100 Years of Music That Defined Arizona

You're telling me Trunk Federation didn't make the list? What a bunch of nonsense. "Jello" was a 90's anthem.

Andrew Jackson Jihad could very well have been in there, shame it isn't considering how they embody the voice of the youth today, The Bled is a nice touch.

Why no Marty Robbins? Too obvious?

The Bled song is "You Know Who's Seatbelt" as opposed to the former and was reference to Dale Earnhardt.

Dave, how the heck r ya!
I still play 'Here Comes Trouble'!
Ha, G

No 'Billy Clone & The Same'???
Who came up with this list???!!!!
Obviously not someone 'in the know' about the AZ scene...

Major Lingo should have been on this list!

What about Mesa Town by Authority Zero?

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This list doesn't really do a lot of good without some way of hearing most of these songs..

What's Western Thread?

AZ had some great metal bands that got national attention, Sacred Reich, Flotsam and Jetsam, Crushed... music critics' lists are crap. Dave Pratt... really?

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What exactly is Neko Case doing on here?

Nothing from the Dusty Chaps?! Are you kidding!?

Sorry, this list is incomplete. There's nothing on there by Dead Hot Workshop.

You guys missed the boat by not including the 1912 hit "Ragtime Cowboy Joe". It's wiki entry has the lyrics, which start off:

Out in Arizona
Where the bad men are,
And the only friend to guide you
Is an evening star,
The roughest, toughest man by far
Is Ragtime Cowboy Joe.

By the way, ragtime was controversial music. On Feb. 8, 1913, the University of Arizona banned ragtime dancing.

-Kevin Dahl

Great list. Surprised My Guardian Angel by the Pistoleros didn't make the cut.

Where is "Ghostriders in the Sky" by Stan Jones (from Douglas) -- 1950s?

So, almost 40% of the 100 best Arizona songs were written in the last 10 years, huh? That's pretty much what I expected.

Fun stuff. I'm a little surprised about the absence of anything Linda Ronstadt did and three '70's-'80's Tucson mainstays: Bob Meighan Band, The Dusty Chaps and the ever entertaining Chuck Wagon and the Wheels. Their Disco Sucks resulted in Mayhem in Chicago a few years after they released that album. All the old Wallace & Ladmo fans are glad to see Mike (Commodore) Condello on the list..who can ever forget the Salt River Navy Band!

Donnie Wood? The singer of "Need You" is the one and only, Donnie Owens!

Very chauvanistic - Phoenix-centric. What about Dearly Beloved, Lewlen brothers who consistently topped The Spiders (Alice Cooper) in the Battle of the Bands? Bo Street Runners who had one hit from Sierra Vista. Gene Fisher and the Mystics from Flagstaff, on and on.

You should make a sendspace file so we can download the playlist. Awesome article!

Whoops, even better, The Spiders...the original name of Alice Cooper!

Good Job! So glad to see Duane Eddy on there. My dad was his dentist! Also nice to see Grant and the Geezers, The Tubes(formerly Beans), Dyke and the Blazers and Jerry Riopelle in the mix. Did I miss any reference to Alice Cooper(the band,not the person)?