Songs That Mention All 50 States Revisited

[[e-mail] (Noah Tall)]

While listening to "Riders In the Sky" last wek, I heard them do a
song called "Nevada". Since our song for Nevada is "Philadelphia
Lawyer" by Maddox Bros and Rose, I think the Rider's version is much
more deserving, and since we don't have anything from them, I'm going
to replace the Maddox Brother's and Rose song with "Nevada" by Riders
In The Sky


Alabama - "My Home's In Alabama" - (Alabama)
Alaska - " Alaska Lil And Texas Bill" - (Hawkshaw Hawkins)
Arizona - "Ridin' Down The Arizona Trail" - (Jimmie Davis)
Arkansas - " I Can See Arkansas" - (David Ball)
California - "All The Gold In California" - (Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin
Brothers)
Colorado - "Colorado Kool-Aid" - (Johnny Paycheck)
Connecticut - "Connie's Got Connections In Conneticut" - (The Hoosier
Hotshots)
Delaware - "Ragged Old Flag" - (Johnny Cash)
Florida - "F-L-O-R-I-D-A" - (Bobby Braddock) Georgia - "The Devil Went
Down To Georgia" - (The Charlie Daniels Band)
Hawaii - "Everybody Does It In Hawaii" - (Jimmie Rodgers)
Idaho - "Old Flames Have New Names" - (Mark Chesnutt)
Illinois - "John Doe No. 24" - (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
Indiana - "My Indiana Lady" - (The Bellamy Brothers)
Iowa - "Sioux City Sue" - (Gene Autry)
Kansas - "Manhattan Kansas" - (Loretta Lynn)
Kentucky - "Blue Moon Of Kentucky" - (Bill Monroe)
Louisiana - "Luzianna" (Louisiana) - (Webb Pierce)
Maine - "Winter Time In Maine" - (Dick Curless)
Maryland - "There's A Girl In The Heart Of Maryland" - (Steve
Goodman)
Massachusetts - "Whoever's In New England" - (Reba McEntire)
Michigan - "Saginaw Michigan" - (Lefty Frizzell)
Minnesota - "Wabash Cannon Ball" - (Roy Acuff)
Mississippi - "Mississippi Delta Cotton Pickin' Town" -(Charley
Pride)
Missouri - "Missouri" - (Hank Penny)
Montana - "Meet Me In Montana" - (Dan Seals & Marie Osmond)
Nebraska - "Omaha" - (Waylon Jennings)
Nevada - "Nevada" - (Riders In The Sky)
New Hampshire - "Big Wheels Rollin' - (Johnny Horton)
New Jersey - "I Threw The Rest Away" - (Tracy Lawrence)
New Mexico - "Land Of Enchantment" - (Michael Martin Murphy)
New York - "New York Joe And Red Neck Tennessee" - (Freddie Hart)
North Carolina - "White Lightnin' - (George Jones)
North Dakota - "Is Anybody Going To San Antone" - (Roy Clark)
Ohio - Cincinnati Ohio" - (Connie Smith)
Oklahoma - "Okie From Muskogee" - (Merle Haggard)
Oregon - "I've Trucked All Over This World" - (C.W. McCall)
Pennsylvania - "Duquesne Pennsylvania" - (Hank Snow)
Rhode Island - "Rhode Island Red" - (Little Jimmy Dempsey)
South Carolina - "South Carolina Low Ground" - (Josh Turner)
South Dakota - "The Ballad Of Sally Rose" - (Emmylou Harris)
Tennessee - Tennessee Border - (Red Foley)
Texas - "There's A Little Bit Of Everything In Texas" - (Ernest Tubb)
Utah - "The Red Hills Of Utah" - (Marty Robbins)
Vermont - "Moonlight In Vermont" - (Willie Nelson)
Virginia - "Shenandoah Waltz" - (Clyde Moody)
Washington - "I've Been Everywhere" - (Asleep At The Wheel)
West Virginia - "West Virginia Polka" - (Wilma Lee And Stoney Cooper)
Wisconsin - "Cadillac Ranch" - (The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
Wyoming - "Somewhere In Old Wyoming" - (The Sons Of The Pioneers)

[improbable cowgirl]

Rather good list, although if we could find a substitute for Meet Me
in Montana, it would be even better. Something about Marie Osmond's
singing always made me grit my teeth.
-cowgirl

[Tom Kan PA]

Post by ***@aol.com (Noah Tall)
While listening to "Riders In the Sky" last wek, I heard them do a
song called "Nevada". Since our song for Nevada is "Philadelphia
Lawyer" by Maddox Bros and Rose, I think the Rider's version is much
more deserving, and since we don't have anything from them, I'm going
to replace the Maddox Brother's and Rose song with "Nevada" by Riders
In The Sky

Hey Eric, I'll acknowledge that I read your post. It's your list, you
can change it. I still check the group message board. Looks like it's
about run the course. Seems there's only a handful of us left that
looks at it.

