Tonight, I am starting a little early
Because I have someone playing after me
And to do what I want, I knew I'd need three.
8:00
1. Utah Saints - Punk Club (1:32)
Tonight,
we're going to try to visit all 50 states. That will include a couple
of Carolinas and two Virginias (who needs that many Virginias), but I'm
only doing one Dakota.
3. The B-52's - Private Idaho (4:04)
4. The SSP - GRANITE STATE OF MIND (4:42)
5. Rhett & Link - Maine Man Song (3:29)
6. Midnight Cowboy Soundtrack - Florida Fantasy (0:38)Track skipped. We'll come back to Florida.
7. Cry Cry Cry - Cold Missouri Waters (4:35)
8. Bowling For Soup - Ohio (Come Back to Texas) (3:50)
9. The Backbeats - Arizona (3:22)
10. Johnny Horton - When It's Spring Time In Alaska (It's Forty Below) (2:37)
11. ALCYON MASSIVE - Ain't It Fresh (The Oregon Song) (5:46)
12. Pete Seeger - My Oklahoma Home Blowed Away (4:39)
13. Nortec Collective - Colorado (3:39)
14. Michael Fracasso - Girl in New Mexico (3:11)
15. On, Wisconsin! (march) (2:02) All dance\electronica songs use the On Wisconsin beat.
16. Austin Lounge Lizards - Stupid Texas Song (3:34)
17. Leo Kottke - The Last Of The Arkansas Greyhounds (3:19)
18. Tom Waits - Jersey Girl (5:10)
OK, we're going to go jazz here and deal with the East Coast.
9:00
20. Blossom Dearie - Rhode Island Is Famous For You (2:11)
21. Anita O´Day - Massachussetts (3:16)
22. Frank Sinatra - Moonlight in Vermont (with Nelson Riddle Orchestra)(3:44)
23. Fats Waller - Square From Delaware (2:56)
24. Judy Garland and Bing Crosby - Connecticut (3:09)
25. Sammy Davis Jr. - New York's My Home (3:12)
26. Glenn Miller - Pennsylvania 6-5000 (3:17)
27. Maryland, my Maryland (3:48)
28. Cab Calloway - Virginia, Georgia And Caroline (2:34)
29. Eddie Condon - Georgia Grind (2:56)
30. Frank Sinatra - I Went Down To Virginia (3:10)
31. Fred Pendleton & The West Virginia Melody Boys - The Wreck Of The Westbound Airliner (2:58)
32. Brent Spiner - Carolina In The Morning (2:50)
33. Earl Johnson - The Little Grave in Georgia (3:07)
34. Thomas Beecham: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Delius: Florida Suite - Daybreak (5:36)
35. Clarence Williams' Washboard Band - Kentucky (2:56)
36. The Chieftains & Tom Jones - Tennessee Waltz / Tennessee Mazurka (3:58)
37. Nina Simone - Mississippi Goddam (5:27)
OK, time to head back west and pick up everyone we missed.
10:00
39. Teddy Wilson - Stars Fell On Alabama (3:07)
40. Fats Waller - Louisiana Fairytale (This Old House) (3:26)
41. Dave Brubeck - Indiana (5:54)
42. Groucho Marx - Omaha, Nebraska (1951) (2:51)
43. BlueTouch - Kansas City (3:18)
44. Rogue Wave - Lake Michigan (3:39)
45. 'Charlie' Chin - Spring Hill, Wyoming (3:08) This is a very sad song.
46. Stereophonics - Dakota (4:56)
47. Nanci Griffith - Montana Backroads (4:58)
48. Benny Goodman - Rose Of The Washington Square (2:49)
49. Red River Dave - California Hippie Murders (2:12)
50. Fats Waller - Why Do Hawaiians Sing Aloa? (3:12)
OK, something I did last year, and it was well received, so I did it again this year. Not just the finale, but the whole thing, and when you listen to all of it, that finale packs such a punch that you'll pity anyone who hasn't experienced it.
51. Chicago Symphony - 1812 Overture (14:52)
And, yes, we let of a bunch of fireworks at the very end and the show ended at the top of the hour, precisely.
