Living right next to Buffalo, NY I can think of a few

1) Cory Wells - Three Dog Night

2) The Goo Goo Dolls

3) Gary Mallerbar - Drummer with Steve Miller at his peak

4) Spyro Gyra - Jazz fusion Band

5) Brian McKnight - Pop soul singer


How about you guys?

Billy Childish - Buff Medways (Chatham, Kent, UK)
Mick, Keith, Dick Taylor and Phil May (Dartford, Kent, UK)

OK, so I was born in Chatham and not Dartford, but I resided in the latter for a couple of years and I know the area fairly well.

I live in Sidcup, so, Keef went to Sidcup art college - does that count???!!
Also, John-Paul Jones was from Sidcup
I went to the same school as David Bowie!!!

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I was born in Atlanta and live in New Orleans.

It would take me hours to come up with a list, especially just from New Orleans.

BJ Thomas. His daughter was my girlfriend in 4th grade. He made me a milkshake!

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Living right next to Buffalo, NY I can think of a few

1) Cory Wells - Three Dog Night

2) The Goo Goo Dolls

3) Gary Mallerbar - Drummer with Steve Miller at his peak

4) Spyro Gyra - Jazz fusion Band

5) Brian McKnight - Pop soul singer


How about you guys?

You also have the great Little Mountain Band We played a gig with them in Buffalo once. How are they doing, btw? I heard they got signed on a big label.

I'm from London. Which era shall we start with? Went to college with Sid Vicious, John Lydon and Jah Wobble. Madness went to the school down the road.

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I'm from London. Which era shall we start with? Went to college with Sid Vicious, John Lydon and Jah Wobble. Madness went to the school down the road.

Was it obvious he had talent even then?

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BJ Thomas. His daughter was my girlfriend in 4th grade. He made me a milkshake!

Ah, but did you get a BJ too?

From my hometown :

1. Eric Burdon, Chas Chandler
2. Sting
3. Mark Knopfler
4. Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch
5. Brian Johnson (ACDC)

We produce better sports stars than musical stars.

Not many from Oslo...

A-ha
Turbonegro (they just got a new singer, btw)
Dimmu Borgir
Satyricon

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Living right next to Buffalo, NY I can think of a few

1) Cory Wells - Three Dog Night

2) The Goo Goo Dolls

3) Gary Mallerbar - Drummer with Steve Miller at his peak

4) Spyro Gyra - Jazz fusion Band

5) Brian McKnight - Pop soul singer


How about you guys?

You also have the great Little Mountain Band We played a gig with them in Buffalo once. How are they doing, btw? I heard they got signed on a big label.

Still doing local shows and once in awhile a few out of town. Good band.

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I'm from London. Which era shall we start with? Went to college with Sid Vicious, John Lydon and Jah Wobble. Madness went to the school down the road.

Was it obvious he had talent even then?

Haha - he thought he had talent in trying to sleep with my girlfriend but never did. He also had a lot of talent for not attending classes and taking copious amounts of sulphate to hang around in the common room.

Joe Perry....up the road a piece...

Only Bon Scot, thats all

From Nova Scotia, Canada originally....Sarah Mclachlan if she counts as a rock star. Hank Snow as well.

Brad Delp, Freddie Cannon, Mike Ness, and Evan Dando are from the immediate vicinity but not the town itself.



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I live in Margate (Kent, UK), & literally around the corner from my house (30 seconds walk) is The Nayland Rock Hotel where Mick & Jerry held their wedding reception (I believe Mick's parents used to live in nearby Birchington, as did / do the parents of Lonnie Donegan & George Michael). As for rock stars actually being from here, I don't think so, though one of the world's most famous living artists Tracey Emin was raised here.

I was born in the Old Kent Road area of London & spent most of my childhood & teens there. Tommy Steele was a local boy I believe.



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Neil Young, Robbie Robertson, Rush, and a few others.

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Sounds like we are from the same hometown!

I will add to your list:

Rick James (RIP)

2/3 of the band Soulive (who have shared some bills with the Stones and are playing here on Friday)

Billy Sheehan (of Mr Big and David Lee Roth's band)

10,000 Maniacs (technically outside of Buffalo)

And a guy that should be a star, and has huge fans in Bruce Springsteen and Mike Peters: Willie Nile.

The Wannadies and This Perfect Day.

I'm from belgium, Ostend.
The famoust belgian artist comes from Ostende and his name is Arno:







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From Nova Scotia, Canada originally....Sarah Mclachlan if she counts as a rock star. Hank Snow as well.

plenty of great artists from Nova Scotia. Joel Plaskett, Thrush Hermit, Sloan, The Super Friendz. East coast of Canada was really bustling in the early 90s.

People from England have an unfair advantage - that country is a dream factory of rock musicians

I was born in West Palm Beach, Florida. The only musician folk I've heard of coming from there are Gwen and George McRae, a now divorced couple who made two soul classics in the 70's - "Rockin' Chair" and this 'un:

Dave Grohl
Stiv Bators

From my home town of Hull the great Mick Ronson. Apart from that some lesser lights such as the Housemartins and a lot of folkies such as Michael Chapman, Rick Kemp (Steeleye Span)

A few 60's crooners too.

All of the Spiders From Mars were of course from Hull and I went to school with Woody Woodmansy's cousin.

andy

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Sounds like we are from the same hometown!

I will add to your list:

Rick James (RIP)

2/3 of the band Soulive (who have shared some bills with the Stones and are playing here on Friday)

Billy Sheehan (of Mr Big and David Lee Roth's band)

10,000 Maniacs (technically outside of Buffalo)

And a guy that should be a star, and has huge fans in Bruce Springsteen and Mike Peters: Willie Nile.

How could I forget Rick James. Don't forget the great Stan Szelest. I didn't know some of the guys from Soulive were from here! I saw them twice open for The Stones



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Joe Walsh

Eric Carmen

the shoot 'em dead, brainbell jangler!

It's not my hometown, but I lived in West Lafayette, IN. There was a guy who grew up there named Bill Bailey that went on to some fame. The guitarist for his group also went to high school there.