Whistlin' Dixie

Photo courtesy of Kelly Braden.

The Southern lifestyle magazine I write for, MyScoop, boasts a brilliant new post: a listing of purely Alabama songs. Slight issue--the "Yea, Alabama" fight song was included. Now, I'm as proud of Dixieland as the next belle, but I HATE the university (lowercase) of Alabama. The first bars of that fight song make this Auburn girl's blood curdle. I found it flawless that they displayed the championship trophy at WalMart. Ha...

So, here's my Southern playlist.

It's a hybrid of the playlist that I've had for years and MyScoop's list. Whatcha think? What is on your list?

p.s. I'm sorry for what I said about UA. It's just hard to live in B'ham this week. I beg your sympathy.

1. Dixieland Delight :: Alabama
2. Song of the South :: Alabama {I mean, you knew they'd be on here more than once.}
3. Sweet Home Alabama :: Lynard Skynard {Never. Gets. Old. If I get the band to play this at my wedding, does that make me a redneck?}
4. Miss Magnolia :: Matt Costa {Bingo--that's where the blog title originated.}
5. Oh, Susannah :: James Taylor & Johnny Cash
6. Midnight in Montgomery :: Alan Jackson {As a wee Montgomerian, I used to get Mama to change the station when this came on because it was "scary." I can handle it now.}
7. Southern State of Mind :: Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers {Yup, I play this erytime I cross over the Alabama River going home.}
8. Sorority Girl :: Luke Bryan {We may or may not have morphed this into a rush song. Bhaha.Gooo ADPi!}
9. Louisiana Saturday Night :: Benjy Davis Project
10. Sweet Southern Moon :: Benjy Davis Project {Ah, young love. Add boys in SUV's, and I'm in.}
11. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down :: The Band
12. Take Me Home, Country Roads :: John Denver
13. Carolina On My Mind :: James Taylor
14. Auburn Fight Song/Insert Your Team's Song here. {Let's be politically correct little ladies, y'all.}
15. If Heaven Ain't a Lot Like Dixie :: Hank Williams, Jr. {Shout out to a true Gumptown Baller.}
16. Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) :: The Doors
17. South On 65 :: Ryan Kinder {"Find a Southern girl, wants to rule the world..." Don't we all?}
18. Magnolia Tree :: Drew Holcomb {I swear, if this song happened to me I could just scoot on to heaven.}
19. Sweetness :: Drew Holcomb
20. Something About a Southern Girl :: Amos Lee {By golly, I think he's got it!}
21. Gin and Juice :: The Gourds {Great message, huh? But it's no band party without it. CoughCourtneyMcAlisterCough}
22. Stars Fell on Alabama :: Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong {The guv'nah does his inagural ball first dance to this.}
23. Georgia On My Mind :: Ray Charles {Rip my heart out. And I'm not even from there.}
24. Welcome to Atlanta :: Ludacris {Yeah. And I'm not apologizing.}
25. Ramblin' Man :: The Allman Brothers Band
26. Angel From Montgomery :: Dave Matthews Band
27. Pearls On a String :: Ryan Adams {That voice can describe a Southern Belle to me any 'ole day.}
28. If I Could Do It Again :: Corey Smith
29. 21 :: Corey Smith {Couldn't have been college without you, Cor. SB 'O6! And '07, and...}
30. Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours :: Stevie Wonder {A classic on the Montgomery ball circuit in high school.}
31. Domino :: Van Morrison {See #30. And Camilla, this will always remind me of you!}
32. September :: Earth, Wind, & Fire {See #30. And Bec, this one has your name all over it.}
33. Rich Girl :: Hall & Oates
34. Who Do You Love? :: Bo Diddley {Thank you for rock and roll, Bo.}
35. Carolina :: Eric Church {Melts me. Ha, Sloan and I sang this the whole way to Nashville this summer.}
36. Love Your Love the Most :: Eric Church {If I weren't Southern, I'd roll my eyes at this song. Instead, it wins me over EVERY time.}