Places in America
Hour 1
Johnny Cash - I've Been Everywhere
It was originally a song that listed Australian places, adapted by Hank Snow for North America
Lyle Lovett - Up In Indiana
It's Not Big It's Large (2007)
Ryan Adams - New York, New York
Video was shot in the shadow of the World Trade Center on 9-7-01
R.E.M. - Cuyahoga
Cuyahoga River is in Ohio
Loretta Lynn - Portland, Oregon
Duet with Jack White, who produced her Van Lear Rose album
Michelle Shocked - Anchorage
Despite her recent remarks, I will not ban her music from the past
Old 97s - Champagne, Illinois
Home of the Illinois Fighting Illini
Pernice Brothers - Somerville
Somerville is a suburb of Boston. The "Suck City" in the song may refer to Toronto, where Joe Pernice lived at the time
Brett Dennen - San Francisco
Brett will be at Bank Of Ann Arbor's Sonic Lunch on July 25
Ben Folds - Effington
Effington is a town in Minnesota. From Ben's University A Capella compilation album
Dicks & Janes - Chicago
University of Michigan A Capella group
Soul Coughing - Is Chicago Is Not Chicago
Mentions the Chrysler Building, which is in New York City
Phantom Planet - California
Was used as the theme song to the awful show The O.C.
Hour 2
Presidents Of The United States Of America - Cleveland Rocks
This cover of Ian Hunter was the theme song to The Drew Carey Show
Frank Black - Los Angeles
First single to Frank's first solo album after the Pixies broke up
Everclear - Santa Monica
I was nearly fired for playing this song when it was new.
Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston
This has sold over 1,000,000 digital copies while never cracking the Hot 100
Public Image Ltd - Seattle
The word Seattle is never mentioned in this song
Sugar - Hoover Dam
Bob Mould discusses this song in this clip
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - We Almost Lost Detroit
Cover of Gil Scott-Heron song. The video was shot all around Detroit
Band Of Horses - Laredo
Laredo lies along the Rio Grande at the Texas-Mexico border
Elvis Presley - Viva Las Vegas
any excuse to play this !
Theo Katzman - Brooklyn
Ann Arborite and former member of My Dear Disco
Good Old War - Coney Island
Joey Chestnut set a record, eating 69 hot dogs in 10 minutes at Nathans on July 4
Iron & Wine - Summer In Savannah
When General Sherman was marching his troops through the South, he stopped burning at Savannah because of the town's beauty
Calexico - Bisbee Blue
Bisbee is a small town in Arizona and has a very "Old West" appeal to this day
Lemonheads - Streets Of Baltimore
Cover of Gram Parsons recorded at a radio station in Annapolis, Maryland
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