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Dave Alvin

Downey, CA

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Region: Southern California/Northern Baja Coast Conference: Pacific Regional Rank: #22

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Locations in Lyrics

100 location references across 29 songs

Songs & Places

Run Conejo Run
Los Angeles, CA New York Nogales, AZ Tucson, AZ Louisiana Interstate Ten, TX El Paso, TX
"He boxed lightweight at the Olympic down in dirty old L.A"
King of California
Appalachia Sacramento, CA Sierra Nevada, CA High Desert Southwest Great Basin Indigenous Territory Ohio River California Rocky Mountain Sierra Nevada Foothills, CA
"East of the Ohio River"
Border Radio
US-Mexico Border
"While listening to the Border Radio"
Harlan County Line
Harlan County Line, KY mines, KY
"Harlan County Line"
Johnny Ace Is Dead
Houston, TX Memphis, TN Montgomery, AL
"Down in Houston, Texas on a Christmas night"
Abilene
Abilene, TX Great Northwest Texas Austin, TX
"Abilene, Abilene"
Murder of the Lawson Family
North Carolina
"His home in North Carolina"
Dry River
Los Angeles River, CA orange_groves_ca, CA
"I was born by a river, but it was paved with cement"
Out in California
California Detroit, MI
"Out in California she's takin' off her tight red skirt"
Gary, Indiana 1959
Gary, IN Birmingham, AL Pueblo, CO Oakland, CA Allentown, PA
"Back in Gary, Indiana in 1959"
Nine Volt Heart
Los Angeles, CA Chicago, IL
"Listenin' to XPRS and KRLA"
Black Rose of Texas
Texas Arizona Arizona Desert, AZ
"Black Rose of Texas"
What’s up with Your Brother
Chicago, IL Dallas, TX Los Angeles, CA
"Sang jazz with Sun Ra"
Blue Wing
Alaska Walla Walla, WA Wenatchee, WA Seattle, WA Los Angeles, CA
"But he gets stone drunk and talks about Alaska"
California Snow
Riverside, CA El Cajon, CA Tecate, CA US-Mexico Border, CA California Interstate 8, CA US-Mexico Border
"Who moved up to Riverside"
Borderland
US-Mexico Border
"Well, I headed back to the Borderland"
Kern River
Bakersfield, CA Lakehead, CA San Joaquin Valley, CA Lone Pine, CA Dust Bowl Sierra Nevada, CA California Kern River, CA Lake Shasta, CA Mount Whitney, CA
"Oh, I'll never swim Kern River again"
Haley’s Comet
Rio Grande, TX Texas Del Rio, TX Chester, PA
"In a pancake house near the Rio Grande"
Highway 61 Revisited
US Route 61
"TITLE"
Here in California
Downey, CA California golden_hills_ca, CA
"ARTIST_ORIGIN"
Ashgrove
Los Angeles, CA Kansas City, MO Centerville, TX Houston, TX Laurens, SC New York City, NY
"TITLE"
Rio Grande
Rio Grande Rio Grande, TX US-Mexico Border Albuquerque, NM Las Cruces, NM Brownsville, TX Gulf Coast Big Bend, TX Highway Ninety, TX Del Rio, TX
"TITLE"
Albuquerque
Albuquerque, NM
"TITLE"
Mobile Blue
Mobile, AL
"TITLE"
Perdido Street Blues
New Orleans, LA
"TITLE"
East Texas Blues
east texas East Texas
"TITLE"
Lawdy Miss Clawdy
New Orleans, LA
"TITLE"
Deportee - Plane Wreck at Los Gatos
central valley, CA Los Gatos, CA US-Mexico Border
"TITLE"
California's Burning
California

Rivers & Roads in Song Nearby

Interstate 5 15 U.S. Route 101 10 Interstate 10 36 Interstate 405 7 U.S. Route 66 19

Connected Places

Downey, CA Abilene, TX Allentown, PA Bent, NM Birmingham, AL Caballo, NM California town, CA El Paso, TX Elephant Butte, NM Faywood, NM Gary, IN Hachita, NM Harlan, KY High Rolls Mountain Park, NM Hillsboro, NM Houston, TX La Luz, NM Los Angeles, CA Mayhill, NM Memphis, TN Mescalero, NM New York City, NY Nogales, AZ Oakland, CA Pueblo, CO Sacramento, CA Seattle, WA Timberon, NM Truth Or Consequences, NM Tucson, AZ Tularosa, NM Van Horn, TX Walla Walla, WA Weed, NM Wenatchee, WA
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