A Song for Every U.S. State

John Denver- "Song of Wyoming"

 

"New Jersey Chemical Dump State" - Bedlam.............an 80s NJ hardcore punk band

Starts at 1:04

 

"Moonlight In Vermont" for Vermont if you don't have one for VT yet...

 

Louis Armstrong - "Indiana":

 

Maryland: "The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll" by Bob Dylan

A 'real-events-based' ballad that pretty much tells you everything you
need to know about the great State of Maryland...then and now.

 

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

 

Maryland - Down In Mary's Land - Mary Chapin Carpenter

 

Possibly for Kansas....

 

That would be one heck of a long song title!

 

My earlier suggestion seems more like the Maryland I know and reside in.

 

Another Utah...
The Osmonds- "Utah"

 

The Devil Went Down To Georgia - Charlie Daniels Band
Tennessee Whiskey - Chris Stapleton

Georgia - Bozz Scaggs
(This isn't Ray Charles' Georgia On My Mind)
Outstanding musician!!!!!!

 

Get Out Of Denver - Bob Seger, is a virtual travelogue!
It mentions, Denver, Colorado, Nebraska...

 

Chuck Berry mentions New Jersey in a couple of songs.
"You Can't Catch Me' - "New Jersey Turnpike In The Wee Wee hours" and also,"Bye Bye New Jersey We've Become Airborne"

 

Glen Campbell - Galveston

 

Dean Friedman - Ariel
Mentions Paramus, New Jersey

 

Red Hot Chili Peppers: "Dani California" and "Especially In Michigan."
Steve Earle: "The Tennessee Kid."
Sonic Youth: "New Hampshire."
Pat Metheny: "Missouri Uncompromised."
Los Lobos: "Arizona Skies."
Led Zeppelin: "Going to California."

 

"You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma" by David Frizzell and Shelly West:

 

Maryland - "Take Me Home Country Road" (John Denver) is about Clopper Road, which runs out towards West Virginia.

 

Rhode Island - "The Last Resort" by Eagles

I know the song is not about the state but the song starts there:

"She came from Providence, the one in Rhode Island
Where the old world shadows hang heavy in the air
She packed her hopes and dreams like a refugee,
Just as her father came across the sea"

 

Couple of pick for Mississippi already....but my preference is

Mississippi Goddam
Nina Simone

Peace,
Tony

 

'Meet Me In Montana' by Dan Seals & Marie Osmond

 

'The Moon Over Georgia' by the Grammy award-winning group Shenandoah

 

"Illinois" - Dan Fogelberg.

 

...I once saw in maximumrocknroll an ad for a double compilation CD of punk bands from all 50 U.S. states covering their state song!