Mark Kozelek sang about it for his first album as Sun Kil Moon, to remind himself of lost loves.
So did Modest Mouse, probably in a methed-out spark of inspiration.
And Neil Young, immortalizing Kent State.
And Damien Jurado, going back to love.
What is the draw for Ohio? Is it the landscape? The memories? The people?
A couple of friends of mine moved there not long after getting married.
She is from Cincinatti, he's from Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Oh, Ohio! Maybe one day I'll visit you to try to understand your lure
Why so many musicians write about you
But I'll have to come in the late spring or summer, otherwise
Your winters will be a ***** for this Louisiana boy.