Jimi Hendrix Biography And Top 10 Songs by Andy Jackson

I have listened to Jimi Hendrix since I can remember and he was probably the first person I ever wanted to be when I was a kid. I love the guitar but I can play it about as much as I can walk on the moon. When I was much younger I attempted to take guitar lessons, but I didn't have my own guitar and had to use my dads. The problem with that is, I'm left handed and my dad right handed and so we had to keep switching the strings about which my dad moaned at. There was no way I could play the guitar left handed like Jimi so I eventually gave up and decided to appreciate the guitar skills in others and focus my energy on other things.

Jimi was born on November 27th 1942 in Seattle, Washington and is remembered as one of the greatest guitarists of all time (the greatest to me). Jimi first became famous within the USA (his home country) and ended his career in London, England. Jimi made success in the US when he performed at the Monteray Pop Festival in 1967, he later headlined at the Woodstock Festival in 1969. Jimi had many influences to his music, including Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Curtis Mayfield and even Pete Townshend (The Who) and was also influenced by his Native American heritage.

Over the years Jimi helped to revolutionize music by developing several guitar techniques (using overdriven amplifiers to produce guitar feedback), and was one of the first performers to use stereophonic and phasing effects in the recording studio. Jimi is also well known for his flamboyant dress sense and stage performances.

Jimi was found dead in the basement flat of the Samarkand Hotel in London (I went to see for myself on a visit) and the cause of death was said to be he had died by drowning on his own vomit after drinking red wine and taking several sleeping pills. The circumstances leading upto Jimi's death still remain somewhat a mystery and the details vary from report to report.

Jimi was inducted into the Rock N' Roll Hall Of Fame in 1992 and holds many other achievements such as Melody Maker' pop musician of the year 1967 and 1968, Rolling Stone Magazines number 1 of their 100 Greatest Guitarists Of All Time, and also has his star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.

Jimi released several studio albums (some notable ones being Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold as Love, Rainbow Bridge and Electric Ladyland) and has also released several live albums (Band Of Gypsys, Isle of Wight, and Bleeding Heart to name a few). Some of Jimi's most popular singles were: Hey Joe, Stone Free, Purple Haze, All Along the Watchtower, Foxy Lady, Voodoo Child and Little Wing.

There have been many artists and bands who have covered Jimi's songs over the years (The Cure - Purple Haze, Stone Free - Eric Clapton, Bold As Love - The Pretenders) and there have been also several tribute albums released in his honor.

My Top 10 Jimi Hendrix Songs are:

01. All Along The Watchtower 02. Hey Joe 03. Purple Haze 04. Voodoo Child 05. Crosstown Traffic 06. Little Wing 07. Stepping Stone 08. Look Over Yonder 09. Izabella 10. Spanish Castle Magic

Emilio Navaira by mithiworld

Emilio (born Emilio Navaira III, August 23, 1962) is an American Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter of Mexican heritage who performs both country music and Tejano music. He has also charted more than ten singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Tracks charts, in addition to six singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. He is also one of the only Tejano artists to have significant success in both the United States and Mexico.

Emilio Navaira III was born in 1962 as the third patriline Navaira to be named Emilio Navaira.Raised in San Antonio, Texas Emilio began singing to Willie Nelson, George Strait and "Little Joe" tunes at an early age and initially thought of being a music teacher.

In 1985 at age 23, Emilio began his performing career by singing lead vocals for David Lee Garza y Los Musicala. In 1987, Cuantas Veces by David Lee Garza Y Los Musicales beat out Alpha by Mexican American singer Selena for Album of the Year at the Tejano Music Awards. In 1989, Navaira formed his own band, Emilio y Groupo Rio.. That same year Emilio signed with Columbia Records (then known as CBS Records). This relationship resulted in Emilio recording more than fifteen studio albums to date, including several with his Rio Band.

