My good friends, the Traaseth's told me about something they do while traveling; they play music about that area as they drive through. Well I thought that sounded pretty cool and it got me thinking about songs that have familiar places in them. Bleu played a Travis Tritt song for me not long after the Traaseth's visited that named Johnson City of all things! So I've wanted to compile some songs that have places I've either lived or visited (or would like to visit). I didn't even remember that Joe Walsh names my hometown in one of his songs. Awesome.:)
Any songs you know of that name the place you live, or favorite places you've been? Share yours....I'm curious. Now to burn a CD for the next road trip.
~Fairbanks Alaska by Joe Walsh (also mentions Lincoln Nebraska)
~Anchorage by Shocked Michelle (Anchorage Alaska and Texas)
~All the way to Memphis by Mott the Hoople
~Alphabet Street by Prince (Tennessee)
~Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde by Travis Tritt (Johnson City and Richmond and hwy. 95)
~Take it Easy by the Eagles (Winslow Arizona)
~You'll Never Work in Dis Bidness Again by Jimmy Buffet (Biloxi and Hollywood)
~Mainline Florida by Eric Clapton
~Florida by Modest Mouse
~Margarita by Traveling Wilburys (Pittsburgh and New York)
~Kings Highway by Tom Petty (there are several Kings Highways in the world, but as he's a Southern boy I'm guessing it refers to the trail that runs North along the Mississippi from New Orleans)
~Louisiana Rain by Tom Petty (San Diego, Baton Rouge and South Carolina)
~Portland by The Replacements
~Portland Oregon by Loretta Lynn
~East Asheville Hardware by David Wilcox
