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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
Chicago's music has long been a staple of marching bands in the U.S. "25 or 6 to 4" was named as the number one marching band song by Kevin Coffey of the Omaha World-Herald, [250] and as performed by the Jackson State University marching band, ranked number seven of the "Top 20 Cover Songs of 2018 by HBCU Bands". [251]
The Banshees (band) BarlowGirl; The Barrett Sisters; BBU (band) Beach Bunny (band) Beatnik Turtle; Beethoven Project Trio; Bella Voce (group) Belmont (band) Benson Orchestra of Chicago; Big Shoulders; The Black Sheep Band; The Blacks (band) The Blank Theory; Bloodyminded; Blue Meanies (Illinois band) The Blues Brothers; Bob's Yer Uncle (band ...
Adding Madison, Wisconsin native Joel Paterson to the lineup in 2003, the group released its third record for Bloodshot in 2005. Gary Schepers (tuba) or Beau Sample (bass) often play with the band when Tom Ray is not available. In the summer of 2007, the group opened for the folk legend Ramblin' Jack Elliott in Cleveland.
Its stated purpose is "to educate and recognize the achievements and accomplishments of individuals in the Wisconsin music industry." [1] The organization is best known for its annual awards for Wisconsin musicians from various genres of music. It also hosts seminars and workshops on subjects related to music and the music industry, such as ...
Chicago's music scene has been well known for its blues music for many years. "Chicago Blues" uses a variety of instruments in a way which heavily influenced early rock and roll music, including instruments like electrically amplified guitar, drums, piano, bass guitar and sometimes the saxophone or harmonica, which are generally used in Delta blues, which originated in Mississippi.
This band was known for its Slovenian beat, variety of music and well-blended vocal harmonies. The band appeared in a Trucktoberfest TV commercial for Brickner Motors of Wausau, performed as the house band at the Telemark Ski Lodge in Cable, WI, and performed with "America's Polka King" Frank Yankovic from 1986 to 1996.
Flying Fish Records was a record label founded in Chicago in 1974 that specialized in folk, blues, and country music. In the 1990s the label was sold to Rounder Records . Bruce Kaplan, the label's founder, was a native of Chicago and the son of a president of Zenith Electronics.