It could be where you grew up, where you always wanted to go, or just a quirky spot you came across in your travels. If you write songs, there's a good chance one of these alluring locations gave you a shot of inspiration. These are the stories about the places behind the songs, and how they got there. Click on the map - you might be in a Song Place right now.
The latest song-place added is Tobacco Road - Nashville Teens | Place: Durham, North Carolina Durham, North Carolina, is a major US city with a population of over 200,000. Home to Duke University, the famous Bull Durham Tobacco Company, and Brightleaf Square, the area is most famous for being the heart of the tobacco industry in the United States. However, like any single-resource economy, life in this area isn't always easy for a young boy growing up, particularly during the Great Depression. Your choices tend to be narrowed, with much pressure from your relatives to follow in the... [read more]
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Ode to Billie Joe - Bobbie Gentry | Place: Tallahatchie Bridge, Choctaw Ridge, Mississippi Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar) - The Doors | Place: Alabama Kokomo - The Beach Boys | Place: Islamorada, Florida Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple | Place: Montreux Casino, Switzerland Alice's Restaurant Massacree - Arlo Guthrie | Place: Theresa's Stockbridge Cafe, Stockbridge, Massachusetts Down Under - Men At Work | Place: Australia Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2 | Place: BogSide, Derry, Northern Ireland La Grange - ZZ Top | Place: La Grange, Texas Hotel California - Eagles | Place: The Beverly Hills Hotel, Los Angeles, California All I Wanna Do - Sheryl Crow | Place: Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, California Panama - Van Halen | Place: Panama The Ballad of Davy Crockett - Tom Blackburn (Lyrics) and George Bruns (Music) | Place: Limestone, Tennessee Rock The Casbah - The Clash | Place: Iran The Philosophers Song - Monty Python | Place: Woolloomooloo, Sydney, Australia Camden Town - Suggs | Place: Camden, North London, England
The latest comment is posted by Amanda aka Mandy from Melbourne, Australia about Free Fallin' - Tom Petty | Place: Reseda, Los Angeles, California Were there ever any freeways in Reseda?
