Thursday, June 14, 2007

there's many more

A few months ago I posted a list of
"Songs for traveling across America"
but now I have so many more to add. I like to put them roughly in geographical order, since my brain likes to operate spacially. I realize that this list could basically be endless, but I'm working with what Courtney and I have, plus a few others we just had to buy.

  1. Wakko's America - by Animaniacs
  2. America - by Neil Diamond
  3. Ice Ice Baby (route A1A) - by Vanilla Ice
  4. Miami - by Will Smith
  5. Alabama - by Pierce Pettis
  6. Southern Man - by Neil Young
  7. Sweet Home Alabama - by Lynyrd Skynyrd
  8. Alabama Rain - by Jim Croce
  9. Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again - by Bob Dylan (Blonde on Blonde)
  10. Graceland - by Paul Simon
  11. Red Dirt Girl (Alabama) - by Emmylou Harris
  12. Mississippi - by David Allan Coe
  13. Boy from Tupelo - by Emmylou Harris
  14. Mississippi Lady - by Jim Croce
  15. Jackson - by Johnny Cash & by Hem
  16. Mississippi - by Bob Dylan (Love and Theft)
  17. Listen to the Radio (leaving Mississippi) - by Nanci Griffith
  18. Louisiana - by Mo Leverett
  19. City Beneath the Sea (New Orleans) - by Harry Connick Jr.
  20. House of the Risin' Sun (New Orleans) - by Bob Dylan
  21. Love and New Orleans - by Mo Leverett
  22. Waltz across Texas - by Emmylou Harris
  23. Winds o' Wyoming - by Yonder Mountain String Band
  24. Ford Econoline (UT-CA) - by Nanci Griffeth
  25. Hotel California - by the Eagles
  26. California Dreaming - by The Mamas and the Papas
  27. California - by Joni Mitchell
  28. Talkin' Going' to Alaska Blues - by Shawn Mullins
  29. East Coast/West Coast - by Singing Mechanic
  30. This Land is Your Land - by Woody Guthrie
  31. Seattle to Chicago - by Woody Guthrie
  32. Baltimore to Washington - by Woody Guthrie
  33. Streets of Philadelphia - by Bruce Springsteen
  34. Atlantic City - by Bruce Springsteen
  35. Born to Run - by Bruce Springsteen (because it almost was the NJ state song)
  36. Famous Last Words (Avalon beaches) - by Billy Joel
  37. Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights go out on Broadway) - by Billy Joel
  38. Talkin' New York - by Bob Dylan
  39. New York - by U2
  40. No Sleep Till Brooklin - by The Beastie Boys
  41. New York, New York - by Frank Sinatra
  42. Only Living Boy in New York - by Paul Simon
  43. Battery Park - by Screen Door
  44. The Hudson - by Dar Williams
  45. Woodstock - by Joni Mitchell
  46. Reservoir (Pittsburg) - by Hem
  47. Carry Me Home (Ohio) - by Hem
  48. Ohio - by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
  49. Iowa - by Dar Williams
  50. Take Me Home, Country Roads (Kentucky) - by John Denver
  51. Meet Virginia - by Train
  52. Carolina In My Mind - by James Taylor
  53. Tennessee Waltz - by Hem
  54. Walking Back to Georgia - by Jim Croce
  55. Oh, Atlanta - by Alison Krauss
  56. Rainy Night in Georgia - by Tony Joe White (of which Hem has a beautiful rendition)
  57. Georgia Moon - by Pierce Pettis
  58. Midnight Train to Georgia - by Indigo Girls
  59. America - by Simon and Garfunkel
  60. Born in the USA - by Bruce Springsteen

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Great list!