[[e-mail] (Noah Tall)]

Post by Tom Kan PA
I'll acknowledge that I read your post. It's your list, you
can change it. I still check the group message board. Looks like it's
about run the course. Seems there's only a handful of us left that
looks at it.

It ran it's course a LOOOONG time ago. It's the nature of the beast.
We're talking about songs more than 50 years old in many cases, and
not only are the performers passing on, so are a lot of the readers/
contributors.

If it was a popularity contest, and we could get paid, I'd be
tweeeting a million times a day like half the country. : )

[improbable cowgirl]

Post by ***@aol.com (Noah Tall)

Post by Tom Kan PA
I'll acknowledge that I read your post. It's your list, you
can change it. I still check the group message board. Looks like it's
about run the course. Seems there's only a handful of us left that
looks at it.

It ran it's course a LOOOONG time ago. It's the nature of the beast.
We're talking about songs more than 50 years old in many cases, and
not only are the performers passing on, so are a lot of the readers/
contributors.
If it was a popularity contest, and we could get paid, I'd be
tweeeting a million times a day like half the country. : )

I read it, and if I had my druthers, I would substitute Merle
Haggard's "Big City" for "Meet me in Montana."

-cowgirl

[[e-mail] (Noah Tall)]

I read it, and if I had my druthers, I would substitute  Merle
Haggard's "Big City"  for "Meet me in Montana."

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Typical woman. : ) I'm betting if Marie Osmond wasn't so attractive
you'd have no issue with her voice.

Having said that, the REAL heart of the matter is one of the GREATEST
country singers of all-time, is on there with his signature song about
the very state he was born in, and you'd trade that for a back-handed
reference to Montana in a song about life in the city, which of course
has NOTHING to do with Montana????

Sorry, WRONG ANSWER!!!!!!!! : )

[improbable cowgirl]

Post by ***@aol.com (Noah Tall)

I read it, and if I had my druthers, I would substitute  Merle
Haggard's "Big City"  for "Meet me in Montana."

<
Typical woman. : ) I'm betting if Marie Osmond wasn't so attractive
you'd have no issue with her voice.
Having said that, the REAL heart of the matter is one of the GREATEST
country singers of all-time, is on there with his signature song about
the very state he was born in, and you'd trade that for a back-handed
reference to Montana in a song about life in the city, which of course
has NOTHING to do with Montana????
Sorry, WRONG ANSWER!!!!!!!! : )

Couldn't think of another one. Montana Cafe isn't about Montana.

Who are the most attractive country singers in your opinion? I'll tell
you whether I'm prejudiced or not.

-typical (cow)girl

[[e-mail] (Noah Tall)]

Who are the most attractive country singers in your opinion? <<

Lol!!! They're ALL attractive, that's how they become national
singers. We've had this arguement a million times, and of course it
pertains to politicians, actors, etc ... ANYTHING that relies on the
visual medium. The "music video" changed the landscape forever.

To answer your question, again as I've said a million times I don't
listen/watch/buy modern country music, so I can't comment on anyone
currently "relevant". I'm SURE I'm leaving out some of my favorites
and forgetting a lot of really beautiful singers, but here's a small
sample size off the top of my head.

I still remember seeing Faith Hill on Nashville Now with Ralph Emery,
and remember her being stunningly beautiful BEFORE she hit it big, got
married, had children etc ... Beauty is a fading flower, and between
all the probable surgeries, hair stlyle changes, make-up etc ... in
some pictures I don't even recognize her. Same with Lorrie Morgan.
Goldie Hill was pretty hot in her day. I also remember thinking
Barbara Mandrell and Linda Ronstadt were beautiful in their day, but
age wasn't very kind to Linda Ronstadt. On the other hand some people
like Connie Smith I always thought was kind of plain with a lot of
"bad hair" when she first appeared on the scene, but she seemed to
become more beautiful as she got older, which is pretty rare, I
think.

