Which musicians and/or bands are generally considered the best from their city or town?
This is going to be easy in some cases - but for cities like New York, Chicago, LA and even Philadelphia - a lot of musicians, in different genres, could be argued to be the best.
I’ll start off with some EXTREMELY low-hanging fruit:
Liverpool - The Beatles
Tupelo, MS - Elvis Presley
Hoboken, NJ - Frank Sinatra
Nashville has many to consider, but I’ll go with Chet Atkins as “the best.”
St. Louis - Miles Davis
**New Orleans **- have to be Louis Armstrong, with Jellyroll Morton a close second. (Don’t try coming at this thread with Connick or the Marsalis boys - or even Dr. John or James Carroll Booker - all brilliant, but no Satchmo)
Seattle - jeez. Nirvana? Maybe, but I say no way - I prefer Jimi Hendrix by a mile, followed by Quincy Jones, then folks like Heart, Soundgarden, etc. and there are Queensryche fans out there, too…
Lubbock, TX - Buddy Holly
**Austin, Tx **- I ain’t goin’ there. Too many, with no clear dominator like Satchmo in The Big Easy.
Augusta, GA: James Brown
Minneapolis: Prince (with the Replacements in the mix, but not close…)
Just a start…
The Metropolitan Opera
The Windy City Gay Men’s Chorus
The Los Angeles Philharmonic
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Among British cities…
Birmingham: Moody Blues (Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, the Move, and ELO are among other contenders)
Manchester: The Hollies (Oasis
Newcastle: Sting (The Animals, Dire Straits or Bryan Ferry could be contenders)
Sheffield: Def Leppard?
The Sabs are way more important and influential vs. the MB’s, with Priest coming next…actually didn’t Priest name the album Sheffield Steel due to being from there, not Birmingham?? (ETA: Nope, I’m wrong - Wiki says Birmingham - sorry!)
Manchester: Joy Division / New Order, Stone Roses, then maybe Oasis, with The Hollies further down…
I’ve been away from Montgomery too long to know if anybody holds a candle to Hank Williams.
And I’d say that Kansas City never has produced another Charlie Parker.
And if you can name somebody from Cheraw, South Carolina besides Dizzy Gillespie that ought to get you onto* Jeopardy!*