Musicians from Denton, Texas
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The following is a partial list of musicians from Denton, Texas, a city in North Texas in the United States. A variety of musicians and musical groups have made their start in Denton, Texas, home of the University of North Texas College of Music, 35 Denton and the Denton Arts and Jazz Festival.
Two well known examples are: Sly Stone -american musician, songwriter, and record producer (most famous for his role as frontman for Sly & the Family Stone) who was born in Denton. As well, singer-pianist Norah Jones, who studied jazz piano at the University of North Texas.
Others include:
The Eli Young Band made their start in Denton
Alan Palomo from Neon Indian @ Governors Ball 2011. Alan Palomo and Neon Indian made their start in Denton, Texas (his previous band name was Ghosthustler)
- A.N.S
- Baboon
- The Baptist Generals
- Bosque Brown
- Bowling for Soup
- Brave Combo
- Brutal Juice
- Centro-Matic
- Chris Garver
- Circus della Morte
- Corn Mo
- Deep Blue Something
- Don Henley
- Bob Dorough
- Eli Young Band
- Eric Keyes
- Faktion
- Febrifuge
- Fishboy
- Flickerstick
- Fra Pandolf
- Lift to Experience
- The Marked Men
- Mazinga Phaser
- Meat Loaf
- Midlake
- Mingo Fishtrap
- Neon Indian
- New Science Projects
- Pat Boone
- Polyphonic Spree
- Ray Peterson
- Record Hop
- The Riverboat Gamblers
- The Rocket Summer
- Roy Orbison
- Sarah Jaffe
- Slobberbone
- Sly Stone
- Snarky Puppy
- The Sound and the Fury