Honky tonk Essays

  • Film Review for Coal Miner's Daughter

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    The Coal Miner’s Daughter, an influential film, first shown in 1980, was voted an Academy Award Winning Motion Picture. This film depicts a young girl’s life who lived in a coal mining town, had a journeying life, and become a famous country singer. This motion picture was not produced purposing pure societal entertainment, but rather the accurate portrayal of Loretta Lynn’s personal life. The film Coal Miner’s Daughter, illustrates Loretta Lynn’s life’s obstacles of family struggles, influential

  • From Flower Girl to Lady

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    "You can take the girl out of the honky tonk, but you can’t take the honky tonk out of the girl.” To some this is a quote and to others it may remind them of a song, but no matter which it reminds a person of the meaning is the same: one may change a person, but they will always have that part of them deep down inside. In this play two men are appalled by how un-ladylike a young flower girl is. The men intrigue the flower girl, which then causes her to approach the men, and take them up on their

  • Coal Miner's Daughter Analysis

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    and it became a hit. Lynn moved to Nashville, Tennessee to continue her career and signed with a new record company called Decca Records. After this her next big hit came called “Success” and success James 13 she had in the coming years with many great songs being recorded in the sixties. Lynn soon became best friends with Pasty Cline, another female country singer who helped Lynn navigate the music world. Cline would tragically die in a plane crash leaving Lynn heartbroken and lost with no one

  • Country Music Genres

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    province that took the listener back to their country roots while addressing the new realities of life. The sound was more electrified with the beat heavier than traditional country and had a more realistic portrayal of modern American life. The honky-tonk influence continues to be heard today in the music of artist such as Trace Adkins, Miranda Lambert and Alison

  • Country Music from the 1940s Through the 1950s

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    Country Music from the 1940s Through the 1950s Changes in the Recording Industry -In the 1930s there were basically three types of radio stations: the large networks, the network afilliates,and the idependent stations. -Agroup called the American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) was in control of the song copyrights. -At the end of the National Broadcasters Company’s contract, ASCAP wanted it renewed at the price of 9 million dollars. -NAB ofcourse said no way and developed their

  • Brooks and Dunn

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    of music as well as they influenced others. They used influences of Honky-Tonk, Mainstream Rock, and other Rock in their music. The band is mostly known for the kick starting of the line dancing craze, the dance that swept the nation (Huey). They liked to use rock in their country songs and they influenced a lot of upcoming artists to be more rock as well. A lot of the music produced after that all had the same honky-tonk vibe to it with danceable beats and incorporated rock in it somehow.

  • Bedroom Observation

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    boot-scoot and boogie. My method of observation was to ask questions, take notes and to participate. By participate I mean learning to two step and singing along to the few songs I knew. We were at a small to medium sized bar in Silsbee, Texas called Honky-Tonk Texas. There was a fairly sized dance floor and about 5 pool tables. There was medium sized window toward the middle of the bar, this was the restaurant. The bar was very loud, dark, and had a strong scent of smoke even though there were no smoking

  • Talking about Country Music

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    traditional "cowboy" artists. During this time, country and western music as a style and genre lost most of its southwestern, ranchera, and Tejano musical roots and influences.. However, during later generations, the traditional cowboy ballad and honky-tonk styles would be resurrected and reimagined with the huge surge in popularity of "outlaw country" music from Texas and Oklahoma.

  • Waylon Jennings Hardships

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    He created a group with willie nelson, johnny cash, and kris kristofferson, called the highwaymen., between 1985 and 95 the highwaymen released 3 albums. Waylon released 2 albums, lonesome on'ry and mean followed by honky tonk heroes, and after that came the albums dreaming my dreams along with are you ready for the country. he later became the narrator of the dukes of hazzard, and was also the singer and composer of the theme song, Good Ol

  • Barn Dance History

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    for advertising promotions, but also played music. In the interest of trying something new, WSM Barn Dance began with the first live performer, a fiddler by the name of "Uncle" Jimmy Thompson. It was something that was known to the Southerners as honky tonk or western music. As more people started listening to this style of music, it became known as country music. In this small studio in Nashville, Tennessee, music of all kinds was being broadcast to a world which was fighting a war and coming out

  • Complexity And Contradiction In Architecture By Robert Venturi

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    "Complexity and Contradiction" in Architecture by Robert venturi addresses architecture as the only place where redundant and simple construction, in thinking and in material reality takes shape.The objective of the series was to explore and promote ideas that were too complex or involved for exhibit, and were therefore written on museum exbhition. Though Venturi's utilizes many photographic examples to support his arguments, the points he makes in "Complexity and Contradiction" are probably too

