This day, in 1746, the city of St. Louis was founded by Pierre Laclede and Auguste Chouteau.
So, in honor of that, here's some music from some noted St. Louisans:
Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
Scott Joplin - Maple Leaf Rag
Miles Davis (w/John Coltrane)- So What (yeah, yeah, Miles was born in Alton, Illinois and came of age in East St. Louis, but hey, there isn't an East St. Louis without regular St. Louis, so I think this counts)
I can't embed this one, so I'm just giving you a link:
Johnnie Johnson - Honky Tonk Train Blues
T.S. Eliot - The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Harry Caray - Take Me Out to the Ballgame
William Burroughs - Thanksgiving Day Prayer
Now, the quality takes a bit of a turn, but here's the modern music ceoming from St. Louis nowadays.
Nelly - Ride Wit Me
Chingy - Holiday Inn
MU330 - Tune Me Out
The Urge - All Washed Up
Story of the Year - Until the Day I Die
Nikko Smith - Part Time Lover (he's Ozzie Smith's kid that was on American Idol...and this is a Stevie Wonder song)
Ludo - Good Will Hunting by Myself
There have been other notable St. Louisans with ties to music, Josephine Baker & Katherine Dunham for example, and Ike Turner made his name in the StL though he was born in Mississippi. Plus, the greater St. Louis area did birth Uncle Tupelo, which in turn gave us Wilco & Son Volt (Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy are from Belleville, Illinois (I know Farrar is, and I think Tweedy is, I'm not sure)). So it's an interesting string of people from St. Louis to make a dent musically.
Viva el St. Louis
February 15, 2008
Happy Birthday, St. Louis
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You forgot perhaps the greatest band to come out of St. Louis: MU330.
C'MON!
Fixed.
Chuck Berry has a look on his face that to me says: Look at all these fine women dancing in the club tonight...I really want to watch them pee.
Thank you, sir. That's such a classic song by MU330. It takes me straight back to high school lunch break where we'd sneak stereos into the court yard and play that album.
Jeff Tweedy is in fact from Belleville. I met his mom one time when I worked at Borders in Fairview. She was looking for Mermaid Avenue which wasn't out yet. She seemed like a nice lady and I've always preferred Wilco over Son Volt anyday. Jay Farrar seems like an egomaniac while Jeff seems more humble to be doing what he is doing. Another band that you may have missed is Pale Divine who were called "The Eyez" which had Richard Fortus in the band who went on later to form Love Spit Love with Richard Butler of the Psychadellic Furs. I think Richard Fortus is in Guns and Roses believe it or not. I wonder if maybe he can get Axl to release that damn chinese democracy album.
Anyway, that is my two cents worth on musicans from the "LOU"
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