Milwaukee, WI

Music connected to Milwaukee

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a city that feels like a warm hug with a beer chaser, resonates with musical echoes across genres. Charley Crockett asks "what's made milwaukee famous," while Maritime simply titles a song "Milwaukee," hinting at the city's evocative power. From Al Jarreau to Coo Coo Cal, artists find inspiration here, and the city crops up in over 40 songs on RoadyGoat. Peter Mulvey's "Brady Street Stroll" captures a local vibe, while others like Colin Gawel in "Superior" simply acknowledge the city's presence.

Beyond the music, Milwaukee's history and geography shape its character. Founded in 1846, the name "Milwaukee" means "good land" in Algonquian, a fitting description for this city nestled on the shores of Lake Michigan. Brewing established Milwaukee's early prominence, and even Jimi Hendrix played here! So, tune in to the Milwaukee sound and discover a city where music, history, and that famous Midwestern hospitality intertwine.

About Milwaukee

• Liberace, the flamboyant pianist, was born in West Milwaukee.
• Harley-Davidson motorcycles were founded in Milwaukee in 1903.
• Brewing, especially beer production, established Milwaukee's early prominence.
• Milwaukee has a system of underground tunnels connecting downtown buildings.
• The Great Fire of 1892 destroyed much of the Third Ward, reshaping the city.
• "Milwaukee" means "good land" in Algonquian; it was incorporated in 1846.
• With about 577,000 residents, it's Wisconsin's most populous city.
• At 672 feet, Milwaukee offers stunning Lake Michigan views.
• Healthcare, manufacturing, and finance are key Milwaukee industries.
• Being there feels like a warm, friendly hug with a beer chaser.
• The Silurian dolomite bedrock formed from ancient coral reefs is quarried for building stone.
• The Kettle Moraine State Forest, showcasing glacial landforms, lies northwest of the city.
• The Milwaukee River flows into Lake Michigan, part of the Great Lakes watershed.
• The Milwaukee area is home to the rusty patched bumble bee, an endangered pollinator.
• Oak savanna ecosystems, characterized by scattered oak trees and prairie grasses, were historically common.
• The Menomonee Valley was a significant gathering and trading area for Native American tribes.
• The Lady Elgin disaster, a ship collision resulting in hundreds of deaths, occurred off the coast in 1860.
• The Milwaukee City Hall, a Flemish Renaissance Revival style building, was completed in 1895.
• Wisconsin Highway 100 forms a partial beltway around Milwaukee County.
• The Niagara Escarpment, a prominent dolomite ridge, influences the area's topography.
• The Milwaukee River flows into Lake Michigan, a major source of drinking water.
• Lake sturgeon, a prehistoric fish, inhabit Lake Michigan near Milwaukee.
• Remnant oak savannas, grasslands with scattered oak trees, once dominated the landscape.
• The Menomonee Valley was a significant gathering and trade area for various Native American tribes.
• In 1892, the Plankinton House Hotel burned down, killing several people.
• The Milwaukee Art Museum, featuring a movable brise soleil, was completed in 2001.
• Wisconsin Highway 100 forms a partial loop around the Milwaukee metro area.

