this time
Willie becomes annoyed and upset, so Uncle Tadpole decides to make it up to Willie and somehow take him to Broome. He jumps in front of a VW ‘Kombi’ van, to guilt the drivers into taking them to Broome. On the way to Broome, they start singing ‘Feel Like Going Back Home’. The prop of the 'Kombi' van represents freedom and being able to follow life paths because of the colours and words on the outside of it, the colours are bright and intriguing. The bright lighting of the scene represents that Willie is finding happiness and determining his own life path, as he made the decision to go back home.
Black people lacked a voice in the early 19'00s and they needed a way to express themselves. They would put their heart and soul into what they were experiencing in music. Jazz not only being entertaining but also expressive. I can recall a quote from the movie that said if every piece of African American history was to be wiped out, jazz music alone would suffice to define us as a people and make us credible for helping to add to U.S history. Such strong words when it comes to
He changed his name from “Jimmy”, to “Jimi”, and formed another group there, a trio called the Jimi Hendrix Experience, (“James Marshall Hendrix,” Bio) with new members: bassist, Noel Redding and drummer, Mitch Mitchell. Their group was becoming so popular so fast, due to Jimi’s playing style. He eventually gained admiration from the members of the Beatles, the Who, Eric Clapton, and the Rolling Stones. One critic for the British music magazine Melody Maker said that he "had great stage presence" and looked at times as if he was playing "with no hands at all.” (“James Marshall Hendrix,” Bio). “The Jimi Hendrix Experience’s first three singles – “Hey Joe”, “Purple Haze”, and “The Wind Cries Mary” – all made the British Top ten, with “Purple Haze” peaking at #3.