Your Town's Best Musical Exports (Local legends-R)

minneap

I was just having a discussion with a homie about the greatest musicians/groups to come out of our respective hometowns and it got pretty interesting. And then I went back and downloaded a bunch of Husker Du shit because I don't have any at school. Anyway, here's a top 5 I came up with for Minnesota, Minneapolis specifically.1. Robert Zimmerman (Bob Dylan for those that ain't know)2. Prince3. Husker Du4. Atmosphere (I like other MPLS rap better but these dudes led the way for the rest nationally)5. Dave King (of The Bad Plus, Happy Apple, Halloween Alaska and others)I'm kind of scared to see what some of you east and west coast dudes come up with. Whatever, add on.

SIRUS

batmon

I'm kind of scared to see what some of you east and west coast dudes come up with. Whatever, add on.

Da Bronx

LaserWolf

Cavaliers Unlimited.
Pleasure.
Cool'r.

Livesavas.

A whole bunch of altrockgrungegroups.

The Octoberists. I heard on NPR that their music is literary.

Louis Louis:
Kingsmen.
Paul Revere And The Raiders.

80s Rock:
Seafood Mama (Quarterflash)
Johnny and the Distractions

Punk:
Smegma
Napalm Beach
Neo Boys
^ I've never heard any of them.

Blues:
Paul deLay
Robert Cray

Jazz:
Mel Brown (Drummer)
Thera Memory
Jeff Lorber
Tom Grant

A whole more folks I'm not thinking of.

Big_Stacks

Hey,

Here is our most famous export (from Fayetteville, NC):



Peace,

Big Stacks from Kakalak

Big_Chan

Wow. I could make a huge list. I'll just start with these.....

Jimi Hendrix
Quincy Jones
Heart
Steve Miller
Nirvana
Pearl Jam
Sound Garden
Sir Mix-A-Lot
Alice In Chains
The Accused
Neko Case
Queensryche
Metal Church
Green River
Mudhoney
Jake One

Big_Chan

Dan,

How could you leave Portland, OR punk band Poison Idea off your list? They are one of the all time best punk bands from anywhere!!!!!!!!!!!!

AKallDay

hmmmm i will just handle my hometown here slighty scratching the surface of what phila doth bring:

Frankie Avalon

Toni Basil

Thom Bell

Ray Bryant

Solomon Burke

Chubby Checker
Chief Kamachi

Stanley Clarke
John Coltrane
Norman Connors

Linda Creed

Jim Croce

DJ Jazzy Jeff

Bill Doggett

Charles Earland

Gamble and Huff

Stan Getz

Kamal Gray

Bill Haley
Daryl Hall

Billie Holiday

Joan Jett


Philly Joe Jones


Khia


Patti LaBelle

Lady B
Hugh McDonald
Jeanette MacDonald
Jimmy McGriff

Malik B.

Al Martino
Pat Martino

Barbara Mason

Gene McFadden


Essra Mohawk

Lee Morgan

James Mtume


John Oates

Eugene Ormandy
Jaco Pastorius
Teddy Pendergrass


Questlove


Schooly D
Sun Ra
Todd the runt Rundgren

Jimmy Smith
Howard Tate
McCoy Tyner
Dexter Wansel
Grover Washington Jr.

djkingotto

Wow. I could make a huge list. I'll just start with these.....

Jimi Hendrix
Quincy Jones
Heart
Steve Miller
Nirvana
Pearl Jam
Sound Garden
Sir Mix-A-Lot
Alice In Chains
The Accused
Neko Case
Queensryche
Metal Church
Green River
Mudhoney
Jake One

what? no incredicrew or chilly uptown?

bass_fever

Freddie Hubbard
Billy Wooten
Wes Montgomery
Funk Inc.
Caesar Frazier
Ebony Rhythm Band
Highlighters
Amnesty
Rhythm Machine
Zerfas
Anonymous

Rockadelic

T-Bone Walker
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Boz Scaggs
Pantera
David "Fathead" Newman
Steve Miller
Vanilla Ice
Erika Badu
ZZ Top
Freddie King
Ornette Coleman

discos_alma

Sly Stone
Pharoah Sanders
Lenny Williams
Pete Escovedo
Cold Blood
Tim Armstrong
Keyshia Cole
Goapele
+
Double D Darondo!

Cosmo

Marian Anderson
Frankie Avalon
Lee Andrews and the Hearts
Pearl Bailey
Boyz II Men
Baker, Harris & Young
Brecker Brothers
Thom Bell
Linda Creed
Solomon Burke
Chubby Checker
John Coltrane
Dick Clark
Stanley Clarke
Jim Croce
The Delfonics
Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
Dizzy Gillespie
Stan Getz
Phillis Hyman
Hall & Oates
The Intruders
Philly Joe Jones
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
Teddy Pendergrass
Todd Rundgren
Jimmy Smith
Leon Redbone
Phil Spector
The Stylistics
Grover Washington Jr.
Marion Williams
Bahamadia
Frankie Beverly
Blue Magic
Bilal
The Roots
SP Chain Gang Mayng! FREE! BEANS! GUNNAZ! CHRIS! OSCHINO! SPARKS!

