needing your help Detroiters!! about Motown and Detroit's music

[agirlintheD]

All this great music from our city and yet the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is in Cleveland.

[ziggyselbin]

All this great music from our city and yet the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is in Cleveland.

Great music has come from many cities girlinthed. Aside from motown[[which was unique), Detroit has no more claim than Philadelphia, Cincinnati, LA and even less than Nyc, Chicago, New Orleans, and Nashville to a museum. But then if rock and roll is the music of youth and rebellion why a museum? And I forgot Kansas city.

[Fury13]

Great music has come from many cities girlinthed. Aside from motown[[which was unique), Detroit has no more claim than Philadelphia, Cincinnati, LA and even less than Nyc, Chicago, New Orleans, and Nashville to a museum. But then if rock and roll is the music of youth and rebellion why a museum? And I forgot Kansas city.

Ziggy, Detroit is clearly one of the six or seven in the first-tier of great music cities in the U.S.

It has MUCH more claim to greatness than Philly, Cincinnati, and Cleveland... and it has had as much clout as L.A. Longevity of importance as well as overall impact on popular music should be considered.

Other great music cities [[first-tier), IMO, are New York, Chicago, New Orleans, Memphis, and L.A. Nashville might get a mention there because of country music, only.

Philadelphia, San Francisco, St. Louis, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Austin, Seattle are second-tier music cities. Pittsburgh might just make that list as well.

Third-tier music cities would be Houston, D.C., Baltimore, Boston, Milwaukee, San Diego, Portland, Atlanta.

[ziggyselbin]

Ziggy, Detroit is clearly one of the six or seven in the first-tier of great music cities in the U.S.

It has MUCH more claim to greatness than Philly, Cincinnati, and Cleveland... and it has had as much clout as L.A. Longevity of importance as well as overall impact on popular music should be considered.

Other great music cities [[first-tier), IMO, are New York, Chicago, New Orleans, Memphis, and L.A. Nashville might get a mention there because of country music, only.

Philadelphia, San Francisco, St. Louis, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Austin, Seattle are second-tier music cities. Pittsburgh might just make that list as well.

Third-tier music cities would be Houston, D.C., Baltimore, Boston, Milwaukee, San Diego, Portland, Atlanta.

There is way too much historical significance in Kansas city Fury. Jay Mcshann , Bennie Moten, Count Basie, Charlie Parker all had siginficant ties to K.C. The Pendergrast machine and all the shenanigans that went along with it made for a robust nightclub/jazz scene. Using your ctiteria I would put KC ahead of Detroit for historical significance.

[pffft]

KC is an important jazz city, but what notable R&B or rock acts came out of there? Nothing to compare with Detroit's R&B/rock heritage...and we have jazz greats from here too.
Detroit's music heritage is so diverse, it's hard to find another city with talent across so many genres.

[Detroitej72]

Detroit's music heritage is so diverse, it's hard to find another city with talent across so many genres.

Because of this, I would put Detroit in the top tier, as far as influential music, crossing a wide range of genres.

[Detroitej72]

Nothing to compare with Detroit's R&B/rock heritage...and we have jazz greats from here too.

Like Marcus Belgrave, Yusiff, etc.

And don't forget Gospel and Techno as well.

[pffft]

Yes -- gospel and techno, too...Other jazz greats: Kenny Burrell, the Jones brothers, Betty Carter...