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  • Badlands, North Dakota Badlands, North Dakota Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California

    Take a trip with Dani California across the states and figure out for yourself if she's real or a figment of Anthony Kiedis's fertile mind.

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  • Danville, Virginia Danville, Virginia The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

    A Civil War saga of life in Danville, Virginia, in 1865.

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  • Tallahatchie Bridge, Choctaw Ridge, Mississippi Tallahatchie Bridge, Choctaw Ridge, Mississippi Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe

    Bobbie Gentry has written one of the most talked about songs of the century. The mystery endures: what DID Billie Joe throw off the Tallahatchie Bridge?

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    • Orville from MsIt has always been clear to Mississippians the reason the young lady lost her appetite was because she was pregnant by Bobbie Joe and that’s why she left town after he committed suicide because of the old gay guy abusing him after he got him drunk. Nothing else to see here. Just shows how families can go off the rails after such an event.
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  • Laredo, Texas Laredo, Texas Chris Cagle - Laredo

    The city of Laredo, Texas, plays the role of an old friend in this Chris Cagle song.

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  • Tijuana, Mexico Tijuana, Mexico Herb Alpert - Tijuana Taxi

    Who was the Tijuana Brass band? One of Herb Alpert's best kept secrets.

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