Yanked

Thanks to the people over at the Creative Coast Initiative’s blog for getting in on the act. My way of saying “thanks” is to finally alphabetize the list.

I hate to complain, my people, but Blind Willie McTell can’t be the only bluesman from this region.

1. “Country Grammar,” Nelly
2. “Delia,” Blind Willie McTell, with famous covers by Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan
3. “Down by the River,” Camoflauge
4. “Georgia” Ludacris, Field Mob (mostly about Georgia as a whole)
5. “Get Up Jake,” The Band
6. “Good Little Thing,” Blind Willie McTell
7. “Got Three Women,” Blind Willie McTell
8. “Hard-hearted Hannah,” Composers: Jack Yellen, Bob Bigelow and Charles Bates (made famous by Ella Fitzgerald and Ray Charles)
9. “Jug Band Music,” Lovin’ Spoonful
10. “Little Things,” India Arie
11. “Moon over Georgia,” Shenandoah
12. “Moon River,” Johnny Mercer
13. “Red Hot Mama,” Funkadelic
14. “Savannah (Part One),” Band of Horses
15. “Savannah Fare You Well,” Jimmy Buffet
16. “Savannah in the Rain,” Griff
17. “Savannah Mama,” Blind Willie McTell
18. “Savannah Song,” Jake Matson
19. “Savannah Woman,” Tommy Bolin
20. “Savannah,” Ted Weems
21. “So Long Savannah,” Eric Bachman
22. “Song Man,” Tanya Tucker
23. “Stomp Down Rider,” Blind Willie McTell
24. “Sunday in Savannah: Martin Luther King Suite, Part 1,” Nina Simone
25. “The First Mrs. Jones,” Porter Wagoner
26. “West Savannah,” Outkast