# Good country music songs named after cities or states **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [February 5, 2021, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-country-music-songs-named-after-cities-or-states/932233 "2021-02-05T03:37:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-country-music-songs-named-after-cities-or-states/932233/1 "2021-02-05T03:37:03Z")
I’m putting this in the Café rather than Thread Games because you have to come up with a good country music song that’s named after a city or state, not just some random song. I plan to put these on a playlist for my listening. I’ll start with All my exes live in Texas-George Strait. ---
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“Amarillo By Morning” - George Strait “If You’re Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)” - Alabama ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-country-music-songs-named-after-cities-or-states/932233/3 "2021-02-05T03:44:48Z")
Jimmy Webb wrote and Glenn Campbell sang: By the Time I get to Phoenix Galveston Wichita Lineman ---
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Riding On The City Of New Orleans Written and recorded by Steve Goodman Made famous by Arlo Guthrie and Willie Nelson ---
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**"Okie from Muskogee" - Merle Haggard** ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-country-music-songs-named-after-cities-or-states/932233/6 "2021-02-05T03:52:45Z")
Tennessee River - Alabama My Home’s in Alabama - Alabama Louisiana Saturday Night - Mel McDaniel The Beaches of Cheyenne - Garth Brooks Baton Rouge - Garth Brooks Maybe it Was Memphis - Pam Tillis The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia - Reba McIntyre ---
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“Luckenbach, Texas” - Waylon Jennings ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-country-music-songs-named-after-cities-or-states/932233/8 "2021-02-05T03:54:16Z")
**Abilene** - either the George Hamilton IV or Waylon Jennings versions **El Paso** - Marty Robbins **God Came Through Bellville, Georgia** - Tom T. Hall ---
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**Jackson** - I’m partial to the version by Johnny Cash and June Carter; the song is most commonly said to be about Jackson, Tennessee. ---
**Author:** ![slash2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@slash2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slash2k)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-country-music-songs-named-after-cities-or-states/932233/10 "2021-02-05T04:04:12Z")
Devil went down to Georgia – Charlie Daniels Battle of New Orleans – Johnny Horton Saginaw, Michigan – Lefty Frizzell and George Jones both performed famous versions ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-country-music-songs-named-after-cities-or-states/932233/11 "2021-02-05T04:20:17Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > I’m putting this in the Café rather than Thread Games because you have to come up with a good country music song that’s named after a city or state, Does it have to be in the title? Because I immediately thought of “Take me home, country roads”. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-country-music-songs-named-after-cities-or-states/932233/12 "2021-02-05T12:46:57Z")
Is Anybody Goin’ To San Antone - Charly Pride Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash (there’s of course also a certain mention of Reno) Ooh Las Vegas - Gram Parsons ---
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> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Is Anybody Goin’ To San Antone - Charly Pride - Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town-Charlie Pride. ---
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Little Rock by Colin Raye ---
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I think to make it a challenge, you need to exclude anything from Georgia, Alabama, and Texas (and I can’t think of any, but suspect Nashville may be too easy as well). Anyway, CCR wasn’t a country band, but “Lodi” is definitely a country song. I’m not sure: Is “Knoxville Girl” a country song ? ---
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Detroit City [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6G4bxA2Gfnc/maxresdefault.jpg "Bobby Bare - "Detroit City" ((Oslo 1964))") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G4bxA2Gfnc) ---
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North to Alaska by Johnny Horton ---
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[Rocky Top by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab10KuUQF0U) [Mississippi Squirrel Revival by Ray Stevens](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K16fG1sDagU&t=76s) [Georgia on My Mind by Ray Charles (official song of the state)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIp9TwSEgFg) ---
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**Kansas City Star** - Roger Miller [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NBeXnzjvMrk/maxresdefault.jpg "Roger Miller - Kansas City Star") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBeXnzjvMrk) **Baltimore** - Sonny James [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_fAz-RNhEuQ/hqdefault.jpg "Sonny James - Baltimore") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fAz-RNhEuQ) ---
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> [@Chefguy](#): > > **Baltimore** - Sonny James Bobby Bare - Streets Of Baltimore [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZNDn6vpGlQM/hqdefault.jpg "Bobby Bare - Streets of Baltimore") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNDn6vpGlQM) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-country-music-songs-named-after-cities-or-states/932233.md?page=2)