Artists From Milwaukee

10 Paces, Fire 1956 2nd Thought 33rpm 357 String Band 4th Class A Hype A.B. Skhy A.J. Lewandowski Abby Jeanne Accidental Suicide Adam Aleksic Addiction Address Unknown Al Jarreau Alan Cemore All These Runners Altered Five Blues Band Andrew Raciti Angus S. Hibbard Anika Annette Calud Antics Apocalyptic Session Ask Your Mother At Latl Attila and The Huns Augie Haas Ava Max Babes Band of Dust Barracuda - The Ultimate Tribute to Heart Beatallica Bell & Circuit Ben-Hur Bender Beneath the Lake Bernhard Kaun Bernie Roberts Biff Blumfumgagnge Big Snake Band Big Spoon Bizness Boi Black Belt Theatre Blue Unit Bluehand Bo & Airo Bob Kames Bockenplautz Body Futures Bongwraith Boo! The Band Branches Band Brass Knuckles for Tough Guys Breakout Trio Brenda Nicole Moorer Brian Ritchie Brief Candles Bruce Odland Buffalo Gospel Buffalo Nichols BUG MOMENT Bunky Green Burial Hex Burst Call Me Lightning Camden Candy Cigarette Carl Allen Carl Strong Casino Versus Japan Castle Thunder Caught Looking Cecilio Negrón, Jr. Certified Trapper Charles Gray Charlotte Rae Cherie Nichole Bradley Chicken Wire Empire Chopping Mall Chris Spheeris Chris Swansen Citizen King Clave y Afinque CNJ Latin Jazz Coldspring Drive Collections of Colonies of Bees Colonial Skyway Colonies of Bees Conrad Plymouth Coo Coo Cal Craig Omick & Friends All Star Band Craig Walkner Crank the Radio Crazy Man’s Basement Creme Soda Crumpler Curbsitter Cyanosis Dad the Plow Daddio Daisy Chain Dale Duesing Dan Harmon Dan Nimmer Daniel Stepner Danny Gokey Danny Zelonky Daron Aric Hagen Daryl Stuermer Dave Askren Dave Lund Davey von Bohlen David Gahr David Glazer David Hazeltine David Snell Daydream Retrievers Dean Laabs Decapitado! Decibully Dennis Morgan Dennison Wheelock Despite DESTROS Devil Met Contention Die Kreuzen Diet Lite Dimension X Direct Hit! dis- Disaster March DJ Supa Bad Cash Doghouse Flowers Dominick Fernow Don Hunjadi Donald Knuth Doubter Doug James Downfall Dr. Angst Dr. Bop and the Headliners Driving Miss Crazy Dropbear Collective Drugs Dragons Duane Dee Earl George Eddie Allen Elizabeth Warnock Fernea Ella Wheeler Wilcox Elusive Parallelograms Emily Pogorelc Eminence Eric Benét Eric Carlson Eric Leeds Erik Kowalski Erik Scott Eye & i F/i Falter Faux Fiction Favorite Shape Triangle Faye Mata Feels Like The First Time Felice Bryant Fever Marlene Filet of Soul Floyd & Associates Foetopsy Foreign Fields Foreign Goods Forever Is Forgotten Forstella Ford Fred Major Fred White Frederick L. Hemke Freshwater Collins Frogwater Full Blown Margaret Full Nude Gary Foote Gary Imhoff Gary Tanin Gene Wilder Geoff Lafleur George Tillman, Jr. Gerald Fischbach Gerald Hiken Gerome Durham and the All-Star Band Glenn Kaiser Glenn Yarbrough Goodnight Loving Gordon Gano Greg Eagles Guerrilla Ghost Guy Hoffman Handmade Wolves Harper Rose Heidi Spencer & The Rare Birds Heinz Roemheld Henry Fink Henry Mahoski Herbert Stothart Hero of a Hundred Fights Herschel Burke-Gilbert Holy Shit! Honey Creek Hot Coffin Howard Wales Howie Epstein Ian IfIHadAHiFi Ikarus Down Ike Sturm Into Arcadia Invade Rome IshDARR J. E. Sunde Jack and the Beanstalks Jack Rieley Jackie Allen Jackie Brown Jackie Cain Jaida Essence Hall Jaill Jake Paul James Chance James David Christie James Sigfried James White Jane Farwell Jane Henschel Jane Kaczmarek Janet Planet Jayke Orvis Jaymes Mansfield Jazzmen Jeannie Gaffigan Jeff Chambers Jeff Hanson Jeff O'Connor Jeffrey Dahmer Jerry Harrison Jerry Krahn Jesse Draxler Jim Liban Jim Ruel Jim Schutte Joe Goltz Joe Sanders Joe Wong Joey Gee & The Come-Ons Joey Jay Joey Mook John Fricke John Nichols John Sherba John Solum Jon Fuller Joseph Huber Josh Werner Juiceboxxx Jungle Rot Just Jonathan K Camp Kakia Karl Signell Kcrae Kelli and the Soul Mates Kelsey Kent Kennan Kevin Bate KIC Band Kim Robertson KingHellBastard Kings Go Forth Kitt Reuter-Foss Kurt Heinecke Kyle Stevenson Ladybird Lakeyah LaLa Brown Larry Lynne Group Larry Phillipson