Death Of The Superstars :: essays research papers

Death of the Superstars     Have you ever wondered what it would be like to listen to some of thegreatest medicine stars of our time. Im talking some the stars that never made itto full prominence. The list of players is alarmingly high and sad. Thepotential of these performers never met. It would be something to see what themusic of today would be like.     I was course session a apply awhile back. Dont laugh, I read sometimes. It wasa book from Im sorry to say, Stephen King. All right Im not sorry. I like himAnyway, it was called something like, "They Have a Great Band There" It was astory of two young adults driving along a country road, the young man drivingwas seemingly lost but wouldnt admit it. Im told guys do that often. As theroad continued to narrow and the brush continued to close in on them. Theysuddenly piece a sign that had the name of a town that neither one of them heardof. They decided to go down and see if someon e could give them directions. They presently were out of theyre car and looking for someone to help them. They bothnoticed at the same time that the man behind the counter of the local public house thatthey were in looked a lot like John Lennon. They also noted the young ladysinging in the corner looked and sounded incredibly like Janice Joplin. The bookor should I say short story continued on as only King could, people dying ,strange conversations and just outlandishness in general.     Now, I told that little story because I wanted to give you a littlebackground on why I chose this subject. What would have happened if Jimi Hendrixhad lived? His music lives on even today. When he was alive he only release 3studio albums and if you go into the stores you probably will find no less(prenominal) than10 different albums from him. Todays kids and people supposedly in the know,like to put music into different categories. Rap, Alternative, Rock, Jazz,Classical. Hendri x crossed all those. I not being obtuse wouldnt know for surebut, would his living have spawned to a greater extent black rock musicians. Say that happened.Would it be possible that in todays music. There might be more black peoplelistening to rock music and less whites. I say this cause if he did live on andbecame a role mold for young black musicians. There might be more interest inrock than there is currently.