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For this post, we examine the musicians who came from Iowa. Or at least the ones I can remember. In my usual beta-alpa-cal order.

Artists I have music from:
Glenn Miller - Humoresque Humoresque

Pieta, Zoe & Constie Brown - Ella Mae Ella Mae (Greg’s Daughters singing Greg’s song)

Pietra Brown - #807 #807

Greg Brown - The Poet Game The Poet Game

Everly Brothers - That’s Old Fashion That’s Old Fashion

Dan Bern - New American Language New American Language

Bix Beiderbecke - Mississippi Mud (studio) Mississippi Mud (studio)

Artists I don’t:
Meredith Willson (composer of The Music Man)
William Elliott Whitmore
Dave Moore
C.W. McCall (sang that 1970s #1 hit song “Convoy”)
David Brent Keuning (The Killers member)
Tommy Bolin
Brian Bell (Weezer member)

Honorable mention:
Dar Williams - Iowa (Traveling III) Iowa (Traveling III)