Other Oregon Musicians
- Hoyt Axton, a country singer/songwriter lived for many years in Glide
- Broadway Calls, group from Rainier, Oregon
- Meredith Brooks, singer/songwriter and guitarist from Corvallis
- Falling Up, a Christian rock group from Albany
- Gary "Chicken" Hirsch, former drummer for Country Joe and the Fish lives in Ashland
- Neighb'rhood Childr'n, a 1960s psychedelic group originally from the Medford area
- Mickey Newbury, best known as a country songwriter, lived in Vida
- Johnnie Ray, singer, best known for his 1952 hit, Cry, born in Hopewell
- The W's, a Christian ska/swing group from Corvallis
- Mason Williams, a classical guitarist, best known for Classical Gas, lived in Oakridge in the 1950s, and lives in Eugene now.
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