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Dave Van Allen
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Souderton, PA , US , Earth
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Posted 19 Sep 2000 10:46 am |
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A quick search on BMI.com turned up several pages of songs with Oregon in the title- my fave title is "Oregon Grinder"...
BTW Pennsylvania is also a Commonwealth[This message was edited by Dave Van Allen on 19 September 2000 at 11:47 AM.] |
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 19 Sep 2000 1:05 pm
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Salt Pork, West Virginia
Gatemouth Brown/ Louis Jordan ?
Steelin 4 What ?  |
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Ray Jenkins
From:
Gold Canyon Az. U.S.A.
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Dave Brophy
From:
Miami FL
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Posted 19 Sep 2000 2:50 pm
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Oregon-- "Don't Take Me Alive" by Steely Dan.The chorus goes:
"I'm a bookkeeper's son/
I don't want to shoot no one/
Well I crossed my old man back in Oregon/
Don't take me alive"
Maryland-- Steve Goodman recorded a pretty Tin Pan Alley tune called "There's A Girl In The Heart Of Maryland."
Bob Dylan's "The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll" was about a murder in Baltimore and has the phrase "Maryland politics."
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Pat Burns
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Branchville, N.J. USA
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Posted 19 Sep 2000 3:11 pm
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| Bingo, Dave! Good one with Steely Dan....So, can anybody come up with Connecticut or New Hampshire, New Mexico, Utah or Wyoming? [This message was edited by Pat Burns on 19 September 2000 at 06:38 PM.] |
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Marc Friedland
From:
Fort Collins, CO
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Posted 19 Sep 2000 3:27 pm
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Illinois - Of Course
It's mentioned in Jailhouse Rock -
"The drummer boy from Illinois went crash boom bang" The whole rythym section was the purple gang, let's rock!
-- Marc
I'll come up with others later, got to run now. |
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Amanda Ward
From:
Brisbane, Australia
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Posted 19 Sep 2000 5:05 pm
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I may have missed it but did anyone mention Devil went down to Georgia???  |
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Pete Burak
From:
Portland, OR USA
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Posted 19 Sep 2000 5:17 pm
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The New Riders Of The Purple Sage (Buddy Cage on steel although Jerry Garcia may have played on this cut, I'll have to check) have a song called "Portland Woman" ie Portland Oregon.
David Bromberg has a song called "New Lee Highway Blues" that starts off:
All through Northern Oregon
Always by my side
ect...
There are also a few songs about the Oregon Trail and the Columbia River which borders Oregon and Washington (which is also where I spend alot of time windsurfing ).
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 19 Sep 2000 5:57 pm
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Illinois:
Dan Fogelberg had a song out by the name of "Illinois". All I can remember was the chorus: "Illinois! Oh, Illinois!" (Not much to go on, eh?)
New Jersey:
How 'bout the big band number "Jersey Bounce" (Joan Cox plays a pretty hot version of that on steel).
Puerto Rico:
How 'bout Leonard Bernstein/West Side Story:
"I like the city of San Juan
I know a boat you can get on!"
and...
And every Puerto Rican's a lousy chicken!"[This message was edited by Jim Cohen on 19 September 2000 at 07:01 PM.] |
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Jude James Shiels
From:
near Dublin, Ireland
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Posted 20 Sep 2000 1:36 am
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| Townes Van Zandt's White Freightliner Blues mentions New Mexico in one of the verses. Goes something like 'New Mexico ain't bad girl, the people there treat you kind'.... Though I think it would be more of a challenge to find a song with New Mexico in the title. |
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RickRichtmyer
From:
Beautiful Adamstown, MD
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Posted 20 Sep 2000 2:31 am
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Then of course, there's Hank Snow's I've Been Everywhere...
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Rick Richtmyer
Good News
[This message was edited by RickRichtmyer on 20 September 2000 at 03:32 AM.] |
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Pat Burns
From:
Branchville, N.J. USA
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Posted 20 Sep 2000 5:16 am
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| Jim Cohen, thanks for the N.J. plug, now here's a Big Band song for you in PA...."Pennsylvania 6-5000" |
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Dave Van Allen
From:
Souderton, PA , US , Earth
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Posted 20 Sep 2000 5:38 am
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and don't forget "the Pennsylvania Polka"
every body's got a mania to do the polka from... |
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