a song for each state?

[johnny quest]

maybe im WAY too in touch with my touchy feely side today but.....
has anyone ever came up with a favorite song for each state they will be thruhiking? i thought of this while listening to my man JT while i work. "carolina in my mind" and "copperline" are songs that bring such memories. are there similar songs for other states?

[Appalachian Tater]

Midnight Train to Georgia would win the contest. Specially if you were SOBO, then it would work for the ENTIRE trail.

[johnny quest]

oh no. not at all. "georgia" by ray charles kicks gladys knights ass.

[Appalachian Tater]

oh no. not at all. "georgia" by ray charles kicks gladys knights ass.

The "Georgia" in that song is a woman, not a place.

[johnny quest]

well.....that may be but its come to symbolize love for that state. it is the state song now, you know.

find something for pennsylvania.

[LIhikers]

New York, New York

[bigcranky]

Nancy Griffith, Going Back to Georgia
Jimmy Buffett, Coast of Carolina
Mary Chapin Carpenter, Down in Mary's Land (great song)
Dolly Parton, My Tennessee Mountain Home
Bruce Springsteen, Shenandoah (not kidding about this one)

Gotta go back to work. I'll post more when I think of them.

[Appalachian Tater]

find something for pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania
By:Bloodhound Gang

We are "cop rock" we are screech
We are z. cavaricci
We are laser removed
Tasmanian devil tattoos

We are third string we are puck
We are special people's club
We are the half shirts with
Irreverent spring break top ten lists

We are munsoned we are squat
We are flashing twelve o'clock
We are spread out butt cheeks
Pulled apart so just the air leaks

We are "ishtar" we are tab
We are no right turn on red
We are the moustaches
The beatles grew when they dropped acid

You are the heart dotting "i"
In the word "apologize"
Scribbled drunk on a postcard
Sent from somewhere volcanoes are
I am the heart with no name
Airbrushed on the license plate
Of a subaru that was
Registered in pennsylvania

We are zima we are barf
We are cinderblock yard art
We are baldwin brothers
Not the good one but the others

We are amway we are shemp
We are sir david of brent
We are the queef after
A porn star breaks the gang bang record

You are the heart dotting "i"
In the word "apologize"
Scribbled drunk on a postcard
Sent from somewhere volcanoes are
I am the heart with no name
Airbrushed on the license plate
Of a subaru that was
Registered in pennsylvania

Do you even know what a wawa is?
no
Do you even know what a wawa is?
Do you even know what a wawa is?
no
Do you even know what a wawa is?

I'm in a state of p ****in' a

[Appalachian Tater]

P.S. Does Wawa still have refrigerated egg nog all year long? I miss that!

[rafe]

MA/Boston: Love that Dirty Water

[TinAbbey]

i associate wagon wheel by OCMS with georgia and Tn

[Cookerhiker]

....Mary Chapin Carpenter, Down in Mary's Land (great song)......

Ah, you beat me to it. Yeah, it's a great song.

Now, how about Joni Mitchell singing "Woodstock?" Virginia and Vermont have their Woodstocks near the Trail. The subject of the song - Woodstock NY of course - is a bit further from the AT but it's in the Catskills.

[Kirby]

There is a song that goes "country road, take me home, to the place, where I belong, west virginia, mountain moma, take me home, country road"

Great song,
Kirby

[Lone Wolf]

There is a song that goes "country road, take me home, to the place, where I belong, west virginia, mountain moma, take me home, country road"

Great song,
Kirby

dead john denver

[rafe]

Now, how about Joni Mitchell singing "Woodstock?" Virginia and Vermont have their Woodstocks near the Trail.

New Hampster too. It's right next door to Lincoln, just a few miles from the AT in Franconia Notch. A real happening place, if you ski.

[Cookerhiker]

There is a song that goes "country road, take me home, to the place, where I belong, west virginia, mountain moma, take me home, country road"

Great song,
Kirby

Yeah and the song refers to the Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah River which is applicable to the AT. Only problem with the song is they're not in West Virginia unless you count the miniscule portion in Jefferson County near Harpers Ferry. But John Denver was from Colorado so what did he know?

[Cookerhiker]

New Hampster too. It's right next door to Lincoln, just a few miles from the AT in Franconia Notch. A real happening place, if you ski.

Of course - how could I forget?

[Hikerhead]

Yeah and the song refers to the Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah River which is applicable to the AT. Only problem with the song is they're not in West Virginia unless you count the miniscule portion in Jefferson County near Harpers Ferry. But John Denver was from Colorado so what did he know?

Don't forget, hiking on the left side of the trail on Peters Mtn north of Pearisburg Va will find you on W Va soil most of the time.

[Hikerhead]

Don't forget, hiking on the left side of the trail on Peters Mtn north of Pearisburg Va will find you on W Va soil most of the time.

Unless you're sobo, then you have to stay to the right.

[Cookerhiker]

Don't forget, hiking on the left side of the trail on Peters Mtn north of Pearisburg Va will find you on W Va soil most of the time.

How true. But in the context of John Denver's song, that part of WV is nowhere near the Blue Ridge Mts. or Shenandoah River.