good or bad stuff--just NC musicians/bands that are at least relatively well known outside of NC.


in no particular order:

1. Ben Folds Five
2. Corrosion Of Conformity
3. Charlie Daniels Band
4. Cry Of Love
5. Squirrel Nut Zippers
6. Clay Aiken
7. Ronnie Milsap


Honorable Mentions:
- Southern Culture On the Skids
- Whiskeytown

3/4/2007 5:00:55 PM

you already mentioned whiskeytown but i'll go ahead and add ryan adams anyways

chan marshall grew up in greensboro

archers of loaf

3/4/2007 5:05:43 PM

thought about archers of loaf, but i've never met anyone outside of NC who has heard of them.

[Edited on March 4, 2007 at 5:09 PM. Reason : same deal with superchunk]

3/4/2007 5:08:47 PM

Randy Travis

3/4/2007 5:10:41 PM

durrr, forgot to list him. i actually thought about him, but then was listing the rest of them and forgot him.

3/4/2007 5:12:31 PM

Thelonious Monk
John Coltrane

3/4/2007 5:16:21 PM

3/4/2007 5:19:12 PM

Hopesfall

3/4/2007 5:19:26 PM

3/4/2007 5:20:34 PM

yeah, Petey and James Taylor also fall into the "durrr" category. Hell, I've even seen JT at Walnut Creek.

I never knew Thelonious Monk or Coltrane were from NC.

3/4/2007 5:22:13 PM

Quote :

" * Ryan Adams — singer-song writer from Jacksonville * Clay Aiken — American Idol finalist * Tori Amos — Singer and pianist. Born in Newton, North Carolina. * Fantasia Barrino — American Idol winner * Spencer Chamberlain — Vocalist for Underoath. Born in Greensboro, North Carolina. * George Clinton —funk musician. Born in Kannapolis. * John Coltrane — jazz musician * Charlie Daniels — Singer of "Devil Went Down to Georgia". Born in Wilmington, North Carolina. * Sammy Davis Sr. — Born in Kinston, North Carolina. * Rick Dees — radio DJ * Cecil B. DeMille — film director made famous by The Ten Commandments * Fred Durst — Born in Gastonia, North Carolina. * Roberta Flack — Grammy-winning singer who wrote "Killing Me Softly with His Song" * Ben Folds — musician * Gallagher — Comedian. Born in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. * Ava Gardner — actress * Andy Griffith — actor who played on The Andy Griffith Show and Matlock * Michael C. Hall — Actor famous for playing "David Fisher" in the HBO series Six Feet Under. Born in Raleigh, North Carolina. * Byron Hill — Nashville songwriter, from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. * Gill Holland — producer (Spring Forward, Loggerheads) Born in Chapel Hill and raised in Davidson, North Carolina. * Darwin Joston — actor. Born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. * Si Kahn — folk singer-songwriter, labor and prison reform activist * Ben E. King — Singer. Born in Henderson, North Carolina. * Tim Kirkman — filmmaker (Loggerheads, Dear Jesse) * Bascom Lamar Lunsford — folk singer * Terry McMillan, harmonica player from Lexington, NC * Thelonious Monk — legendary jazz pianist * Phil Morrison — filmmaker (Junebug) * Petey Pablo — rapper * Jaime Pressly — Actress. Born in Kinston, North Carolina. * Peyton Reed — filmmaker (Bring It On (film), Down With Love) * Earl Scruggs — legendary bluegrass musician * Nina Simone — singer * Arthur Smith — Country Music show host * James Taylor — 1970s singer * Bob Timberlake — artist * Randy Travis — country music performer * Luther Vandross — R&B singer * Doc Watson — legendary blind bluegrass and folk musician "

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_famous_North_Carolinians

[Edited on March 4, 2007 at 5:24 PM. Reason : i'm not sure where they got some of that stuff]

3/4/2007 5:23:30 PM

never knew Tori Amos, George Clinton, or Luther Vandross were homegrown, either.

I just forgot about Fred Durst (although Limp Bizkit isn't a NC band, so they still don't really count) and Doc Watson.

3/4/2007 5:26:30 PM

well Vandross' page doesnt list nc anywhere, so...

3/4/2007 5:28:33 PM

you can add House of Fools to that list soon enough.

CD drops Tuesday.

http://www.myspace.com/houseoffools
if anyone cares to listen. They play at the brewery when they are in town. (orig. Greensboro)

3/4/2007 5:32:45 PM

Inflowential

3/4/2007 6:39:12 PM

* Jaime Pressly — Actress. Born in Kinston, North Carolina.

[Edited on March 4, 2007 at 6:54 PM. Reason : explains why she plays white trash so well]

3/4/2007 6:53:41 PM

i thought she is an actress.

3/4/2007 6:54:12 PM

Trailer Bride

FTW.

http://www.bloodshotrecords.com/artists/trailerbride/

When I saw them headline a show in Seattle (at The Tractor, in 2003) the place was packed standing room only for both sets.

3/4/2007 6:57:53 PM

petey pablo

3/4/2007 7:45:13 PM

little brother and 9th wonder

3/4/2007 7:49:14 PM

NOWWFF CAYHALINUHHH

3/4/2007 7:50:54 PM

the annuals are getting pretty popular

3/4/2007 8:01:09 PM

^i really like the annuals, but I kinda feel like they didn't bring their "a game" for their conan performance

3/4/2007 8:25:06 PM

Maceo Parker, born in Kinston, NC.

and still lives there.

[Edited on March 4, 2007 at 8:27 PM. Reason : ]

3/4/2007 8:27:18 PM

Athenaeum

3/4/2007 11:09:29 PM

between the buried and me
he is legend

3/4/2007 11:48:38 PM

Jump, Little Children

3/4/2007 11:55:16 PM

there is no 'the' before annuals

3/5/2007 12:12:48 AM

jolene is from wilmington
apparently well known in england now

3/5/2007 2:20:10 AM

kellie pickler

3/5/2007 11:04:07 AM

glass casket, beloved (RIP)

3/5/2007 11:29:07 AM

the bowerbirds made pitchfork. heheh.

and to the duke:

many rank archers of loaf as one of the main indie artists of the 90s, fwiw.

3/5/2007 11:44:17 AM

Quote :

"Michael C. Hall — Actor famous for playing "David Fisher" in the HBO series Six Feet Under. Born in Raleigh, North Carolina."

3/5/2007 12:22:08 PM

the rosebuds!

3/5/2007 12:28:12 PM

<3 Rosebuds.

3/5/2007 12:43:42 PM

My generation, but I always liked Far Too Jones and the Connells, both out of Raleigh...

3/5/2007 2:42:55 PM

Nina Simone ftw

also I dont think anyone mentioned Anthony Hamilton

and I didnt know COC was from north carolina? I thought they were from NYC?

3/5/2007 2:45:38 PM

BMWblonde's fiancee, brent jordan, had a song on scrubs this season.

[Edited on March 5, 2007 at 3:34 PM. Reason : ]

3/5/2007 3:33:56 PM

did iphotou hijack your account?

3/5/2007 3:36:11 PM

no, unlike him, im friends with them in real life. haha

3/5/2007 3:36:51 PM

dude,

K-Ci and JoJo

3/5/2007 4:44:38 PM

Quote :

"the rosebuds!"

3/5/2007 5:02:41 PM

Quote :

"jolene is from wilmington"

Jolene rocks.

Not widespread, really... but they're really good

3/5/2007 5:18:13 PM