Sunday, May 2, 2021

Songs with "New Orleans" in Them + Related Artists

Songs with "New Orleans" in Them + Related artists

Louisiana, 1927” Randy Newman 
https://youtu.be/MGs2iLoDUYE

Mr. Bojangles - Jerry Jeff Walker
"Met him in a cell in New Orleans, I was down and out"
Jerry Jeff Walker spent a night in a New Orleans jail for intoxication, where he met a homeless man who called himself Mr. Bojangles - a down-and-out drifter, grieving the loss of his dog, his only companion. 
But Walker sings of him with  affection, 
https://youtu.be/7t-2GeZFDdc

Ramblin' Man - Allman Brothers
"I'm on my way to New Orleans this morning"
https://youtu.be/6VxoXn-0Ezs

House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
"There is a house in New Orleans"
“Southern Nights” Allen Toussaint –
something of a signature song for the New Orleans icon.

St. James Infirmary Blues”
Louis Armstrong put his own signature spin on this folk song.

Take Me To The Mardi Gras” Paul Simon –
https://youtu.be/ITDgDkqYbss

Walkin’ To New Orleans” Buckwheat Zydeco –
https://youtu.be/wyLjbMBpGDA

Born on the Bayou - CCR
"Wishin' I were a freight train, oh, just a-chooglin' on down to New Orleans"
https://youtu.be/wIjUY3pjN8E

Go To The Mardi Gras” Professor Longhair –
https://youtu.be/0wAMr3V5lN4

Honky Cat - Elton John
"About those high-class ladies down in New Orleans"
https://youtu.be/MW7H6iohAb8

I Wish I Was In New Orleans” Tom Waits –
A string-laden ballad from 1976’s Small Change,
https://youtu.be/Im1b9gn9SrQ

Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry
https://youtu.be/ZFo8-JqzSCM
https://youtu.be/I8JULmUlGDA

King Creole – Elvis Presley
"There's a man in New Orleans"
https://youtu.be/yA_zS6-dO7Q

Led Zeppelin – “Royal Orleans
https://youtu.be/hEtD2BGfhJM
“Sweet Home New Orleans” Dr. John –
 as soulful and vibrant a tribute to the city as you’re likely to hear.
https://youtu.be/rVXHcgoD57I

Tangled up in Blue - Bob Dylan
"So I drifted down to New Orleans"
https://youtu.be/YwSZvHqf9qM

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ADDITIONAL ARTISTS

Amos Moses - Jerry Reed
Black Water - Doobies
Country Road -
 James Taylor
Crossroads - 
  Robert Johnson
  Eric Clapton
Tom Petty - 
  Free Fallin
  Runnin Down a Dream
George Harrison - Here Comes The Sun
Dobie Gray - Drift Away
Bill Withers - Lean on Me

Glen Campbell -
 Galveston
 Wichita Lineman

Willie Nelson
Blue Eyes Cryin In The Rain

Mose Allison
  Parchment Farm

Jimi Hendrix
Little Wing

The Beatles
See tips & tricks @ https://youtu.be/gjqUUafzBg4
Ticket to Ride
All My Loving
Till There Was You
Nowhere Man
Eight Days a Week
Michelle
Dear Prudence
While My Guitar Gently Weeps (w Eric Clapton)
Something (in the Way She Moves)
I Want You (She's So Heavy)
Blackbird
Here Comes The Sun (capo 7th)
Paperback Writer
Come Together
Day Tripper
Let it Be
Get Back
Norwegian Wood (this bird has flown)

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