I've always been a little partial to dark-haired women, so I'd include
Leona Williams in "that plain with bad hair" class with Connie Smith,
who seemed to get better looking as they got older, and since you
mentioned her I'd include Marie Osmond in that group too. On the other
end of the spectrum I don't want to end without mentioning that great
dark-haired Country music vixen Kim Kardashian. : ) Alas like Faith
Hill, she was stunningly beautiful, but the facial surgeries have done
her a disservice, I believe.

I'll tell you whether I'm prejudiced or not.<

Again, WRONG ANSWER!!!! : ) You already have. LOL!!! I'm like a card
player. I don't listen to WHAT people say (write) I WATCH them.
Actions speak louder than words. You have an "issue" with Marie
Osmond. : )

[improbable cowgirl]

Post by ***@aol.com (Noah Tall)

Who are the most attractive country singers in your opinion? <<

Lol!!! They're ALL attractive, that's how they become national
singers. We've had this arguement a million times, and of course it
pertains to politicians, actors, etc ... ANYTHING that relies on the
visual medium. The "music video" changed the landscape forever.
To answer your question, again as I've said a million times I don't
listen/watch/buy modern country music, so I can't comment on anyone
currently "relevant". I'm SURE I'm leaving out some of my favorites
and forgetting a lot of really beautiful singers, but here's a small
sample size off the top of my head.
I still remember seeing Faith Hill on Nashville Now with Ralph Emery,
and remember her being stunningly beautiful BEFORE she hit it big, got
married, had children etc ... Beauty is a fading flower, and between
all the probable surgeries, hair stlyle changes, make-up etc ... in
some pictures I don't even recognize her. Same with Lorrie Morgan.
Goldie Hill was pretty hot in her day. I also remember thinking
Barbara Mandrell and Linda Ronstadt were beautiful in their day, but
age wasn't very kind to Linda Ronstadt. On the other hand some people
like Connie Smith I always thought was kind of plain with a lot of
"bad hair" when she first appeared on the scene, but she seemed to
become more beautiful as she got older, which is pretty rare, I
think.
I've always been a little partial to dark-haired women, so I'd include
Leona Williams in "that plain with bad hair"  class with Connie Smith,
who seemed to get better looking as they got older, and since you
mentioned her I'd include Marie Osmond in that group too. On the other
end of the spectrum I don't want to end without mentioning that great
dark-haired Country music vixen Kim Kardashian. : )  Alas like Faith
Hill, she was stunningly beautiful, but the facial surgeries have done
her a disservice, I believe.

I'll tell you whether I'm prejudiced or not.<

Again, WRONG ANSWER!!!! : ) You already have. LOL!!! I'm like a card
player. I don't listen to WHAT people say (write) I WATCH them.
Actions speak louder than words. You have an "issue" with Marie
Osmond. : )

I agree with you about Connie Smith. She's still singing, too, and
just put out a new album.



-cowgirl

[[e-mail] (Noah Tall)]

Post by improbable cowgirl
I agree with you about Connie Smith. She's still singing, too, and
just put out a new album.

No need to state the obvious. Agreeing with me is a sign of
intelligence, while disagreeing with me is a sign of ignorance.
Remember, I'm THE KING! : )

Post by improbable cowgirl
I'll tell you whether I'm prejudiced or not.<

Cat got your tongue? : ) Trust me, evereybody has already figured it
out, EXCEPT apparently yourself. Again, typical woman. : )

[Blue]

Post by improbable cowgirl

Post by ***@aol.com (Noah Tall)

Who are the most attractive country singers in your opinion? <<

Lol!!! They're ALL attractive, that's how they become national
singers. We've had this arguement a million times, and of course it
pertains to politicians, actors, etc ... ANYTHING that relies on the
visual medium. The "music video" changed the landscape forever.
To answer your question, again as I've said a million times I don't
listen/watch/buy modern country music, so I can't comment on anyone
currently "relevant". I'm SURE I'm leaving out some of my favorites
and forgetting a lot of really beautiful singers, but here's a small
sample size off the top of my head.
I still remember seeing Faith Hill on Nashville Now with Ralph Emery,
and remember her being stunningly beautiful BEFORE she hit it big, got
married, had children etc ... Beauty is a fading flower, and between
all the probable surgeries, hair stlyle changes, make-up etc ... in
some pictures I don't even recognize her. Same with Lorrie Morgan.
Goldie Hill was pretty hot in her day. I also remember thinking
Barbara Mandrell and Linda Ronstadt were beautiful in their day, but
age wasn't very kind to Linda Ronstadt. On the other hand some people
like Connie Smith I always thought was kind of plain with a lot of
"bad hair" when she first appeared on the scene, but she seemed to
become more beautiful as she got older, which is pretty rare, I
think.
I've always been a little partial to dark-haired women, so I'd include
Leona Williams in "that plain with bad hair"  class with Connie Smith,
who seemed to get better looking as they got older, and since you
mentioned her I'd include Marie Osmond in that group too. On the other
end of the spectrum I don't want to end without mentioning that great
dark-haired Country music vixen Kim Kardashian. : )  Alas like Faith
Hill, she was stunningly beautiful, but the facial surgeries have done
her a disservice, I believe.

