Several KIRO personalities discuss the music that defines Seattle and the artists that belong on the Mount Rushmore of Seattle music.
Before a little online bookstore became a retail giant, when a local company later known as RealNetworks was pioneering something called “streaming” and 97.3 FM was still playing the oldies, Seattle ’s local music scene had a loud global resonance. During a Friday edition of KIRO Nights, several KIRO personalities debated and discussed the music that defines Seattle and what artists belong on the Mount Rushmore of Seattle music before listeners sent in their votes for an official ranking.
“I’m going with Jimi Hendrix for my first pick,” Butler said. “One of the defining talents of psychedelic rock guitar virtuosity, poetic lyricism and vivid imagination. He’s one of these artists that takes the listener on a journey into the vastness of the universe, the cliche of mind expansion.” Hendrix, known arguably as the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music, attended Horace Mann Elementary School and then Garfield High School, both in Seattl
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