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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

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<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by CHIP FOSSA on 19 September 2000 at 09:54 AM.]</p></FONT>

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<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Dave Van Allen on 19 September 2000 at 11:47 AM.]</p></FONT>

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

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

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Steeling is still legal in Arizona<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Ray Jenkins on 19 September 2000 at 02:34 PM.]</p></FONT>

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."

Bingo, Dave! Good one with Steely Dan....So, can anybody come up with Connecticut or New Hampshire, New Mexico, Utah or Wyoming?<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Pat Burns on 19 September 2000 at 06:38 PM.]</p></FONT>

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.

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

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 ).

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>"I like the city of San Juan
I know a boat you can get on!"

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<i>And every Puerto Rican's a lousy chicken!"<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Jim Cohen on 19 September 2000 at 07:01 PM.]</p></FONT>

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.

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

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Rick Richtmyer
Good News


<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by RickRichtmyer on 20 September 2000 at 03:32 AM.]</p></FONT>

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

and don't forget "the Pennsylvania Polka"

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