I don’t know the origins or accuracy of the following map, but came across this on Facebook claiming to represent the most influential/popular/highest-earning-achievement-of music artists/bands from each state making up the USA.

In continuing my Nebraska themed posts (after some absence), I have reserached the background to Mannheim Sreamroller a little who did began their musical career in Omaha, the place of my birth.

According to Wikipedia,

‘Mannheim Steamroller is an American neoclassical new-age music ensemble founded and directed by percussionist/composer Chip Davis in 1974. The group is known primarily for its Fresh Aire series of albums, which blend classical music with elements of new age and rock, and for its modern recordings of Christmas music. The group has sold 28 million albums in the U.S. alone.’

Their musical origins and background are also summarised via Wikipedia,

‘ Mannheim Steamroller began as an alias for record producer and composer Chip Davis. The name “Mannheim Steamroller” comes from an 18th-century German musical technique, Mannheim roller (German: Mannheimer Walze), a crescendo passage having a rising melodic line over an ostinato bass line, popularized by the Mannheim school of composition.’

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