SheikYerbuti Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 (edited) May be driving to Vegas next month. I was thinking about making a playlist for each state. So, gimme songs that directly reference the following states or locations in the state in either the title or the lyrics: New Jersey: Jersey Girl (Tom Waits), Born to Run (Bruce), Atlantic City (Bruce), So Jersey (Bouncing Souls), Jersey's Where It's At (Belle And Sebastian), Devil In Jersey City (Coheed & Cambria), Jersey Thursday (Donovan), Timberwolves At New Jersey (Taking Back Sunday), You Can't Catch Me (Chuck Berry) Delaware: Delaware Slide (George Thorogood) Maryland: Dancing In The Street (Martha & The Vandellas), Baltimore, You're Home to Me (David Harden) Tennessee: Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again (Dylan), Graceland (Paul Simon), Nashville (Indigo Girls), Walking In Memphis (Marc Cohn), Furry Sings The Blues (Joni Mitchell), Tennessee Jed (Grateful Dead), Letter to Memphis (Pixies), Black Velvet (Alannah Myles) Mississippi: Mississippi Queen (Mountain), Old Black Water (Doobie Brothers), Mississippi Goddamn (nina simone) Arkansas: When Electricity Came to Arkansas (Black Oak Arkansas), The Hills of Arkansas (Black Oak Arkansas), Oklahoma: Tulsa Time (Don Williams/Clapton), Twenty-four Hours From Tulsa (Gene Pitney), Okie Dokie Stomp (Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown), Oklahoma, USA (Yo La Tengo) Texas: Texas Flood (SRV), LaGrange (ZZTop), Amarillo by Morning (George Strait), Brownsville Girl (Bob Dylan), Price of San Jacinto (Reverend Horton Heat), Texas Rock-a-billy Rebel (Reverend Horton Heat), That's Right (You're not from Texas) - (Lyle Lovett), Texas (Chris Rea), A$$hole from El Paso (Kinky Friedman), Texas (String Cheese Incident), Pepper (Butthole Surfers) New Mexico: Albuquerque (Wierd Al) Arizona: Arizona (Mark Lindsay), Take It Easy (Eagles), By The Time I Get To Phoenix (Glen Campbell), By The Time I Get To Arizona (Public Enemy) Nevada: Viva Las Vegas (Elvis), Viva Las Vegas (Dead Kennedys), Leaving Las Vegas (Cheryl Crow) Edited June 2, 2010 by SheikYerbuti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Maryland: Dancing In The Street (Martha & The Vandellas) - Mentions Baltimore and a few other cities Mississippi: Old Black Water (Doobie Brothers) Oklahoma: Tulsa Time (Don Williams), Oklahoma (Musical) Texas: Deep in the Heart of Texas Arizona: Arizona (Mark Lindsay) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheikYerbuti Posted May 30, 2010 Author Share Posted May 30, 2010 Oklahoma: Oklahoma (Musical) Thought of this, but decided not to ghey it up that much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catfish Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Delaware Slide by George Thorogood and The Destroyers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylive5 Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 New Mexico: Albuquerque - Wierd Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clubfoothead Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 If you are taking I-40 through Arizona, Take It Easy - the Eagles. You can stop by and see Don Henley's statue in Winslow. In Vegas, also include the Dead Kennedys Viva Las Vegas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABearWithFurniture Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 For Oklahoma...any Village People's songs will do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMD Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Off the top of my head "T" For Texas - Jimmie Rodgers (Making the run to) Gladewater - Michelle Shocked 100% Texan- Kevin Fowler Abilene - Waylon Jennings Abilene by Po' Girl All My Exes Live in Texas - George Strait Amarillo - Emmylou Harris Amarillo by Morning - George Strait austin-blake shelton Beaumont by Hayes Carll Beaumont Rag (Live) by Bob Wills (covered by Doc Watson & others) Big Balls in Cowtown - Bob Wills Big Sandy/Leather Britches by Doc Watson (not sure if texas) Blame It On Texas- Mark Chesnut Blind in Texas - WASP Bluest eyes in Texas - Restless Heart Boogie Back to Texas - Asleep At The Wheel Brownsville Girl - Bob Dylan Can't Get Enough of Texas - Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys Corpus Christi Bay - Johnny Rodriguez Cross the Brazos at Waco - Billy Walker Dallas - Alan Jackson Dallas Days and Fort Worth Nights - Chris LeDoux Deep in the Heart of Texas - Gene Autry Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind? - George Strait El Paso - Marty Robbins Galveston - Glen Campbell Goin' Back To Texas - Carson Robison Going Back To My Texas Home by Rex Allen Heart Of Texas by Billie Joe Shaver w/ Waylon Jennings Heaven, Hell Or Houston - ZZ Top Home in San Antone - Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys Home To Houston by Steve Earle Houston - The Gatlin Brothers Huntsville - Merle Haggard If it wasn't for Texas - George Strait If you're Gonna Play in Texas, You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band - Alabama Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone by Doug Sahm (covered by many) Just Like a Texan - Laurie York Kickapoo Creek - Jason Allen Band La Grange - ZZTop Laredo- Chris Cagle LAREDO- CHRIS CAGLE Leavin' Amarillo by Shaver Leavin' Texas by Jerry Jeff Walker Livin' On the Edge (of Houston) - Reverend Horton Heat London Homesick Blues - Jerry Jeff Walker Lone Star Blues - Delbert McClinton Lone Star by Patsy Montana Lone Star Rag by Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys Lone Star State of Mind - Nanci Griffith Lone Star Trail by Don Edwards Long Tall Texan - Doug Supernaw Luckenbach, Texas - Waylon Jennings Memories of East Texas - Michelle Shocked Miles and Miles of Texas - Asleep at the Wheel My Texas Girl by The Carter Family Odessa by Sam Baker People in Dallas Got Hair - Waylon Jennings Pickup Truck Song - Jerry Jeff Walker Please Be San Antone by Jim Lauderdale Price of San Jacinto - Reverend Horton Heat Proud to be an A$$hole from El Paso - Kinky Friedman Red and Rio Grande - Doug Supernaw