Wain McFarlane
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Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
/reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
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Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
band, Ipso Facto. On March 10, 2007, Soul Asylum
Soul Asylum
Soul Asylum is an American alternative rock band that formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1983.The band originally formed in 1981 under the name Loud Fast Rules, with the original line-up consisting of Dan Murphy, Dave Pirner, Karl Mueller and Pat Morley. The latter was replaced by Grant Young in...
, Cyndi Lauper
Cyndi Lauper
Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper is an American singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT rights activist. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album She's So Unusual and became the first female singer to have four top-five singles released from one album...
, Mint Condition
Mint Condition
Mint Condition is an R&B band from Saint Paul, Minnesota. Formed in the late 1980s, its original members were lead singer Stokley Williams, bassist Ricky Kinchen, guitarist Homer O'Dell, pianist Larry Waddell, keyboardist Keri Lewis, and keyboardist/saxophonist Jeffrey Allen...
, and Lifehouse
Lifehouse (band)
Lifehouse is an American rock band from Los Angeles. The band came to mainstream prominence in 2001 with the hit single "Hanging by a Moment" from their debut studio album, No Name Face. The single won a Billboard Music Award for Hot 100 Single of the Year, beating out Janet Jackson and Alicia...
hosted a benefit concert to raise money for his kidney transplant. He is the mentor of Minneapolis musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
, Aaron Walczak and Ryan Liestman
Ryan Liestman
Ryan Matthew Liestman is an American pop musician. Ryan is the Keyboardist/Guitarist for the Jonas Brothers. He primarily uses his birth name but is also known as Dung-Sty, a title given to him by friend and musician Michael Bland. He also plays keyboard and sings vocals for Ocean Grove...
(The Rule
The Rule
The Rule is an American pop/R&B band, led by Ryan Liestman . The group released its first album, the self-titled The Rule in the summer of 2006, under the indie label R, R, & R Records...
) and also the founding member of the band Hookers $ Blow .
Discography
- That Was Then This Is Now (2001)
See also
- Ipso FactoIpso Facto (band)Ipso Facto were a goth-inflected, melodramatic psychedelic rock band. Founded in 2007 by Rosalie Cunningham , Victoria Smith , Cherish Kaya and Samantha Valentine . They were based in London but individually originated from different parts of the UK, including Southend, Newcastle and Bedford...
- Hookers $ Blow
- Ryan LiestmanRyan LiestmanRyan Matthew Liestman is an American pop musician. Ryan is the Keyboardist/Guitarist for the Jonas Brothers. He primarily uses his birth name but is also known as Dung-Sty, a title given to him by friend and musician Michael Bland. He also plays keyboard and sings vocals for Ocean Grove...
- Mikel Wright & The Wrongs