Musicians Who Set the Stage for Rock and Roll

Waters led a revolution of artistic guitar playing. He fell off a little bit in the 1960s, but regained popularity in the 1970s and played until the day he died in 1983. Muddy Waters is arguably one of the most important people in the history of music. In fact, the Rolling Stones even named themselves after one of his songs. 

Tom Petty

Tom Petty was born in Gainesville, Florida in 1950. Unfortunately, he passed away three years ago, but his passing illuminated his career highlights and invigorated a whole generation to care about his music more and more. 

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The More You Know

  • Stephen Hawking is 73 years old and has outlived his shortened life expectancy due to ALS by over 50 years.
  • A solar powered, self-filling water bottle has been invented for bike riders that condenses atmospheric moisture to automatically fill the bottle.
  • When the Super Bowl champion Giants visited the White House in 1987, they dumped popcorn on President Reagan.
  • The first breakfast cereal had to be soaked overnight before it could be eaten.
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