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| From | Jordan Sovereign <kingwart@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Fifty States |
| Date | Sun, 14 Nov 2010 09:39:10 -0600 |
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There's always John Linnell's State Songs, which would cover 15 states:
Illinois
West Virginia
South Carolina
Idaho
Montana
Pennsylvania
Utah
Arkansas
Iowa
Mississippi
Maine
Oregon
Michigan
New Hampshire
Nevada
Also just remembered the song Arkansas from the musical Big River...
Jordan
On 11/14/2010 9:11 AM, mkropp@comcast.net wrote:
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> the very first song that popped into my little head was Chuck Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen" which name-checks lots of cities, including the closest one to me - "Philadelphia, PA".
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> and if this is a return trip to our shores, how about Chuck's "Back In The USA"? ;-)
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> have fun Matt!
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sam Smith"<docsammy@gmail.com>
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2010 9:55:52 AM
> Subject: Re: Fifty States
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> "Carolina Calling" by Mike Cross.
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> On 11/14/10 3:55 AM, Matt Whitby wrote:
>> Morning/Afternoon/Evening [delete as applicable] all.
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>> In Mar/Apr of next year i'll be driving across America (
>> http://mattwhitby.net/Content/USRoadTrip/Default.aspx?page=about) and i'd
>> like to make a bunch of compilation CDs for the car.
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>> I was thinking it would be fun to make an album of songs for each State in
>> the US (even though, of course, I won't visit each one).
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>> I'm thinking of stuff like;
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>> "The night they drove old Dixie down" by The Band -- Tennessee
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>> "I won't go Hollywood" by Bleu -- California
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>> "Rambling on My Mind" by Robert Johnson -- Mississippi
>> Any suggestions?
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>> etc.
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