SONGS ABOUT NEBRASKA!!! name as many as you can......(please)?

Question

the state song is Beautiful Nebraska

can you name some others??

Answer 1

Officially commissioned anthems and university fight songs are excluded from the list (thus the absence of ditties like "There is No Place Like Nebraska"). We will continue to keep our ears and eyes open and add to this list as titles become available.

There are many more on the website below.

http://www.goletapublishing.com/nebraska...

Omaha, Nebraska, Groucho Marx, (circa) 1940

Also known as There's A Place Called Omaha, Nebraska, this Groucho Marx signature tune, penned by famed songwriter Gus Kahn, features a series of non-sequiters. Go and figure these lyrics: "There's a place called Omaha, Nebraska, in the foothills of Tennessee."

Omaha Flash, Johnny Otis, 1946

A Greek-American widely acknowledged as one of the pioneers of R&B, Johnny Otis headed a variety of ensembles, including the Johny Otis Quartet, the Johnny Otis Quintent, the Johnny Otis Orchestra and the Johnny Otis Show. One of his bands was, for a brief time in the 1940s, based in Omaha and featured Preston Love (see Omaha BBQ, below). This instrumental number is named in honor of his adopted city.

Omaha Blues, Big Joe Williams, late 1940s(?)

In this song, legendary bluesman Big Joe Williams (no relation to the silky smooth jazz vocalist who sang with Count Basie) sings of his gal pal (though that isn't quite the term he uses) who "lives on 24th and Lake." Williams, whose work went largely unknown until the Delmark label began reissuing it in the early 1960s, performed in the classic country blues style. His delta accent results in one of the most interesting pronounciations of the Cornhusker State's name on record ("Yubasta"). (Noted by Ryan Roenfeld)

Omaha, Stan Freberg, (circa) 1957

Probably the best -- and most geographically precise -- song about Nebraska, this novelty hit from the 1950s features memorable lines like " Omaha moon, keep shining on Omaha, keep shining down; we'd like it if you wouldn't shine on Council Bluffs."

Omaha, Moby Grape, 1967

One of Moby Grape's few charting singles -- climbing all the way to 88 on the Billboard charts. It's not clear from the lyrics why the song was named "Omaha."



Omaha BBQ, Preston Love, (circa) 1967

The title track from this LP (just recently released on CD -- see our store) from jazz/soul pioneer and long-time Omaha World-Herald columnist Preston Love is an instrumental. All the songs have a food theme, and the cover features Love grinning as he prepares some good ol' Omaha steaks.

Omaha Rainbow, John Stewart, 1969

Track from folk/rock pioneer's "California Bloodlines" album. "Keeping my eyes on the Omaha Rainbow/Making the rain go out of my way/A-keeping my eyes on the Omaha rainbow/Going down the same roads as my younger days."

Wildfire, Michael Murphey, 1975

The Cornhusker state is the setting for this song, which was a big pop hit for Coloradoan Murphey. In the early 1980s, he had a string of country hits under the name "Michael Martin Murphey." and re-recorded Wildfire for a greatest hits package.



Omaha Celebration, Pat Metheny, 1976

This track from 1976's "Bright Size Life" is just one of several ditties dedicated to Metheny's midwestern roots. Other tracks include "Missouri Uncompromised" and "Midwestern Dreams."

Nebraska Sunrise, Buddy Knox, 1982

This 1982 recording by rockabilly legend is a laconic country tune about life in Nebraska, and how the state is overlooked by politicians and the general public.



Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen, mentions Nebraska but is not about Nebraska.