From: altinbay@alc.com (John Altinbay)
Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia
Subject: Re: Border song survey
Keywords: Border songs
Date: 17 Apr 92 16:00:30 GMT
Article-I.D.: alc.1992Apr17.160030.11324
Organization: Ascent Logic Corporation, San Jose, CA

In article <1992Apr15.170852.9457@fs7.ece.cmu.edu> snyder@henry.ece.cmu.edu (John Snyder) writes:
- In article <2392@news.duke.edu> you write:
- >I am in a bit of need.
- >
- >I hope to get a car soon and would like to have some tapes with songs
- >which I could play consecutively when crossing state borders.

Oh, dear, do you know *how many*???

- >	"Georgia on my mind"	(Anyone who sings it)
- 
- Willie Nelson does a good version of this

The Righteous Brothers; Oscar Peterson Trio ...

- >NJ:	"Born to Run"		Bruce Springsteen

Bruce is a great source for NJ songs ("Fourth of July Asbury Park" etc)

- >CA:	"Hotel California"	The Eagles

California My Way - The Fifth Dimension
Goin' Back To Big Sur - Johnny Ribers; James Hendricks
Monterey - EB & the Animals
Berkeley Woman - John Denver; Bryan Bowers
LA Woman - The Doors
Highway 99 With Melange - Michael Nesmith & the Second National Band
Surfin' USA - The Beach Boys
Student Demonstration Time - The Beach Boys
Los Angelenos - Billy Joel
Lodi - Creedence Clearwater Revival
San Francisco Bay Blues - Jesse Fuller; Peter, Paul & Mary; Janis Joplin
San Francisco - Jeanette MacDonald; Judy Garland
Valley Girl - Zappa & daughter
Singin' Cowboy - New Riders of the Purple Sage
Hooray For Hollywood - various
Rosecranz Boulevard - Johnny Rivers
California Bloodlines - John Stewart
July, You're a Woman - John Stewart (San Joaquin Valley)
Hippy From Olema - The Youngbloods
California Earthquake (Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On) - Rodney Crowell
Two More Bottles Of Wine - Delbert McClinton; Emmylou Harris
   ... and hundreds more ... these are off the top of my head

- >LA:	"Deep River Woman"	

Louisiana Mama - Gene Pitney?
City Of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie; Steve Goodman; Willie Nelson
Leavin' Louisiana In the Broad Daylight - Rodney Crowell

- 
- Kentucky:  Kentucky Woman     

Neil Diamond, though Deep Purple has covered it

- 
- W Va:  Country Roads, Take Me Home    John Denver
- 

Actually, Take Me Home Country Roads.  John is a source of tons
of Colorado songs.  He also did a number of Alaska tributes.
One is on Higher Ground from a couple years ago, a much
earlier album had an Alaska trilogy.  I'll track it down if you want.

- New York, New York:   Frank Sinatra
- 

New York State Of Mind - Billy Joel; Mark-Almond
Boy From New York City - forgot the original; Manhattan Transfer has
    a more or less note for note cover
Girl From New York City - The Beach Boys - a very different song from the above
Manhattan - Ella Fitzgerlad, etc
Me & Julio Down By the Schoolyard - Paul Simon
Uptown - The Chambers Brothers
Harlem Nocturne - Sam "The Man" Taylor, others
On Broadway - various
Lullaby Of Broadway - various
   ... again. etc etc ...

- Chicago:  (2 songs:  It's my kind of town; and that toddlin' town)  
-                       Frank Sinatra
- 

My Kind Of Town and Chicago, respectively.

The Long Line To Chicago - Larry Hosford

- New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, California:  Willin' (mentions Tucson, Tucumcari,
-      Tehachapi, and Tonopah)    by Lowell George, performed by Little Feat
-      (Linda Ronstadt also did a version)
- 

so did Seatrain

- Memphis and New Orleans and Missippi River:  Proud Mary   Creedence Clearwater
-      Revival
- 

Memphis:  Memphis - Chuck Berry; Johnny Rivers
Big Train From Memphis - John Fogerty

Nashville:  another big bag, including...

Nashville Cats- The Lovin' Spoonful
Never Goin' Back to Nashville - John Stewart
A Song a Day In Nashville - John B. Sebastian

- CA:  California Dreamin'  Mammas and the Pappas
- 
- SF:  If you're going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your 
-      hair...   the artist might be Donovan, but I don't really know
- 
- San Jose:  Do you know the way to San Jose 

Dionne Warwick

- 
- Utah:  Friend of the Devil   the Grateful Dead
- 

Salt Lake City - The Beach Boys
Salt Lake City - Hank Williams, Jr. (different song)
Utah - The New Seekers; written by some Osmond brothers.

