@taco918 said:

Lil Bow Wow is from Columbus. I don't know how I remember that but he was just making a name for himself when I was living up in Ohio. I would look up a youtube clip but can't for the life of me think of a famous song of his. I've always been more into the acoustic/indie scene myself. I do dig some red dirt and classic rock from time to time as well.

I did not include acts in Columbus when I made my posts as it is not in NE Ohio....but that doesn't mean you cannot include Columbus acts. Perhaps I am not aware of them, but from my memory Columbus is kind of a wasteland when it comes to musical acts from there. Besides Dwight Yoakum and Rascall Flats and the mentioned Bow Wow, who else is from there? The Godz who sucked. Maybe there are new groups that I don't keep up with much.

I think Dayton had more musicians come from there than Columbus. The McCoys and various funk acts like The Ohio Players were from there.

@poeticg said:

Some of you guys are really showing your age

I think there was a song called "tub thumping" by "chompawamba" or something like that I don't know but it reminds me of the Browns... "I get knocked down, but I get up again. You're never gonna keep me down!" ...that's my Brownies.

That's right. We were around when music was great.....not like today so much.

Besides, I chose Northeast Ohio acts. Some has beens, some never was, some are, some never will be, some maybe someday.

I think there was a song called "tub thumping" by "chompawamba" or something like that I don't know but it reminds me of the Browns... "I get knocked down, but I get up again. You're never gonna keep me down!" ...that's my Brownies.

For our future, let's hope we don't screw up the draft. A little bit of Black Sabbath, PARANOID

@kybrownsfan said:

The Black Keys

The Pretty Reckless

Chickenfoot

Are you claiming that Chickenfoot if from NE Ohio? I don't see how. Those guys are from California or NY or elsewhere.

The other band is from NYC.

And check this out about Hawkins who was a POW in WWII:

Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Hawkins studied classical piano as a child and learned guitar in his twenties.[2] His initial goal was to become an opera singer (Hawkins has cited Paul Robeson as his musical idol in interviews),[3] but when his initial ambitions failed he began his career as a conventional blues singer and pianist.

He served in the United States Army Air Force in the Pacific theater during World War II,[verification needed] primarily as an entertainer. Although he claimed to have been tortured for some time as a prisoner of war, stories of the circumstances of his actual capture vary. According to the documentary I Put a Spell on Me, upon liberation he blew his chief tormentor's head off by taping a hand-grenade into his mouth and pulling the pin

@ballpeen said:

Like it or not, the top musician from Cleveland was Frankie Yankoic....the KING of Polka....Really!!!

I do like it.

The Pretty Reckless

Chickenfoot

@the-gipper said:

one I missed: Tracy Chapman, from Cleveland:

saw her singing for change outside the train station in harvard square in boston. i think a year later she was signed and had that breakout hit. if you like her music you should check out the song 'sorry'. one of the sappiest forgiveness songs i've ever heard.

@miktoxic said:

can't forget trent and the boys in NIN from cleveland:

Thanks for filling in the gap. There may be other famous acts from NEOhio that I missed.

(I excluded acts from like Columbus, Cincy, or Toledo)

@miktoxic said:

:lol:

i hope that was a sound check as there was absolutely no one there. terrible.

The lead singer from Europe couldn't speak English, but he knew the words for the song, lol.