Latonius Laura Bomber Laura Gilpin Lee Kesselman Leland Sklar Lester Pride Liar’s Trial Lili K Logan’s Run Loomis Love Handle Low Res Luke Eisner Luvahl Lycanthropy Lynn Owen Lynne Arriale Madilyn Bailey Majestics Major Arcana Mambo Surfers Man Random Manna Steel Manticore Consort MapleJournal Marilyn Schmiege Maritime Mark Durante Mark Stewart Mark Verbos Marshall P. Lufsky Martin Defatte Mary Ann Mumm Mary Kay Fink Mary Mackenzie Matrix Max Devereaux Michael Burks Michael Czajkowski Michael Dorf Michael Torke Midian Mike Hoffmann Mimi Goese Misha Siegfried and His Band Mitchell Ayres Moon Rats Mortal Dread Mother's Worry Motherfuckers Mt. Olive Mt. Zion Roots My Little Romance Nabori Nasa Lamode Negative/Positive NEWSKI Newton Minow newvices Nicole Kottke Band Niveous No Parking North Warren Number 9 Hard Oceans Oh Geeez, Not Again Oil Tasters OncetheSun Ophelia's Sweet Demise Ordinary Fiction Otis & The Alligators Outer Graves Owlscry Pat McCurdy Paul Cebar Pescatarian at Best Pete Ross Peter C. Lutkin Peter Dominguez Peter Mulvey Peter Straub Phil Humphrey Philip Dizack Pillaging Villagers Plasticland Platinum Boys Post Ghost Putrid Mass Pynk Peach Mob Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Twerski Rae Cassidy Ralph Votapek Ramihrdus Ramma Lamma Random Walk Rebecca Patek Rectifier Red Knife Lottery Red Light Saints Resurrectionists Revision Text Richard Parker Richard Wold Rick Germanson Ripple Effect Rising Phoenix Robbie Clement Robbie Sender Robert Bonfiglio Robert Emmett O'Connor Roc Ohly Rocket Cat Rocket Paloma Roger Jokela Roots Collective Rose of the West Rose Sorenmann Rotted Russell Thornson SACRED Saddlebrook Salford Lads Club Sam McCue Sammy Ray Sarah Larsen Saving Savannah Scam Likely Scathed School of Rock Shorewood Scott Schoenbeck Scott Williams Sean Dolan Searchlights Secondhand Souls Seven Days of Samsara Sharking Hour Sickness Silmaril Sleepersound Sleestak Slowburn Slumpbuster Sonic Circus Sons of Sconnie Soul Low Speech SpeedFreaks Splattered Cadaver Stephanie Dosen Steve Miller Steve Miller Band Steven Chesne Strange Land Strings to Roam Stunt's Blue Leg Expedition Sugo Super Custom Deluxe Sweetbottom Syndicate Taiyamo Denku Take It Easy Tank Ted Alevizos Ted Kirkpatrick Telecognac Temper Temper Ten Boy Summer Teresa Seidl Terry Gale Textbook Traitors The 52nd Street Band The Acoustix The Baroques The Barrettes The Benjamins The Bennett's The Blacktop Kings The Blue Boys The Bystanders The Caliphs The Carolinas The Color Truth The Continentals The Corporation The Cow Ponies The Crossfires The Danglers The Dead Poets Society The Delcords The Delphines The Deverons The Docksiders The Figureheads The Frogs The Glamour The Gufs The Heroes Lie The Hollowz The Impalas The Invasion The Jesters III The Katz Sass The Lackloves The Mid-Knighters The Mistreaters The Monday Specials The Mustard Men The New Grey The No Nothings The Nocturnes The Petals The Pocket Kings The Portraits The Promise Ring The Quest The R&B Cadets The Ragadors The Rehabilitation Cruise The Rejects The Response The Revomatics The Ricochettes The Service The Servos The Shag The Shaprels The Six Shooters The Skunks The Sleepwalkers The Sleighriders The Spirals The Stage-Men The Sweet Tarts The Teen Tones The Teen's Men The Unitaskers The Uptown Savages The Vikings The Voodoos The Wanderer's Rest The WhiskeyBelles The Wrest The Yell Leaders The Zakons Those Lil’ Ole Music Makers To the Dogs Tommy Gumina Toulouse Engelhardt Trapper Schoepp & The Shades Triumphs Trixie Mattel Unpleasant Upside Groove Coalition Various Small Fires Venture Verne Meisner Vic Ferrari Vincent Black & the Killer Clowns Violent Femmes Vivo Volcano Choir Wally Ingram Wamsley Wanda Chrome and the Leather Pharaohs Wanda Chrome and the Leather Pharoahs well + good William Hellermann Willie Pickens Willie Tremain’s Thunderbirds Wings of Scarlet Woody Herman Wooldridge Brothers Wreck Xposed 4Heads Yakuza Jacuzzi Yipes! You’re Pretty Interlay

