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Did You Know
- • CCR formed after Cody Canada and Grady Cross jammed at a house party in Yukon, Oklahoma.
- • Their breakout album, 'Highway 377,' was recorded live in a single night.
- • Before CCR, Cody Canada played in a band called 'Steeldrivers' with Mike McClure.
- • They famously sold out Billy Bob's Texas, a legendary feat for Red Dirt artists.
- • The band's name combines Grady Cross's name and Cody Canada's nickname.
- • CCR's relentless touring schedule included over 200 shows annually.
- • They covered Todd Snider's 'Play a Train Song' solidifying their Red Dirt roots.
- • After CCR disbanded, Cody Canada formed The Departed continuing his musical journey.
- • The band never achieved mainstream radio success, yet built a dedicated fanbase.
- • CCR influenced countless Red Dirt bands, shaping the genre's sound and scene.
Locations in Lyrics
95 location references across 36 songs
Songs & Places
Long Way Home
Mid-Texas
"Never seen nothin' but that Mid-Texas dirt"
Jimmy and Annie
U.S. Route 51
Arizona
High Desert Southwest, AZ
US Highway 51, OK
"Headed fast out of town West on 51"
Highway 377
Highway 377, TX
Detroit, MI
Seminole, OK
Denison, TX
Durant, OK
"TITLE"
Sister
El Reno, OK
Detroit, MI
"He blew my drums that summer night in El Reno"
Jenny
California
San Francisco, CA
Pacific Ocean Coast (California), CA
"Jenny come back from California"
Dimebag
Dallas, TX
Columbus, OH
"Dimebag Darrell, God bless that man"
Crazy Eddie’s Last Hurrah
Stanley, ID
Austin, TX
Bakersfield, CA
"We promised our friends from Stanley, Idaho, that we would do them a song tonight."
Headed South
Louisiana
Lake Pontchartrain, LA
Baton Rouge, LA
Mississippi River, LA
"When I get back to Louisiannie"
Train to Birmingham (live)
Birmingham, AL
Tennessee
Alabama
"On the train to Birmingham"
One of These Days
Atlanta, GA
Savannah, GA
Detroit, MI
California
"I had a heart big as Atlanta"
Alabama
Alabama
Savannah, GA
"Sweet home Alabama"
On Your Own
Tulsa, OK
"In a hotel room in Tulsa"
Nowhere, texas
Texas
Oklahoma
Dallas, TX
Austin, TX
Boston, MA
Corpus Christi, TX
Gulf of Mexico, TX
Detroit, MI
"Nowhere, Texas"
51 Pieces
Ohio
Cleveland, OH
"The O.H.I.O. S.H.P"
Walls Of Huntsville
Huntsville, TX
"Now the walls of Huntsville keep me under lock and chain"
President Song
Washington, DC
Fort Worth, TX
Winterset, IA
Monument Valley, UT
Abbott, TX
Austin, TX
"no more Washington, DC"
Boys From Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Texas
Rio Grande, TX
Arkansas
Kansas
Louisiana
Bayou Country, LA
"Them boys from Oklahoma roll their joints all wrong"
In Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Red River, OK
Okemah, OK
Oklahoma oil country, OK
"The Indian man lost all of his land in Oklahoma"
Brooklyn Kid
New York
Texas
New York City, NY
"Left New York for Texas man"
Blue Bonnets
Texas
"When the blue bonnets bloom"
Final Curtain
Atlantic City, NJ
California
"Atlantic City. I was busted"
Leaving Tennessee
Tennessee
Goin To War
Oklahoma
"Song about Oklahoma"
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big city
"I'm big city bound"
Bang My Head
God forsaken town
town
"I get the feeling I ain't ever gonna leave this God forsaken town"
Johnny’s Song
Oklahoma
Texas
"Road's so long, some of the fields so long"
Nowhere; Texas
Texas
Sick and Tired
city limit
city limit sign
Oklahoma
"Cause up ahead's that city limit sign"
leave your leaving
Louisiana
long way hone
Texas
one of the days
California
Walls Of Hunstville
Huntsville, TX
Huntsville, AL
"Now the walls of Huntsville keep me under lock and chain"
Smoke Another
Baton Rouge, LA
"Roll another number down to Baton Rouge"
NYCG
New York City, NY
"New York City girl"
April's Girlfriend
Stillwater, OK
Fayetteville, AR
"I hear shakin' down at that 36 club"
The President Song
Stillwater, OK
Washington, DC
Pampa, TX
Austin, TX
"it belongs at the Wormy Dog."
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Region: Central Oklahoma / Oklahoma City Area
Conference: Plains
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