Members PancakeBunny Posted April 8, 2010 Members Share Posted April 8, 2010 Michigan is all about Ted Nugent and Bob Seger. New Jersey is all about Bruce Springsteen. And the list goes on... but those are the only two I know. I actually like Bruce Springsteen but Ted Nugent and Bob Seger are SO overplayed here in Michigan I've grown to hate the both of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kellanium Posted April 8, 2010 Members Share Posted April 8, 2010 How I wish i could say that mine had one. Unfortunately, my town is more about Rap, Hip-hop, and Bubblegum Pop than anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members _pete_ Posted April 8, 2010 Members Share Posted April 8, 2010 When I lived in Cincinnati, the town was nuts over Jimmy Buffet. He would sell out like 5 nights in a row.I still don't get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RufusFussbuster Posted April 8, 2010 Members Share Posted April 8, 2010 Alriiiiight! Zee wango zee tangoooo! None specific here, but there's a classic rock radio station that has had the same 30 songs in rotation for the last quarter-century. So I can feel your pain, a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jayers Posted April 8, 2010 Members Share Posted April 8, 2010 Um, Ted Nugent, Bob Seger and Bruce Springsteen aren't exactly roots rockers. I think you meant "Heartland" rockers.... Roots rock is this: Steve EarleWilcoUncle TupeloEven the Black Crows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Caliban Posted April 8, 2010 Members Share Posted April 8, 2010 I don't find her annoying at all, Allison Krauss is from my area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RufusFussbuster Posted April 8, 2010 Members Share Posted April 8, 2010 Um, Ted Nugent, Bob Seger and Bruce Springsteen aren't exactly roots rockers. I think you meant "Heartland" rockers....Roots rock is this:Steve EarleWilcoUncle TupeloEven the Black Crows Wikipedia, for what it's worth, lists Heartland Rock as a subset of Roots Rock. Go figure, I didn't even know there were so many different sub-genres. C-Can't we all just, get along? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members flummox Posted April 8, 2010 Members Share Posted April 8, 2010 I've managed to make it almost two years here without hearing anything but hip-hop and Latino pop music. The closest thing I've seen to annoying roots rockers are the 50-year-old guys who play classic rock covers for other 50-year-olds. Most of those guys have never heard of Steve Earle or Wilco or Ryan Adams. Fact is, I'd love to meet people who have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members m90guy Posted April 8, 2010 Members Share Posted April 8, 2010 Not Roots or Heartland, but Saint Louis goes ape{censored} over red rocker. I dont get it, but the dude hangs out here quite a bit and even has a bar here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members V-Type Posted April 8, 2010 Members Share Posted April 8, 2010 Michigan is all about Ted Nugent and Bob Seger. New Jersey is all about Bruce Springsteen. And the list goes on... but those are the only two I know. I actually like Bruce Springsteen but Ted Nugent and Bob Seger are SO overplayed here in Michigan I've grown to hate the both of them. Not really roots rockers but..... Ill take Seger and Nuge anyday over the BS play that Kid Rock gets here. He's so very Avg yet gets Zeppelin and Clapton like billing anywhere in MI. Rant off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted April 8, 2010 Members Share Posted April 8, 2010 Um, Ted Nugent, Bob Seger and Bruce Springsteen aren't exactly roots rockers. I think you meant "Heartland" rockers.... Roots rock is this: Steve Earle Wilco Uncle Tupelo Even the Black Crows exactly! I'm thinking Nuge playing roots rock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted April 8, 2010 Members Share Posted April 8, 2010 It probably my favorite genre of music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Coralkong Posted April 8, 2010 Members Share Posted April 8, 2010 Delaware.... What do you think? George Thoroughgood and the Delaware Destroyers! (Though I really don't care for his music much). Kid next door took bass lessons from the bassist.Another friend of mind played softball in a league with the guitar player..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grantus Posted April 8, 2010 Members Share Posted April 8, 2010 Nugent is neither a roots nor a heartland rocker. I'm glad he doesn't get played much on the radio here. Of course, Washington, DC, is a music radio wasteland, so Nugent might be a slight improvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members twofoolsaminute Posted April 9, 2010 Members Share Posted April 9, 2010 No one is from Iowa. But I'm from Texas and Texas has a thing for ZZ Top...and SRV...and so on forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kulardenu Posted April 9, 2010 Members Share Posted April 9, 2010 Michigan is all about Ted Nugent and Bob Seger. New Jersey is all about Bruce Springsteen. And the list goes on... but those are the only two I know. I actually like Bruce Springsteen but Ted Nugent and Bob Seger are SO overplayed here in Michigan I've grown to hate the both of them. Word! And to top it off Terrible Ted is a political AZZHOLE! I'd like to get him in an alley away from his trees and teach him some grassroots rockin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted April 9, 2010 Members Share Posted April 9, 2010 No one is from Iowa.But I'm from Texas and Texas has a thing for ZZ Top...and SRV...and so on forever.what was that nu-metal abomination from Des Moines? There was a band in the early 80s called The Hawks that was pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted April 9, 2010 Members Share Posted April 9, 2010 No one is from Iowa.But I'm from Texas and Texas has a thing for ZZ Top...and SRV...and so on forever.neither of those is roots rock, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted April 9, 2010 Members Share Posted April 9, 2010 Delaware....What do you think?George Thoroughgood and the Delaware Destroyers!(Though I really don't care for his music much).Kid next door took bass lessons from the bassist.Another friend of mind played softball in a league with the guitar player.....where is Tommy Conwell from? He kinda fits the mold. Philly, evidently. [YOUTUBE]YJYxJV3SeQ4[/YOUTUBE] [YOUTUBE]a4xsjCH1d0I[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted April 9, 2010 Members Share Posted April 9, 2010 Nugent is neither a roots nor a heartland rocker. I'm glad he doesn't get played much on the radio here. Of course, Washington, DC, is a music radio wasteland, so Nugent might be a slight improvement. DC's fixation for a good two decades was Little Feat. They would sell out a whole week at places like the Warner Theater. They filled in as Chuck Berry's backing band in DC. On SRV's last tour, at Merriweather, he opened for Little Feat (and he opened for Bonnie Raitt in D.C. on that same tour). All that seems to have died away in the last decade or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted April 9, 2010 Members Share Posted April 9, 2010 DC's fixation for a good two decades was Little Feat. They would sell out a whole week at places like the Warner Theater. They filled in as Chuck Berry's backing band in DC. On SRV's last tour, at Merriweather, he opened for Little Feat (and he opened for Bonnie Raitt in D.C. on that same tour). All that seems to have died away in the last decade or so.Had an old drummer who was a huge Feat fan! Great way to learn some slide! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rusholmeruffian Posted April 9, 2010 Members Share Posted April 9, 2010 Greater Los Angeles seems to be pretty obsessed with Social Distortion, who are boring as {censored} when you compare them to forerunners like X, the Blasters, and the Gun Club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted April 9, 2010 Members Share Posted April 9, 2010 Minnesota has had a great roots rock following for a lot of years. Maybe it goes back to Dylan, or even Eddie Cochrane? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sbeirnes Posted April 9, 2010 Members Share Posted April 9, 2010 Not Roots or Heartland, but Saint Louis goes ape{censored} over red rocker. I dont get it, but the dude hangs out here quite a bit and even has a bar here. But St. Louis has The Bottle Rockets, and they flat out rule! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted April 9, 2010 Members Share Posted April 9, 2010 But St. Louis has The Bottle Rockets, and they flat out rule! we cover a few Bottle Rockets songs. Where is Festus MO? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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