By the mid 1990s, Emilio began crediting himself solely as Emilio, eventually switching his focus to country music. Between 1989 and 1996, Emilio had released seven Spanish albums with cumulative sales of about 2 million.This success lead to mainstream commercial exposure, with companies such as Coca-Cola and Wrangler Jeans using his songs in their advertisements in the 1990s.Emilio had also gained a sponsorship with Miller Lite beer, who had persuaded him to use their slogan at the time, "Life is good", as the title of his first country album.

Emilio signed with Capitol Records and released his first country music single called "It's Not the End of the World" which reached the Top 30 on the country charts in 1995. His album was a surprise success as well reaching #13 on the country charts and also a high placing on the Top 200. Several more singles including a Spanish version of "It's Not the End of the World" followed but none of these singles came close to the Top 40 except "Even If I Tried" which reached #41 in 1996. In 1997, he released a second country album, "It's On The House" but it wasn't as successful as his first country album. Two more minor country singles followed and gradually Emilio faded from country music and increasingly came back to Tejano music.

Few of his Famous Studio Music Albums Include:

1989 Emilio Navaira y Rio Band 1990 Sensaciones 1991 Shoot It 1992 Unsung Highways Shuffle Time 1993 Emilio Live Southern ExposureA 1994 Sound Life 1995 Life Is Good 1996 Quédate 1997 It's on the House A Mi Gente 2000 El Rey del Rodeo 2001 Lo Dice Tu Mirada 2002 Acuérdate 2003 Entre Amigos 2007 De Nuevo

The other Compilation Albums are:

1997 Lo Mejor de Lo Mejor: 12 Super Éxitos 1998 Mano a Mano 1999 Mi Primer Amor: 10 Aniversario 2002 Tejano All Stars Latin Classics 2003 15 Canciones Favoritas 2004 La Historia 2007 Colección Suprema 2 Grandes Voces Texanas 10 de Colección

Tour bus accident

Navaira was hospitalized in critical condition after his tour bus crashed early in the morning on March 23, 2008, in Bellaire (a small municipality partially surrounded by Houston, Texas). Navaira's tour bus was traveling north along west 610 Loop near the Southwest Freeway when it crashed into a set of freeway barrels shortly before 4 a.m. Although there was some initial confusion regarding whether Navaira was the driver, his manager, Joe Casias, and Bellaire police officials said that he was, in fact driving at the time of the accident.Navaira had performed the previous night at Hallabaloo's, a Houston nightclub. Emilio was taken by Life Flight to Memorial Hermann Hospital where a blood clot in his head was removed; he is currently being kept in a medically-induced coma and at one point, an induced hypothermia was performed to keep his brain from swelling. Doctors cautioned that he might not survive.

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Alicia Keys Tickets by Maria

Alicia Keys, a multi-talented singer, was raised by her mother after her separation. In 1985, Keys and a group of other girls played the parts of Rudy's sleepover guests in an episode of The Cosby Show called "Slumber Party". She began playing the piano when she was seven, learning classical music (http://www.ticketnest.com/Classical.php ) by composers such as Beethoven, Mozart, and her favorite, Chopin. Born on January 25, 1980, Alicia Keys is an American soul singer, songwriter, pianist, record producer, actress, philanthropist, and author who sold over twenty million albums worldwide and won numerous awards, including nine Grammy Awards, eleven Billboard Music Awards, and three American Music Awards.

Songs in A Minor (2001) Keys performed Donny Hathaway's "Someday We'll All Be Free" at the America: A Tribute to Heroes televised benefit concert following the September 11, 2001 attacks. Selling more than 50,000 of those on its first day and over 235,000 copies in its first week, Songs in A Minor, released on June 5, 2001, went on to sell more than eleven million units worldwide, and established Keys' popularity both outside and inside the U.S., where she became the best-selling new artist of 2001. The album's first single, "Fallin'", gained radio airplay on many different radio formats and spent six weeks at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Another single from Songs in A Minor, "A Woman's worth", made the top ten in the U.S. as well. Keys and the album won five Grammy Awards in 2002, including "Best New Artist" and "Song of the Year" for "Fallin'". Later, on October 22, 2002, Keys released Remixed & Unplugged in A Minor, a re-issue of Songs in A Minor, which includes eight remixes and seven unplugged versions of some of the songs off her debut album.

