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Posted: **17 Sep 2000 11:03 pm**

We know in alot of songs Texas and Tennesee are refered to often in the lyric's by composer's.
My question is this.
Can you think of a state ,that you have never heard of mention in a song
For intance, I have never heard one that mentioned Oregon?

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BJ Bailey

Posted: **17 Sep 2000 11:37 pm**

"What did Della Wear?" by Pat Boone(?)- but this is probably cheating 'cos all the states were in that except Hawaii

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Cheers!

Posted: **18 Sep 2000 2:53 am**

I can only think of a few states that are mentioned - Ohio, Cal, NY, Montanna, and the two you mentioned.

Posted: **18 Sep 2000 4:29 am**

WRONG: Hank snow hit them all with "I've Been everywhere"at least once.

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CJC

Posted: **18 Sep 2000 6:00 am**

..there must be something from the Oregon Trail days with the name in it...

...come from Alambama with a b@^&o on my knee, and I'm gone to Loosiana my true love for to see....

....third box-car, midnight train, destination Bangor, Maine....

..deep in the heart of Texas...

....carry me back to old Virginny....

...going to Carolina in my mind....

...four dead in Ohio....

....Gary Indiana Gary Indiana Gary Indiana...

...Riding on the City of New Orleans, Illinois Central, Monday morning rail....

...It was just after dark when the truck started down, the hill that leads into Scranton, Pennsylvania....carrying 30,000 lbs....of bananas....

...It's up to you, New York, New York..

..Ooooooooooklahoma, where the wind comes whistling down the plains....

...Almost Heaven, West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River....

..Oh the sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home...

....Tennessee Waltz...

....Colorado Rocky Mountain High, I've seen it raining fire in the sky....

....to Winslow, Arizona got 7 women on my mind, one that wants to own me, two that want to stone me...

...now I've made my way back home again, to the boys in Idaho, that's how this business goes..I am the morning D.J. at W.O.L.D....

...California here I come....

....Georgia, Georgia....(Ray Charles style)

....Mississippi Queen, you know what I mean....

....

....don't know of any with "New Jersey" in it.

Posted: **18 Sep 2000 9:40 am**

...or the state of Washington or New Hampshire.

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kd...and the beat goes on...

Posted: **18 Sep 2000 1:31 pm**

..couldn't think of any either for Florida, Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Missouri, Kansas (Kansas City doesn't count, it's about the city) Nebrasks, Iowa, North or South Dakota, Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin (Other than "On Wisconsin") Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Wyoming, Montana, Hawaii or Alaska.

....I did just remember one from the band Black Oak Arkansas, tune was "Uncle Lijah", line was "so he jumped in bed with his ma and pa, and he told them that the Devil was in Arkansas".....

Posted: **18 Sep 2000 1:36 pm**

The Music Man starring Robert Preston
covered IOWAy quite well!!

Posted: **18 Sep 2000 2:08 pm**

Don't know about Oregon, but I'll bet Idaho still cringes when Joe Stampley sings about 'The green of Cour'd'd'laine' in "Roll On Big Mama."

Wahington State got it's mention in Woody Guhrie's Roll On Columbia back in the 30s.

Posted: **18 Sep 2000 2:25 pm**

does the Black Hills of Dakota count for two?

Posted: **18 Sep 2000 4:32 pm**

Jude, how could I have forgotten "Rocky Raccoon"! We could count that as both Dakota's if we have to...I counted both Carolina's as one.

...there's a James Taylor song called "The Millworker" with the line "My grandfather was a sailor, he blew in off the water, my father was a farmer, and I his only daughter...took off with a no-good mill-workin' man from Massachusetts, who dies from too much whiskey and leaves me these three faces to feed...

Oh....I just thought of one with both New Jersey and Michigan in it....Simon and Garfunkel's "America"..."Kathy, I said, as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburg...Michigan seems like a dream to me now..."

..and "Kathy, I'm lost, I said though I knew she was sleeping..I'm empty and aching and I don't know why...counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike, they've all come to look for America...."[This message was edited by Pat Burns on 18 September 2000 at 05:41 PM.]

Posted: **18 Sep 2000 5:35 pm**

Hi Pat ,
I'm almost certain I have heard " Delaware " used in a song . Someone like Randy Newman , L.W.III. or Warren Zevon .

Posted: **18 Sep 2000 5:38 pm**

What about an entire Album named after New Jersey??? Any takers???

