Die 50 Amerikanischen Bundesstaaten

Alabama

• David Bowie – Alabama Song
• Kevin Devine – Alabama Acres
• The Doors – Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)
• Drive By Truckers – The Three Great Alabama Icons
• Drive By Truckers – The Boys From Alabama
• Lynryd Skynryd – Sweet Home Alabama
• The Rapture – Alabama Sunshine
• Neil Young – Alabama

Alaska

• Johnny Cash – When It's Springtime In Alaska (It's Forty Below)
• Dr. Dog – Alaska
• James – Alaskan Pipeline

Lyrics über Alaska:

• "The people all call her Alaska, between worlds, so the people ask her" The Velvet Underground – Stephanie Says

Arizona

• The Blood Arm – Going To Arizona
• The Bluetones – Unpainted Arizona
• Alejandro Escovedo – Arizona
• Kings Of Leon – Arizona
• Pedro The Lion – Arizona
• Public Enemy – By The Time I Get To Arizona
• Wilco – Hotel Arizona

Arkansas

• Zeke – Arkansas Man

California

• 2Pac – California Love
• A Subtle Plague – Kalifornia must be punished
• Air – Californie
• Beach Boys – California Girls, California Dreamin'
• Billy Bragg + Wilco – California Stars
• Dead Kennedys – California über alles
• The Decemberists – California One Youth And Beauty Brigade
• The Dresden Dolls – Shores of California
• Gomez – California
• Her Space Holiday – Sleepy California
• Kante – California / Fernfahrer
• Kashmir – Kalifornia
• Kings Of Leon – California Waiting
• The Kooks – California
• Led Zeppelin / Never The Bride – Going to California
• Liquido – Made In California
• Low – California
• The Magnetic Fields – California Girls
• The Mamas And The Papas – California Dreaming
• Motorpsycho – Go To California
• The New Amsterdams – From California
• The Orange Peels – California Blue
• Phantom Planet – California
• Ramones – California Sun
• Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication, Dani California
• R.E.M. – I Remember California
• Rogue Wave – California
• Stereophonics – Plastic California
• Wolf Parade – California Dreamer

Lyrics über Kalifornien:

• "Let California fall into the fucking ocean" Rancid – Antennas

Colorado

• Engine Down – Colorado
• Grizzly Bear – Colorado
• Townes Van Zandt – Colorado Girl

Connecticut

• Superchunk – Connecticut

Delaware

• The Rip-Off Artist – Delaware Destroyers

Florida

• Butthole Surfers – Moving To Florida
• Eric Clapton – Mainline Florida
• Grandaddy – Florida
• Modest Mouse – Florida
• Superchunk – Florida's On Fire

Georgia

• A Tribe Called Quest – Sweet Georgia Brown
• Brook Benton – Rainy Night In Georgia
• Ray Charles – Georgia On My Mind
• Gladys Knight & The Pips – Midnight Train To Georgia
• Iron & Wine – Sodom, South Georgia
• Elliott Smith – Georgia, Georgia
• Yo la Tengo – Georgia vs. Yo la Tengo

Hawaii

• Helmet – The Silver Hawaiian
• Pavement – Blue Hawaiian
• Elvis Presley – Blue Hawaii
• The Strokes – Hawaii

Bands

• Girls in Hawaii

Idaho

• The B-52's – Private Idaho
• Built to Spill – Twin Falls, Idaho
• Josh Ritter – Idaho
• These Arms Are Snakes – Idaho

Bandnamen:

• Idaho

Illinois

• Tom Waits – Johnsburg, Illinois
• Frank Zappa – The Illinois Enema Bandit

Alben

• Sufjan Stevens – Illinois (Come On Feel The Illinoise)

Indiana

• Louis Armstrong – (Back Home Again In) Indiana

Iowa

• Polvo – Snowstorm in Iowa
• Roadside Monument – Iowa Backroads
• Slipknot – Iowa

Lyrics über Iowa:

• "We took a cab to Iowa for more alcohol" The Good Life – Lovers Need Lawyers

Kansas

• The Get Up Kids – Campfire Kansas
• Tullycraft – Our days in Kansas

Kentucky

• The Everly Brothers – Kentucky
• My Morning Jacket – Nashville To Kentucky
• Dolly Parton – Kentucky Gambler

Louisiana

• Randy Newman – Louisiana 1927

Maine

• The Potomac Accord – To Portland, Maine

Maryland

• Woody Guthrie – Baltimore to Washington (Maryland)

Massachusetts

• The Get Up Kids – A Newfound Interest In Massachusetts
• Scud Mountain Boys – Massachusettes

Michigan

• Devendra Banhart – Michigan State
• Bear vs. Shark – Michigan
• Red Hot Chili Peppers – Especially in Michigan
• Rogue Wave – Lake Michigan
• Sufjan Stevens – Say Yes To Michigan