The Diary of Alicia Keys (2003) Keys followed up her debut with The Diary of Alicia Keys, released on December 2, 2003. The album was hailed by critics and debuted at number one in the U.S., selling over 618,000 copies its first week of release, the sixth highest album sales by a female and second by R&B female. To date, it has sold eight million copies worldwide. The singles "You Don't Know My Name" and "If I Ain't Got You" both reached the top five of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and another single, "Diary", entered the top ten. The classical/hip hop-flavored "Karma" was less successful, peaking at number twenty on the Billboard Hot 100 but more successful on Top 40 Mainstream peaking at number three. Surpassing Mary J. Blige's "Your Child", "If I Ain't Got You" became the first single by a female artist to remain on the sixty-three-year-old Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for more than one year. Keys went on to become the best-selling female R&B artist of 2004.

As I Am (2007) Keys expressed her views to MTV about her upcoming album: "It's coming together incredibly. I am in love with this album. It's very fresh and new". Since late 2006, Keys worked on her third studio album, as I am which is expected to be out for the public appreciation on November 13, 2007. Keys also displayed her acting genius while co-starring in a film alongside Ben Affleck, Ray Liotta, Common, Andy Garcia, Jeremy Piven, and Ryan Reynolds entitled Smokin' Aces, released on January 26, 2007. Keys received much praise from her co-stars in the film; Ryan Reynolds said Keys has "natural" acting ability as he was surprised she had not starred in films before. Furthermore, in her second film, The Nanny Diaries released on August 24, 2007, Keys co-stars alongside Scarlett Johansson and Chris Evans as Lynette, Johansson's character Annie's best friend. The Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, New York was used to film the college graduation scene for the film. For more information about Alicia Keys visit: http://www.ticketnest.com/concert-tickets/Alicia-Keys/index.php

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Maria is a staff writer for Ticket Nest ( www.ticketnest.com ) and enjoys writing about her travel, theater and concert experiences. She can be reached at maria@ticketnest.com

What is a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel? by Lori

What is a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel?

History:

A Cavalier King Charles Spaniel is a relatively new breed of canine to United States. The breed originated in England sometime around the 16th century. The Cavalier’s ancestors have been traced back to small toy spaniels found in paintings of European royal families from the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. The Cavaliers were pets for royal Europeans who had money for a non working dog, only for pleasure and companionship. King Charles II donated his name to this breed of Spaniel in the 1600’s. King Charles loved this breed so much that he wrote a law stating the Cavaliers were to be allowed in any public place including Parliament. That law still exists today. The Cavaliers were almost a lost breed it the early 1920’s. American Roswell Eldridge went to England looking for a Cavalier from the English paintings. He couldn’t find a single pup and offered a reward to breeders to find one. Early breeders used rejects from the breed of English Toy Spaniels to copy the canines from the paintings. The breed was rescued from near extinction. The first reported Cavalier King Charles Spaniel was brought into the United States in 1946. The black and tan pup was a gift from Lady Mary Forwood of England to Mrs. Harold Whitman of New York. In 1952 only 5 Cavaliers were known to exist in United States. The American Kennel Club accepted the breed in 1996, becoming the AKC’s 140th recognized breed. The Cavaliers are classified as the largest canine in the toy group.

Characteristics of Cavalier King Charles Spaniels:

Positive Characteristics of Cavalier King Charles Spaniels: • Loves people and thrives on people’s affections. • Know as “lap dogs” or “love sponges”. • Loves hunting, hiking, retrieving balls, and swimming. • Learns tricks and commands easily, especially if dog treats are used. • Outgoing, cheerful, friendly, fearless, happy, trusting, kind, gentle, playful, and snuggly. • Extremely affectionate, loyal, sweet, and charming. • Followers of their human pack leader everywhere they go, dosile. • Inquisitive, like to try new things. • Like to lick, it shows friendliness, submission, respect. • Can carry them around in arms or a crate ��" easy to travel with.

