Mostly, though, rock music represented a merger between white country and black blues. ... The music of the black working class was blues, which was more about guilt and damnation than country music was. ... (Marcus, 21) Like country, blues never found large scale acceptance outside of black America. ... The song which may have captured his pain best was "Inner City Blues (Make me Wanna Holler)." "Inner City Blues" chronicles Gaye's struggles in life. ...

• Word Count: 2820
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

King and the Chicago blues of Muddy Waters and Elmore James (Gregory150). ... Ernie Isley recalls hearing his method come about as Hendrix practiced in the house during the months he lived with them: He would play wonderfully without an amp.... He would play in the hallway of our house while we were in the dining room. ... Jimi Hendrix accelerated rock's already dynamic rate of change in the late 60's with his revolutionary synthesis of guitar violence, improvisational nerve, space melodic reveries, and a confessional intensity born on blues. ...

• Word Count: 2535
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

King and the Chicago blues of Muddy Waters and Elmore James (Gregory150). ... Ernie Isley recalls hearing his method come about as Hendrix practiced in the house during the months he lived with them: He would play wonderfully without an amp.... He would play in the hallway of our house while we were in the dining room. ... Jimi Hendrix accelerated rock's already dynamic rate of change in the late 60's with his revolutionary synthesis of guitar violence, improvisational nerve, space melodic reveries, and a confessional intensity born on blues. ...

• Word Count: 2522
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

While it was open it housed several off-Broadway productions, including Ken Kesey's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "The Proposition", a satirical review. ... The name CBGB's stands for "Country Blue Grass and Blues,"" but it was punk rock that emanated from bands such as "Suicide," "The Ramones," "The Dictators," "The Patti Smith Group," "The Misfits," "The Dead Boys," "The Talking Heads," "Blondie," and countless others who were launched into stardom and immortality from the stage of the infamous club at 315 Bowery @ Bleecker Street, in lower Manhattan. ...

• Word Count: 3241
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate