Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance

“Hurry or you’ll be late!” called my mother from the bottom of the stairs. “Today of all days you want to be on time.” If I had only known what that day would bring, I would have stayed in bed. But one thing my mom didn’t know was that my friends and I skipped school to go look at an abandoned house. The house was also supposedly haunted.I met up with my friends at the bus stop as usual. Once everyone was at the bus stop, we ran as fast as we could to the abandoned house. So we wouldn’t get caught

The man on the rooftop was dressed completely in black, from his shoes to the suit he was wearing under his knee-length trench coat. He glanced at his watch. 12:05. In another 10 minutes, he would be done with the deed. He turned quickly, coat flailing in the wind, and headed for the stairwell. Once inside, he grabbed his rifle, and the silencer he had recently acquired. He had been practicing his shooting for several weeks to prepare for this moment. He hurried to the window, made sure no

Dempewolf and, as stated, in the second act she overshadows him. The dialogue is consistent with the culture, and moreover, the voices are consistent for each character. However, the script relies on too much dialogue which slows the pace. The tension is best in the first act, especially in the opening scene when Bass saves the mother and daughter. Then when they try to trap Lauralee, the tension is felt. Certainly, when Bass is captured, there’s compelling tension. However, the tension can be stronger

Grammy Nominations of Elton John's “Tiny Dancer” and Aretha Franklin's “I Say a Little Prayer” Songs Rock and Roll Musical Era in America between 1965 – 1979. The National Academy of Recording and Sciences was born in the 1950's to acknowledge the major talents and their arts and creations of the music industry. The first Grammy nomination was awarded on May 4th 1959 in Los Angeles, California. The main awards were given for Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist

compete."-Santana (Cobo, 2004). They were just a group of young man, inspired by B. B. King to play music. With a guitarist that could blow people away with his new kind of rock and roll. Santana helped impact rock and roll with a new kind of rock, also earning nine Grammy awards and other awards, and getting a place in the Rock and Roll hall of fame, making them unique from most bands in the 20th century. Childhood Santana had a lot of things that happened during his childhood that made him who he

in 1947 in Autlan de Navorro, Mexico to Josefina Barragan de Santana and Jose Santana. Growing up he was influenced by American Rock and Roll artist and the music of his culture. Carlos is a self-taught guitar virtuoso and has played with many famous artist over the last forty-seven years and has been the major influence for the Latin Rock genre. He has won numerous awards for his music and philanthropy. 2. Career Beginnings Jose Santana was a professional mariachi violinist and insisted Carlos learn

artists of all time. He was placed at number four on the 2003 Rolling Stones list, “The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.” Mr. Clapton has released 27 studio recordings over his 53-year career. He has also been recognized by the Grammy Awards, winning 11 awards through his career. Clapton has truly demonstrated throughout the last five and a half decades that he is an amazing artist. Eric Clapton was born in Ripley, Surrey, England on March 30th, 1945. He was raised by his grandparents because

“uniquely blends Latin-infused rock, jazz, blues, salsa and African rhythms.” (Biography, 1) With a net worth of over 40 million dollars he can be described with many professional titles including singer, songwriter, but most widely known as a guitarist for his band Santana. Santana, described as a Latin Rock band was formed in 1966 in San Francisco, California. The band 's success would be obvious to music lovers all throughout America after their psychedelic performance of “Soul Sacrifice” at the 1969

disco, funk-pop and soul song recorded by American pop-rock band Maroon 5 and sang by Adam Levine . It peaked at number 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and became the band’s third top 10 single from V, their fifth studio album. “Sugar” is the 68th song in history to score at least 20 weeks in the top 10 of the Hot 100. The song also received a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/ Group Performance at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards. The tone color of the song is basically upbeat and has

Fusion music is defined as a combination of different types of genera’s that includes funk, rock, rhythm, blues, and Latin jazz. It was back in 1970s when it became a more enjoyed genera as it became a new music style that the public began to enjoy more. During the decay of the 1970’s fusion music was already a recognised genera in the 1950s and 1960s and it was an important topic in the music industry, as it was becoming more popular to the world. The word fusion had remained so generously used