Washington, My Home applies to many influential musical groups besides the Kingsmen (Louie, Louie). To whit:

• Alice In Chains
• Bonnie Guitar
• Dave Lewis (Little Green Thing)
• Death Cab for Cutie
• Doc Severinsen
  
• Green River (the first grunge band)
• Heart
• Ivar Haglund
• Jimi Hendrix
• Merrilee Rush
• Mother Love Bone
  
• Mudhoney
  
• Nirvana
• Pearl Jam
• Queensrÿche
• Quincy Jones
• Ron Holden
• Sleater-Kinney
• Soundgarden
• The Brothers 4
• The Fleetwoods
• The Gallahads
• The Seattle Symphony
• The Ventures
• The Viceroys
• The Wailers

and

• Gypsy Rose Lee (technically not a musician, but still ...)
• J. P. Patches (not a musician, but worthy of note as the inspiration for Krusty the Clown from The Simpsons)
• The Flying Karamozov Brothers (OK, not music, but internationally hilarious) performers

Look 'em up yourself. Your best friend might just be Google.

• Did I mention Heart?

Now for some unfinished business: technically, the Kingsmen were from Portland (OR), just across the river from Washington. Washingtonians could hear them playing without leaving home. They went from garage band playing for tips in smokey dives to international fame when, as young men in an inexperienced band, they came north. They 1st played in Portland, but they became real musicians in Seattle.

Besides, Oregon claims Mason Williams (Classical Gas) because of how long he lived there (35+ years) and Hoyt Axton (who lived in Roseburg for a while after becoming rich and famous).

If we were to include (as do our little brothers to the south) musicians/group who bedded down in Washington, the list would be much longer. For example, Ray Charles, who recorded his first single and made his first TV and radio appearances in Seattle.

• Did I mention Heart?