Old Crow Medicine Show - "Wagon Wheel"Can anyone think of other good songs about North Carolina? Where the shit is Trees Lounge's 50-states project when you need it?
Superchunk - "Driveway to Driveway"
Brandon D - "Da Kak Joint"
James Taylor - "Carolina on My Mind"
Sonic Youth - "Chapel Hill"
Whiskeytown - "Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart Tonight"
Petey Pablo - "Raise Up"
Bruce Piephoff - "Riding the Stream"
Shooter Jennings - "Gone to Carolina"
Townes Van Zandt - "Greensboro Woman"
By the way, those who know me know I'm not the biggest Sonic Youth fan out there (I do like them a lot, just don't know all of their songs super well) so big-ups to them for name checking Char Grill in their song "Chapel Hill".
"We'll round up the Durham HC kids/ And the char grill killers/ Jesse H. come into our pit/ All ages show…."
(neeeed Hamburger Steak and medium shake)
Can you count The Album Leaf song "The Outer Banks" if it doesn't have any words?
ReplyDeleteYou already have Whiskeytown on here, but the first song that comes to my mind is Ryan Adams' "Oh, My Sweet Carolina."
ReplyDeleteJason Harrod's got a song called "Carolina" that is great. WUNC plays it a lot.
ReplyDelete"Excuse Me If I Break My Own Heart Tonight" has absolutely nothing to do with North Carolina, South Carolina, or any Carolina for that matter. It has more to do with Mississipp if you ask me. Why did they put it in that list? I mean, the band has ties to NC, but come on? Anyone agree?
ReplyDeletewhat about "Carolina on my mind" by James Taylor??
ReplyDelete"My Sweet Carolina" is definitely up there as one of the best Carolina songs. How about Avett Brothers? They've got a whole bunch of great NC songs:
ReplyDelete40 East
The Lowering (A Sad Day In Greenvilletown)
Pretty Girl from Raleigh
Pretty Girl from Cedar Lane
Salina
OCMS all the way, son!
ReplyDeleteHow about "Carolina Girls"? I know it's not exactly about the state, but....
ReplyDeleteTo Jennifer...only one version of the song says "Mississippi." The version that Ryan Adams (who, of course, is from NC) was really proud of said "trailer park town" instead. But you're right - it doesn't say anything specific about North Carolina.
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ReplyDeleteit's not really about north carolina, but it talks about it in the song
"Carolina" by Eric Church is the best
ReplyDeleteand "Carolina" by Matt Wertz is excellent as well.
Carolina in the Morning by Al Jolson is the most famous song about the Carolinas.
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