know of any good ones? I'd prefer bluegrass/country/folk/etc genres, but I'll take any suggestions.

Already have OCMS - "Wagon Wheel" (duh) and Kickin' Grass - "Backroads"

7/28/2009 2:57:38 PM

North Carolina, come on and raise up?

7/28/2009 2:58:18 PM

I think Ludacris shouts the 919 in area codes

7/28/2009 2:58:46 PM

Quote :

"Looking for songs that mention Raleigh... "

7/28/2009 2:58:50 PM

I'm pretty sure Chatham County Line has songs that mention Raleigh (bluegrass band)

The song i'm thinking of is called The Carolinian

[Edited on July 28, 2009 at 3:01 PM. Reason : carolinian]

7/28/2009 2:59:06 PM

i know one that mentions durham.

7/28/2009 3:00:02 PM

"too much fun" mentions the longbranch, but not raleigh specifically

7/28/2009 3:00:20 PM

there are many Longbranch bars around the US, not just the one that used to be in Raleigh

7/28/2009 3:01:30 PM

oh word

[Edited on July 28, 2009 at 3:02 PM. Reason : can you tell i never went there? lol]

7/28/2009 3:01:46 PM

James Brown - Night Train

7/28/2009 3:02:51 PM

http://search.azlyrics.com/search.php?q=raleigh

7/28/2009 3:03:58 PM

^^^you weren't missing much, haha

[Edited on July 28, 2009 at 3:04 PM. Reason : .]

7/28/2009 3:03:58 PM

But a woman down in Raleigh, would soon have my son

7/28/2009 3:04:04 PM

that three 6 song Lolli Lolli

7/28/2009 3:04:44 PM

im sure the connells had at least one song mentioning their hometown.

okay not sure, but i would be surprised if they didnt

7/28/2009 3:04:47 PM

"six pacs" by the getaway people mention "walnut creek"

i like to pretend that they're talking about the amphitheater, though i suspect it's california

7/28/2009 3:06:12 PM

BarenakedLadies - One Week

7/28/2009 3:07:03 PM

Quote :

"know of any good ones? I'd prefer bluegrass/country/folk/etc genres,"

DOES

NOT

COMPUTE

7/28/2009 3:08:07 PM

^^that song doesn't mention Raleigh

7/28/2009 3:08:37 PM

http://inflowential.com/raleighsfinest/

7/28/2009 3:09:14 PM

it says home of the ROBBIE.


anways

Quote :

" All aboard for night train Miami, Florida Atlanta, Georgia Raleigh, North Carolina Miami, Florida Atlanta, Georgia Raleigh, North Carolina Washington D.C. Oh, and Richmond, Virginia too Baltimore, Maryland Philadelphia New York City Take it home And don't forget New Orleans The home of the blues Oh, yeah, night train Night train, night train Night Train, carry me home..."

7/28/2009 3:09:39 PM

A lot of James Taylor stuff, mention NC but not raleigh specifically
-Carolina on My Mind
-Copperline

those are just 2 off the top of my head, but im sure there are several others.

7/28/2009 3:12:02 PM

Raleigh lacks the ability to inspire songwriters.

7/28/2009 3:13:26 PM

Busta Rhymes- WooHaa

7/28/2009 3:16:49 PM

Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale
Silkk the Shocker - I'm a Soldier
Led Zeppelin - The Battle of Evermore
Maceo - Sit Down

7/28/2009 3:21:58 PM

Avett Brothers - Pretty Girl from Raleigh

7/28/2009 3:23:19 PM

That RATM song where he screams "RALEIGH ROUND THE FAMILY"

7/28/2009 3:24:10 PM

that song by the avett brothers doesn't actually have Raleigh in the lyrics though. They do have one I believe, but its not that one.

7/28/2009 3:26:24 PM

the avett brothers - pretty girl from raleigh (not in the song but in the title..)

7/28/2009 3:26:39 PM

hey what about that song by the Avett Brothers? i think it has Raleigh in the title

7/28/2009 3:27:14 PM

Avett Brothers - Dick on Hard in Raleigh

7/28/2009 3:28:09 PM

depending on which version you get, the Avett Brothers - Travelling Song mentions Raleigh.

