Thursday, February 25, 2010

Brad Paisley


I picked Brad Paisley because he is a very talented guitar player and a great singer in the world of country music stars. He was and still is vary commonly known in the top 40 country hits in america. Here is some intereesting facts about the amazing singer Brad Paisley.


Born- October 28th 1972


Birth name- Brad Douglas Paisley


current location- Nashville Tenesee


Parents- Doug Paisley (Dad)


Born in- Franklin Tenesee


Children-

- William (Huck) Huckleberry Williams

- Jasper Williams


Fun Facts-

- Fan of Cleveland Browns

- Has 2 kids

- Wife is Kimberley Williams

- 1 wife his whole life and he married her

- Brad has 38 Grammy awards that he earned


Well thank you for reading my blog and i hope you liked reading up on Brad Paisley here is the link of where i got it from just look if you want more information.


Thursday, February 11, 2010

Led Zeppelin

I chose Led Zeppelin because they are the best rock band of all time and they had many top hit songs in their dayand i have had a liking for their type of guitar and drums in their music since the first song i heard, "The Immagrant Song" By Led Zeppelin. I liked the fast guitar in the beginning and than they rock into the chorus of Jimmy Page screaming a high note in the beginning. well anyway here are some interesting facts about the band. You will like what you learn.

Singer - Robert Plant
Guitarist - Jimmy Page
drummer - John Bonham
Pianos Bass, and Harmonies - John Paul Jones

Jimmy Page- started in his first band the YardBirds in 1966 as a bass guitar player

Facts -
-Biggest Band in the world in 1971-1978

- Last tour was in 2007 in California to New York.
-Still Jam out at random bars

Good Times and Bad Times - BonHam died and the band had broke up in 1978 for the tragic death of BonHam

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

White Snake


I chose White Snake because they were a very good band with many top 40 hits such as "Still of the Night" or "Here I go Again" or another one is "Nice Slow and Easy". I have a liking for this band and all of their History behind everything. Here are some interesting facts about White Snake.

Singer- David Coverdale
Drummer- Chris Frasier
Bass Guitar- Marco Mendoza and Uriah Duffy
Electric Guitar- Doug Aldrich and Reb Beache
Electric Effects- Timothy Drury

Interesting Facts- Then singer David Coverdale was in a band called "Deep Purple" before he journey'd to WhiteSnake to sing as the top performer in the band.

The Music Producer- Glenn Hughes

Band History -Band formed in 1977. Sucess from 1978-1985

Good Times and Bad Times - Broke the band WhiteSnake up in 1987 for less listeners compared to other bands but had a great performing career!!!!!

info provided by: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitesnake

Friday, February 5, 2010

Bob Marley

I chose Bob Marley because he was a very talenten Jamaican singer and guitar player that had a BIG drug problom. Here are some of the facts about Marley.

Birth and Death -February 6, 1945 – May 11, 1981

Parents -Bob and Rita Marley

Important Things - born at nine mile in Saint Ann Marina Perish

Cool Facts - Even though he didn't have much spare time he managed to have 11 KIDS!!! Thats alot!!!

Awards-
-Rock 'n' Roll hall of fame plaque
-Peace Metal of the third world
-Jamaican order of Merit
-Exodus
-Band of the year award
-HollyWood Walk of Fame
-Grammy life time Achievement Award

Special Quote - "I don't have prejudice against meself. My father was a white and my mother was black. Them call me half-caste or whatever. Me don't dip on nobody's side. Me don't dip on the black man's side nor the white man's side. Me dip on God's side, the one who create me and cause me to come from black and white"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Marley