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.
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Brixton , London Australia Woodley Road , Montgomery , Alabama Putah Creek , California New Jersey Haight-Ashbury , San Francisco , California Broadway District , Buffalo , New York China St. Patrick's Cathedral , New York City Warrington , England
The latest song-place added is Vlad The Impaler - Kasabian | Place: Castle Bran, Romania Before Bram Stoker transformed folklore into mainstream pop culture, before Lestat made women the world over long for bloodthirsty demon lovers, and long before immortal high school students sparkled in the sun, the ruthless 15th Century ruler of Wallachia, Romania, gave rise to the legend of the vampire: Vlad Dracul III. Bram Stoker borrowed this man's Romanian name, Dracul, meaning devil or dragon, and turned it into his blood drinking fiend, Count Dracula. But the real Count Dracul, dubbed... [read more]
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Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil | Place: Kintore Mountains, Australia Alice's Restaurant Massacree - Arlo Guthrie | Place: Theresa's Stockbridge Cafe, Stockbridge, Massachusetts Ode to Billie Joe - Bobbie Gentry | Place: Tallahatchie Bridge, Choctaw Ridge, Mississippi Kokomo - The Beach Boys | Place: Islamorada, Florida Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple | Place: Montreux Casino, Switzerland Hotel California - Eagles | Place: The Beverly Hills Hotel, Los Angeles, California California Dreamin' - The Mamas and The Papas | Place: St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City All I Wanna Do - Sheryl Crow | Place: Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, California The Little Old Lady From Pasadena - Jan & Dean | Place: Pasadena, California Africa - Toto | Place: Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar) - The Doors | Place: Alabama Twenty-Four Hours From Tulsa - Gene Pitney | Place: Tulsa, Oklahoma You Can't Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones | Place: 49 Kings Road, West London, England San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) - Scott McKenzie | Place: San Francisco, California Don't Stop Believin' - Journey | Place: South Detroit, Michigan
The latest comment is posted by Sean from Massachusetta about Who Needs the Peace Corps - Frank Zappa | Place: Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco, California I was under the impression a lot of people knew Haight Ashbury was the "hippie spot" by 1968. Acid tests and grateful dead shows had been going on for a couple years already. 
