We often drive to Michigan from our home in North Carolina to visit family. Before I even met Gina, she and her kids would drive back and forth. One day her son started singing John Denver's Take Me Home Country Roads as they crossed the border into West Virginia. Gina then remembered she had that song on a CD. From that point forward she would play the song whenever they entered WV. When I first made the trip I noticed we crossed over the Cuyahoga River in OH. I immediately thought of the song that shares the rivers name by R.E.M. I mentioned that we should make a CD of different songs representing the states we drive through. I finally did it for our last trip. James Taylor - Carolina In My Mind The Rosebuds - Esse Quam Videri Foo Fighters - Virginia Moon Gin Blossoms - Virginia America - Old Virginia John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth R.E.M. - Cuyahoga The National - Bloodbuzz Ohio Johnny Cash - Sa...
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