Gainesville, FL
Music connected to Gainesville
About Gainesville
- • Tom Petty, the iconic rocker, was born and raised in Gainesville.
- • Gatorade, the popular sports drink, was invented at the University of Florida.
- • The arrival of the Florida Railroad in 1859 established Gainesville's importance.
- • The University of Florida has a bat barn that houses over 500,000 bats.
- • A devastating fire in 1884 destroyed much of downtown Gainesville.
- • Named for General Edmund P. Gaines, it was incorporated as a town in 1869.
- • With over 140,000 people, it's smaller than Tallahassee, but larger than Ocala.
- • The city sits at 164 feet above sea level, relatively high for Florida.
- • Education, healthcare, and research drive Gainesville's economy.
- • A creative, youthful energy permeates the air, fueled by intellectual curiosity.
- • Jacksonville Jaguars, though not here, represent the closest NFL team.
- • Tim Tebow led the Florida Gators to two national championships.
- • The area sits atop the Ocala Limestone formation, a porous Eocene-era rock.
- • Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, a vast savanna, lies just south of the city.
- • Gainesville sits atop the Floridan Aquifer, a major source of freshwater.
- • Gopher tortoises, a keystone species, are commonly found in the area.
- • The region is characterized by a mixed hardwood forest ecosystem.
- • The area was inhabited by the Potano people before European contact.
- • In 1864, the Battle of Gainesville took place during the Civil War.
- • The Hippodrome State Theatre, originally a Federal building, was built in 1911.
- • U.S. Route 441 runs through Gainesville, connecting it to numerous other Florida cities.
Artists From Gainesville
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Behead the Romantic
Beverly Crawford
Big Sky
Billy Reese Peters
bloom.
Bombshell
Bracelet
Brasilia
Bridgeburne R
Burnman
By the Horns
Ceremonial Hammer
Charles Bradley
Con Dolore
Cro(w)s
Crush 22
Crystal Balls
Cutman
Desmond Child
die Hoffnung
Dikembe
Django Haskins
Don Felder
Dozier
Echoes of Violence
Eight Ghosts
For Squirrels
Frameworks
Fulcrum
Gene Austin
Gladys Horton
Grabass Charlestons
Grain
Gravity Zero
Grey Goose
Gui Amador
Gunmoll
Highway 66
Holopaw
Hot Graves
Hot Water Music
House on Fire
Huck Hodge
Human Television
Hundred Waters
I Hate Myself
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J. Page
Jason Cogar
Jaybird Coleman
Jeremy McKinnon
Joe Leonard
John Jarrard
John Vanderslice
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King Tyra
Kumité
Kyle Keller
Less Than Jake
Linda Lyndell
Loris
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Love You Dead
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Mariah Balenciaga
Matthew Edward Hall
Maundy Quintet
Maya Rudolph
Michael Parallax
Monette Moore
Mower
Mudcrutch
Naiomi's Hair
Negative Plane
Noah Lyles
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Option Two
Orbiter
Padgett Powell
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Peter Hanna
Polar
Precipice
Rabbits Foot Williams
Rad Company
Radon
Red Roses for a Blue Lady
Reginald Mobley
Rehasher
Rot in Coffins
Ruby Velle & the Soulphonics
Rumbleseat
Salem
Secrets She Kept
Shane Jankus
Ship Thieves
Sir Prize Fighter
Sissy
Sister Hazel
Speck
Stressface
Strikeforce Diablo
Swayze
Sweet City Action
System2600
The Blacktop Cadence
The Busdrivers
The Cold Ones
The Cosmic Camel
The Deep and Holy Sea
The Draft
The Future Now
The Hold
The Jokes
The Know How
The Mercury Program
The Rare Breed
The Real You
The Sheryl Cro(w) Mags
The Smiths (Robert)
The Vulgar Boatmen
The Yams
The Æffect
Thunderclap
Tiger Mouth
Tired From Now On
Tom Petty
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Towers of Hanoi
True North
Unitas
Usuals
Vangard
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13 Steps to Devastation
Absolute Zero
Against Me!
Amelia S. Haygood
Argentina
Army of Ponch
Assholeparade
Axe
Behead the Romantic
Beverly Crawford
Big Sky
Billy Reese Peters
Bombshell
Bracelet
Brasilia
Bridgeburne R
Burnman
By the Horns
Ceremonial Hammer
Charles Bradley
Con Dolore
Cro(w)s
Crush 22
Crystal Balls
Cutman
Decker
Desmond Child
Dikembe
Django Haskins
Don Felder
Dozier
Echoes of Violence
Eight Ghosts
For Squirrels
Frameworks
Fulcrum
Gene Austin
Gladys Horton
Grabass Charlestons
Grain
Gravity Zero
Grey Goose
Gui Amador
Gunmoll
Highway 66
Holopaw
Hot Graves
Hot Water Music
House on Fire
Huck Hodge
Human Television
Hundred Waters
I Hate Myself
Ithaca
J. Page
Jason Cogar
Jaybird Coleman
Jeremy McKinnon
Joe Leonard
John Jarrard
John Vanderslice
Karen Peck and New River
King Tyra
Kumité
Kyle Keller
Less Than Jake
Linda Lyndell
Loris
Lost Leaders
Love You Dead
Marcus Strickland
Mariah Balenciaga
Matthew Edward Hall
Maundy Quintet
Maya Rudolph
Michael Parallax
Monette Moore
Mower
Mudcrutch
NOMORE
Naiomi's Hair
Negative Plane
Noah Lyles
Oh Fortuna
Option Two
Orbiter
Padgett Powell
Palatka
Pangolin
Panthro U.K. United 13
Peter Hanna
Polar
Precipice
Rabbits Foot Williams
Rad Company
Radon
Red Roses for a Blue Lady
Reginald Mobley
Rehasher
Roach Motel
Rohna
Rot in Coffins
Ruby Velle & the Soulphonics
Rumbleseat
Salem
Satico Satellite
Secrets She Kept
Shane Jankus
Ship Thieves
Sir Prize Fighter
Sissy
Sister Hazel
Speck
Stressface
Strikeforce Diablo
Subrosa
Swayze
Sweet City Action
System2600
The Blacktop Cadence
The Busdrivers
The Cold Ones
The Cosmic Camel
The Deep and Holy Sea
The Draft
The Future Now
The Hold
The Jokes
The Know How
The Mercury Program
The Rare Breed
The Real You
The Sheryl Cro(w) Mags
The Smiths (Robert)
The Vulgar Boatmen
The Yams
The Æffect
Thunderclap
Tiger Mouth
Tired From Now On
Tom Petty
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Towers of Hanoi
True North
Unitas
Usuals
Vangard
Velocirapture
Vitreous
War Sparrow
Warren Oakes
Watership Down
Wax Wings
Whiskey & Co
Whiskey & Co.
Wordsworth
Worlds
You Vandal
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