BON JOVI!! *runs and hides from the rotten fruit being thrown!*

Posted: **18 Sep 2000 7:20 pm**

"I was french-fried by a waitress in Idaho."

Posted: **18 Sep 2000 8:33 pm**

Hey Casey ,I forgot about Hank Snow singing I''ve been everywhere.
Man, do'nt you just know that back when I had hair on my head and country was alive.

Pat Burns, nice job . Do you sing in the shower much?You could'nt think of one in Florida?
I heard Johnny Cash sing about the Orange Blossom Special,

Well ,Im going down to Florida to get alittle sand in my shoes,then ride that Orange Blossom Special,and carry away my blue's

As for Road Iland ,there is a fiddle tune called Road Iland Red

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BJ Bailey

[This message was edited by BJ Bailey on 18 September 2000 at 09:34 PM.]

Posted: **18 Sep 2000 8:38 pm**

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>The Music Man starring Robert Preston
covered IOWAy quite well!!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>"Dubuque, Des Moines, Davenport, Marshalltown, Mason City, Keokuk, Ames, Clear Laaaake! Got to give Iowa a tryyyyy!"

(I know, 'cuz I sang it in a high school production. I was in the barbershop quartet!)[This message was edited by Jim Cohen on 18 September 2000 at 09:39 PM.]

Posted: **18 Sep 2000 8:50 pm**

"Moonlight in Vermont"
"North to Alaska"
"Hawaiian War Chant"
"Rhode Island Red" ----instrumental by either Jimmy Bryant or Little Jimmy Dempsey
"Missouri Waltz"

Posted: **18 Sep 2000 9:45 pm**

Being a resident here, the Bee Gees had somewhat of a hit with "Massachusetts".
FWIW

Posted: **18 Sep 2000 11:46 pm**

Anything for Illinois?


Funny, i came up with a hook for this state and was going to post it but i think i could work it into a complete song.

Posted: **19 Sep 2000 1:41 am**

Bruce Springsteen had a song and album called Nebraska, is Oregon still the hardest to find?

In Ireland there is a singer who has been around since the 60's called Art Supple, his trademark is doing a song from each of Ireland's 32 counties in a row.