7/28/2009 3:34:53 PM

grateful dead "promised land"

its them covering a song that elvis presley covered but its the closest bluegrassy version of the song

7/28/2009 3:35:10 PM

"Promised Land" by Chuck Berry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK6MElklfvM

Or by the Grateful Dead
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7jYxZM6_cM

7/28/2009 3:38:30 PM

Yonder Mountain String Band has a song called "Raleigh and Spencer"

http://www.archive.org/details/ymsb2008-10-11

It's not gonna get much more bluegrassy than that.

7/28/2009 3:46:57 PM

that Elvis song that K sings in Men in Black

7/28/2009 3:47:45 PM

The Elvis song is Promised Land.

7/28/2009 3:51:25 PM

ben folds has a couple of songs... also mention Charlotte- they were from this area. Played their first gig at Duke's Battle of the Bands

7/28/2009 3:51:31 PM

Quote :

"it says home of the ROBBIE."

really?

7/28/2009 3:54:52 PM

So no good songs mention Raleigh.

7/28/2009 3:56:02 PM

Quote :

"that Elvis song that K sings in Men in Black"

i.e. the song that me and modlin just mentioned

7/28/2009 4:07:01 PM

7/28/2009 4:19:03 PM

small world feat ludacris- mr magnificent

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLSH7tv41fs

7/28/2009 4:24:46 PM

I don't think he really says Raleigh, but in AG's "Underground Life", Party Artie has a line that SOUNDS like he says "when I was a youth in Raleigh when I learned to use the shottie"

7/28/2009 4:25:49 PM

far too jones' "christmas time" mentions crabtree mall but i can't recall if it actually mentions raleigh directly

7/28/2009 5:12:55 PM

i apologize for your post being overlooked

7/28/2009 5:14:03 PM

Bloodhound Gang - Going nowhere slow

<sub>We rock Philadelphia Baltimore Las Vegas Indianapolis
Louisville Atlanta New Orleans and Minneapolis
Houston Tucson Phoenix Buffalo
Tulsa Mobile Albuquerque Wichita and Orlando
Portland Salt Lake City Memphis Washington D.C.
Charlotte Oklahoma City Little Rock and Milwaukee
Cleveland Tampa Norfolk Dallas Raleigh Hartford Cincinnati
Boston Nashville Kansas City Chattanooga and Miami
Honolulu Richmond Austin Pittsburgh San Antonio
Baton Rouge and Anchorage and Birmingham and Toledo
Denver Detroit Dayton Spokane Fresno
And Jacksonville Colombus Springfield New York Sacramento
Los Angeles St. Paul St. Louis San Francisco
Madison Knoxville Seattle San Jose and San Diego
Jackson Omaha Des Moines Boise Providence Chicago

But no where in New Jersey that's the only place we won't go</sub>

7/28/2009 5:16:00 PM

what about ryan adams?

i know a couple of his songs at least mention NC - not sure about raleigh.

7/28/2009 5:23:13 PM

old crow medicine show - wagon wheel

Headed down south to the land of the pines
I'm thumbin' my way into North Caroline
Starin’ up the road
And pray to God I see headlights
I made it down the coast in seventeen hours
Pickin’ me a bouquet of dogwood flowers
And I'm a hopin’ for Raleigh
I can see my baby tonight

Chorus:
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Rock me mama anyway you feel
Hey mama rock me
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Rock me mama like a south-bound train
Hey mama rock me

Runnin' from the cold up in New England
I was born to be a fiddler in an old-time string band
My baby plays the guitar
I pick a banjo now
Oh, the North country winters keep a gettin’ me now
Lost my money playin’ poker so I had to up and leave
But I ain’t a turnin’ back
To livin’ that old life no more

(Chorus)

Walkin' to the south out of Roanoke
I caught a trucker out of Philly
Had a nice long toke
But he's a headed west from the Cumberland Gap
To Johnson City, Tennessee
And I gotta get a move on fit for the sun
I hear my baby callin’ my name
And I know that she's the only one
And if I die in Raleigh
At least I will die free

7/28/2009 5:31:51 PM

Quote :

"Already have OCMS - "Wagon Wheel" (duh)"

7/28/2009 5:33:54 PM