  • Coal Miners Daughter Research Paper

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    The coal miner’s daughter, an instrumental film, was voted as an Academy Award Winning Motion Picture. This motion picture depicts an adolescent’s girl’s life, and her journey of living in a small coal mining town to becoming one of the world’s most known country female stars. This film was shaped to show the personal life of Loretta Lynn. Coal Miner’s Daughter demonstrates the life stumbling blocks of family struggles, significant friends, and emotional ploys of life’s pains. In the 1930s-family

  • Wrestlemania III

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    Wrestlemania III is simply put one of the greatest Wrestlemania's of all time, if not for 17 and 19, I would rank this as the all time best. As much as I dislike Hogan's egotistical ways, and his selfish thinking, he set the bar for other wrestlers, and truly put WWE on the map, and his match with Andre paved the way for so many things. But the real classic on this show, is Steamboat Vs Savage, you will rarely see any better. Gorilla and Jesse Ventura are the perfect announcing tandem, and the crowd

  • Appalachian Musicians And Singers And The Songs They Write

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    mountain to the cool water in the stream at the bottom of the lowest holler or any thing in between. Anything seen heard or felt might have a song written about it. Another brand of Appalachian music honky tonk music was made popular by a man named Hiram (Hank) Williams. Songs about cheating harts and Honky Tonkin might no have been popular with the churches, but they were with the Appalachian workers in the city bars that couldn't be down home with there loved ones. Hank Williams, although not mentioned

  • Louis Armstrong

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    had no choice but to live with his grandma, Josephine, until he moved back with his mom, after she had moved to Storyville a few years later. At the time, Storyville was a tawdry, rundown, neighborhood or "brothels, cribs, seedy dance halls, and honky-tonks frequented by black laborers and some whites" (Kernfield 27). At such an early age, Armstrong was poorly cared for by his mother and spent much of his early years deprived physically, mentally, and emotionally to an extensive degree. Although his

  • Essay On Buck Owens

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    the Bakersfield Sound, an electric instrumentation and rock combination. Early music career In 1945, Owens teamed up with Theryl Ray Britten and they performed regularly on local radio stations. In the late 1940s, he performed at Phoenix-area honky-tonks with the group Mac's Skillet Lickers. In 1951, Owens moved to Bakersfield, California where he played with Bill Woods & The Orange Blossom Playboys; he later formed his band called The Schoolhouse Playboys. His contribution in Capitol Records in

  • College Admissions Essay: I Am As An Athlete

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    have committed, physically, mentally, and soulfully to pursuing a higher education. I may not be the valedictorian, however I have earned my rank with studying late at night after practice, after even my parents have fallen asleep. I have worked my honky-tonk off to achieve the goals I set and I plan to not only accomplish them but surpass them. These goals are just the base to my lifelong commitment of helping people whenever I can seize the opportunity. I have deigned the easiest way to help the most

  • What Is Breaking Stereotypes: The Diverse World Of Male Strippers

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    Breaking Stereotypes: The Diverse World of Male Strippers in Nashville Even though it is commonly referred to as "Music City," Nashville is not only a center for honky-tonks and country music concerts. Male strippers are redefining attitudes and defying preconceptions, and beneath its bright surface lies a community of male strippers that is diverse and active. Within the scope of this essay, we go into the multidimensional world of male stripping in Nashville, examining the people, stories, and

  • Music Analysis Of Taylor Swift's 'Santa Baby'

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    Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande created covers of the song and, while generally sing the same tune change the tempo and some lyrics to fit their style. In my opinion Taylor Swift blew Kitt and Grande out of the water with her rendition. The usage of honky-tonk style, change of a few words, and tone of her voice surpass the original and other cover. Each version represented itself differently, all while maintaining the same message however, I feel Swift’s performance stood out the best. To start, the

  • Summary Of The Foster Portfolio By Kurt Vonnegut

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    “The Foster Portfolio,” is a short story piece within Kurt Vonnegut’s Welcome To The Monkey House. Differentiating the piece from the others is the ironic touch “The Foster Portfolio” seems to carry that is different from Vonnegut’s short comically audacious works. Vonnegut realized this is a materialistic world where people evaluated by their physical features, and possessions of the moment. Small details such as what shoes are being worn, what kind of car stands in the driveway, and how one is