Posted: **19 Sep 2000 4:05 am**

ALABAMA
AL Jubilee - Roy Clark
AL,LA or Maybe TN - Buddy Alan
AL Sundown - Dave Kirby
AL Wildman - Jerry Reed
All In AL - Hank Williams Jr.
Alabam - Johnny Bond
All In AL - Hank Williams Jr.
North AL - Cal Smith
Take Me Back To AL - Vern Gosdin
ALASKA
North To AK - Johnny Horton
CALIFORNIA
CA Blues - Dickie Betts
CA Blues - Merle Haggard
CA Cottonfields - Merle Haggard
CA Sunset - Neil Young
CA Sunshine - Waylon Jennings
CA Turnarounds - Jack Greene
CAROLINAS
Carolina Morning - Charlie McCoy (vocal)
Charolette's In NC
COLORADO
CO Kool-Aid - Johnny Paycheck
FLORIDA
F-L-O-R-I-D-A - Bobby Braddock
Rainy FL Afternoon - Bobby Braddock
GEORGIA
Atlanta GA Stray - Johnny Duncan
Devil Went Down To GA - Charlie Daniels
GA On My Mind - Ray Charles
GA Rag - Webb Pierce
GA Sunshine - Jerry Reed
Goin' Back To GA - Nanci Griffith
I've Been To GA On A Fast Train - B.J.Shaver
Jimmy's In GA - Sammi Smith
Watemelon Time In GA - Clinton Gregory
HAWAII
Hawaiian Wedding Song - Jim Reeves
KANSAS
Manhattan, KS - Don Adams
KENTUCKY
Blue KY Girl - Loretta Lynn
Blue Moon Of KY - Bill Monroe
KY Gambler - Merle Haggard
KY In The Morning - Tom T. Hall
KY Moonshine - Pure Prarie League
KY Sunshine - Wayne Kemp
LOUISIANA
Down LA Way - George Strait
Got To Get To LA - G.Jones/T.G.Brown
Last Time I Saw LA - Ronnie Reno
Leavin'LA In Broad Daylight - Emmylou Harris
LA Man - Doug Kershaw
LA Saturday Night - Mel McDaniel
LA Woman MS Man - Lynn/Twitty
MISSISSIPPI
Born In MS - Chris LeDoux
LA Woman MS Man - Lynn/Twitty
Mississippi - Charlie Daniels
MS Cotton Pickin' Delta Town - Charley Pride
MS Woman - Waylon Jennings
Tupelo MS Flash - Jerry Reed
West Side Of MS - Barefoot Jerry
MONTANA
Meet Me In Montana - Dan Seals & Marie Osmond
NEW MEXICO
Clovis NM - Hank Williams Jr.
OKLAHOMA
From OK With Love - Becky Hobbs
OK Sunshine - Curtis Potter
OK Twister - Cal Smith
OK Wind - Billy Joe Shaver
Wind Blows In OK Everyday - Buck Owens
TENNESSEE
Back To TN - Commander Cody & LPA
Down In TN - Mark Chesnutt
From TN To TX - Johnny Bush
Midnight TN Woman - Jack Greene
TN Christmas - Alabama
TN Courage - Keith Whitley
TN River - Alabama
TN Whiskey - David Allan Coe
Tennessee - Darrel McCall
Tennessee - Hank Williams Jr.
Teaxs Uphere TN - Billy Joe Shaver
TEXAS
Alexis From Texas - Red Steagall
All My Ex's Live In TX - George Strait
Black TX Dirt - Buck Owens
Blue TX Waltz - Billy Joe Shaver
Boogie Back To TX - Asleep At The Wheel
Christmas In TX - Clinton Gregory
Coast Of TX - Jerry Adams
Coming Back To TX - Kenneth Threadgill
Dance Time In TX - George Strait
Down In TX Today - Curtis Potter
Dream On TX Ladies - John M. Montgomery
From TN To TX - Johnny Bush
Goin' Back To TX - Bobby Bare
He's Back In TX Again - Gene Watson
Heart Of TX - Waylon/Billy Joe Shaver
I Can't See TX From Here - Bush/McCall
Luckenback TX - Waylon Jennings
Miles & Miles Of TX - Asleep At The Wheel
Somewhere In TX - Ray Price
T.For TX- Waylon Jennings
Take Me Back To TX - Red Steagall
Talk To Me TX - Keith Whitley
Tall TX Woman - Earl Scruggs Revue
TX 1947 - Guy Clark
TX Boogie - Dale Watson
TX Cookin' - Guy Clark
TX Dancehall Girl - Johnny Bush
TX Fiddle Man - Leon Rausch
TX Hambone Blues - Red Knuckles/Trailblazers
TX Honky Tonk - Darrell McCall
TX In My Soul - Leon Rausch
TX Is Bigger Than It Used To Be - M.Chesnutt
TX Lullaby - David Allan Coe
TX Red - Red Steagall
TX Tatto - Gibson Miller Band
TX Tornado - Tracy Lawrence
TX Uphere Tennessee - Billy Joe Shaver
TX Women - Brooks & Dunn
Texas - Charlie Daniels
TX Me & You - Asleep At The Wheel
That's What The Outlaws In TX Want To Hear -
Johnny Paycheck
There'll Always Be Honky Tonks In TX -
Darrell McCall/Johnny Bush
There's A Girl In TX - Trace Adkins
Turkey TX - Alvin Crowe
Under The X In TX - Red Steagall
Waltz Across TX - Ernest Tubb
Way Down TX Way - Asleep At The Wheel
West TX Waltz - Emmylou Harris
West TX Women - Mac Davis
When It's Christmas Time In TX - Geo Strait
You Can't Get The Hell Out Of TX - J.Bush
VIRGINIA
Christmas In VA - Clinton Gregory
WEST VIRGINIA
Leavin' WV - Kathy Mattea
WV Mountain Melody - C.McCoy (vocal)

THAT'S ALL I CAN THINK OF RIGHT NOW
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Posted: **19 Sep 2000 5:22 am**

When it's night time in NEVADA I'm dreamin' of the old days on the prairie with you.....

Posted: **19 Sep 2000 5:36 am**

I wracked my brain trying to come up with something for Maryland and couldn't think of a thing. Baltimore's made it into a couple of tunes ("Streets of Baltimore" and Roger Miller's "Engine, Engine, Number 9") but not the whole state.

It occurs to me that it may have gotten mentioned in Mary-Chapin Carpenter's "Down in Mary's Land", but the title is a reference to St. Mary's County and I don't recall if she mentioned the state.

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Rick Richtmyer
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