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Most famous American musician from each state?

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  • 26-10-2020 10:57pm
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    its_steve116
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    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?


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    Rothko
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    Minnesota: Bob Dylan


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    BonnieSituation
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    Rothko wrote: »
    Minnesota: Bob Dylan

    Minnesota: Prince


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


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    sligeach
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    Indiana: Michael Jackson


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    sligeach
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    Michigan: Madonna


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    sligeach
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    Texas: Beyoncé


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    con747
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    California: Creedence Clearwater Revival

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    jmayo
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    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


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    its_steve116
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    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!


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    its_steve116
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    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...


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    Sheridan81
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    Wyoming sucks.

    Illinois: Miles Davis


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    Declan A Walsh
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    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
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    its_steve116
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    Sheridan81 wrote: »
    Wyoming sucks.

    It's the Nottingham of American music.


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