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Top 25 Best Songs About Louisiana in history
Posted on 9/18/23 at 10:16 am
Posted on 9/18/23 at 10:16 am
1. Born on the Bayou – CCR
2. House of the Rising Sun – The Animals
3. City of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie
4. Me and Bobby McGee - written by Kris Krisofferson and sang by Janis Joplin, with or without Big Brother and the Holding Company
5. Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
6. Up On Cripple Creek - The Band
7. Amos Moses – Jerry Reed
8. The Battle of New Orleans – Johnny Horton
9. Louisiana Man – Bobbie Gentry
10. Louisiana Woman Mississippi Man - Conway Twitty Loretta Lynn
11. Jesus Done Left Chicago – ZZ Top
12. Proud Mary - CCR
13. Royal Orleans – Led Zeppelin
14. Louisiana Saturday Night – Mel McDaniel
15. Down at the Twist and Shout – Mary Chapin Carpenter
16. Jambalaya on the Bayou – Hank Williams
17. Mr Bojangles - Jerry Jeff Walker
18. Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight - Rodney Crowell/Emmylou Harris
19. Louisiana 1927 - Aaron Neville
20. New Orleans Ladies – Le Roux
21. Poke Salad Annie - Tony Joe White
22. Apache Rose Peacock – Red Hot Chili Peppers
23. Cotton Fields - CCR
24. Shreveport - Turnpike Troubadours
25. Hurricane - Band of Heathens
2. House of the Rising Sun – The Animals
3. City of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie
4. Me and Bobby McGee - written by Kris Krisofferson and sang by Janis Joplin, with or without Big Brother and the Holding Company
5. Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
6. Up On Cripple Creek - The Band
7. Amos Moses – Jerry Reed
8. The Battle of New Orleans – Johnny Horton
9. Louisiana Man – Bobbie Gentry
10. Louisiana Woman Mississippi Man - Conway Twitty Loretta Lynn
11. Jesus Done Left Chicago – ZZ Top
12. Proud Mary - CCR
13. Royal Orleans – Led Zeppelin
14. Louisiana Saturday Night – Mel McDaniel
15. Down at the Twist and Shout – Mary Chapin Carpenter
16. Jambalaya on the Bayou – Hank Williams
17. Mr Bojangles - Jerry Jeff Walker
18. Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight - Rodney Crowell/Emmylou Harris
19. Louisiana 1927 - Aaron Neville
20. New Orleans Ladies – Le Roux
21. Poke Salad Annie - Tony Joe White
22. Apache Rose Peacock – Red Hot Chili Peppers
23. Cotton Fields - CCR
24. Shreveport - Turnpike Troubadours
25. Hurricane - Band of Heathens
This post was edited on 9/18/23 at 7:20 pm
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Posted on 9/18/23 at 10:18 am to Harry Rex Vonner
Callin’ Baton Rouge hy Dennis Linde
Hurricane by Band of Heathens
(this is a great song if you haven’t heard it)
Hurricane by Band of Heathens
(this is a great song if you haven’t heard it)
This post was edited on 9/18/23 at 10:24 am
Posted on 9/18/23 at 10:19 am to Harry Rex Vonner
“When the Levee Breaks.”
Zep sounds like it’s the end of the world.
Zep sounds like it’s the end of the world.
Posted on 9/18/23 at 10:19 am to BigBro
nah
Posted on 9/18/23 at 10:21 am to BigBro
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Callin’ Baton Rouge hy Garth
Garth did not write that, its a cover.
Posted on 9/18/23 at 10:22 am to Harry Rex Vonner
Me and Bobby McGee- Janis Joplin
Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin' for a train
When I's feelin' near as faded as my jeans
Bobby thumbed a diesel down, just before it rained
And rode us all the way into New Orleans
Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin' for a train
When I's feelin' near as faded as my jeans
Bobby thumbed a diesel down, just before it rained
And rode us all the way into New Orleans
This post was edited on 9/18/23 at 10:23 am
Posted on 9/18/23 at 10:23 am to BigBro
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Hurricane by Band of Heathens
(this is a great song if you haven’t heard it)
adding it
This post was edited on 9/18/23 at 10:39 am
Posted on 9/18/23 at 10:23 am to BigBro
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Hurricane by Band of Heathens
recommend if you’ve never heard it.
Posted on 9/18/23 at 10:25 am to Radio Zero
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“When the Levee Breaks.”
Zep sounds like it’s the end of the world.
one of my favorite songs ever but I don't think it's necessarily about Louisiana ??
ETA: from Memphis Minnie, so I always imagined Memphis Minnie sitting on a levee in Memphis
This post was edited on 9/18/23 at 10:26 am
Posted on 9/18/23 at 10:26 am to Harry Rex Vonner
you tryin to make saturday suck less?
Posted on 9/18/23 at 10:27 am to lsufan1971
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Me and Bobby McGee- Janis Joplin
Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin' for a train
When I's feelin' near as faded as my jeans
Bobby thumbed a diesel down, just before it rained
And rode us all the way into New Orleans
Oh shite, I missed that one. Let me recalculate
Posted on 9/18/23 at 10:28 am to Harry Rex Vonner
When blues musical duo Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie wrote "When the Levee Breaks", the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was still fresh in people's memories.[2] The flooding affected 26,000 square miles of the Mississippi Delta – hundreds were killed and hundreds of thousands of residents were forced to evacuate.[3] The event is the subject of several blues songs, the most popular being "Backwater Blues" by Bessie Smith (1927) and "Mississippi Heavy Water Blues" by Barbecue Bob (1928).[4]
Ethel Douglas, Minnie's sister-in-law, recalled that Minnie was living with her family near Walls, Mississippi, when the levee broke in 1927.[2] The song's lyrics recount the personal toll on a man who lost his home and family. Despite the tragedy, biographers also see in it a statement of rebirth.[5]
Ethel Douglas, Minnie's sister-in-law, recalled that Minnie was living with her family near Walls, Mississippi, when the levee broke in 1927.[2] The song's lyrics recount the personal toll on a man who lost his home and family. Despite the tragedy, biographers also see in it a statement of rebirth.[5]
Posted on 9/18/23 at 10:32 am to lsufan1971
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Me and Bobby McGee- Janis Joplin
added
ranked #3
huge oof-whiff by me
Posted on 9/18/23 at 10:36 am to BigBro
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BigBro
Posted on 9/18/23 at 10:40 am to Harry Rex Vonner
No "Louisiana 1927" by Randy Newman?
Posted on 9/18/23 at 10:40 am to Harry Rex Vonner
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Harry Rex Vonner
Posted on 9/18/23 at 10:41 am to Harry Rex Vonner
Big Bad John - Jimmy Dean
Posted on 9/18/23 at 10:42 am to Harry Rex Vonner
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New Orleans Ladies – Le Roux
Many great songs in this list but New Orleans Ladies is my old favorite.
My spouse was working in New Orleans while we were engaged back in the late 70's and it was a magical time for both of us.
Posted on 9/18/23 at 10:43 am to mckibaj
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Big Bad John - Jimmy Dean
but it's really about Kentucky, or WVa
This post was edited on 9/18/23 at 10:45 am
Posted on 9/18/23 at 10:44 am to Harry Rex Vonner
Yeah, I just always assumed. Incorrectly, as it turns out.
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