🇺🇸 The DiS 50 states project 🇺🇸 #3 - Arkansas POLL OPEN POST #47

For each state we’ll do nominations and a poll. Submit a song (can be about the state, reference it, by an artist from there or whatever, give a bit of blurb if its not obvious)

All the nominations go in a poll. Winner gets eternal glory, top 3 go on a big Spotify playlist.

Please give one nomination per post. Formatted as ‘Artist Name - Song Name’ and a link to the song.

Winners:

Alabama - Candi Staton - Young Hearts Run Free
Alaska - Nirvana - About a girl

Playlist:

First massive one up next, but for now will we have a Little Rock? Arkansas

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Bruce Springsteen - Mary Queen of Arkansas

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Listener - wooden heart

arkansas born and bred

Al Green - Let’s Stay Together

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Pharoah Sanders - Astral Traveling

Born in Little Rock, Arkansas

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:point_up:

Traditional fiddle tune - Arkansas traveller

Huh?

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Glenn Campbell - Wichita Lineman

Born in Billstown, Arkansas

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Was saving this for Kansas you BASTARD

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Yeah no offence rich but you’ve shafted the game there

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Nah. Just means that there’s a better chance that Carry On My Wayward Son by Kansas makes the list

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What happened to Arizona?

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Doesn’t exist

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Oh shit! Fucked it. Well we’ll do that next. Sorry Arizona

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REM - Texarkana

Apparently there are two separate cities of Texarkana, either side of the Texas-Arkansas border? Must get confusing. Anyway, Wikipedia reckons this is about the one in Arkansas

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Damien Jurado - Arkansas

Going to have to limit my Damien Jurado nominations as he’ll have something eligible most rounds. This is a good one though!

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“In the delta sun, down in Arkansas
It’s the great god bird with its altar call”

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Bobby Womack - Arkansas state prison
wont win but a funky bop

nanananah Arkanas state prisonnn,

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The Band - The Weight

Levon Helm was born in Arkansas

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