this excludes songs that have the name but are about a person (ie georgia by phoebe bridgers) and songs only about cities not states (basically all the new york songs ik lol)
home (south / alabama, arkansas) - edward sharpe & the magnetic zeros
sweet home alabama - lynrd skynrd
california here we go - the garden
californiacation - rhcp
california dreamin - the mamas & the papas
folsom prison blues (california) - johnny cash
cool colorado - la femme
delaware - drop nineteens
florida kilos - lana del rey
west coast - lana del rey
west coast - coconut records
idaho - gorillaz
illinois (album!) - sufjan stevens
kansas remembers me now - orville peck
coal miner’s daughter (kentucky) - loretta lynn
michigan (album) - sufjan stevens
mississippi - toro y moi
montana - pierce edens
jersey girl - bruce springsteen
new mexico‘s no breeze - iron & wine
ohio! - the black keys
texas reznikoff - mitski
all my ex’s live in texas - george strait
take me home, country roads (appalachia / west virginia) - john denver
wild west virginia - daniel johnston
bonuses, that i don’t have saved but should be mentioned: afroman’s many wild songs about different US states, bruce springsteen & johnny cashs’ other US state songs
Jun 2, 2024
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ok they are technically folk rock but country-adjacent in my mind!
i spent a lot of my childhood in various Yeehaw states and small towns in the US so here are some more classics i heard a bit growing up, and a few newer likes 🤠 (some are a little folk-leaning):
anything johnny cash!!!
dolly parton (duh) - 9 to 5, jolene
kacey musgraves - good ol‘ boys club, butterflies
hank williams jr - outlaw woman, family traditions
brandi carlile - raise hell
emory quinn - downtown san antone
kenny chesney - no shoes no shirt no problem
the chicks - there’s your trouble, ready to run
willie nelson - mamas don’t let your sons grow up to be cowboys, cowboys are secretly fond of other cowboys
taylor swift (sorry) - picture to burn, our song
woody guthrie - tear the fascists down !!
runaway june - buy my own drinks
maren morris - my church, circles around this town
shania twain - man i feel like a woman!, you’re still the one
darius rucker - wagon wheel
the highwomen - if she ever leaves me
john prine - your flag decal won’t get you into heaven
orville peck - dead of night, cmon baby cry
george strait - all my ex’s live in texas
Mar 7, 2025
to my knowledge, the only song worth hearing about my home state.
(and, let’s be honest: probably one of five total songs about North Dakota)
Jun 2, 2024
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i grew up in nashville listening to classic country and bluegrass with my parents and early taylor swift (like picture to burn) all the time so i LOVE this question
★ she’s acting single (i’m drinking doubles) - gary stewart
★ rhinestone cowboy - glen campbell
★ long black veil - johnny cash
★ jackson - johnny cash and june carter cash (or the trixie mattel and orville peck cover if you’re feeling crazy, it’s still great)
★ cowboy take me away - the chicks
★ women without whiskey - drive-by truckers
★ drunk and high - florry
★ electric lizard - angela autumn
also waxahatchee, mj lenderman, and wednesday if you want more country rock flavors!!
Mar 7, 2025
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