I'll tell you whether I'm prejudiced or not.<

Again, WRONG ANSWER!!!! : ) You already have. LOL!!! I'm like a card
player. I don't listen to WHAT people say (write) I WATCH them.
Actions speak louder than words. You have an "issue" with Marie
Osmond. : )

I agree with you about Connie Smith. She's still singing, too, and
just put out a new album.
-cowgirl- Hide quoted text -
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Clarion Lee Smith gave me Connie's latest lp when he left us in
Germany and went over to Vietnam in 1967.

[improbable cowgirl]

Post by Blue

Post by improbable cowgirl

Post by ***@aol.com (Noah Tall)

Who are the most attractive country singers in your opinion? <<

Lol!!! They're ALL attractive, that's how they become national
singers. We've had this arguement a million times, and of course it
pertains to politicians, actors, etc ... ANYTHING that relies on the
visual medium. The "music video" changed the landscape forever.
To answer your question, again as I've said a million times I don't
listen/watch/buy modern country music, so I can't comment on anyone
currently "relevant". I'm SURE I'm leaving out some of my favorites
and forgetting a lot of really beautiful singers, but here's a small
sample size off the top of my head.
I still remember seeing Faith Hill on Nashville Now with Ralph Emery,
and remember her being stunningly beautiful BEFORE she hit it big, got
married, had children etc ... Beauty is a fading flower, and between
all the probable surgeries, hair stlyle changes, make-up etc ... in
some pictures I don't even recognize her. Same with Lorrie Morgan.
Goldie Hill was pretty hot in her day. I also remember thinking
Barbara Mandrell and Linda Ronstadt were beautiful in their day, but
age wasn't very kind to Linda Ronstadt. On the other hand some people
like Connie Smith I always thought was kind of plain with a lot of
"bad hair" when she first appeared on the scene, but she seemed to
become more beautiful as she got older, which is pretty rare, I
think.
I've always been a little partial to dark-haired women, so I'd include
Leona Williams in "that plain with bad hair"  class with Connie Smith,
who seemed to get better looking as they got older, and since you
mentioned her I'd include Marie Osmond in that group too. On the other
end of the spectrum I don't want to end without mentioning that great
dark-haired Country music vixen Kim Kardashian. : )  Alas like Faith
Hill, she was stunningly beautiful, but the facial surgeries have done
her a disservice, I believe.

I'll tell you whether I'm prejudiced or not.<

Again, WRONG ANSWER!!!! : ) You already have. LOL!!! I'm like a card
player. I don't listen to WHAT people say (write) I WATCH them.
Actions speak louder than words. You have an "issue" with Marie
Osmond. : )

I agree with you about Connie Smith. She's still singing, too, and
just put out a new album.
-cowgirl- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -

Clarion Lee Smith gave me Connie's latest lp when he left us in
Germany and went over to Vietnam in 1967.

Connie Smith's new album. She looks great.

http://www.theboot.com/2011/08/24/connie-smith-long-line-of-heartaches-new-album/

cowgirl

[[e-mail] (Noah Tall)]

Greetings all my loyal subjects and predicates. : ) I was just listening to Merle Travis sing "Missouri" and it reminded me of this list. I see we have Hank Penny down for a song of the same name, and it seems to me Merle Travis is a little more deserving to have a song included in my NOT so humble opinion, so I'm going to replace "Missouri" by Hank Penny and replace it with "Missouri" by Merle Travis. Hope everyone is doing just as well/miserably as ever. : ) Take care.

