# New Jersey & Bruce Springsteen are closely tied together. What other pairings are as tight? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 27, 2017, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-bruce-springsteen-are-closely-tied-together-what-other-pairings-are-as-tight/797463 "2017-09-27T20:35:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Zetetic\_Skeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Zetetic\_Skeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zetetic_Skeptic)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-bruce-springsteen-are-closely-tied-together-what-other-pairings-are-as-tight/797463/61 "2017-09-28T11:49:38Z")
George Strait and Texas ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-bruce-springsteen-are-closely-tied-together-what-other-pairings-are-as-tight/797463/62 "2017-09-28T14:11:51Z")
Forget Eminem, Kid Rock and Nugent. First and foremost for Detroit is Motown. Other places are tied to one or more artists. Detroit had it’s own _genre._ ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-bruce-springsteen-are-closely-tied-together-what-other-pairings-are-as-tight/797463/63 "2017-09-28T15:37:34Z")
Miami Sound Machine and…Miami. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-bruce-springsteen-are-closely-tied-together-what-other-pairings-are-as-tight/797463/64 "2017-09-28T19:11:25Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Forget Eminem, Kid Rock and Nugent. First and foremost for Detroit is Motown. Other places are tied to one or more artists. Detroit had it’s own _genre._ As did Seattle. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-bruce-springsteen-are-closely-tied-together-what-other-pairings-are-as-tight/797463/65 "2017-09-28T19:15:50Z")
You ask anyone where Bob Dylan was from and they’ll say “Hibbing Minnesota” Massachusetts has James Taylor and Arlo Guthrie ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-bruce-springsteen-are-closely-tied-together-what-other-pairings-are-as-tight/797463/66 "2017-09-28T19:19:32Z")
Hawaii - Don Ho? Texas- Willie Nelson? California - Beach Boys? Indiana - John Cougar Mellencamp? Louisiana - Al Hirt? Utah - The Osmonds? ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-bruce-springsteen-are-closely-tied-together-what-other-pairings-are-as-tight/797463/67 "2017-09-28T19:25:05Z")
Outkast: Atlanta ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-bruce-springsteen-are-closely-tied-together-what-other-pairings-are-as-tight/797463/68 "2017-09-28T20:23:30Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > R.E.M. and Athens, GA > > Rush and Toronto, Ontario I don’t know that many people really associate Rush with Toronto. I doubt most people know they’re from there. Certainly Drake is far, far more identified with Toronto. Among Canadian bands, the strongest city connection is the Tragically Hip and Kingston. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-bruce-springsteen-are-closely-tied-together-what-other-pairings-are-as-tight/797463/69 "2017-09-28T20:38:12Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Slipknot and Des Moines, Iowa, a city also placed on the rock’n’roll map by Ozzy Osbourne 😛 Personally, I will always associate Ozzy with San Antonio, TX. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-bruce-springsteen-are-closely-tied-together-what-other-pairings-are-as-tight/797463/70 "2017-09-29T00:28:34Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I don’t know that many people really associate Rush with Toronto. Well, the airport maybe. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-bruce-springsteen-are-closely-tied-together-what-other-pairings-are-as-tight/797463/71 "2017-09-29T00:38:10Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Forget Eminem, Kid Rock and Nugent. First and foremost for Detroit is Motown. Other places are tied to one or more artists. Detroit had it’s own _genre._ This is what I was going to say before I listed Kid Rock or Eminem. However, this is about artists being intertwined with a region. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-bruce-springsteen-are-closely-tied-together-what-other-pairings-are-as-tight/797463/72 "2017-09-29T00:45:24Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > You ask anyone where Bob Dylan was from and they’ll say “Hibbing Minnesota” But he’s not identified with Minnesota in any way. If anything, Dylan’s strongest associations are with New York City, where he rose to fame, and Woodstock, New York, where he lived for a time starting in the 1960s. ---
**Author:** ![BobBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-bruce-springsteen-are-closely-tied-together-what-other-pairings-are-as-tight/797463/73 "2017-09-29T01:27:32Z")
Stevie Ray Vaughn ZZ Top Jimmy Vaughn Fabulous Thunderbirds Johnny Solinger Dangerous Toys Lord Tracy Andy Timmons Pantera Chicago Blues Patrol Texas, baby:cool: ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-bruce-springsteen-are-closely-tied-together-what-other-pairings-are-as-tight/797463/74 "2017-09-29T04:24:22Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > As did Seattle. But Philly was first - Ojays, many others ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-bruce-springsteen-are-closely-tied-together-what-other-pairings-are-as-tight/797463/75 "2017-09-29T05:17:00Z")
Oh, I’d say New Orleans had its own sound before Philly. Chicago, too! ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-bruce-springsteen-are-closely-tied-together-what-other-pairings-are-as-tight/797463/76 "2017-09-29T05:25:25Z")
> [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#): > > Oh, I’d say New Orleans had its own sound before Philly. Chicago, too! Don’t forget Kansas City. I think Memphis had 5 of them in one century. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-bruce-springsteen-are-closely-tied-together-what-other-pairings-are-as-tight/797463/77 "2017-09-29T06:41:19Z")
Nm ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-bruce-springsteen-are-closely-tied-together-what-other-pairings-are-as-tight/797463/78 "2017-09-29T09:51:08Z")
I’m not certain what the OP’s intent is, but many responses seem to be merely a list of who came from where. A more interesting take would be which musicians are associated with a city or area but are not originally from there. Along those lines I would submit the **J. Geils Band** ’s connection with **Detroit**. _We consider Detroit our second home. Our home away from home. It is really the first place that went out of the way to help us stay afloat in the years where we were just trying to find an audience. Detroit embraced us in a very special way. - Peter Wolf_ mmm ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-bruce-springsteen-are-closely-tied-together-what-other-pairings-are-as-tight/797463/79 "2017-09-29T12:39:24Z")
> [@BobBitchin](#): > > Stevie Ray Vaughn > ZZ Top > Jimmy Vaughn > Fabulous Thunderbirds > Johnny Solinger > Dangerous Toys > Lord Tracy > Andy Timmons > Pantera > Chicago Blues Patrol > > Texas, baby:cool: Dude. I am from California, so I am honor-bound to dislike all things Texas (said while sipping chardonnay in a hot tub ;)), but no place beats Texas for guitar players. - T-Bone Walker - THE grandaddy of them all; first electric guitar blues man, and ground zero for jump blues. - Buddy Holly - Albert King - Freddie King - the Texas Cannonball - Clarence Gatemouth Brown - Albert Collins - Jimmy Vaughn And that’s just off the top of my head. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-bruce-springsteen-are-closely-tied-together-what-other-pairings-are-as-tight/797463/80 "2017-09-29T15:13:13Z")
Sometimes, the musicians a city or state embraces and identifies with are NOT the ones outsiders identify with them. It’s possible, likely that real people living in Colorado feel no attachment to John Denver at all, but people all over America (all over the world!) associate John Denver with Colorado. Similarly, real Los Angelenos may be sick and tired of the Beach Boys, but people all over the world still have an image of fun in the California sun that the Beach Boys planted in their brains. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-bruce-springsteen-are-closely-tied-together-what-other-pairings-are-as-tight/797463.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-bruce-springsteen-are-closely-tied-together-what-other-pairings-are-as-tight/797463.md?page=5)