Your selection must be an individual, not a group.
We can be fairly flexible about which state may claim a musician. S/he may be born in Tupelo but raised in Memphis; I’d be OK with both Mississippi and Tennessee claiming him/her. (someone who moved to Hollywood as an adult, however, may not claim Californ-i-ay as their homeland).
If you are not from the U.S., you may claim your entire country as an entry. Exception: If you are from Liverpool you must use only your town. I’m confident you can come up with four suitable Liverpudlians).
Have fun, and hey…HEY!!!..Let’s be careful out there!
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Michael Jackson John Mellencamp Axl Rose (despite the way he’s fallen off the sane side of the radar recently, the impact he and Guns N Roses had on hard rock/heavy metal cannot be denied) Cole Porter
After careful consideration, I’ve decided I need a few extra heads on my California Rushmore. Either that, or maybe a secondary,alternate location like Crazy Horse in the Black Hills with a gigantic likeness of Country Dick Montana.
Elvis (also from the all around list)
Dolly Parton (again from the general list)
W.C. Handy
Mother Maybelle Carter (yes, I know, originally from Virginia, but she made her name in Tennessee)
If we wanted to do all of the Tennessee Smokies, we could add a whole bunch more.
Yeah, we’re gonna need a bigger mountain in Texas. I can’t imagine leaving off Stevie Ray Vaughan. You could make a case for Waylon Jennings, Jerry Jeff Walker, Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, Lyle Lovett, Robert Earl Keen, George Strait, Johnny Copeland, Freddie King, Albert Collins, T-Bone Walker, Big Mama Thornton, Blind Lemon Jefferson, etc. And while she’s not thought of as a “Texas” musician, Janis Joplin was born in Port Arthur.
