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re: List your home state's native born Legends (SEC states)
Posted on 7/6/10 at 12:51 pm to LSUROCKS52
Posted on 7/6/10 at 12:51 pm to LSUROCKS52
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truman capote
hes not but didnt see his name on the list
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Posted on 7/6/10 at 12:51 pm to Choctaw
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Maybe Elvis...but Jerry Lee Lewis never did.
He recorded at Sun Studios and lives in Memphis Metropolitan area.
This post was edited on 7/6/10 at 12:53 pm
Posted on 7/6/10 at 12:52 pm to Tennessee Jed
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He recorded at Sun Studios and lives in Memphis Metropolitan area.
I know this....but he always calls Louisiana "home". I live in Houston, TX...i don't call this place home.
Posted on 7/6/10 at 12:52 pm to NATidefan
Hulk Hogan
Evander Holyfield
Dewight Howard
Ray Charles
Little Richard
James Brown
Zach Brown
R.E.M.
Otis Redding
Alan Jackson
A Boat Load of Rappers
Margaret Mitchell
Flannery O'Conner
Bill Elliot
Jimmy Carter
Hines Ward
Herschel Walker
Kevin Brown
Ty Cobb
Jeff Foxworthy
Newt Gingrich
Nancy Grace =
Doc Holliday
Julia Roberts
Jackie Robinson
Sugar Ray Robinson
Chris Tucker
Travis Trit
Clarence Thomas
Evander Holyfield
Dewight Howard
Ray Charles
Little Richard
James Brown
Zach Brown
R.E.M.
Otis Redding
Alan Jackson
A Boat Load of Rappers
Margaret Mitchell
Flannery O'Conner
Bill Elliot
Jimmy Carter
Hines Ward
Herschel Walker
Kevin Brown
Ty Cobb
Jeff Foxworthy
Newt Gingrich
Nancy Grace =
Doc Holliday
Julia Roberts
Jackie Robinson
Sugar Ray Robinson
Chris Tucker
Travis Trit
Clarence Thomas
Posted on 7/6/10 at 12:53 pm to Tennessee Jed
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All people who started their careers in Memphis. Elvis/Lewis/Green/BB King all called or call memphis home.
Sam Phillips (owner of Sun Studio) was from Florence, Alabama and was the main reason Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, and Roy Orbison became famous.
This post was edited on 7/6/10 at 12:56 pm
Posted on 7/6/10 at 12:53 pm to labamafan
so you just skipped to the bottom of the list?
how bout bill russel? most people don't know that
how bout bill russel? most people don't know that
Posted on 7/6/10 at 12:53 pm to Tennessee Jed
I guess you're right, but when you've lived in Memphis since the early 1950's we can pretty much claim you.
Posted on 7/6/10 at 12:54 pm to Tennessee Jed
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quote: Elvis, Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, BB King, Al Green.... All people who started their careers in Memphis. Elvis/Lewis/Green/BB King all called or call memphis home.
And they all recorded at Sam Phillip's SUN studio...Sam was an Alabama native...I'm from the Memphis metro area btw.
This post was edited on 7/6/10 at 12:55 pm
Posted on 7/6/10 at 12:54 pm to LSUROCKS52
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bill russel?
did not know that
Posted on 7/6/10 at 12:54 pm to TheSwineAssault
Jerry Lee Lewis resides presently in Nesbitt, MS.
Posted on 7/6/10 at 12:55 pm to Bovina20
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Jerry Lee Lewis resides presently in Nesbitt, MS.
Which is Memphis Metropolitan area. Right outside of South haven.
Posted on 7/6/10 at 12:56 pm to labamafan
exactly. born in monroe. hated it due to the racism then he plays ball in boston, where he hated it due to racism
Posted on 7/6/10 at 12:58 pm to LSUROCKS52
thats because too many idiots attribute it to a southern thing but it isnt.
Posted on 7/6/10 at 1:00 pm to labamafan
they still to this day talk about how racist boston is. cowherd was talking about that a few weeks ago in regards to manny ramirez. i don't think russell has forgiven the city for that yet.
Posted on 7/6/10 at 1:09 pm to TheSwineAssault
Louisiana:
Fats Domino
Louis Armstrong
Paul Prudhomme
Karl Malone
Jim Taylor (Green Bay Packer RB)
Marshall Faulk
Anne Rice
Marie Laveau
Fats Domino
Louis Armstrong
Paul Prudhomme
Karl Malone
Jim Taylor (Green Bay Packer RB)
Marshall Faulk
Anne Rice
Marie Laveau
This post was edited on 7/6/10 at 1:15 pm
Posted on 7/6/10 at 1:10 pm to Jason9782003
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Zachary Taylor (12th President)
Not born in LA
Posted on 7/6/10 at 1:11 pm to Jason9782003
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Zachary Taylor (12th President)
born in VA
Posted on 7/6/10 at 1:14 pm to LSUROCKS52
Tennessee - Davy Crockett, Andrew Jackson, Sam Houston (Moved to TN before he could walk)
Best living American Author Cormac Mccarthy
Best living American Author Cormac Mccarthy
This post was edited on 7/6/10 at 1:17 pm
Posted on 7/6/10 at 1:23 pm to Tennessee Jed
Tennessee:
Jasper Newton "Jack" Daniel
Jasper Newton "Jack" Daniel
Posted on 7/6/10 at 1:25 pm to TheSwineAssault
(Not an SEC state but so what)
Robert Altman
Maya Angelou
Yogi Berra
Chuck Berry
Bill Bradley
Omar Nelson Bradley
William Burroughs
Dale Carnegie
George Washington Carver
William Clark
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain)
Walter Cronkite
Sheryl Crow
T. S. Eliot
Redd Foxx
James W. Fulbright
Joe Garagiola
John Goodman
Betty Grable
Edwin Hubble
Jesse James
Rush Limbaugh
Stan Musial
Satchel Paige
James C. Penney
Marlin Perkins
John J. Pershing
Vincent Price
Joseph Pulitzer
Ginger Rogers
Billy Sims
Casey Stengel
Harry S. Truman
Kathleen Turner
Dick Van Dyke
Porter Wagoner
Dennis Weaver
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Tennessee Williams
Robert Altman
Maya Angelou
Yogi Berra
Chuck Berry
Bill Bradley
Omar Nelson Bradley
William Burroughs
Dale Carnegie
George Washington Carver
William Clark
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain)
Walter Cronkite
Sheryl Crow
T. S. Eliot
Redd Foxx
James W. Fulbright
Joe Garagiola
John Goodman
Betty Grable
Edwin Hubble
Jesse James
Rush Limbaugh
Stan Musial
Satchel Paige
James C. Penney
Marlin Perkins
John J. Pershing
Vincent Price
Joseph Pulitzer
Ginger Rogers
Billy Sims
Casey Stengel
Harry S. Truman
Kathleen Turner
Dick Van Dyke
Porter Wagoner
Dennis Weaver
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Tennessee Williams
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