Alan Jackson

“Remember When” Alan Jackson has been named one of the best songwriters in county music and most of the songs that he has written during his career are about his personal experiences. He is “one of the greatest singers in country music that has written the best songs in the history of the genre” (The Boot Staff). The song “Remember When” was written “during a difficult period in his marriage, which was when he and his wife got separated and then reconciled” several months later (The Boot Staff).

started as early as 1984, producing 4 albums. These 4 albums were Desert Moon, Back to the World, Boomchild, and the fourth produced after disbanding, 10 on Broadway. 10 on Broadway highlighted influences in his life such as George and Ira Gershwin, Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, Andrew Lloyd

Tate Maness ENG 111.4405 10 September 2015 “Remember When” Alan Jackson, a country music singer, is one of a few superstars who has built his career on traditional country. He is “one of the greatest singers in country music that has written the best songs in the history of the genre” (The Boot Staff). He has “written more than sixty singles and half of them have reached to #1 on the charts” (The Boot Staff). Most of the songs that Alan Jackson has written during his career are about his personal experiences

Two of the most iconic are Alan Jackson and George Strait. Alan Jackson hit his peak in the late 90s and early 2000s. He has not been as productive as of 2015, but he is still creating some music. George Strait was most productive in the mid to early 90s and like Alan he is at the end of his career. Country music was dramatically affected by these two and they both did it with class. They always made music that was family friendly and anyone could listen to it. Since Alan and George are in the same

When the World Stopped Turning Alan Jackson, a singer songwriter who joined the nation's cry a few months after the 9/11 tourist attack, wrote a song called “Where Were You”. This song was about wanting the people to think about where they were during the attack and what they were doing. This song also explains that during the attack for most people it was just a normal day, for example, like going to work and being in your yard. But after the attack, there was an overabundance of emotion coming

Synthesis Essay- Attila the Hun MSgt Aaron M. Hazen Class 17B Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officers Academy 30 January 2017   Attila the Hun History has Attila, King of the Huns labeled as a barbaric savage that lacked refinement. The Huns had a powerful leader who used critical thinking to become one of the most powerful leaders of the time. He civilized the Huns and changed his people from a nomadic lifestyle that dated back 32 generations. He developed cities and gained territory for

1. “As She’s Walking Away” by Zac Brown Band and Alan Jackson. 2. I first heard “As She’s Walking Away” while I was in the car. My dad, my brother, and I were coming home from a fun, manly weekend at the hunting shack when I first heard the song. We were playing a game and the objective to the game was to guess the title and the artist before the other players. For each song title you got right you got a point, and for each artist you got right you got a point. My dad was far better than me and my

In 448 AD, Greek writer and historian Priscus journeyed from Constantinople to meet with Attila the Hun. Pricus wrote down the events of his journey, leaving one of the few first-hand accounts of a diplomatic meeting with the Huns. His writings can tell us much about how the Huns interacted with other cultures and societies and how Attila—specifically—welcomed his guests to his court. Europe, in the 5th century, was undergoing many societal changes. Many of these changes were associated with the

There are many ancient sources stating that the Huns themselves were barbaric nomads. Ammianus Marcellinus, a Roman writer states in the History of Rome, that “The nation of the Huns surpasses all other barbarians in wildness of life… They fight in no regular order of battle… It must be owned that they are the most terrible of warriors because they fight at a distance with missile weapons having sharpened bones admirably fastened to the shaft. When in close combat with swords, they fight without

In this essay I am going to give a brief history of John and Alan Lomax, discussing how they came to be involved with the collection of cowboy ballads. I will then go on to talk about their musical endeavours between the years of 1930-1980, and how their work had influence on modern popular music before concluding with my opinion on their impact on music as we know it today and how they potentially shaped the path of recorded music as we know it. ! John Lomax was a known collector of folk music,