Redneck Riviera - Gary P Nunn remember the alamo-george strait San Antonio - Frank Black and the Catholics San Antonio Rose - Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys San Antonio Stroll - Tanya Tucker Screw You, We're From Texas - Ray Wiley Hubbard Somewhere down in texas-george strait Songs About Texas - Pat Green Stay In Texas by Bobby Bare Jr. Streets Of Laredo - Buck Owens Streets of Laredo by hundreds of artists T For Texas (aka Blue Yodel #1) by Jimmie Rodgers, Bob Wills, Doc Watson and a slew of others T for Texas (also called Blue Yodel No. 1) - Waylon Jennings Texarkana Baby - Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys Texarkanada by I See Hawks in L.A. (do make believe places count?) TEXAS (WHEN I DIE)- TANYA TUCKER Texas 1947 by Guy Clark Texas Blues by Robert Pete Williams Texas Cookin' by Guy Clark (covered by others) Texas Eagle by Steve Earle & The Del McCoury Band Texas Fiddle Man - Asleep At The Wheel Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan Texas- George Strait Texas on my Mind - Pat Green Texas Playboy Rag by Bob Wills Texas Rock-a-billy Rebel - Reverend Horton Heat Texas Tornado - Tracy Lawrence Texas Women - Hank Williams Jr. Texas, Our Texas (state song) That's Right (You're not from Texas) - Lyle Lovett The Bluest Eyes In Texas- Restless Heart THE BLUEST EYES IN TEXAS- RESTLESS HEART The Eyes of Texas are Upon You The Texas Crapshooter by The Sons Of The Pioneers Theme to "Dallas" Thibodeaux and his Cajun Band - Jimmy C Newman Waco Express by The Waco Brothers Waltz Across Texas - Ernest Tubb Way Back Texas-Pat Green What I Like About Texas - Jerry Jeff Walker When in Texas - Sonny Burgess Yellow Rose Of Texas by The Sons Of The Pioneers You're From Texas by Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys My suggestion if you limit it to one or two - LaGrange by ZZTop or Amarillo by Morning - George Strait or San Antonio Rose/ Yellow Rose of Texas if you want to go really old school Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loaf Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Arizona - Mark Lindsay http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhdiSqt6sXE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylive5 Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 For OK you could also use: Twenty-four Hours From Tulsa - Gene Pitney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loaf Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 or Clapton's Tulsa time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJoTheWebToedBoy Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 (edited) Texas - Trudy, Charlie Daniels Band Arizona - Arizona, Scorpions Arkansas - When Electricity Came to Arkansas - Black Oak Arkansas Edited May 30, 2010 by JoJoTheWebToedBoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_bone65 Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Maryland - I believe Rosie was from Baltimore, Whole Lotta Rosie ACDC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 or Clapton's Tulsa time I road-tripped with my pops back about 10 years ago, and had this goin' when we came up through Tulsa. Good pick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAYER Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 If you are taking I-40 through Arizona, Take It Easy - the Eagles. You can stop by and see Don Henley's statue in Winslow. Which is pretty funny since Jackson Brown wrote that verse or so I heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBalata Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 I can't believe DMD left off . Personally I think you should adjust your route thru Minnesota so you can listen to Lamont Cranston---Upper Mississippi Shakedown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zooty Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 (edited) Tennessee Jed- Dead Everywhere Man by Johnny Cash should cover it. Oklahoma- Isn't there a musical Edited May 31, 2010 by Zooty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 Goin' Back To Texas - Carson Robison Is Charlie his son? Either way, Charlie Robison's bears mention for the Lone Star State. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh B Tool Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 The Hills of Arkansas - Black Oak Arkansas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh B Tool Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 (edited) Delaware Slide - George Thorogood Busted in Baylor County - Shooter Jennings Edited May 31, 2010 by Hugh B Tool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 Off the top of my head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh B Tool Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 (edited) Oakie Doakie Stomp Busted in Austin - Johnny Winter Edited May 31, 2010 by Hugh B Tool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mucca Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 Tennessee Jed- Dead Everywhere Man by Johnny Cash should cover it. Oklahoma- Isn't there a musical I've Been Everywhere, starts off with my Homer Town Johnny Cash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 (edited) Maryland: john fahey was from there. "sligo river blues" is one of my favorites, and "revelation on the banks of the pawtuxent" Tennessee: man, there are a million. a few that maybe haven't been mentioned..."memphis" by pere ubu, "letter to memphis" by the pixies, another one by john fahey "the singing bridge of memphis, tennessee" Mississippi: "bright mississippi" by thelonious monk, and "mississippi goddamn" by nina simone. Arkansas: "fables of faubus" by mingus Oklahoma: "oklahoma, USA" by yo la tengo, "surrey with a fringe on top" by sonny rollins Texas: I'll let DMD handle that one Edited May 31, 2010 by Azazello1313 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorcher Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 For Oklahoma...any Village People's songs will do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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