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Spare, mellow, almost ambient alt-country band from the late 90s.
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Some loose personnel associations with Bright Eyes.
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Livin' in the USA....
An admittedly low brow idea, but I have always wanted to put together a collection of songs that feature each one of the 50 states. I can come up with the simple states (Neil Young–Alabama), but nothing springs to mind that says for instance, Delaware. So help me–-the State reference can be in the name of the band, the song title, or even a passing lyric. (However, please spare me [and the rest of us] the reference in Michael Martin Murphy’s Wildflower where he mentions a “cold Nebraska night . . .” or any other song in that zip code. I am not that desperate to fulfill this low brow idea--if I have to go there.)
Dig into those catalogs and post those songs....(for your easy reference here is a list of all 50 states: Alabama; Alaska; Arizona; Arkansas; California; Colorado; Connecticut; Delaware; Florida; Georgia; Hawaii; Idaho; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Kentucky; Louisiana; Maine; Maryland; Massachusetts; Michigan; Minnesota; Mississippi; Missouri; Montana; Nebraska; Nevada; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New Mexico; New York; North Carolina; North Dakota; Ohio; Oklahoma; Oregon; Pennsylvania; Rhode Island; South Carolina; South Dakota; Tennessee; Texas; Utah; Vermont; Virginia; Washington; West Virginia; Wisconsin; Wyoming).
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Just pick a song by George Thorogood and the DELAWARE Destroyers
I think Dada (the guys who had the 1 hit wonder tune Diz Knee Land) might be from down there, since I saw years later they were playing in a bar in Lewes, DE (where the ferry from Cape May NJ comes in)...and I figured those guys would only be getting gigs in their home town by that time frame (?)
Googe/You Tube the skit from the recent SNL where the host was the Harry-Potter-kid (my daughter's big crush)....they had a funny skit about "Delaware Fellas" a poor mans "Jersey Boys"
Stan I predict you'll finish this project way before Sufjan Stevens completes his ALBUM for every state project....which was ridiculous but has definitely yielded a couple of excellent albums so far.
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Permalink Reply by Stan Schwieger on -
Yup. Good call.
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My current "home" state--Texas. Lonnie Brooks..."Texas Flood".
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Permalink Reply by Thomas Cruz on -
Silos-Tennessee Fire
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Permalink Reply by Thomas Cruz on
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That's Tennessee and Ohio.
Steve Earle-Ft. Worth Blues (Colorado)
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Permalink Reply by Stan Schwieger on
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Tennessee Plates--John Hiatt
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I never tried to finish my project, but I've got a "States" playlist with 39 tracks:
Neil Young - Alabama
Michelle Shocked - Anchorage
Hotel Arizona - Wilco
Superchunk - Florida's on Fire
Mountain Goats - Going to Georgia
B-52's - Private Idaho
Sufjan Stevens - Come On! Feel the Illinoise!
Randy Newman - Old Kentucky Home
Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty - Louisianna Woman, Mississippi Man
Bee Gees - Massachusetts
Low - Missouri
The Montanas - That's When Happiness Begins
Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
Willard Grant Conspiracy - Christmas in Nevada
Sex Pistols - New York
Sun Kil Moon - Carry Me Ohio
The Vertebrats - Oklahoma
Loretta Lynn & Jack White - Portland, Oregon
Everclear - Pennsylvania Is . . .
Silver Jews - Tennessee
Damien Jurado - Texas to Ohio
Magnetic Fields - Long Vermont Roads
The V-Roys - Virginia Way/Shenandoah Breakdown
The Windbreakers - The Girl From Washington
The Lucksmiths - Wyoming
The Raconteurs - (South) Carolina Drama
The Softies - Holiday in Rhode Island
Punkestra - Connecticut Fun
John K. Samson - Maryland Bridge
Red House Painters - Michigan
Marlena Shaw - California Soul
Kincaid - Super Hawaii
The Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Colorado Song
Jill Sobule - Somewhere in New Mexico
Jackson 5 - Going Back to Indiana
John Linnell - West Virginia
The Phoids - Iowa
Mountain Goats - Minnesota
Wolf Colonel - From Wisconsin
Incidentally, I think John Linnell (of They Might Be Giants) did an album of State songs.
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Permalink Reply by Vic Paric on -
Let's start with the hard one. Here's your "Delaware" song, from the first George Thorogood album ...
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And hey, since we're talking small states, might as well take two. This one's from Ike & Tina Turner:
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Permalink Reply by Gail Manchester on -
after reading the fine print...
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Permalink Reply by Stan Schwieger on
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Nothing like a song about a spree killer to bring the Warm and Fuzzies to my Home State...thanks Bruce!
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