Songs About Milwaukee

Brady Street Stroll by

Superior by

10 Degrees & Getting Colder by

Ten Degrees by

Milwaukee by

Machine Gun [Band Of Gypsys] by

what's made milwaukee famous by

gonna drink milwaukee dry by

Machine Gun - Live at Fillmore East 1/1/70 [First Show] by

Roll Out the Barrel by

Says by

How Does It Feel To Ya (feat. Koffee Brown & Midwikid) by

How Does it Feel to Ya by

Ride Till We Die by

Comin’ in Hot by

Jump Around by

Mamma Song by

Me And Paul by

Man From Milwaukee by

Walk It Talk It by

Kosher Certified by

oklahoma joe by

Dark Horse (feat. Juicy J) by

Alcohol by

Honey Bee by

Still Ride Till We Die by

Cannibal by

Real by

Milwaukee by

Life Good as It Can Be by

Coon by

Scottie Beam by

Milwaukee, Here I Come by

Little Liza Jane by

Dedication (feat. Mr. Do It To Death) by

Area Codes by

Dedication by

Intro by

Blister in the Sun by

Add It Up by

Da Freestyle King by

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10 Paces, Fire 1956 2nd Thought 33rpm 357 String Band 4th Class A Hype A.B. Skhy A.J. Lewandowski Abby Jeanne Accidental Suicide Adam Aleksic Addiction Address Unknown Al Jarreau Alan Cemore All These Runners Altered Five Blues Band Andrew Raciti Angus S. Hibbard Anika Annette Calud Antics Apocalyptic Session Ask Your Mother At Latl Attila and The Huns Augie Haas Ava Max BUG MOMENT Babes Band of Dust Barracuda - The Ultimate Tribute to Heart Beatallica Bell & Circuit Ben-Hur Bender Beneath the Lake Bernhard Kaun Bernie Roberts Biff Blumfumgagnge Big Snake Band Big Spoon Bizness Boi Black Belt Theatre Blue Unit Bluehand Bo & Airo Bob Kames Bockenplautz Body Futures Bongwraith Boo! The Band Branches Band Brass Knuckles for Tough Guys Breakout Trio Brenda Nicole Moorer Brian Ritchie Brief Candles Bruce Odland Buffalo Gospel Buffalo Nichols Bunky Green Burial Hex Burst CNJ Latin Jazz Call Me Lightning Camden Candy Cigarette Carl Allen Carl Strong Casino Versus Japan Castle Thunder Caught Looking Cecilio Negrón, Jr. Certified Trapper Charles Gray Charlotte Rae Cherie Nichole Bradley Chicken Wire Empire Chopping Mall Chris Spheeris Chris Swansen Citizen King Clave y Afinque Coldspring Drive Collections of Colonies of Bees Colonial Skyway Colonies of Bees Conrad Plymouth Coo Coo Cal Craig Omick & Friends All Star Band Craig Walkner Crank the Radio Crazy Man’s Basement Creme Soda Crumpler Curbsitter Cyanosis DESTROS DJ Supa Bad Cash Dad the Plow Daddio Daisy Chain Dale Duesing Dan Harmon Dan Nimmer Daniel Stepner Danny Gokey Danny Zelonky Daron Aric Hagen Daryl Stuermer Dave Askren Dave Lund Davey von Bohlen David Gahr David Glazer David Hazeltine David Snell Daydream Retrievers Dean Laabs Decapitado! Decibully Dennis Morgan Dennison Wheelock Despite Devil Met Contention Die Kreuzen Diet Lite Dimension X Direct Hit! Disaster March Doghouse Flowers Dominick Fernow Don Hunjadi Donald Knuth Doubter Doug James Downfall Dr. Angst Dr. Bop and the Headliners Driving Miss Crazy