Songs About Cities, Streets and Towns (Mixtape)

  I was 12 years old in 1976, the 200th anniversary birthday of America.  I remember the hype seemed more intense than for the 250th.  Still, the weeks leading up to the 200th were spent with TV specials and local town events.  Much like the 250th.  

 In the early 2000's I made a CD mixtape of songs about towns and cities.  Remember mixtapes?  Before streaming I used to make cassettes and CD's for family and friends.   This was one of them.  It wasn't a July 4th themed mixtape,  but some 20 years later I realize that it was.  Towns, streets, cities make up the heart of America.  Another reason this could be a July 4th theme?  All the artists are Americans.

  So hear are 20 songs that I came up with some 20 years ago for this mixtape theme.

1.  Simon & Garfunkel - My Little Town

2.  Brooks & Dunn - Only In America

3.  Bob Seger - Mainstreet

4.  George Benson - On Broadway

5.  John Mellencamp - Small Town

6.  Miranda Lambert - Famous In A Small Town

7.  Billy Joel - Allentown

8.  Hal Ketchum - Small Town Saturday Night

9.  Bruce Springsteen - My Hometown

10.  Merle Haggard - Big City

11.  John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads

12.  Pretenders - My City Was Gone

13.  Montgomery Gentry - My Town

14. Iris DeMent - Our Town

15. Bobby Bare - Detroit City

16. Eagles - In The City

17. Michael Stanley Band - My Town

18. Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

19. Arlo Guthrie - City of New Orleans 

20. Stevie Wonder - Living for the City