Songs

BJ Bailey · Post by **BJ Bailey** » 19 Sep 2000 8:36 am

Hey ar'nt we forgetting about Porta Rica?
That a state ,right.
Surely theres some latin song about it?

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BJ Bailey

Chip Fossa · Post by **Chip Fossa** » 19 Sep 2000 8:53 am

BJ,
Technically, I believe Puerto Rico is a US Possesion and is referred to as 'The Commonwealth of'; as in Massachusetts and Virginia; there are a couple other 'states'
I can't remember that also hold this distinction. FWIW[This message was edited by CHIP FOSSA on 19 September 2000 at 09:54 AM.]

Dave Van Allen · Post by **Dave Van Allen** » 19 Sep 2000 10:46 am

A quick search on BMI.com turned up several pages of songs with Oregon in the title- my fave title is "Oregon Grinder"...

BTW Pennsylvania is also a Commonwealth[This message was edited by Dave Van Allen on 19 September 2000 at 11:47 AM.]

CrowBear Schmitt · Post by **CrowBear Schmitt** » 19 Sep 2000 1:05 pm

Salt Pork, West Virginia
Gatemouth Brown/ Louis Jordan ?
Steelin 4 What ?

Ray Jenkins · Post by **Ray Jenkins** » 19 Sep 2000 1:33 pm

Yes B.J. Porta Rica Baby by Earnest Tubbs.Alright.

Ray

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Steeling is still legal in Arizona[This message was edited by Ray Jenkins on 19 September 2000 at 02:34 PM.]

Dave Brophy · Post by **Dave Brophy** » 19 Sep 2000 2:50 pm

Oregon-- "Don't Take Me Alive" by Steely Dan.The chorus goes:
"I'm a bookkeeper's son/
I don't want to shoot no one/
Well I crossed my old man back in Oregon/
Don't take me alive"

Maryland-- Steve Goodman recorded a pretty Tin Pan Alley tune called "There's A Girl In The Heart Of Maryland."

Bob Dylan's "The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll" was about a murder in Baltimore and has the phrase "Maryland politics."

Pat Burns · Post by **Pat Burns** » 19 Sep 2000 3:11 pm

Bingo, Dave! Good one with Steely Dan....So, can anybody come up with Connecticut or New Hampshire, New Mexico, Utah or Wyoming?[This message was edited by Pat Burns on 19 September 2000 at 06:38 PM.]

Marc Friedland · Post by **Marc Friedland** » 19 Sep 2000 3:27 pm

Illinois - Of Course
It's mentioned in Jailhouse Rock -
"The drummer boy from Illinois went crash boom bang" The whole rythym section was the purple gang, let's rock!
-- Marc

I'll come up with others later, got to run now.

Amanda Ward · Post by **Amanda Ward** » 19 Sep 2000 5:05 pm

I may have missed it but did anyone mention Devil went down to Georgia???

Pete Burak · Post by **Pete Burak** » 19 Sep 2000 5:17 pm

The New Riders Of The Purple Sage (Buddy Cage on steel although Jerry Garcia may have played on this cut, I'll have to check) have a song called "Portland Woman" ie Portland Oregon.

David Bromberg has a song called "New Lee Highway Blues" that starts off:
All through Northern Oregon
Always by my side
ect...

There are also a few songs about the Oregon Trail and the Columbia River which borders Oregon and Washington (which is also where I spend alot of time windsurfing

).

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 19 Sep 2000 5:57 pm

Illinois:

Dan Fogelberg had a song out by the name of "Illinois". All I can remember was the chorus: "Illinois! Oh, Illinois!" (Not much to go on, eh?)

New Jersey:

How 'bout the big band number "Jersey Bounce" (Joan Cox plays a pretty hot version of that on steel).

Puerto Rico:

How 'bout Leonard Bernstein/West Side Story:
"I like the city of San Juan
I know a boat you can get on!"

and...
And every Puerto Rican's a lousy chicken!"[This message was edited by Jim Cohen on 19 September 2000 at 07:01 PM.]

Jude James Shiels · Post by **Jude James Shiels** » 20 Sep 2000 1:36 am

Townes Van Zandt's White Freightliner Blues mentions New Mexico in one of the verses. Goes something like 'New Mexico ain't bad girl, the people there treat you kind'.... Though I think it would be more of a challenge to find a song with New Mexico in the title.

RickRichtmyer · Post by **RickRichtmyer** » 20 Sep 2000 2:31 am

Then of course, there's Hank Snow's I've Been Everywhere...

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Rick Richtmyer
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Pat Burns · Post by **Pat Burns** » 20 Sep 2000 5:16 am

Jim Cohen, thanks for the N.J. plug, now here's a Big Band song for you in PA...."Pennsylvania 6-5000"

Dave Van Allen · Post by **Dave Van Allen** » 20 Sep 2000 5:38 am

and don't forget "the Pennsylvania Polka"

every body's got a mania to do the polka from...