Dropbear Collective Drugs Dragons Duane Dee Earl George Eddie Allen Elizabeth Warnock Fernea Ella Wheeler Wilcox Elusive Parallelograms Emily Pogorelc Eminence Eric Benét Eric Carlson Eric Leeds Erik Kowalski Erik Scott Eye & i F/i Falter Faux Fiction Favorite Shape Triangle Faye Mata Feels Like The First Time Felice Bryant Fever Marlene Filet of Soul Floyd & Associates Foetopsy Foreign Fields Foreign Goods Forever Is Forgotten Forstella Ford Fred Major Fred White Frederick L. Hemke Freshwater Collins Frogwater Full Blown Margaret Full Nude Gary Foote Gary Imhoff Gary Tanin Gene Wilder Geoff Lafleur George Tillman, Jr. Gerald Fischbach Gerald Hiken Gerome Durham and the All-Star Band Glenn Kaiser Glenn Yarbrough Goodnight Loving Gordon Gano Greg Eagles Guerrilla Ghost Guy Hoffman Handmade Wolves Harper Rose Heidi Spencer & The Rare Birds Heinz Roemheld Henry Fink Henry Mahoski Herbert Stothart Hero of a Hundred Fights Herschel Burke-Gilbert Hoi Polloi Holy Shit! Honey Creek Hot Coffin Howard Wales Howie Epstein Ian IfIHadAHiFi Ikarus Down Ike Sturm Interlay Into Arcadia Invade Rome IshDARR J. E. Sunde Jack Rieley Jack and the Beanstalks Jackie Allen Jackie Brown Jackie Cain Jaida Essence Hall Jaill Jake Paul James Chance James David Christie James Sigfried James White Jane Farwell Jane Henschel Jane Kaczmarek Janet Planet Jayke Orvis Jaymes Mansfield Jazzmen Jeannie Gaffigan Jeff Chambers Jeff Hanson Jeff O'Connor Jeffrey Dahmer Jerry Harrison Jerry Krahn Jesse Draxler Jim Liban Jim Ruel Jim Schutte Joe Goltz Joe Sanders Joe Wong Joey Gee & The Come-Ons Joey Jay Joey Mook John Fricke John Nichols John Sherba John Solum Jon Fuller Joseph Huber Josh Werner Juiceboxxx Jungle Rot Just Jonathan K Camp KIC Band Kakia Karl Signell Kcrae Kelli and the Soul Mates Kelsey Kent Kennan Kevin Bate Kim Robertson KingHellBastard Kings Go Forth Kitt Reuter-Foss Kurt Heinecke Kyle Stevenson LaLa Brown Ladybird Lakeyah Larry Lynne Group Larry Phillipson Latonius Laura Bomber Laura Gilpin Lee Kesselman Leland Sklar Lester Pride Liar’s Trial Lili K Logan’s Run Loomis Love Handle Low Res Luke Eisner Luvahl Lycanthropy Lynn Owen Lynne Arriale Madilyn Bailey Majestics Major Arcana Mambo Surfers Man Random Manna Steel Manticore Consort MapleJournal Marilyn Schmiege Maritime Mark Durante Mark Stewart Mark Verbos Marshall P. Lufsky Martin Defatte Mary Ann Mumm Mary Kay Fink Mary Mackenzie Matrix Max Devereaux Michael Burks Michael Czajkowski Michael Dorf Michael Torke Midian Mike Hoffmann Mimi Goese Misha Siegfried and His Band Mitchell Ayres Moon Rats Mortal Dread Mother's Worry Motherfuckers Mt. Olive Mt. Zion Roots My Little Romance NEWSKI Nabori Nasa Lamode Negative/Positive Newton Minow Nicole Kottke Band Niveous No Parking North Warren Number 9 Hard Oceans Oh Geeez, Not Again Oil Tasters OncetheSun Ophelia's Sweet Demise Ordinary Fiction Otis & The Alligators Outer Graves Owlscry Pat McCurdy Paul Cebar Pescatarian at Best Pete Ross Peter C. Lutkin