Katrina songs

[gwynraven]

I'm trying to put together a playlist of songs that directly reference Hurricane Katrina. I have a handful, but I'm hoping y'all can think of others. Ones I already have:

"All I Need": Mat Kearney

A pool is running for miles on the concrete ground

We're eight feet deep and the rain is still coming down

The TV's playing it all out of town

We're

Comments

[yendi]

Four that come to mind:

"Houston," by REM, "Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On," by Jimmy Buffet, "Any Other Day" by Wyclef Jean and Norah Jones, and "Wide Awake," by Audioslave.

[gwynraven]

Don't know any of those, but I'll be looking for them. Thanks!

[harkalark]

There's one I put on one of the CDs I made for you not terribly long after Katrina, a parody called "House of Republicans" by Low Bradleys.

There was a house in New Orleans
They called the Rising Sun
It ain't there no more, nor is anything else
'Cause of goddamn Republicans

[siegerat]

Magnolia Soul by Ozomatli. :D

[syldath]

"Come Together Now" by Sharon Stone, Denise Rich, Damon Sharpe and Mark Feist

http://www.billboard.com/news/labels-band-together-for-katrina-compilation-1001307692.story#/news/labels-band-together-for-katrina-compilation-1001307692.story

[jademac2442]

Hey. I found this article a while back, and I don't know if it will be useful or not, but its about a CD made of Katrina related songs. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/26/arts/music/26katrina.html

Also, Backwater Blues by Bessie Smith. She wrote it about the 1927 flood, but its about a girl who has to get rowed out of her house since the waters are too high for her to leave.

And I'm not sure I should even mention this one, but there's "Do you know what it means (to miss New Orleans)?" and I believe that Marsalis did a special recording of St. James Infirmary to commemorate the event.

If you wouldn't mind, could you post the list or send it to me when you're done?