I beg pardon if someone already mentioned them but how about The Ohio Players whose hits included “Fire” and “Love Rollercoaster.”
- “Jimmy” by tool.
Ohio by Damien Jurado
Ohio by Over The Rhine
Cincinnati, Ohio - Connie Smith
Lucille (In a Bar in Toledo, across from the Depot…) - Kenny Rogers
“Athens County” by Jonathan Edwards on his self-titled 1971 album. Ohio at it’s finest
Add in some DEVO, from Akron, Ohio.
You can even get the o-HI-o chant in “Joko Homo”
Didn’t think I would get beat to the punch for this song. Glad to know someone else out there is a fan of Damien Jurado!
A fine bookend for Grandpa Jones’ “Is Anybody Going North to Cincinnati?”
Not Enough Miles by Oval Opus
Ohio by Saving Jane (hidden track after Far From Home)
Bad Company - Sweet Lil’ Sister lyrics
Flew into Chicago, made a good connection
Rode up on Rush Street (?), I was looking for some kicks
We was getting higher, looking for some action
Dayton Ohio, ain’t got nothing on this
We was going crazy when I saw her coming
Dancing with the Devil in her eyes
I could feel a fire, my body started burning
Baby, don’t you say goodbye
Well, hell, if we’re allowing simple mentions in this thread, there’s Cleveland in Huey Lewis and the News’ “The Heart of Rock and Roll”.