Post by ***@aol.com (Noah Tall)
Alabama - "My Home's In Alabama" - (Alabama)
Alaska - " Alaska Lil And Texas Bill" - (Hawkshaw Hawkins)
Arizona - "Ridin' Down The Arizona Trail" - (Jimmie Davis)
Arkansas - " I Can See Arkansas" - (David Ball)
California - "All The Gold In California" - (Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin
Brothers)
Colorado - "Colorado Kool-Aid" - (Johnny Paycheck)
Connecticut - "Connie's Got Connections In Conneticut" - (The Hoosier
Hotshots)
Delaware - "Ragged Old Flag" - (Johnny Cash)
Florida - "F-L-O-R-I-D-A" - (Bobby Braddock) Georgia - "The Devil Went
Down To Georgia" - (The Charlie Daniels Band)
Hawaii - "Everybody Does It In Hawaii" - (Jimmie Rodgers)
Idaho - "Old Flames Have New Names" - (Mark Chesnutt)
Illinois - "John Doe No. 24" - (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
Indiana - "My Indiana Lady" - (The Bellamy Brothers)
Iowa - "Sioux City Sue" - (Gene Autry)
Kansas - "Manhattan Kansas" - (Loretta Lynn)
Kentucky - "Blue Moon Of Kentucky" - (Bill Monroe)
Louisiana - "Luzianna" (Louisiana) - (Webb Pierce)
Maine - "Winter Time In Maine" - (Dick Curless)
Maryland - "There's A Girl In The Heart Of Maryland" - (Steve
Goodman)
Massachusetts - "Whoever's In New England" - (Reba McEntire)
Michigan - "Saginaw Michigan" - (Lefty Frizzell)
Minnesota - "Wabash Cannon Ball" - (Roy Acuff)
Mississippi - "Mississippi Delta Cotton Pickin' Town" -(Charley
Pride)
Missouri - "Missouri" - (Merle Travis)
Montana - "Meet Me In Montana" - (Dan Seals & Marie Osmond)
Nebraska - "Omaha" - (Waylon Jennings)
Nevada - "Nevada" - (Riders In The Sky)
New Hampshire - "Big Wheels Rollin' - (Johnny Horton)
New Jersey - "I Threw The Rest Away" - (Tracy Lawrence)
New Mexico - "Land Of Enchantment" - (Michael Martin Murphy)
New York - "New York Joe And Red Neck Tennessee" - (Freddie Hart)
North Carolina - "White Lightnin' - (George Jones)
North Dakota - "Is Anybody Going To San Antone" - (Roy Clark)
Ohio - Cincinnati Ohio" - (Connie Smith)
Oklahoma - "Okie From Muskogee" - (Merle Haggard)
Oregon - "I've Trucked All Over This World" - (C.W. McCall)
Pennsylvania - "Duquesne Pennsylvania" - (Hank Snow)
Rhode Island - "Rhode Island Red" - (Little Jimmy Dempsey)
South Carolina - "South Carolina Low Ground" - (Josh Turner)
South Dakota - "The Ballad Of Sally Rose" - (Emmylou Harris)
Tennessee - Tennessee Border - (Red Foley)
Texas - "There's A Little Bit Of Everything In Texas" - (Ernest Tubb)
Utah - "The Red Hills Of Utah" - (Marty Robbins)
Vermont - "Moonlight In Vermont" - (Willie Nelson)
Virginia - "Shenandoah Waltz" - (Clyde Moody)
Washington - "I've Been Everywhere" - (Asleep At The Wheel)
West Virginia - "West Virginia Polka" - (Wilma Lee And Stoney Cooper)
Wisconsin - "Cadillac Ranch" - (The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
Wyoming - "Somewhere In Old Wyoming" - (The Sons Of The Pioneers)

[Zeb nuts Johnson]

You dont have a song on your list by
Hank Williams

He did Tn Border

course you may consider Red Foley more deservin

[[e-mail] (Noah Tall)]

Post by Zeb nuts Johnson
You dont have a song on your list by
Hank Williams
He did Tn Border
course you may consider Red Foley more deservin

LOL! Not at ALL. Nobody is more deserving than Hank Williams. Having said that, Tennessee Border was a hit for Red Foley and has come to be more associated with him so I can't replace it with Hank's version. Secondly you bring up a GREAT point in that Hank Williams is not included in the list and that HAS to be corrected. Finally, even though it doesn't specifically mention West Virginia in the title, I'm gonna replace Wilma Lee and Stoney with John Denver's "Take Me Home Country Roads" for West Virginia. Now I'll return you to your regularly scheduled program. : )