Personal Narrative: A Country Concert

The event that I had the opportunity to attended was a country concert at the University of Kansas. This was my first time attending a concert and also the first time I had heard country music being played live. The main reason that I attended the concert was primarily because it was free and the fact that I had never been to the University of Kansas before. Myself and a couple of friends went to the concert, Mosies Suarez was one of the friends that went to the concert with me. The artist who preformed at the concert was the country artist Brad Paisley, who is a well known singer and songwriter within the United States. Brad Paisley had been on a nationwide college tour, where he played at various universities. Typically I do not listen to country music, but I felt that attending this concert would be a unique experience. As the concert began and the opening act started to perform, I immediately picked up on a couple of things. For instance, everyone around me knew all of the words to the songs and I had personally never heard any of the songs before. I kind of felt

Which I can infer is the main reason why country music is so popular with white people. Folk music helped inspire the genre of country music which predominantly was played on farms or in small towns. Another trait that I noticed was the distinct twang or accent that Brad Paisley had. Over the span of my life, I’ve heard sereval different country songs and all of the singers in them had strong accents. The accents and instruments used in country music differ from any other musical genre. Also, the lyrics and rhythm in the songs themselfs are unique to their culture. The words that make up the lyrics within the songs speak for the common white working class person. For African American culture blues and now rap have been the genres of black culture. Music made or inspired by difficulties with oppression, racism, and other