Talk:Music of Washington (state)

umm....
ray charles cant be from washington,in the article on him there is no mention of washington except d.c.Reallytinyprint 18:19, 17 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Check again: After he left school, [Ray] Charles began working as a musician in Florida in several bands that played in various styles including jazz and country music, eventually moving to Seattle in 1947 at the age of seventeen. Zach Hammond 03:51, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

I believe Ray Charles was awarded his first record deal as a result of his relocation and performances in the Seattle area, but somebody needs to research that before adding it. More importantly, how can an article about music in the state of Washington not mention Bing Crosby? Bing grew up in Tacoma, went to college in Spokane, and is arguably the biggest star to ever come from the state. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 153.26.241.6 (talk) 12:08, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

List of noted bands
Does anyone abject to me getting rid of this list? It doesn't really help the article. There are other places that list washington bands (Category:Washington musical groups, Category:Washington musicians). It might be helpful to link to those category pages. However, I don't think it would be helpful to create a list of Washington bands (that's actually been done. The article was deleted). I'd like to delete this section, but I wanted some comment before I did. EndlessVince 16:29, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

I know I could double the length of that "notable" list today. I dunno'. J_Tom_Moon_79 (talk) 22:01, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
 * EndlessVince, I partially agree. I think if the list only represented "notable" bands from Washington, that would be worthwhile.  However, that opinion, "notable", is probably too subjective.   So maybe such a list is a bad idea.

citations...
There's not many citations or sources for these lists. Obviously there's no way to accumulate a comprehensive list of bands but there are resources out there that can verify this stuff.