I had another idea for a good playlist in iTunes (it’d be too big for muxtape.com). It’s a list of 50 or so songs that all have to do with States. Each state needs to be represented at least once, but more is fine, too.

I have a good list going right now, with 39 songs. But I seem to be missing a lot of states.

Is there a song on here that shouldn’t be because it’s too obvious or not really about a state? Have I missed your state? Do you know of a good song that I can replace or add? Give it to me.

• Alaska Havalina – Rail Co.
• Another Colorado – Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Arizona – Pedro the Lion
• California – Havalina Rail Co.
• California – Low
• California One Youth And Beauty Brigade – The Decemberists
• Carolina – M. Ward
• Carry Me Ohio – Sun Kil Moon
• Come on! Feel the Illinoise! – Sufjan Stevens
• Florida – Modest Mouse
• Georgia On My Mind – Willie Nelson
• Going To Georgia – The Mountain Goats
• Iowa Backroads – Roadside Monument
• Jackson Hole – C.W. McCall
• The Kansas City Song – Buck Owens
• Kentucky Woman – Neil Diamond
• Let’s Not Forget Hawaii – Havalina Rail Co.
• Louisiana Man – Rusty and Doug
• Medley: Blue Rock Montana/Red Headed Stranger – Willie Nelson
• Michigan State – Devendra Banhart
• Miles and Miles of Texas – Asleep at the Wheel
• Mississippi – Bob Dylan
• Moonlight In Vermont – Billie Holiday
• Nebraska – Bruce Springsteen
• North To Alaska – Johnny Horton
• Ohio – CocoRosie (it’s a cover, but it’s real good)
  
• Ohio – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
• Ohio – Damien Jurado (I have another person covering this, but I like them both very well)
  
• Ohio – Modest Mouse
• Oklahoma Hills – Hank Thompson
• Omaha – Counting Crows
• Omaha – Damien Jurado
• The Only Living Boy in New York – Simon & Garfunkel
• Pennsylvania 6-500 – Glenn Miller Orchestra
• Tennessee Stud [Live] – Johnny Cash
• Texas to Ohio – Damien Jurado (can be either, but I already have Ohio)
  
• Utah Carol – Marty Robbins (not really about Utah)
  
• When It’s Springtime in Alaska (It’s Forty Below) – Johnny Cash
• Wild West Virginia – Daniel Johnston

I know, two posts in one day, crazy.

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Now playing: Hidari Mae – Ghost of a Lonesome Past
via FoxyTunes

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