The 50 States: Louisiana

Hey kids! I bet you thought I had given up on this thing, and it's true -- I've been gone waaaay too long. Long story short, I've been swamped at work, swamped at life, and Louisiana was a tall order.

Those cats down there deserve the greatest blog post ever made on an mp3 site, and I've tried my best to accomplish that. With all the shit that they've been through, are going through down there -- I'm just trying to do my part. Of course, Jesus is taking a more active roll, but for me I just hope that my horribly small gesture can provide some sort of relief for those struck by such tragedy.

Louisiana you have given us such things as the worlds largest mardis gras celebration, simultaneausly the worlds largest display of worlds gone wild fodder (amen!), the united states' largest capitol building, the super superdome, the longest bridge over water in the world, oldest railway line in operation, crawfishes, cajunnesss, Louis Armstrong, Geoffrey Beene, Truman Capote, Fats Domino, Bryant Gumbel, Jerry Lee Lewis, Wynton Marsalis, Jelly Roll Morton, Huey Newton, Cokie Roberts, and is also the HIPPEST hurricane target of the 21st century.

Louisiana, we love you -- but we love you so much that we gotta beg you to quit building your cities so damn close to DANGER! Here's an even 100 songs for you, woot!

• Allman Brothers - Louisiana Lou and Three Card Monty John
• Arlo Guthrie - City of New Orleans
• B Movie Rats - New Orleans
• Better than Ezra - King of New Orleans
• Billy Bragg and Wilco - Hoodoo Voodoo
• Black Eyed Snakes - New Orleans
• Bob Dylan - Bourbon Street
• Bob Dylan - Going to New Orleans
• Bob Dylan - New Orleans Rag
• Buckwheat Zydeco - Walkin' to New Orleans
• Buckwheat Zydeco - Zydeco La Louisianne
• Charlie Miller - Prayer for New Orleans
• Chris Barber - Bourbon Street Parade
• Chuck Berry - Oh Louisiana
• Clifton Chenier - Louisiana Stomp
• Coco Robicheaux - Lousiana Medicine Man
• Creedence Clearwater Revival - Born on the Bayou
• Dave Matthews Band - Louisiana Bayou
• Davell Crawford - Gather by the River
• David Hasselhoff - City of New Oreleans (!!!!!!)
• David Thomas and Two Pale Boys - New Orleans Fuzz
• Del Shannon - New Orleans (Mardis Gras)
• Dennis Wilson - New Orleans
• Drive by Truckers - Greenville to Baton Rouge
• Eddie Bo - When the Saints Go Marching In
• Emerson Lake and Palmer - New Orleans
• Essex Green - New Orleans
• Fats Domino - Jambalaya
• Firewater - Bourbon and Division
• Foghat - Louisiana Blues
• Frank Zappa - Louisiana
• Frank Zappa - Louisiana Hooker
• Garth Brooks - Callin' Baton Rouge
• George Hatcher - Louisiana Sheriff
• Guy Clarke - Baton Rouge
• Hank Williams - Jambalaya
• Harvey Danger - Louisiana 1927
• Humble Pie - Louisana Blues
• Irma Thomas - Back Water Blues
• JJ Cale - Louisiana Women
• Jan & Dean - Louisiana Man
• Jancis Harvey - City of New Orleans
• Jelly Roll Morton - Shreveport Stomp
• Jo Ann Kelly - Louisiana Blues
• Joe Strummer - Louisiana Turnpike
• Johhny Horton - Battle of New Orleans
• John Denver - City of New Orleans
• John Lee Hooker - Goin' to Louisiana
• Johnny Cash - Battle of New Orleans
• Johnny Cash - Orleans Parish Prison
• Johnny Marr - Voodoo in You
• Jon Bon Jovi - Queen of New Orleans
• Kenny Neal - Bayou Blood
• Leadbelly - In New Orleans (House of the Rising Sun)
• Leadbelly - Shreveport Jail
• Leon Spencer, Jr - Louisiana Slim
• Lil Wayne - New Orleans
• Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty - Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man
• Lou Reed - Baton Rouge
• Lucinda Williams - Bus to Baton Rouge
• Lucinda Williams - Louisiana Man
• Marvelous 3 - Katrina
• Max Merritt & The Meteors - Louisiana Anna
• Mississipi John Hurt - Slidin' Delta
• Mississippi John Hurt - My Creole Belle
• Mojo Blues Band - Louisiana Boogie
• Muddy Waters - Louisiana Blues
• Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
• Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Louisiana Saturday Night
• Norfolk and Western - Clyde in New Orleans
• Otis Taylor - My Soul's in Louisiana
• Patsy Cline - Blue Bayou
• Pavement - Hands off the Bayou
• Percy Mayfield - Louisiana
• Pere Ubu - Louisiana Train Wreck
• Point Blank - Louisiana Leg
• Preservation Hall Jazz Band - Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans
• Randy Newman and Mark Knopfler - New Orleans Wins the War
• Restless - New Orleans
• Rockin' Dopsie, Jr and the Zydeco Twisters - I'm Coming Home
• Rory Gallagher - The King of Zydeco
• Roy Orbison - Blue Bayou
• Savoy Brown - Louisiana Blues
• Silver Jews - New Orleans
• Steve Vai - Louisiana Swamp Skank
• Sting - Moon over Bourbon Street
• Sublime - Under my Voodoo
• T-Bone Walker - Louisiana Bayou Drive
• Tender Trap - Oh, Katrina
• The 5678s - New Orleans Rock
• The Bintangs - New Orleans, New Orleans
• The Meters - Fire on the Bayou
• The Neville Brothers - VooDoo
• The Rats - New Orleans
• The Tragically Hip - If New Orleans is Beat
• The Veils - The Valleys of New Orleans
• The Walkmen - Louisiana
• Tom Petty - Louisiana Rain
• Tom Waits - I Wish I Was In New Orleans
• Willie Nelson - City of New Orleans

Thanks to everyone that helped me out with the LA songs -- your gestures were appreciated. Next up is Maine, so I'll probably need all the help I can get. Drop some love in the compliments for me, or for Maine.

Also worth a note is that I've introduced a new inline flash player. It's ugly as hell and I have no control over that -- if anyone has a better idea of one that I can run with blogger, kindly let me know!