885 MMMM ~ Straight Outta Iowa
For this post, we examine the musicians who came from Iowa. Or at least the ones I can remember. In my usual beta-alpa-cal order.
Artists I have music from:
Glenn Miller ~ Humoresque
Pieta, Zoe & Constie Brown ~ Ella Mae (Greg’s Daughters singing Greg’s song)
Pietra Brown ~ #807
Greg Brown ~ The Poet Game
Everly Brothers ~ That’s Old Fashion
Dan Bern ~ New American Language
Bix Beiderbeck ~ Mississippi Mud (studio)
Artist I don’t:
Meredith Willson (composer of The Music Man)
William Elliott Whitmore
Dave Moore
C.W. McCall (sang that 1970s #1 hit song “Convoy”)
David Brent Keuning (The Killers member)
Tommy Bolin
Brian Bell (Weezer member)
Honorable mention:
Dar Williams ~ Iowa (Traveling III)
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5 hullabaloos:
Bix is great! May I mention a lovely band named Envy Corps is from Iowa and then there's Slipknot.....
Thanks for mentioning Iowa. I live right down the road from Greg Brown, and always like to hear what musical tastes in the area appeal to others. There are quite a few remarkable musicians and bands around the state.
Are you from Iowa originally?
There's also:
1) Tommy Bolin's brother, Jim, who plays drums for Black Oak Arkansas
2)Public Property, a great ska band out of Iowa City
3) The Law out of Des Moines, who's members included Tad Hutchinson (Young Fresh Fellows) and Charlie Chesterman (Scruffy the Cat and Charlie and Motorcycles)
4) Head Candy out of Iowa City
I could go on and on...
Let's not forget Bo Ramsay
originally from Burlington, Ia.
and played slide guitar for lucinda Williams on her "Car Wheels on a gravel road" album.
Yes! Envy Corps is really something special. They have a kinda British alt.pop-style sound. Smart, melodic, VERY well-produced...like a less-frantic Arcade Fire, a catchier Decemberists, a warmer New Order.
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