We'll travel 'round the states today
As a way to celebrate
What we will call a holiday
In the good old USA.
9:00
1. Canadian, Please - gunnarolla & Julia Bentley (2:28)
Oh,
tomorrow is July 4th, so that means we get to do a tour of the 50
states! Last year, I had a hell of a time finding a track for Maryland.
This year, I found one. Had to go back 100 years, but I found one.
3. Henry Burr and Andrea Sarto - There's a Girl in the Heart of Maryland (1913) (3:05)
4. The Mountain Goats - Going to Maine (1:44)
5. Oregon Trail - Woody Guthrie (2:51)
6. Fats Waller - Louisiana Fairytale (This Old House) (3:26)
7. Pete Seeger - My Oklahoma Home Blowed Away (4:39)
8. Nortec Collective - Colorado (3:39)
9. Hank Snow - I've Been Everywhere (2:37)
10. The Chieftains & Tom Jones - Tennessee Waltz / Tennessee Mazurka (3:58)
11. Ambucheres (2:43)
12. Eddie Condon & His Dixieland Band - Louisiana (3:09)
13. Julia Lee - Show Me Missouri Blues - 1946 (3:06)
14. Los Gliders - Memphis Tennesse (2:16)
15. Béla Fleck - Arkansas Traveler (3:05)
16. Pennsylvania Polka - The Andrews Sisters (2:46)
17. The Mountain Goats - Going to Alaska (2:32)
18. The Backbeats - Arizona (3:22)
Now,
I was going to play the B52's "Private Idaho", but I think it's played
out. Then, I found the best song Frank Zappa didn't sing.
10:00
20. Idaho by Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons (3:05)
21. Frank Sinatra - Moonlight in Vermont with Nelson Riddle Orchestra (HQ) (3:44)
22. Glenn Miller - Beautiful Ohio (2:30)
23. Fats Waller - Square From Delaware (2:56)
24. Shotgun Party - New Mexico (1:48)
25. Judy Garland - Connecticut (3:19)
26. Clarence Williams' Washboard Band - Kentucky (2:56)
27. Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit (3:14)
28. Cab Calloway - Virginia, Georgia And Caroline (2:34)
29. Anita O'Day - Massachusetts (3:18)
30. Louis Armstrong - Georgia Grind (2:38)
31. Frank Sinatra - I Got A Gal I Love In North And South Dakota (2:45)
32. Fats Waller - Florida Flo (2:52)
33. Frank Sinatra - I Went Down To Virginia (3:10)
34. Michael Fracasso - Girl in New Mexico (3:11)
35. The Mountain Goats - Going to Maryland (2:55)
36. Johnny Horton - When It's Spring Time In Alaska (It's Forty Below) (Album Version) (2:37)
37. Ken Nordine - Hunger Is From (3:52) A request, after someone was talking about Welsh Rabbit.
38. Tom Waits - Jersey Girl (5:10)
Now, this next track, it's been going through my head all day, specifically the line about camping in August.
11:00
40. GRANITE STATE OF MIND (Jay - Z Parody - The SSP) (4:42)
41. Leo Kottke - The Last Of The Arkansas Greyhounds (3:19)
42. Jesus Jones - Maryland (3:41)
43. Dan Fogelberg - Illinois (4:14)
44. Nanci Griffith - Montana Backroads (4:58)
45. Utah Saints - Punk Club (1:32)
46. Locksley - Oh, Wisconsin! (3:10)
47. On Wisconsin (2:02)
48. Ringo Starr - Missouri Loves Company (2003) (3:33)
49. Nina Simone - Mississippi Goddam (5:27)
50. Afroman - Idaho (5:53)
51. Frank Zappa - Montana (6:34)
52. Sufjan Stevens - Come On! Feel The Illinoise! (6:45)
Yeah! Last year I forgot Illinois! Amazing.
As per tradition, here's the complete 1812 Overture.
53. Chicago Symphony - 1812 Overture (14:52)
54. Fats Waller - Why Do Hawaiians Sing Aloa? (3:12)
