re: Favorite song about a state

Posted by soccerfüt

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Posted on 8/28/22 at 4:46 pm to Kafka

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What planet am I on?

As Mingo considers himself out leader, I’d guess-

Posted by Rebel

Graceland

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Posted on 8/28/22 at 4:47 pm to yaboidarrell

Tennessee Jed
Mississippi 1/2 Step

Posted by Abstract Queso Dip

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Posted on 8/28/22 at 4:51 pm to yaboidarrell

Thin Air

Or Tennessee Jed

Posted by Kafka

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Posted on 8/28/22 at 4:53 pm to Rebel

Billy Mize - "California Is Just Mississippi" (1973)

A super obscure (it made #99 on the country chart) record I discovered a few years ago.

Posted by 308

the backwoods of Mississippi

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Posted on 8/28/22 at 4:55 pm to trussthetruzz

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the stars at night are big and bright

Ding! Ding! Ding!

We have the winner!

Posted by fr33manator

Baton Rouge

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Posted on 8/28/22 at 4:57 pm to TigerintheNO

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Take Me Home, Country Roads

You know he never lived in West Virginia?

Posted by Ostrich

Alexandria, VA

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Posted on 8/28/22 at 4:58 pm to yaboidarrell

California Dreamin
Texas - George Strait

Posted by Kafka

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Posted on 8/28/22 at 5:01 pm to fr33manator

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You know he never lived in West Virginia?

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Many of his songs had Southern themes, yet Stephen Foster never lived in the South and visited it only once, during his 1852 honeymoon. Foster's last four years were spent in New York City.

Posted by HempHead

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Posted on 8/28/22 at 5:43 pm to yaboidarrell

Mississippi Kid - Lynyrd Skynyrd
All in Alabama - Hank Jr (double use with Alabama and Montana)
Montana - Frank Zappa. Get that dental floss.

Posted by LegendInMyMind

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Posted on 8/28/22 at 5:54 pm to HempHead

I mentioned All in Alabama in the Hank Jr./Waylon thread the other day. It is one of my favorite Jr. songs.

Posted by fricket

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Posted on 8/28/22 at 6:03 pm to LegendInMyMind

JJ Grey - Mississippi

Posted by CaliforniaTiger

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Posted on 8/28/22 at 6:03 pm to TigerintheNO

Louisiana Rain

Posted by 92Tiger

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Posted on 8/28/22 at 6:31 pm to yaboidarrell

State of Confusion by The Kinks

Posted by soccerfüt

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Posted on 8/28/22 at 6:55 pm to Kafka

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Stephen Foster

Born July 4th,1826.

The same day Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died.

Died in 1864 in Bellevue Hospital in NYC.

Sad life.

Posted by Palomitz

Miami

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Posted on 8/28/22 at 6:55 pm to yaboidarrell

Billy Joel - New York State of Mind
Bee Gees- Massachusetts

Posted by TrimTab

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Posted on 8/28/22 at 7:15 pm to yaboidarrell

Red Hot Chili Peppers
CALIFORNICATION

Tonight they receive the Global Icon award and perform on MTV VMAs.

Posted by TigrrrDad

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Posted on 8/28/22 at 7:44 pm to yaboidarrell

The Incest Song by Buffy Sainte-Marie

I’ll let you guess which state it applies to.

Posted by Traveler

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Posted on 8/28/22 at 7:48 pm to yaboidarrell

Rainy Night in Georgia by Tony Joe White

This post was edited on 8/28/22 at 7:49 pm