As Detroit turns 310 I celebrate it’s grit, dirt, culture and beauty.There have been so many songs written about and even more written from my Dirty City. I compiled a short list for Yewknee’s Summer Mix Series (with technical help from Jeremy Okai Davis)
The late, great D Blair said it best in his poem “While I was away”
Detroit, I love you. My heart beats like tool and die for you…
Hello Detroit - Sammy Davis Jr.
- We Almost Lost Detroit - Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr
- Detroit Swing 66- Gomez
- Detroit 442 - Blondie
- Life in the D - Brendan Benson
- Panic in Detroit - David Bowie
- Detroit - Morgan Geist
- Oh Detroit, lift up your heavy head! (Rebuild!Restore!Reconsider!) - Sufjan Stevens
- MotorCity is burning - MC5
- Detroit Rock City - KISS
- Sounds of a Dirty City - Silent Violet
- Lafayette Blues - The White Stripes
- Detroit ‘67 - Sam Roberts\
- Joy - Bettye Lavette
- A Long Time - Mayer Hawthorne
- Detroit, Michigan - Andre Williams
- Detroit Music - Chain and The Gang
- Going Back To Detroit - The Platters