Rosco P. COLDCHAIN.

Sandman & Ab Liva!

Karen Young
Josh Wink
Jazzy Jeff
McCoy Tyner
Bunny Sigler
The Trammps
The Three Degrees
Tammi Terrell
Jill Scott
Shirley Scott
Santogold
Paul Robeson
Sun Ra
Pieces of a Dream
Billy Paul
Mtume
Lee Morgan
Patti LaBelle
DJ Cash Motherfucking Money
Schoolly D / Tuff Crew / Three Times Dope / Steady B / Cool C etc...
Joan Jett
Kurupt... umm who else?

Crystal Waters
Bobby Rydell
Barbara Mason...

BILLIE HOLIDAY.

Charles Earland
Rufus Harley

THE DEAD MILKMEN

Um...



I'm forgetting a lot, so help me out here.




LET'S GOOOOO!!!

Cosmo

Hahah I see you Ab. Philly stand up...

Big_Chan

Wow. I could make a huge list. I'll just start with these.....

Jimi Hendrix
Quincy Jones
Heart
Steve Miller
Nirvana
Pearl Jam
Sound Garden
Sir Mix-A-Lot
Alice In Chains
The Accused
Neko Case
Queensryche
Metal Church
Green River
Mudhoney
Jake One

what? no incredicrew or chilly uptown?

Dee Rock/Supreme
Incredicrew
Emerald Street Boys
Di Ra Boys
Chilly Uptown
Vitamin D
Daddy Rich
Tribal Music
Conception Records
High Performance
Criminal Nation
Herb Superb
Skool Boyz
Duracell
E-Dawg
Ghetto Children
Sensimilla
H-Bomb
J-One
El Mafioso
Poochie P

Just a few. Jake and Danny could really add on and make a crazy long list...

Gary

Linkin Park.


Sigh.

Big_Chan

I was just having a discussion with a homie about the greatest musicians/groups to come out of our respective hometowns and it got pretty interesting. And then I went back and downloaded a bunch of Husker Du shit because I don't have any at school. Anyway, here's a top 5 I came up with for Minnesota, Minneapolis specifically.

1. Robert Zimmerman (Bob Dylan for those that ain't know)
2. Prince
3. Husker Du
4. Atmosphere (I like other MPLS rap better but these dudes led the way for the rest nationally)
5. Dave King (of The Bad Plus, Happy Apple, Halloween Alaska and others)

I'm kind of scared to see what some of you east and west coast dudes come up with. Whatever, add on.

Your top two I understand, but the next three and no mention of THE REPLACEMENTS!!!!!!!!!??????? PLAESE to get serious. Thank you.

mrmatthew

Tommy Bollin
The Astronauts
Bill Frisell
Ron Miles
The Elephant 6 Collective (apples in stereo, etc)
The Fray
Winger
Firefall
Phillip Bailey
Joe Bonner

pickwick33

Shadows of Knight
Gene Chandler
Cryan Shames
Muddy Waters
Howlin' Wolf
Curtis Mayfield/Jerry Butler/Impressions
Syl Johnson
Otis Clay
Big Black
Naked Raygun
Eleventh Dream Day
Magic Sam
Otis Rush
Bobby Rush
Hound Dog Taylor
Rotary Connection
Dells
Junior Wells
Baby Huey & the Babysitters
Jimmy Reed
Bo Diddley
New Colony Six
Rasputin's Stash
Paul Butterfield/Michael Bloomfield
Staple Singers
Tyrone Davis
Radiants
Buckinghams
Koko Taylor

NOT AS WELL-KNOWN, BUT JUST AS GREAT:
Five Du-Tones
Dirty Wurds
Big Doo-Wopper
Bo Dud
Arelean Brown
Black Lone Ranger
Del-Vettes
Revells (Latin surf band)
Billy Butler (brother of Jerry)
Little Mack Simmons
Mentally Ill
Billy Boy Arnold
Rockin' R's
Third Booth
Number One Cup
Nite Owls
Dollar Store
Jimmie Lee Robinson
Nat Couty

The_Hook_Up

an abridged list

Otis Redding
Isaac Hayes
Booker T and the MGs
Ann Peebles
Elvis Presley
Johnny Cash
Carl Perkins
Rufus Thomas
Big Star
Bar Kays
Lula Collins
Furry Lewis
BB King
Al Green
3 Six Mafia
Travis Wammick
Gus Cannon
Terry Manning
Johnnie Taylor

BigSpliff

GO METS!

jammy

All i can think of is AC/DC and INXS. Damn it feels good to talk about home...

djkingotto

Wow. I could make a huge list. I'll just start with these.....

