Delaware has GOT to be "Delaware Rain" by The Paint Set, a wonderful indie pop track from the 80s by Ric Menck later of Velvet Crush. Unfortunately, I'm on vacation at the moment, so I don't have it handy, but if you can't find it I'll upload it when I get back.
There's "North To Alaska" by Johnny Horton and "Charlotte's in North Carolina" by Keith Whitley. "Jersey Girl" by Tom Waits almost fits. "Arizona" by Mark Lindsay isn't really about the state but it's a good pop tune.
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Aislynn93 June 07, 2011
How many do you have now?
⃠TWEEL May 27, 2009
How about "Oklahoma USA" by those famous Okies, the Kinks? It's on their fine Muswell Hillbillies album.
⃠BrettAlan January 23, 2009
I've uploaded "Delaware Rain" now, so check it out!
⃠devp January 17, 2009
Added: Jersey and Nebraska tracks.
⃠devp January 12, 2009
Two suggestions:
World Inferno Friendship Society - My Ancestral Homeland, New Jersey: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGuR9NC8YtM
Lawrence Arms - Nebraska: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfHcaAu-aNQ
I'll try to dig for these tracks at home. (As a Jersey denizen I really dig the World Inferno track.)
⃠magneticfields January 10, 2009
Rhode Island comes off the list... Thanks for the suggestion, wayfarer
⃠BrettAlan January 03, 2009
Delaware has GOT to be "Delaware Rain" by The Paint Set, a wonderful indie pop track from the 80s by Ric Menck later of Velvet Crush. Unfortunately, I'm on vacation at the moment, so I don't have it handy, but if you can't find it I'll upload it when I get back.
There's "North To Alaska" by Johnny Horton and "Charlotte's in North Carolina" by Keith Whitley. "Jersey Girl" by Tom Waits almost fits. "Arizona" by Mark Lindsay isn't really about the state but it's a good pop tune.
⃠magneticfields December 13, 2008
Yay!
⃠Updated. Thanks for the songs - but despite my login, I chose Frank Sinatra over The Magnetic Fields for Vermont.