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The music of Minnesota began with the native rhythms and songs of Indigenous peoples, the first inhabitants of the lands which later became the U.S. state of Minnesota. Métis fur-trading voyageurs introduced the chansons of their French ancestors in the late eighteenth century. As the territory was opened up to white settlement in the 19th ...
Influenced early on by R&B and rock icons of the era like Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan, Aretha Franklin, and Led Zeppelin, she became known for her soulful, powerful vocals, and soon graduated to other bands, including Raggs in 1980, the Doug Maynard Band, the T.C. Jammers, the Peterson-Cox Band (with Patty Peterson), Rupert's Orchestra and, in ...
The song was released on Doug and the Slugs' 1980 album Cognac and Bologna (1980), [15] as well as their greatest hits albums Ten Big Ones (1984) and Slugcology 101 (1996). [ 16 ] [ 17 ] It also appeared on the multi-artist compilations Hitline (1980, K-Tel Records ) and Oh What a Feeling: A Vital Collection of Canadian Music Vol. 2 (2001).
Doug and the Slugs are a Canadian pop music group formed in 1977 in Vancouver, British Columbia. The band enjoyed a number of Canadian top 40 hits in the 1980s, most notably " Too Bad " (1980), "Who Knows How To Make Love Stay" (1982), "Making It Work" (1983), "Day by Day" (1984) and "Tomcat Prowl" (1988).
His band has had the names the Wild Band of Indians, the Wild Javelinas, and Wild Onions. He has contributed songs to documentary films, including Homeland, Patrick's Story and Dodging Bullets. [citation needed] He won "best artist" at the 2006 Native American Music Awards for the album Native Americana. [1]
The Rivieras consisted of Marty "Bo" Fortson on vocals and guitar, Joe Pennell on guitar, Otto Nuss on organ, Doug Gean on bass guitar, and Paul Dennert on drums. The band had its only hit in 1964 with a cover version of the song " California Sun " by Joe Jones .
Doug Supernaw was born on September 26, 1960, in Bryan, Texas. [1] He grew up in Inwood Forest and was an avid golfer as well as a member of his high school golf team. His mother, a fan of country music, exposed him to acts such as George Jones and Gene Watson , by whose works he would later be influenced. [ 2 ]
Jim Boyd in concert Jim Boyd performing at the Native American Music Awards. Jim Boyd (January 1, 1956 [1] – June 22, 2016) was a Native American singer-songwriter, actor, and member of the Jim Boyd Band on the Colville Indian Reservation in Washington. Boyd performed in several groups, including XIT, Greywolf, and Winterhawk.