I've never been to Washington before, but I expect maybe it looks something like this. I don't know, blue water, rocky shores, old growth forests, maybe a bit more rain than you see in this photo as well as a few more mountains. Something like that I would expect. The Pacific Northwest is an area that my wife and I have talked about visiting several times over the years. We came really close for our 15th anniversary, but we ended up going to Vermont instead.
We still had a great time of course, but that trip out west is still one of those "life goals" that sits on the periphery of what we can afford to do and what we can afford to spend time doing. Which means I don't have any cool Washington photos to share with you for this #threetunetuesday post sponsored by 
Part of me feels like it was just yesterday that we were visiting Alabama. Honestly, I almost wish we were visiting Alabama. I think it was easier to find three songs for that state than it has been for Washington.
The real problem with Washington is the fact that there are tons of songs about Washington DC, or George Washington, or Washingtons (in relation to currency), but there just aren't a lot of songs that I can say with 100% certainty that they are about Washington state on the west coast of the US.
Which means I had to do a bit more digging than I normally do for this post. I did end up finding three songs to share with you, and I am fairly certain they are all pointing in the right direction when they mention Washington, but you will just have to listen for yourself and see.
I actually expected Washington to be easier than this... Shows what I know!
I used to be a pretty big Zach Bryan fan, then he let the fame get to him a little too much and he said and did some things he probably shouldn't have. That doesn't mean I am going to stop listening to his music, but I don't find myself listening to him as much as I used to. "Washington Lilacs" is the song I am picking from him. After doing a bit of Google searching, I did verify that Washington state is known for its lilacs, so I am about 99.9% certain this song is definitely about the correct Washington.
Despite his ill advised choices, Bryan does have a good way of putting a song together and he delivers them in a way that is very moody and introspective. He reminds me of a bit more mellow Jason Isbell. I got the chance to see Bryan several years ago when he wasn't quite as popular as he is now. Instead of headlining a show, he was the third or fourth opening act before the big players got on stage. Despite that, he did a fantastic job and though I only knew one of his songs at the time, he totally blew me away.
Despite how things have turned out, I am still glad I got to see him live before the fame and fortune caught up with him.
Long before he became a household name with his gravel voice and a karaoke favorite with "The Gambler", Kenny Rogers was part of a band called The First Edition. During that time he had this song called "My Washington Woman". I can't say as though I have ever heard this song before today, but the funny thing is, the voice doesn't even sound like him. If you played this for me and asked me to tell you who was singing, Kenny Rogers is probably the last person I would have guessed.
Yet, it is him, and "My Washington Woman" does have a reference to Washington in it. In fact, I think it also references Seattle which was the clincher for me to include it. With that piece of geography in place, there is little chance people might think he is talking about DC, or the person.
For the last song, I am actually going to share two. I know, I know, I said it was hard enough to find three, but leave it to good old Bob Dylan to give us plenty of songs about the great Pacific Northwest. The first one is "The Grand Coulee Dam", and this is a live version that I found on YouTube. It takes a bit to get the the actual reference, but it is there towards the end. You just have to listen pretty closely. Especially since it is Dylan and a lot of people have trouble understanding him anyway!
The original author of "Roving Gambler" is actually unknown, but Bob had a tendency to cover it from time to time. You can actually find a bunch of different versions of it online both by him and by dozens of other artists that have covered it over the years. There is a reference to Washington earlier in the song where he says he gambled up in Washington. Since he also talks about "Frisco", I can only guess that he is talking about Washington state when he says "up north".
So there you go. We are getting close to the end now, and I am not sure what I am going to do from here on Tuesdays. Maybe I will have to start using Scrobble or something. We will see!
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