A Song for Every U.S. State

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  1. Hammerpeg

    Hammerpeg Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    I wonder, can we complete this list with a song that mentions each of the 50 states in its title?

     
  2. LeBon Bush

    LeBon Bush Hound of Love

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    Colorado: Colorado Girl (Townes van Zandt)
     
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  3. george nadara

    george nadara Forum Resident

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    "When Electricity Came To Arkansas" by Black Oak Arkansas...

     
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  4. AveryKG

    AveryKG Sultan of snacks

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    Illinois - Everly Brothers (written by Randy Newman)



    What would be interesting is if there is a song for every state where the title is just the name of the state, like the above. I did try and do that once, trawling AllMusic for ones I couldn't think of myself, but gave up before I reached the end.
     
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  5. AFOS

    AFOS Forum Resident

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    Great thread idea.

    Colorado - Rocky Mountain High
    West Virginia - Take Me Home Country Roads (almost heaven West Virginia)
    New Jersey - "counting the cars on the New Jersey turnpike" America by S&G
     
  6. Ignatius

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  7. the pope ondine

    the pope ondine Forum Resident

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    Virginia
    Caroline in my Mind (north Carolina......or south maybe) James Taylor
     
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  8. savemenow

    savemenow Forum Resident

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    SE Pa
    Kinks - Oklahoma USA

     
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  9. savemenow

    savemenow Forum Resident

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    Ray Charles - Georgia On My Mind

     
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  10. Soulman58

    Soulman58 Forum Resident

    South Carolina - Flirtations
    Taos New Mexico - R. Dean Taylor
    Delaware - Perry Como
    Manhattan Kansas - Glen Campbell
    Have You Ever Been To Georgia - Peddlers
    Sanigaw Michigan - Lefty Frizell
    Nevada Fighter - Mike Nesmith & First National Band
     
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  11. averica

    averica infinite rider on the big dogma

    Sweet Virginia Breeze-The Robbin Thompson Band
     
  12. JozefK

    JozefK Forum Resident

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    Billy Mize - "California Is Just Mississippi"

     
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  13. TheSeldomSeenKid

    TheSeldomSeenKid Forum Resident

    Private Idaho-B 52s
    Virginia Plain- Roxy Music
     
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  14. thematinggame

    thematinggame Forum Resident

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    Wisconsin

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  15. DiBosco

    DiBosco Forum Resident

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    The wonderful Nerina Pallot does a song called Idaho:



    If you don't know her and like female singer songwriters, her album Fires is one of the best albums this century (which admittedly isn't a crowded field!).
     
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  16. onlyacanvasky

    onlyacanvasky Your guess is as good as mine.

  17. onlyacanvasky

    onlyacanvasky Your guess is as good as mine.

    That album and Year Of The Wolf are ridiculously good. Some of the Year Of EPs are also outstanding, Nerina’s one of my very favourite modern artists, and has the distinguished position of being one of the two artists whose (nearly) complete discography will never leave my iThing.
     
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  18. DiBosco

    DiBosco Forum Resident

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    Really pleased to find another fan. If you ever get the chance to see her live she is just brilliant; she's an excellent musician, as nutty as a fruitcake and absolutely lovely. These days she'll come and sign your stuff after gigs too. Sorry to breifly hijack the thread.
     
  19. averica

    averica infinite rider on the big dogma

    thanks for the tip! i just ordered Dear Frustrated Superstar
     
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  20. Galactus2

    Galactus2 Forum Resident

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    Stones - Sweet Virginia
     
  21. Rigsby

    Rigsby Forum Resident

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    I think that's her best album, other brilliant moments in the discography but that's the classic for me. Rainbow may be one of my top twenty songs of all time .
     
  22. Parachute Woman

    Parachute Woman Forum Resident

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    'Carolina in My Mind' is about North Carolina. He grew up in Chapel Hill, NC. There is a bridge named after him in Chapel Hill.
     
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  23. ShockControl

    ShockControl Bon Vivant and Raconteur!

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    Lotus Land
    Moonlight in Vermont
     
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  24. ShockControl

    ShockControl Bon Vivant and Raconteur!

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    Do cities count? "My Cousin in Milwaukee" by the Gershwins.
     
  25. AWESOM-O

    AWESOM-O Forum Resident

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    PDX
    “Portland, Oregon” - Loretta Lynn & Jack White
     
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