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StilltheSame · 10-27-2009, 10:09 AM

Suite Judy Blue Eyes - always makes me think of Albemarle, NC - I played it repeatedly over a Thanksgiving visit there with a close friend.

LinaJo76 · 10-27-2009, 10:51 AM

All the Beach Boy songs remind me of California.

Blue Bayou- Linda Ronstadt (reminds me of Florida in some lonely bayou area or even a Texas bayou)

Gallivantin' Galveston Gal- Gene Autry (about a girl from Galveston, Texas who flirts with lots of men).

The Edmund Fitzgerald- Gordon Lightfoot (about the famous tanker ship that sanked mysteriously off the Great Lakes; off of Michigan).

LauraC · 10-27-2009, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by NYC1DAY

What are your favorite songs that make you think about a state or city? Or Country?

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Mine are:

Walking In Memphis - Marc Cohn
Shenandoah (Instrumental - strings) - Virginia
You're Missing (from Springsteen's The Rising) - New York City
Sweet Home Alabama
Tennessee - Mindy Smith
God Bless The USA - Lee Greenwood
Battle of New Orleans - Johnny Horton
Motownphilly - (Philadelphia) Boyz II Men
24 Hours from Tulsa - Gene Pitney
By The Time I Get to Phoenix - Glen Campbell
Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon
Rocky Top - Tennessee (anybody)
Mull of Kintyre - Scotland (McCartney)
Hotel California - Eagles
Someday Soon (Colorado) - Judy Collins

Central Illinois 1 · 10-27-2009, 12:48 PM

Songs about some "not so much in the spotlight" places:

Living on Tulsa Time - Eric Clapton/JJ Cale
Tupelo Honey - Van Morrison
East St. Louis Toodle - Steely Dan
What Made Milwaukee Famous Has Made a Loser Out of Me - Rod Stewart
Sioux City Sue - ????? (Really old - Surely dead by now whoever they were)
Stuck in Lodi Again - CCR and later Tesla
Mendocino - Sir Douglas Quintet
Cleveland Rocks - Ian Anderson
All the Way to Memphis - Mott the Hoople
Ventura Highway - America
Wichita Lineman - Glenn Campbell
Jackson - Johnny and June
Statesboro Blues - Allman Brothers