Hank Williams Sr. and Johnny Cash were two great country songwriters and singers. They had their similarities and differences in their time on earth. They both had similar lifestyles as a child and singer, but they each had a different way of controlling their drug and alcohol use. The ups and downs in their life made them who they are today.
There are many great country stars today for example, Thomas Luther Bryan or many of you probably recognize him as Luke Bryan. Luke Bryan is an American country singer and songwriter. He began his music career in the mid 2000s. Luke Bryan was discovered when Capitol Records saw him perform at a restaurant and of course soon after signed him. Thanks to Capitol Records, Luke Bryan has sold over seven million albums, twenty seven million tracks worldwide and has twelve number one hits. He has many more great songs to come, like his new Spring Break series soon to be released.
Johnny Cash was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and author. He was widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century and one of the best-selling music artists. He was born on February 26, 1932, in Kingsland, Arizona, he died on September 12, 2003, in Nashville, Tennessee. He had five kids their names are John Carter Cash, Rosanne Cash, Kathy Cash, Cindy Cash, Tara Cash, his wife’s name was June Carter.
John Edwards was born June 10, 1953, in Seneca, South Carolina. Being the first person in his family line to attend college, he first attended Clemson University and then transferred to North Carolina State University, where he graduated with a bachelor 's degree in textile technology. This choice of avocation was due to his father 's career at a textile mill. However, he changed his goals and went on to earn his law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1977.
John Goodman, a native teenager from Baller County, Georgia, is a high school baseball star and local celebrity; however, his fame, much like most well known bigwigs, didn’t come with ease. John’s determination and dedication to the sport of baseball landed him a place on the All-American team. This, in turn, made Goodman the first player from Baller County High School to be recognized and honored in any extracurricular activity beyond that of the state level; which he achieved in his freshmen year of high school. The young pitcher had many expectations to live up to in the oncoming years due to his spectacular athletic ability on the mound. Aside from his God given superb natural talents, Goodman knew that to accomplish his dream of becoming a Major League pitcher from such a small rural home place that he must never take his training exercises and leadership responsibilities lightly, but to always show no less
Chris McCandless, a young, nonconformist man, died in the Alaskan wilderness trying to live off the land there. Some laud McCandless for his transcendentalist behavior and unique, nonconformist beliefs; others call McCandless a reckless fool whose impulsive actions ended up costing his life. Chris McCandless was ultimately a modern day transcendentalist because he believed that nature was purer than society, a common transcendentalist belief.
With an estimated one billion units sold and counting, Elvis Presley is thought to be the most commercially successful solo musical artist of all time (Meacham 1) Born in Tupelo Mississippi and later relocating to Memphis Tennessee, Elvis was a natural star. Elvis won a high school talent show by singing and playing his guitar, earning the most applause out of any of the contestants. He would soon after that become a trucker, but his dreams of becoming a star were not crushed yet. Elvis gyrated his hips into America's heart as the most influential figure in American history.
To begin, I will talk about some of the major impacts that Richard Murphy had on the lives of others. Richard Murphy “founded the Rheedlen Center for Children and Families, now known as the Harlem Children’s Zone, which serves 12,000 youth and their families each year and is being replicated across the country as Promise Neighborhoods.” (huffingtonpost.com) He created the Beacon Schools in New York. This program turned school buildings into community centers after school hours. This idea is also being replicated across the country as Community Learning Centers. Richard Murphy created a program in New York that helped low-income working families complete tax returns to maximize their Earned Income Tax credits. Richard Murphy obviously knew that
A Revolutionary patriot who voluntarily incurred one of the greatest suffering without any chance of gain. Married to Deborah Scudder, he was known as John Hart. Without better understanding of his actual birthdate and hometown birthplace, he was better known as a New Jersey farmer. As well as “Honest John Hart” throughout the state. Benjamin Rush described him as “a plain honest, well meaning Jersey farmer, with but little education, but with good sense and virtue enough to pursue the true interest of his country.”
Martin cash was Tasmania’s most notorious bushranger. Martin Cash was born on the 11th of October, 1808, in Enniscorthy in County Wexford, Ireland to George and Margret Cash who were a comfortably well off family. Martin achieved a reasonable standard of education with him being able to both read and write. At the age of 18 he fell in love with a girl a year or two younger then him whose name was Mary, his first offence was at the age of 18 for attempted murder after he was flirting with his girlfriend Mary by shooting him in the upper chest after seeing the two lovers through a window. Relatives of Martin made strenuous efforts to have the sentence commuted, but their efforts were no good with him boarding at Cook Harbour onto a ship named
Jack Graham was like any other everyday man. He’s tall, black-haired, has green eyes, hairy arms. He has a job, he made money, he had a wife, and he lived in an average-sized home. He differs from the rest of society because of his devotion to rugby. He lived in London, England where rugby was big. He’s only 35, so he has a lot of the world left to understand. He owns these casual White England sneakers which are his most favorite thing in the world. His dad loved rugby, and played on the England National Rugby Union Team. Jack was given his father’s White England sneakers before his father passed away, so he promised to live up to his father’s devotion to rugby. Obesity was the only thing stopping Jack from actually playing rugby. He loves
One famous case of a wrongful conviction sparked a documentary called “An Unreal Dream” about a Austin, Texas man named Michael Morton. Morton was accused of murdering his young wife Christine the day after his 32nd birthday. On August 13, 1986, Christine was brutally murdered while lying in bed. The only witness to the murder was the couple’s 3-year-old son Eric. Michael who worked at a local grocery store, was not at home the time of the murder. The day before, the family went out to dinner to celebrate Michaels birthday. The couple had just gone through a pretty traumatic and stressful event, because their young son was battling heart disease. The dinner was also a celebration on a successful surgery for Eric. When they arrived home, Michael wanted to spend a nice romantic evening with his wife, but Christine fell asleep. Michael wrote a note to Christine so that she can read it in the morning explaining how he was a little disappointed, but it was ok because he still loved her. At around 3 am Christine woke up to apologized
Johnny Cash was a music songwriter, singer, and guitarist. His music covered a variety of country, rock, blues, and gospel. The movie Walk the Line is based off Johnny’s music career. He was born on February 26, 1932 in Kingsland, Arkansas to Ray and Carrie Cash with the name J.R. Cash because his parents couldn’t decide on a name; he later had to change his name to John R. Cash to enlist in the United States Air Force. He grew up on a twenty-acre farm since the age of three when his father took advantage of the New Deal, and became a sharecropper. His family farmed cotton and a variety of seasonal crops. His mother was an influence on his interest in music, when she would sing folk and hymn ballads while working in the fields with her children.
The book entitles Johnny Cash: The Autobiography written by Johnny Cash. This book is about Johnny Cash who is also called as the Man in Black, Country music Legend. This book has five parts, entitled Cinnamon Hill, The Road, Port Richey, Bon Aqua and The Road Again. He talks about the highs and lows, the struggles and hard-won triumphs, and the people who shaped him to become one of the music legends.
One Historian named Christopher Clark, explains his modern opinion on the first war. He believes that there is no ultimate person or country to blame. Europe was at peace originally, it was an extremely calm time and war was less likely than more in 1914. The repeated crises deadened the effect of war. World War One is the prevail catastrophe of the 20th century. However, it was good for some countries e.g., Baltic States and Poland which out them on the map. It was a mythic moment for NZ history and NZ’s first major global war. It was the first war to use planes. It caused the death of 10-13 million men and 21 million seriously wounded men. It is the disaster or all world disasters that sprang. It leads to Nazism and the Holocaust in Germany