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Bands, including pop groups, orchestras, opera companies, drum corps and other musical groups, from the US state of Wisconsin. For individual musicians please see Category:Musicians from Wisconsin . Subcategories
Jazz clarinetist, alto and soprano saxophonist, singer, and big band leader Woody Herman was born in Milwaukee. Karen Borca, born in Green Bay, is an avant-garde jazz and free jazz bassoonist who studied music at the University of Wisconsin. Pianist, composer, and bandleader Lynne Arriale was born in Milwaukee. [2]
Most of Paramount's race music recordings were arranged by black entrepreneur J. Mayo Williams. "Ink" Williams, as he was known, had no official position with Paramount, but he was given wide latitude to bring African American talent to the Paramount recording studios and to market Paramount records to African American consumers.
For musical groups and bands, please see Category:Musical groups from Wisconsin. Subcategories. This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total. .
Country Jam USA was founded in Eau Claire, Wisconsin in 1989. The first Country Jam [1] festival took place in 1990 and was held in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.. Country Jam USA's previous lineups have included some of the biggest names in country music including: Keith Urban, Eric Church, Blake Shelton, Lady Antebellum, [2] Dirks Bentley, Kenny Chesney, Jake Owen, Florida Georgia Line, Billy ...
The Ardells was a band started by Steve Miller in 1961 when he attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison.In the fall of 1962, Steve lived in a rooming house in Madison and also pledged the Chi Psi fraternity on fraternity row near Langdon St. Steve taught another fellow student, Jos Davidson, to play rhythm guitar and then bass, and formed a campus band: Steve Miller and the Ardells.
Roman 'Romy' Louis Gosz (August 2, 1910 Grimms, Wisconsin - August 29, 1966, Manitowoc, Wisconsin) was a popular and commercially successful polka musician in the upper Midwest. Gosz's music featured the Bohemian brass style and appealed to the many ethnic groups (Dutch, Bohemian, Belgian, German and Polish) found throughout the region.
Those Poor Bastards are an American gothic country band based in Madison, Wisconsin. [1] Since 2004 they have released twelve full-length studio albums and seven EPs, [2] and have toured in both North America and Europe. The band is composed of Lonesome Wyatt (vocals, guitar) and The Minister (banjo, bass, percussion, backing vocals).