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The Blagojevich Playlist

January 19, 2009 By: Cal Skinner Category: Allan Showalter, Heck of a Guy, Playlist, Rod Blagojevich

Heck of a Guy Blogster Allan Showalter has come up with a list of Illinois-written songs appropriate for ill-starred Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich.

Here are the first ten:

  • “Kind of a Drag,” Buckinghams
  • “Down Low (Nobody Has to Know)” R. Kelly
  • “Illegal Smile” John Prine
  • “I Confess” New Colony Six
  • “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy” Buckinghams
  • “Surrender” Cheap Trick
  • “The Search Is Over” Survivor
  • “When I Think About Cheatin’” Gretchen Wilson
  • “Here for the Party” Gretchen Wilson
  • “The Lincoln Park Pirates” Steve Goodman

For the rest, click here.

“Jailhouse Rock” was not written by an Illinois resident.

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