Songs with place names in them?

dogbert27

Hey, just wondering what kind of book your doing cos listeneing to radio 1 this morning the guy was giving an intro to a song he was about to play and referenced a book that was about a road trip around the States based on place names in songs. The book started in Woodstock.

crisco10

America - Simon and Garfunkel (pittsburgh, Saginaw and New Jersey)

DundalkDuffman

Take almost Billy Joel track and there are any number of US placenames in them. Will have a listen on route to Dublin later on and keep a wee list

Doc

dogbert27 wrote: »

Hey, just wondering what kind of book your doing cos listeneing to radio 1 this morning the guy was giving an intro to a song he was about to play and referenced a book that was about a road trip around the States based on place names in songs. The book started in Woodstock.

Its not me doing the book its my flatmates girlfriend and I think its going to be for young adults as she has written a number of books for that age group already. I think the book is very much still in the concept and research stage at the moment.

Thanks to everyone for adding to the list!

henryporter

Jersey Girl - Tom Waits
Johnsburg, Illinois - Tom Waits
Kentucky Avenue - Tom Waits
Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis - Tom Waits
Wabash Cannonball - Trad.
Avalon Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
San Francisco Bay Blues - Jesse Fuller
Deep Ellem Blues - Joe & Bob Attlesay
Louisiana Blues - Muddy Waters
Going down to New Orleans - Trad.
Wichita Blues - Robert Johnson
Sweet Home Chicago - Robert Johnson
West Texas - Trad.
The Grand Coulee Dam - Woodie Guthrie
California Stars - Woodie Guthrie
Danville Girl - Woodie Guthrie
Brownsville Girl - Bob Dylan
I'm shipping up to Boston - Woodie Guthrie
Los Angeles New Years Flood - Woodie Guthrie
New York Town - Woodie Guthrie
Oklahoma Hills - Woodie Guthrie
Oregon Trail - Woodie Guthrie
Philadelphia Lawyer - Woodie Guthrie
Plane Wreck at Los Gatos (Deportees) Woody Guthrie
Roll on Columbia - Woody Guthrie
Talking Columbia - Woody Guthrie
Washington Talkin' Blues - Woody Guthrie
Hard Times in New York Town - Bob Dylan
Mississippi - Bob Dylan
Miss the Mississippi - Bob Dylan
Nashville Skyline Rag - Bob Dylan
North County Blues - Bob Dylan
Oxford Town - Bob Dylan (Oxford, Mississippi)
Ohio - Neil Young
Shenandoah - Trad.
Streets of Baltimore - Gram Parsons
Ooh Las Vegas - Gram Parsons
If you're going to San Francisco - Mamas and Papas

Xavi6

Will Smith - Miami

superconor

By The Time I Get To Arizona - Public Enemy
Get Down - NAS (mentions New York)
Harlem Child - Drifters
St Louis Slim - Seasick Steve (mentions a few local places)

Edit: Fresh Prince Theme Song

DundalkDuffman

Staten Island, Pennsylvania, Long Island, Jersey, Allentown, Parris Island all Billy Joel.

the fixer

Butthole Surfers - Dracula From Houston

Thomas828

Chattanooga Choo Choo; I've Got a Girl in Kalamazoo; Pennsylvania 65000 - Glenn Miller Orchestra. Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas; Do You Know what it Means to Miss New Orleans? - Louis Armstrong. Texas Style - Big Joe Turner

lordgoat

Pretty much anything by Woody guthrie.
Sufjan Stevens has a couple of abums and some EP's about certain states.
Ryan Adams NY/My Sweet Carolina/La Cienega
Elliott Smith - LA

rednik

New York minute - Eagles.
Atlantic City - Bruce Springsteen
To live and die in LA - Wang Chung

icanhearjimi

Beck - Loser (Reno)