Peter Dominguez Peter Mulvey Peter Straub Phil Humphrey Philip Dizack Pillaging Villagers Plasticland Platinum Boys Post Ghost Putrid Mass Pynk Peach Mob Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Twerski Rae Cassidy Ralph Votapek Ramihrdus Ramma Lamma Random Walk Rebecca Patek Rectifier Red Knife Lottery Red Light Saints Resurrectionists Revision Text Richard Parker Richard Wold Rick Germanson Ripple Effect Rising Phoenix Robbie Clement Robbie Sender Robert Bonfiglio Robert Emmett O'Connor Roc Ohly Rocket Cat Rocket Paloma Roger Jokela Roots Collective Rose Sorenmann Rose of the West Rotted Russell Thornson SACRED Saddlebrook Salford Lads Club Sam McCue Sammy Ray Sarah Larsen Saving Savannah Scam Likely Scathed School of Rock Shorewood Scott Schoenbeck Scott Williams Sean Dolan Searchlights Secondhand Souls Seven Days of Samsara Sharking Hour Sickness Silmaril Sleepersound Sleestak Slowburn Slumpbuster Sonic Circus Sons of Sconnie Soul Low Speech SpeedFreaks Splattered Cadaver Stephanie Dosen Steve Miller Steve Miller Band Steven Chesne Strange Land Strings to Roam Stunt's Blue Leg Expedition Sugo Super Custom Deluxe Sweetbottom Syndicate Taiyamo Denku Take It Easy Tank Ted Alevizos Ted Kirkpatrick Telecognac Temper Temper Ten Boy Summer Teresa Seidl Terry Gale Textbook Traitors The 52nd Street Band The Acoustix The Baroques The Barrettes The Benjamins The Bennett's The Blacktop Kings The Blue Boys The Bystanders The Caliphs The Carolinas The Color Truth The Continentals The Corporation The Cow Ponies The Crossfires The Danglers The Dead Poets Society The Delcords The Delphines The Deverons The Docksiders The Figureheads The Frogs The Glamour The Gufs The Heroes Lie The Hollowz The Impalas The Invasion The Jesters III The Katz Sass The Lackloves The Mid-Knighters The Mistreaters The Monday Specials The Mustard Men The New Grey The No Nothings The Nocturnes The Petals The Pocket Kings The Portraits The Promise Ring The Quest The R&B Cadets The Ragadors The Rehabilitation Cruise The Rejects The Response The Revomatics The Ricochettes The Service The Servos The Shag The Shaprels The Six Shooters The Skunks The Sleepwalkers The Sleighriders The Spirals The Stage-Men The Sweet Tarts The Teen Tones The Teen's Men The Unitaskers The Uptown Savages The Vikings The Voodoos The Wanderer's Rest The WhiskeyBelles The Wrest The Yell Leaders The Zakons Those Lil’ Ole Music Makers To the Dogs Tommy Gumina Toulouse Engelhardt Trapper Schoepp & The Shades Triumphs Trixie Mattel Unpleasant Upside Groove Coalition Various Small Fires Venture Verne Meisner Vic Ferrari Vincent Black & the Killer Clowns Violent Femmes Vivo Volcano Choir Wally Ingram Wamsley Wanda Chrome and the Leather Pharaohs Wanda Chrome and the Leather Pharoahs William Hellermann Willie Pickens Willie Tremain’s Thunderbirds Wings of Scarlet Woody Herman Wooldridge Brothers Wreck Xposed 4Heads Yakuza Jacuzzi Yipes! 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