- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
Songs with Louisiana cities (not BR or NOLA)
Posted on 5/24/16 at 9:04 pm
Posted on 5/24/16 at 9:04 pm
Trying to come up with a list. I'll start at the Southwest corner. For simplicity, let's stay away from Cajun bands who have a song named after every town (Opelousas stomp, Crowley waltz, etc.)
Lake Charles:
Lake Charles (Lucinda Williams)
Up on Cripple Creek (The Band)
Continental Trailway Blues (Steve Earl)
Departing Louisiana (Bruce Robison and Katy Willis)
Sulphur
Sulphur to Sugarcane (Elvis Costello)
The aforementioned Continental Trailway Blues (Steve Earle)
Rayne
Rayne, LA (Bruce Robison)
Lake Charles:
Lake Charles (Lucinda Williams)
Up on Cripple Creek (The Band)
Continental Trailway Blues (Steve Earl)
Departing Louisiana (Bruce Robison and Katy Willis)
Sulphur
Sulphur to Sugarcane (Elvis Costello)
The aforementioned Continental Trailway Blues (Steve Earle)
Rayne
Rayne, LA (Bruce Robison)
34
Posted on 5/24/16 at 9:07 pm to Ric Flair
Waylon Jennings - Lonesome, On'ry, and Mean
Guy Clark - Baton Rouge
I know you said no BR....but it's fricking Guy Clark, RIP.
quote:
On a Greyhound bus Lord I'm travelin' this morning I'm goin' to Shreveport and down to New Orleans Been travlin' these highways and doin' things my way It's been making me lonesome on'ry and mean.
Guy Clark - Baton Rouge
quote:
I'm gonna leave Texarkana I'm goin' down to Louisiana I'm gonna try my luck in Baton Rouge I'm gonna follow ol red river down Till I see the lights of town I ain't gonna get no sleep in Baton Rouge
I know you said no BR....but it's fricking Guy Clark, RIP.
This post was edited on 5/24/16 at 9:17 pm
Posted on 5/24/16 at 9:52 pm to JumpingTheShark
Posted on 5/24/16 at 10:00 pm to Ric Flair
John Prine, (My Own Best Friend)
"There's a motel in Shreveport...don't ask me where, please"
CDB. (Sweet Louisiana)
"The women in Ouachita parish drive a young man up the wall"
"There's a motel in Shreveport...don't ask me where, please"
CDB. (Sweet Louisiana)
"The women in Ouachita parish drive a young man up the wall"
Posted on 5/24/16 at 10:01 pm to FightinTigersDammit
Lucinda Williams - Crescent City
Mama lives in Mandeville...
Mama lives in Mandeville...
Posted on 5/24/16 at 10:06 pm to JumpingTheShark
quote:Written by the insanely underappreciated Steve Young, who just died earlier this year
Waylon Jennings - Lonesome, On'ry, and Mean
Posted on 5/24/16 at 10:09 pm to Ric Flair
The John Prine addition reminded me to add this song:
Donald and Lydia (John Prine). Although not mentioned by name in the song, this was a girl in Leesville and a boy in Ft. Polk, as per his commentary before playing the song on a live album).
Donald and Lydia (John Prine). Although not mentioned by name in the song, this was a girl in Leesville and a boy in Ft. Polk, as per his commentary before playing the song on a live album).
Posted on 5/24/16 at 10:09 pm to Ric Flair
Delbert McClinton - "Going Back To Louisiana"
"She used to live in Shreveport, but then she moved..."
"She used to live in Shreveport, but then she moved..."
Posted on 5/24/16 at 10:10 pm to Ric Flair
Posted on 5/24/16 at 10:13 pm to Ric Flair
Jerry Reed - "Amos Moses" (Thibodaux)
Bob Dylan - "Tangled Up In Blue" (Delacroix)
"It was down in Louisiana just about a mile from Texarkana..."
That's one long arse mile
Bob Dylan - "Tangled Up In Blue" (Delacroix)
"It was down in Louisiana just about a mile from Texarkana..."
That's one long arse mile
Posted on 5/24/16 at 10:17 pm to Kafka
quote:
"It was down in Louisiana just about a mile from Texarkana..." That's one long arse mile
I was thinking about that just the other day. That is far as hell. Maybe it is meant jokingly, but likely just to keep the rhythm of the song.
Also love Amos Moses....heeuh comes AAAAAAAAAmos
This post was edited on 5/24/16 at 10:17 pm
Posted on 5/24/16 at 10:20 pm to JumpingTheShark
Posted on 5/24/16 at 10:26 pm to JumpingTheShark
quote:I came up with a perfectly good lyric
That is far as hell. Maybe it is meant jokingly, but likely just to keep the rhythm of the song.
"It was down in Louisiana just a country mile from Texarkana..."
That makes a sort of literal sense
For whoever wrote the song - and it was apparently around before Lead Belly -- it was important for some reason to make Texarkana closer to LA than it is.
Either that or they were just sloppy.
Posted on 5/24/16 at 10:27 pm to Ric Flair
Steve Earl - Telephone Road (Lafayette)
Lucinda Williams - Joy (Slidell)
Lucinda Williams - Joy (Slidell)
Posted on 5/24/16 at 10:30 pm to Ric Flair
Doesn't mention a city or town, but Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight is great. I like the Emmylou Harris cover the best.
Posted on 5/24/16 at 10:30 pm to mworld938
Algiers:
Concrete and Barbed wire (I feel like I'm almost cheating using Lucinda Williams songs).
Concrete and Barbed wire (I feel like I'm almost cheating using Lucinda Williams songs).
Posted on 5/24/16 at 10:33 pm to Ric Flair
Lafayette:
Pat Green on both "John Wayne and Jesus" and "Rain in Lafayette"
Pat Green on both "John Wayne and Jesus" and "Rain in Lafayette"
Posted on 5/24/16 at 10:45 pm to Ric Flair
Bogalusa Boogie Man- Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
Back to Bogalusa- Clarence Gatemouth Brown
Back to Bogalusa- Clarence Gatemouth Brown
This post was edited on 5/24/16 at 10:50 pm
Posted on 5/25/16 at 12:02 am to Ric Flair
both songs with Thibodaux in them
jerry reed- amos moses
George straight- Adalida
jerry reed- amos moses
George straight- Adalida
Posted on 5/25/16 at 12:09 am to Ric Flair
sir mix a lot made jump on it with Louisiana cities
Page 1 of 4
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News