Joe King

Isaac Slade, Joe King, Ben Wysocki, and Dave Welsh make up the popular rock/ pop band The Fray. With their first album, How to Save a Life, this band appeared on everyone’s radar. The Fray’s song “You Found Me” appeared on the band’s second album, The Fray. Eight months after the release of The Fray’s second album, the band released a music video for “You Found Me.” This song could have several meanings depending on different points of views. Many interpretations of the lyrics in this song portray issues in modern society like drugs and religion. Using both The Fray’s “You Found Me” lyrics along with the “You Found Me” music video, we can interpret connections to Christianity, drug use, and tragic accidents of the lyrics in this song and tie…

Louis Armstrong is “recognized as one of the greatest musicians of all time having a major role in the creation of modern jazz” (listverse). He was also given the nicknames of “Satchmo” or “Pops.” Louis Armstrong changed the focus of jazz from improvisation to solo performance. His trumpet playing skills allowed him to become one of the first to acknowledge the trumpet as a solo instrument. Armstrong also was one of the first scat singers and is known for it becoming widespread. (listverse) In…

Music today is all because of changes then. The musicians today were influenced by those before them. Joe King Oliver influenced Louis Armstrong by training him and because of Oliver moving to Chicago, Armstrong got his start in Kid Ory’s band. Jelly Roll Morton, Joe King Oliver, Sidney Bichet, Louis Armstrong, and Duke Ellington all changed things for musicians today. Jelly Roll Morton grew up in New Orleans and started playing piano at the age of 10. In 1904 he began traveling, playing the…

He also collected discarded food which he had found and tried to sell it to local restaurants for extra money, however, the money that Louis earned was not enough to keep his mother from participating in prostitution. Louis eventually dropped out of school at the age of eleven years old and joined a group of boys who sang on street corners for money. Louis also developed a relationship with, “Joe King Oliver” who is one of his favorite musicians during his childhood. Oliver became a mentor and a…

the Jungle” against George Foreman, the “Fight of the Century” against Joe Frazier, and many more. Ali contributed greatly to society by being an influential figure people looked up to and by introducing black power to white Americans. He continuously showed his strength and leadership throughout his life. He inspired many people and continues to inspire many more. Muhammad was born as Cassius Clay in Louisville, Kentucky. He grew up in the south resulting in a great sum of racial prejudice. He…

Young Cassius Clay won the Olympics in Rome when he was eighteen (Smith 33). Ali soon went on to win World Heavyweight Champion of the World. Not to forget the “Thrilla in Manilla” maybe one of the best fights of all time, and Ali beat “Smokin Joe Frazier” (Smith 104). As well as the most expensive fight against lightweight champion of the world Bob Foster who Ali beat easily. Next in a rematch with Sonny Liston, he knocked Liston out; after the knockout Ali yelled get up creating one of the…

entrepreneur, actor, a philanthropist, winner of six Golden Gloves titles in Kentucky, 2-time National Golden Gloves titles, 1 Olympic Gold Medalist, and 3-time Heavyweight Championship, his name is Muhammad Ali also known as “The Greatest.” Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. was born in Louisville, Kentucky in January 17, 1942. Clay was the son of Cassius Marcellus Jr and Odessa Grady Clay. His father made a living painting signs and murals, and his mother worked as a domestic servant. Clay…

With his defiance, he was refusing to participate in America’s plan for a nation far away from home, especially when that plan called for murdering the enemy and violated his faith. Ali couldn’t accept betraying his faith for America while in a foreign land, only to return home to a culture of racial bias and discrimination by the country he just served. 6 Civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.'s came to Ali’s defense. "He is giving up millions of dollars to do what his conscience tells him…

hopscotch than there was room for. There was a small playground area for everyone else to herd into because for some reason or another the teachers wouldn 't let us go on the grass. This however, couldn 't have made John happier. On the playground he was King of Camelot and everyone else were his subjects, while his legion of other “cool” kids were his Knights of the Round. With less space to play games of our own, we were then drawn into the games of the King and his…

appears that Hemingway just began writing about himself and was depressed about becoming an old man. Hemingway essentially is Santiago in the book. The themes he most noticeably uses are age, bravery, endurance, and glory. These themes can all relate back to Hemingway’s increasing age, and the fact that he misses being a young man. Numerous times in the story, Santiago daydreams about lions lying on the beach of Africa. Hemingway writes, “he no longer dreamed of storm, nor of women, nor of great…