- Allentown, PA:  Allentown  Billy Joel
- 
- Pittsburgh PA:  There's a Pawnshop on the Corner in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Guy Mitchell, if memory serves - "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

That reminds me - Idaho: Sun Valley Serenade - Glenn Miller & his Orchestra!

- 
- Philadelphia  PA:  Philadelphia Freedom   Elton John
- 

Dancin' In the Street - Mamas & Papas; Mick & David; etc etc
(as well as other locales)

- Colorado:   Rocky Mountain High   John Denver
- 
   my specialty (I'm a born again Coloradan)

Ripplin' Waters - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Colorado - Eagles; Linda Ronstadt; The Flying Burrito Brothers
Sarah In the Summer - Wild Jimbos; Nitty Gritty Jim Ibbotson (a I-70
    and Independence Pass travel guide from Denver to Aspen)
Get Out Of Denver - Bob Seeger
Damn Sweet Woman - Rick Cunha
Larimer Street - Jim Ratts (Runaway Express)
Boulder To Birmingham - Emmylou Harris; Starlight Vocal Band
Me & My Uncle - Judy Collins? (Denver, New Mexico, Texas)
Rocky Mountain Breakdown - Poco
Colorado Blues - either the Joy Of Cooking or them recording as Toni
    Brown & Terry Garthwaite

- 
- Texas:  Yellow Rose of Texas      various Artists
-         Deep In the Heart of Texas    various Artists
- 

Texas - The Electric Flag
Goin' Down To Texas - Moby Grape
Houston - Dean Martin
Texarkana Baby - Eddy Arnold (Texas & Arkansas)
Streets Of Laredo - various - best by The Smothers Brothers ;-)
El Paso - Marty Robbins?
Lubbock, Texas In My Rear View Mirror - Mac David
I'm an Old Cowhand - various, try Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks
What Am I Doin' Hangin' 'Round - The Monkees
He Is a Tejano - The Texas Tornadoes
Soap Creek Saloon, Austin, Texas - The Orange County Brothers
    (a Japanese band heavily influenced by Doug Sahm)
Galveston - Glenn Campbell
San Antonio Stroll - Tanya Tucker
   ... etc etc ...

Hawaii:
Hawaii - The Beach Boys
Honolulu Lulu - Jan & Dean
Blue Hawaii - Elvis
Hawaiian Wedding Song - Elvis
Let's Talk Dirty In Hawaiian - Wild Jimbos

- Oregon and Washington:  Roll on Columbia, Roll On [ the river separates the
-      two states ]  artist unknown
- 

Washington:  The View From Home - Bryan Bowers

- 
- Mississippi:  Johnny B. Goode   Chuck Berry and various other artists have 
-      done covers of this
- 
- New Hampshire:  You Can Run (Fritz, he ... for a Mexicali hotspot, last time
-      I seen him, he was low and riding high; and Gritz he caught a blues line
-      even hit the big time...)  [song about a town in New Hampshire and 
-      3 or 4 friends who became professional folksingers/songwriters]  
-      by John Gorka [a friend of mine from college, now a famous folksinger]
- 

Kansas:  Kansas; Kansas Rain - John Stewart
Matthew - John Denver
The Pirates Of Stone County Road - John Stewart
One's On the Way - Loretta Lynn (Topeka)
Wichita Lineman - Glenn Campbell

Wyoming: Wyoming - Mantovani & his Orchestra
Get Along Little Dogies - Johnny Cash

Montana: Montana Song - Hank Williams, Jr.
Cody - John Stewart (also Los Angeles)

Omaha: Omaha - Moby Grape

Massachusetts: Massachusetts - The Bee Gees

Butcher Holler: Coal Miner's Daughter - Loretta Lynn; Sissy Spacek

Dakota (South?): Rocky Racoon - The Beatles

Indiana: (Back Home In) Indiana - various

In the omnibus category, let's not forget Sweet Little Sixteen - Chuck
Berry and Route 66 - The Rolling Stones; Nat "King" Cole.  Also, John
Stewart's "Survivers" (can I help it if he sang a batch of songs
that apply?)  Also, Chuck Berry's "Promised Land" - Norfolk, Virginia
to Los Angeles.

a sacratch on the surface...
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