Alben

• Sufjan Stevens – Greetings From Michigan, The Great Lake State

Minnesota

• Tullycraft – Secretly Minnesotan

Mississippi

• The Mae Shi – One Mississippi, Two Mississippi, Three Mississippi
• Nina Simone – Mississippi Godam

Missouri

• Low – Missouri

Montana

• Frank Zappa – Montana
• Rocky Votolato - Montana

Lyrics über Montana:

• "Miles away, so unclear, almost lost it in Montana" Kings Of Leon – Happy Alone
• "... from spokane all the way across Montana out to the blood reserve" Rocky Votolato - Red River

Nebraska

Alben

• King's X – Gretchen Goes to Nebraska
• Josh Rouse – Dressed Up Like Nebraska
• Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska

Lyrics über Nebraska:

• "This is the hope I've been searching for as the wings catch the Sunlight of this cold Nebraska skyline" Bright Eyes – I Watched You Taking Off

Nevada

• The Jayhawks – Nevada, California

New Hampshire

• Matt Pond PA – New Hampshire
• Sonic Youth – New Hampshire

New Jersey

• Bloodhound Gang – The Ten Coolest Things About New Jersey
• Taking Back Sunday – Timberwolves At New Jersey

New Mexico

• Brightblack – New Mexico
• Coheed & Cambria – Elf Tower New Mexico

New York

• AC/DC – Safe In New York City
• Ryan Adams – New York, New York
• Belle And Sebastian – Piazza, New York Catcher
• The Mooney Suzuki – New York Girls
• Morcheeba – What New York Couples Fight About
• The Pogues – Fairytale Of New York
• The Raveonettes – New York Was Great
• Reel Big Fish – New York, New York
• Richard Ashcroft – New York
• Sex Pistols – New York
• Simon & Garfunkel – The Only Living Boy In New York
• The Strokes – New York City Cops
• Tomte – New York
• U2 – New York

North Carolina

• Archers of Loaf – White Trash Heroes

Lyrics über North Carolina:

• "I'm calling upon North Carolina to help me out here" Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Yankee Go Home
• "But I could never make you stay / ... / Not for all North Carolina" The Magnetic Fields – All My Little Words

North Dakota

• Six Cents and Natalie – Christine, North Dakota
• Tullycraft – Christine, North Dakota
• Stereophonics – Dakota

Ohio

• Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Ohio
• Guided by Voices – Dayton Ohio 19 Something And 5
• The Jayhawks – Somewhere In Ohio
• Damien Jurado – Ohio
• Modest Mouse – Ohio
• Super Furry Animals – Ohio Heat
• Why? – Miss Ohio's Nameless

Oklahoma

• Yo La Tengo – Oklahoma, USA

Oregon

• The Cinematic Orchestra – Oregon
• The Maybellines – Oregon
• Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin – Oregon Girl

Pennsylvania

• 16 Horsepower – South Pennsylvania Waltz
• Bloodhound Gang – Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

• Kinski – Rhode Island Freakout
• Jennifer O'Connor – Exeter, Rhode Island
• The Softies – Holiday in Rhode Island

South Carolina

• Archers Of Loaf – South Carolina
• Her Space Holiday – From Southern Carolina
• Tennis - South Carolina

Lyrics über South Carolina:

• "South Carolina kid is heating things up" Death From Above 1979 – Romantic Rights

South Dakota

• Golden Birds – Sioux Falls, South Dakota
• Liz Phair – South Dakota
• Tangerine Dream – South Dakota

Tennessee

• Johnny Cash – Tennessee Stud
• Manic Street Preachers – Tennessee
• Otis Redding – Tennessee Waltz

Texas

• A-Camp – The Bluest Eyes in Texas
• Gun Club – Texas Serenade
• Her Space Holiday – A Match Made in Texas
• Ben Kweller – Commerce, TX
• Jeffrey Lewis – Texas
• Stina Nordenstam – When Debbie's Back From Texas
• Pavement – Texas Never Whispers
• Ramones – Texas Chainsaw Massacre
• The Raveonettes – Somewhere In Texas
• Unloco – Texas
• Jim White – The Girl From Brownsville Texas

Bandnamen:

• Texas

Utah

• Camper Van Beethoven – The History of Utah
• Sheryl's Magnetic Aura – Winters In Utah

Bandnamen:

• Utah Saints

Vermont

• Cursive – Vermont
• Billie Holiday – Moonlight in Vermont
• The Magnetic Fields – Long Vermont Roads

Virginia

• Johnny Cash – In Virginia
• Damien Jurado – East Virginia
• Foo Fighters – Virginia Moon
• Gomez – Sweet Virginia

Alben

• Grant Lee Phillips – Virginia Creeper

Washington

Bands

• Washington

West Virginia

Lyrics über West Virginia:

• "Far, far away from West Virginia / I will try on New York City" Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – The Skin Of My Yellow Country
• "300 people living out in West Virginia/ have no idea of all these thoughts that lie within ya" The White Stripes – This Protector

Wisconsin

• Julie Doiron – Some Blues (Wisconsin)

Wyoming

• The Lucksmiths – Wyoming