Have been listening to the radio 2 series 'Tim Rice's American Pie'. It's a 50 episode series, each episode telling the music history of one state. The series started in Washington State in the far north west, and is working its way down. It has the full tracks of at least 10 songs, with bits of history and biographical information sprinkled in between. A very enjoyable series. The songs I like for each state are:
Washington State - 'Honeycomb' by Jimmy Rogers & 'Alone' by Heart. Also Columbia River Ballads.
Oregon - 'Arizona' by Mark Lindsay (re-done by Kings of Leon?) and 'The Lady Came From Baltimore' by Tim Hardin. Mark Lindsay was the lead singer with Paul Revere and the Raiders.
California - Walking in Memphis by Cher & 'Don't Speak' by No Doubt (fronted by Gwen Stefani)
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