Negative Characteristics of Cavalier King Charles Spaniels: • Tend to coward down to more dominate breeds of dogs. • Can develop seperation anxiety if don’t get the human interaction and attention they crave causing destructive behavior and barking. • Not a watch dog, too friendly. • Easy to spoil, so cute and cuddly. • Some can be shy. • Cavaliers can take on characterists of owner ��" nervous, fearful, etc. • They should not be left outside in a kennel. • Shed their coats.

Ideal Cavalier King Charles Spaniels Living Conditions • Excellent for families, singles, and the elderly. • Gets along well with other pets. • Fits well into a active or more seditary lifestyle. • Quickly adapt to life style of owner. • Great for novice to more experienced dog owners. • Gets along with toddles and kids of all ages. • Senior citisens ��" lap dog, easy to groom, do not require a lot of exercise. • Not bark a lot unles left along for long periods or time. Great for apartments or condos. • Gets along well with other animals, especially when exposed at young age. • Comfort dog for sick or handicapped individuals. • Small, sturdy size does not overwhelm small child, active enough play fetch and learn tricks with older children. Cavalier King Charles Spaniel’s Appearance The breed has four recognized colors: • Blenheim (rich chestnut on pearly white background)) • Tricolour (black and white with tan markings on cheeks, inside ears, resembling eyebrows, inside legs, and on underside of tail) • Black and Tan (black with tan markings) ��" rare colors

• Ruby (rich reddish-brown all over)

They grow about 12-13 inches tall and weight 13-18 pounds. Their life span is 10-14 years.

Cavalier King Charles Spaniel’s Needs:

• Food: Well ballanced diet. Do not overfeed. Feed one time per day, with no table scraps, except for table raw vegetables, which are good for them. • Grooming: Fur is naturally soft, silky, and wavy. As cavalier puppies grow, so does the fur on the ears, legs, chest, and tail. Daily or every other day brushing is required or the fur will tangle. This breed is classified as a light shedder. Trimming or cutting of the fur is not necessary. • Cavaliers do not bark much, except at other animals and some strangers. • Affection: The Cavaliers are extremely people oriented. They love to follow their human family members around the house. They do not do well left alone in the house for long periods of time. They have to have human affection. If they are deprived of affection they will bark and destroy their enviornment. Give them lots of love and affection. • Exercise: Cavalier’s get most of their exercise getting on and off people’s laps. They love to chase balls. This breed does not require a lot of exercise, but love to go for walks, especially through the woods, along beaches, or just crusing through town on sidewalks. • Toys: The Cavaliers love balls, small stuffed toys, and ropes. Like other puppies, Cavaliers love to chew. They need safe chew toys or they will chew on anything. They will play with any toy you want to give them. Each dog will tend to develop it’s favorite. • Training: The easy going temperment and eagerness to please makes traing this breed easier than most. They do tend to forget, so use the commands frequently. • Other Pets: Cavaliers are very loving and kind. They get along with most pets, especially when they are exposed to a variety of people and animals as puppies.

Medical Issues of Cavalier King Charles Spaniels: • Heart conditions such as mitral valve disease and heart murmurs, which can lead to heart failure. • Syringomyelia is a condition affecting the brain and spine, causing symptoms ranging from mild discomfort to severe pain and partial paralysis. • Episodic Falling (EF) is an exercise-induced disorder when there is increased muscle tone in the dog and the muscles are unable to relax. • Hip dysplasia is not a common genetic disease in the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, but can occure. • Keratoconjunctivitis sicca: known as "dry eye". The usual cause of this condition is that the eyes reduce the production of tears. • Luxating patella a genetic defect of the femur bone and knees.

About the Author

Owner of 2 beautiful Cavalier King Charles Spaniels