Jimi Hendrix
Quincy Jones
Heart
Steve Miller
Nirvana
Pearl Jam
Sound Garden
Sir Mix-A-Lot
Alice In Chains
The Accused
Neko Case
Queensryche
Metal Church
Green River
Mudhoney
Jake One

what? no incredicrew or chilly uptown?

Dee Rock/Supreme
Incredicrew
Emerald Street Boys
Di Ra Boys
Chilly Uptown
Vitamin D
Daddy Rich
Tribal Music
Conception Records
High Performance
Criminal Nation
Herb Superb
Skool Boyz
Duracell
E-Dawg
Ghetto Children
Sensimilla
H-Bomb
J-One
El Mafioso
Poochie P

Just a few. Jake and Danny could really add on and make a crazy long list...

here's 40 + more.... not that anyone has heard of most of these groups, but local legends in my mind... and saves jake and d some effort.

dyme def
2 mics and a bush
beyond reality
crew clockwise
mad poet
ready and willin
oracles creed
jace and the fourth party
blind council
infinite
silas blak
the last poets/brother of the same mind
kelSD
mc specs
blue scholars
boom bap project
silent lambs project
felicia loud
22nd precinct/samson and swift
four fifths
black anger
dms
source of labor
union of opposites
kid sensation
the cosmic legion
profits of society
prose and concepts
game soul-o
greyskul
barfly
bakudon
mc class
proh mic
nomad
narcotic
jay the law and b-mello/point blank productions
those fat kids
blahzy blahzy
union street hustlers?
elevators
sean malik
earl the pearl
frame

and on and on... yeah, it does feel good to talk about home.

The_Hook_Up

All i can think of is AC/DC and INXS. Damn it feels good to talk about home...

dude...

The Saints
Radio Birdman
Nick Cave/Birthday Party
The Easybeats
The Bee Gees
Rose Tattoo
Exploding White Mice

...just to name a few

Gary

Blink 182 and Jason Mraz.

goddam san diego music sucks.

jammy

All i can think of is AC/DC and INXS. Damn it feels good to talk about home...

dude...

The Saints
Radio Birdman
Nick Cave/Birthday Party
The Easybeats
The Bee Gees
Rose Tattoo
Exploding White Mice

...just to name a few

I'm trying to think of bands from my state of western australia specificaly. it's a bit harder.

minneap

I was just having a discussion with a homie about the greatest musicians/groups to come out of our respective hometowns and it got pretty interesting. And then I went back and downloaded a bunch of Husker Du shit because I don't have any at school. Anyway, here's a top 5 I came up with for Minnesota, Minneapolis specifically.

1. Robert Zimmerman (Bob Dylan for those that ain't know)
2. Prince
3. Husker Du
4. Atmosphere (I like other MPLS rap better but these dudes led the way for the rest nationally)
5. Dave King (of The Bad Plus, Happy Apple, Halloween Alaska and others)

I'm kind of scared to see what some of you east and west coast dudes come up with. Whatever, add on.

Your top two I understand, but the next three and no mention of THE REPLACEMENTS!!!!!!!!!??????? PLAESE to get serious. Thank you.

Yeah those 5 were just what I came up with so homeboy could relate. And I've never been a fan anyway..... Bring the hatt. Along those same lines would be Semisonic. And I guess Jimmy Jam kinda counts but I've never known him to be much of an actual musician.

Grafwritah

Black Keys
Chrisse Hynde
Devo (!!!)
James Ingram
Umar Bin Hassan of the Last Poets


Radiating outward:

O'Jays
Some of those Leverts
Arsenio Hall (didn't he sing or something? maybe not)
Men At Large
Marilyn Manson
ENOCH LIGHT (!!!!)
Bone Thugs N Harmony
Tracy Chapman
Michael Stanley
FRANKIE f*cking YANKOVIC
The James Gang
Robert Lockwood



I'm sure there's others.

Grafwritah

Dee Rock/Supreme
Incredicrew
Emerald Street Boys
Di Ra Boys
Chilly Uptown
Vitamin D
Daddy Rich
Tribal Music
Conception Records
High Performance
Criminal Nation
Herb Superb
Skool Boyz
Duracell
E-Dawg
Ghetto Children
Sensimilla
H-Bomb
J-One
El Mafioso
Poochie P

"Best musical exports?" Are you trying to insult the actual best groups to come out of Seattle?

Sir Mix-a-Lot is so pissed at you right now.

BigSpliff

I guess Jimmy Jam kinda counts but I've never known him to be much of an actual musician.

minneap

I guess Jimmy Jam kinda counts but I've never known him to be much of an actual musician.

Easy now. I was initially talking about gigging musicians rather than producers. Him and Terry Lewis are obviously on some "greatest producers all time list" shit but as far as I know they haven't played out in decades. Who did he or Lewis play with aside from Flyte Tyme?