Most famous American musician from each state?

its_steve116 · 26-10-2020 10:57PM #1

Who do you think are the most famous US music artists from each state? I'll start with some of the first alphabetically.
Alabama: Lionel Richie
Alaska: Jewel
Arizona: Stevie Nicks
Arkansas: Johnny Cash
California: Brian Wilson
Colorado: OneRepublic
Connecticut: Moby
Delaware: George Thorogood
Florida: Jim Morrison, Tom Petty or Debbie Harry
Georgia: Michael Stipe
Hawaii: Jack Johnson

Any others?

Rothko · 27-10-2020 02:01AM

Minnesota: Bob Dylan

BonnieSituation · 27-10-2020 02:07AM

Rothko wrote: »

Minnesota: Bob Dylan

Minnesota: Prince

Snickers Man · 27-10-2020 02:40AM

Massachussets: Aerosmith
Mississippi: Elvis
New Jersey: Bruce Springsteen
NEw Mexico: John Denver
New York: Ramones
Pennsylvania: Taylor Swift
Texas: ZZ Top
Washington: Nirvana/Cobain

sligeach · 27-10-2020 02:47AM

Indiana: Michael Jackson

sligeach · 27-10-2020 02:48AM

Michigan: Madonna

sligeach · 27-10-2020 02:54AM

Texas: Beyoncé

con747 · 27-10-2020 02:57AM

California: Creedence Clearwater Revival

jmayo · 27-10-2020 03:15AM

Arkansas: Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash

Indiana: John Cougar Mellencamp

Michigan: Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Sam Cooke,
Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross, Bob Seger, Glen Frey

New Jersey: Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen

Texas: Willie Nelson, Buddy Holly, Don Henley, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Roy Orbison, ZZ Top

Utah: Donny Osmond

Washington: Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain

its_steve116 · 27-10-2020 11:24AM

Idaho: Linda Perry
Iowa: Slipknot
Kansas: Kansas
Kentucky: Don Everly
Louisiana: Britney Spears, Louis Armstrong, Jerry Lee Lewis
Maine: Ray LaMontagne
Maryland: Billie Holliday, Frank Zappa, David Byrne
Missouri: Chuck Berry
Montana: Jeff Ament, Steve Albini
Nebraska: Elliott Smith
Nevada: The Killers
New Hampshire: Ronnie James Dio
North Carolina: Nina Simone
North Dakota: Peggy Lee
Ohio: Dean Martin
Oklahoma: Garth Brooks or Woody Guthrie
Oregon: Brad Wilk or Tommy Thayer
Rhode Island: Tavares
South Carolina: James Brown
South Dakota: Shawn Colvin
Tennessee: Tina Turner or Dolly Parton
Vermont: Phish
Virginia: Ella Fitzgerald, Dave Grohl, Patsy Cline, Missy Elliott, Pharrell (quite a few tbh)
West Virginia: Bill Withers
Wisconsin: Les Paul, Steve Miller or Garbage
Wyoming: Chris LeDoux, a country singer. Says a lot about how many famous musicians are from there really!

its_steve116 · 27-10-2020 02:20PM

Snickers Man wrote: »

Massachussets: Aerosmith
Mississippi: Elvis
New Jersey: Bruce Springsteen
NEw Mexico: John Denver
New York: Ramones
Pennsylvania: Taylor Swift
Texas: ZZ Top
Washington: Nirvana/Cobain

Agree with most of this except I'd say Billy Joel, Frank Sinatra and Hall & Oates for New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania respectively. Although, the Boss is a close second to Sinatra in my opinion...

Sheridan81 · 27-10-2020 02:44PM

Wyoming sucks.

Illinois: Miles Davis

Declan A Walsh · 27-10-2020 09:21PM

Here's some more.
Arizona: Alice Cooper

California: The Grateful Dead

Connecticut: The Carpenters, Michael Bolton, Rivers Cuomo (Weezer)

Hawaii: Bette Midler, Nicole Scherzinger

Illinois: Earth, Wind and Fire, Chicago, Styx, Veruca Salt, Burl Ives, The Emotions, Cheap Trick, The Smashing Pumpkins, REO Speedwagon, Survivor.

Louisiana: The Neville Brothers

Massachusetts: Boston

Michigan: The Temptations

North Carolina: The Charlie Daniels Band

Ohio: The Black Keys, Chrissie Hynde (of the Pretenders)

Rhode Island: Kristen Hersch, Nelson Eddy

South Carolina: Hootie and the Blowfish

Texas: Don Henley

Virginia: Dave Matthews Band

West Virginia: Brad Paisley

Wisconsin: Jerry Harrison (from Talking Heads), Liberace, Violent Femmes