Inspired by a recent commercial (for what, I can't remember ... nice marketing, fellas!), I decided to take on the challenge of creating a playlist that had at least one song from each of our wonderful United States of America. All genres welcome, the name of the city or state should be in the title or a lyric and should be a somewhat integral part of the song. Here is the final list in all it's 6.9 hour, 109 song alphabetical glory.
Everywhere
I've Been Everywhere - Johhny Cash
Heart of RocknRoll - Huey Lewis and the News
Rockin Me - Steve Miller
What I Really Mean – Robert Earl Keen
Bama Breeze – Jimmy Buffett
North to Alaska
– Johhny Horton
Stephanie Says – Velvet Underground
The Painted Desert – 10.000 Maniacs
Take it Easy – The Eagles
Queen of Arkansas
– Bruce Springsteen
Maybe California
– Tori Amos
Save Me San Francisco
– Train
Going Back to Cali
– LL Cool J
Rocky Mountain High – John Denver
Kylie from Connecticut
- Ben Folds
Delawhere? – Gary Allegretto
The District Sleeps Alone Tonight – The Postal Service
Banned in DC – Bad Brains
Woman Going Crazy on Caroline
Street – Jimmy Buffett
Mele Kalikimaka - Bing Crosby
Blue Hawaii –
Elvis
Danny Says – The Ramones
Private Idaho – The B52s
Bad Bad Leroy Brown – Jim Croce
My Kind of Town – Frank Sinatra
Sweet Home Chicago – The Blues Brothers
Indiana – Katy Robinson
Cities in Dust – Siouxsie and the Banshees
Somewhere Over the Rainbow – Judy Garland <-- Gimme a break. There are NO songs about Kansas (worth listening to) out there!
Blue Moon of Kentucky
– Bill Monroe
My Old Kentucky Home – Randy Newman
Calling Baton Rouge
– Garth Brooks
House of the Rising Sun – The Animals
New Years Day – Slaid Cleaves
Streets of Baltimore – Gram Parsons
Raining in Baltimore
– Counting Crows
Shipping off to Boston
– Dropkick Murphys
Downeaster Alexa – Billy Joel
Laughing River – Greg Brown
Outshined – Soundgarden
Funky Mississippi
– Rufus Thomas
Jackson – Johhny Cash & June Carter
My Head’s in Mississippi
– ZZ Top
Wild Montana
Skies - John Denver & Emmylou Harris
Leaving Las
Vegas – Sherly Crow
Vegas – Calvin Harris
The Thanksgiving Song – Adam Sandler
Livin on a Prayer – Bon Jovi
Woke Up This Morning – Alabama
3
Fairy Tale of New York
– The Pogues
Pretty Girl from Raleigh – The Avett Brothers
Bloodbuzz Ohio
– The National
Okie from Muskogee
– Merle Haggard
Ain't it Fresh – Alcyon Massive
Streets of Philadelphia
– Bruce Springsteen
Motown Philly – Boyz II Men
Walking in Memphis
– Marc Cohn
Rocky Top – The Osborne Brothers
All My Ex’s Live in Texas
– George Strait
(That’s Right) You're Not From Texas – Lyle Lovett
I Can Only Think of One – Dierks Bently
The Great Salt Lake – Band of Horses
Moonlight in Vermont
– Ray Charles
Virgina – King Konga
Who’ll Stop the Rain - CCR
Aurora – Foo Fighters
Take Me Home, Country Roads – John Denver
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald – Gordon Lightfoot
Blame it on the Tetons - Modest Mouse
