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Music Essay: My Favorite Place To England

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Sitting on the front porch of his small house on the beaches of the Isle of Mann, my grandfather, Davy, plays his “Gibson ES-335” guitar without an amplifier. The trees blow in the wind as Davy continues to play, uninterrupted by anything in this world. This isle is just off the coast of England and has so much culture and beauty. I’ve only been to this place once, and while we were there we visited many of the great places in England, but that was when I was very young so I do not remember much about it. One day I hope to revisit that place to experience the music, the food, and just the way of life of the people who actually live out there. I wish to have a life like my grandfather Davy did one day. A life where I do not have a worry in the world, a life where I can just sit on the beaches and play my music. My grandfather died one day, not too long after our visit, but sometimes if I close my eyes, and listen closely, I can still hear his guitar playing in the cool breeze, as the waves …show more content…

Some of my favorite artists are from there, such as Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin, and Pink Floyd. England is also one of the biggest places for my favorite genre of music, the blues. It has a whole lot of blues clubs that some of the greatest guitarist in the world had played at. It would be a dream come true to go to some of them and just enjoy the wonderful music and just hang out. But, the best scenario that could happen is if I could somehow, someway, play at one of those clubs and just have a great time. That would be one of the most amazing act I could ever do, in my mind, at least. Davy actually used to play at some of these clubs, everybody loved the type of music he played a blend of jazz and blues. Also, like I mentioned earlier, while I’m visiting, I would be ecstatic if I could just sit on the beaches and play my guitar, without a worry in the world, just like

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