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- Adam Young
- Glenn Miller
- Bix Beiderbecke
- Corey Taylor
- Andy Williams
- Charlie Haden
- Art Farmer
- Joey Jordison
- Tommy Bolin
- William Elliott Whitmore
First, we have Adam Young who is the lead singer and founder of the electric dance music (EDM) band Owl City. Young was born in 1986 in Ottumwa, Iowa and he has always been a proud member of the state. In Owl City’s song “The Fifth of July,” Young sings about Ottumwa being his hometown. Young started to make music in his parent’s basement in Ottumw...
Glenn Miller was a trombone player, composer, and bandleader in 1930s and ’40s America. He was born in small-town Clarinda, Iowa which today only has a population of just over 5,000. He learned to play the horn as a child in Clarinda. Miller went on to inspire a generation of soldiers and others involved in World War II, and his music was celebrate...
Bix Beiderbecke was a jazz musician and composer who played the cornet and the piano. Beiderbecke was born in 1903 in Davenport, Iowa, where he taught himself the cornet by ear at a surprisingly early age. Beiderbecke was the first big-time white jazz soloist, and he worked alongside some of the top musicians in the world during his career. Sadly, ...
Corey Taylor is an alternative and heavy metal musician. He’s the lead singer and lyricist of metal band Slipknot and the less well-known alternative rock band Stone Sour. Taylor was born in Des Moines, the capital city of Iowa, and returns there to perform on tours. Taylor referred to himself as the best singer in Des Moines when talking about joi...
Andy Williams is one of the most well-known singers of all time. Of his 43 recorded albums, 15 have been gold-certified, and three have been platinum-certified. Williams was born in Wall Lake, Iowa a tiny town with a current population of about 755 people. Andy Williams began his career in the children’s choir in Wall Lake and went on to start a qu...
Charlie Haden was a celebrated American musician and bandleader known for playing the double bass. Haden was born in 1937 in Shenandoah, Iowa a small town known for seeding and planting trees. Haden is famous for changing the way the bass was played in jazz music. In Shenandoah, Haden’s family were all musically inclined and performed together on t...
Art Farmer was a jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player, and the combined instrument was the flumpet. He was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa which is one of the most populated towns in the state. Farmer was born in 1928 and began playing the piano and tuba in elementary school. Farmer had a twin brother who was also a musician, and the two met various oth...
Joey Jordison aka Nathan Jonas Jordison was born in Des Moines, Iowa, and is the co-founder of heavy metal band Slipknot with his bandmate and fellow Iowan Corey Taylor. Jordison was the drummer for Slipknot and the guitarist for punk band Murderdolls which formed in 2010. Jordison met Taylor in 1995 and helped form what would eventually be Slipkno...
Tommy Bolin was a guitarist from Sioux City, Iowa. He also wrote songs for his solo projects and played with blues-rock bands Deep Purple, Zephyr, and The James Gang. Bolin was born in Sioux City in 1951, and before age 13 he was playing with local Iowan bands. While playing with A Patch of Blue, Bolin was inducted into the Iowa Rock and Roll Hall ...
William Elliott Whitmore is a native Iowan musician from Lee County, Iowa. Whitmore sings blues, country, and folk music, often inspired by his childhood and current life on his family’s 160-acre farm. He graduated from Central Lee Highschool in Iowa and has never permanently left. Whitmore has released 10 albums and recently formed the band Middle...
After almost 30 years in the industry, Dan Halsted has incorporated the cumulative wealth of his diverse experience and expertise into his own company, Manage-ment – an agile organization that integrates talent management, development, production and financing.
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Mar 15, 2010 · Halsted has worked on five films that have premiered at Sundance. In 2004, with 20-years industry experience Halsted formed the company MANAGE-MENT. Representing writers and directors as clients, the company also produces film, television and web-based projects.
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Dan Halsted (born 1962) is an American film producer and talent manager, best known for producing such films as Garden State, Any Given Sunday and The Virgin Suicides.
