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The 5 Greatest Louisville Bands Of All Time

Today on World Cafe's Sense of Place we speak with John Timmons about the Louisville music he knows so much about, and he picks the five greatest all-time Louisville artists. Timmons moved to Louisville in 1975 and opened one of America's great record stores, Ear X–Tacy, in 1985. It had a good run until 2011.

John Timmons' 5 Greatest Louisville Bands Of All Time:

  • My Morning Jacket
  • Slint
  • Tim Krekel
  • Will Oldham (Palace Brothers, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy)
  • Steve Ferguson (of NRBQ)
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