hTunes - Houston picks the songs

Recently, as part of Social Media Week Houston, Cactus Music asked local music fans to participate in the creation of the first Houston community created playlist by submitting one of their favorite songs which was either a song inspired by Houston or a song by a Houston band.

Houston listens

Houston music fans were invited to Cactus Music to listen to the completed playlist and a live in store performance by the band which ranked number one on the list. The Hates, a veteran local punk band, rocked the listening party with several of their hard-driving tunes and closed the set appropriately with their scorching version of “Houston,” the number one song from the community created playlist.

Every song on the playlist might not appeal to your taste, but you have to agree, the tunes are a diverse collection of Houston based music which crosses many genres.

The H-List

The playlist represents a cross section of the community - something the commercial radio stations fail miserably to accomplish on a regular basis. This is why commercial radio has it all wrong and why their programming is so unsatisfying and uninspiring. However, now you know, you can make your own music and you can make it better.

You can click on the song titles linked below to listen to the tunes picked by Houston. Songs that are not linked were unavailable on YouTube.

1. The Hates - Houston
2. The Washers - Two Left Feet
3. The Answer Page - Sunflower
4. Steve Earle - Telephone Road
5. Eric Johnson - Bristol Shore
6. Jealous Creatures - The Right Idea
7. Rodney Crowell - Telephone Road
8. Blue October - Darkest Side of Houston’s Finest Day
9. Thunderado - Headed to Houston
10. Craig Kinsey - Montrose Boulevard Blues
11. Glenna Bell - Shiner Bock & ZZ Top
12. Archie Bell & the Drells - Tighten Up
13. Hayes Carll - Beaumont
14. Buxton - Lynchburg Ferry
15. Dean Martin - Houston
16. The Charlie Daniels Band - Texas
17. Doug Sahm Tex Mex Trip - Houston Chicks
18. Junior Varsity - Poppa Burger
19. Runaway Sun - Let’s Run
20. The Hates - Big Brother
21. Nick Piazza – Houston
22. The Beans - Wabasha
23. Steve Earle - Home to Houston
24. Weldon “Juke Boy” Bonner - Struggle Here in Houston
25. 30Footfall - Sabine Street Bridge
26. Mark May - Telephone Road
27. Townes Van Zandt - White Freightliner Blues
28. Blue October - Into the Ocean
29. Glass the Sky - Koi Pawned
30. Beck - Lord Only Knows
31. Nick Gaitan - I’ve Found My Weakness In You
32. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Midnight Special
33. Gregg Rolie - Houston Blues
34. Lupe Fiasco - Hip-Hop Saved My Life
35. Jesse Dayton - Harris County Blues
36. Arcade Fire - City With No Children
37. Buxton - Boy of Nine
38. Talking Heads - Life During Wartime
39. Clory Martin – Sunshine
40. Scissor Sisters - Music is the Victim
41. Blue October - Independently Happy
42. Come See My Dead Person - End of All
43. Lil’ Troy - Wanna Be A Baller
44. Z-RO - In My City
45. Moving Sidewalks - 99th Floor
46. Roy Head & the Traits - Treat Her Right
47. Brad Absher - This Train
48. Nick Gaitan - Meet Me Off Main
49. Another Run - What Happened?
50. The Minus 5 - Cigarettes, Coffee and Booze
51. Nick Gaitan - Hurricane Song
52. The 71’s - Monsters
53. The Dead Revolt - Lost in the Vaults of Time
54. Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now
55. Michael Flores - Back From the Dead
56. The Bubble Puppy - Hot Smoke and Sasafrass
57. ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man
58. ZZ Top - Cheap Sunglasses
59. Runaway Sun - Bad, Bad, Man
60. Fat Pat - Tops Drop
61. Geto Boys - Let a Hoe Be a Hoe
62. The Reverend Horton Heat - Livin’ on the Edge (of Houston)
63. Wild Moccasins - Zylophone
64. Joe King Carrasco - Houston El Mover
65. Mudcrutch - Orphan of the Storm
66. Destiny’s Child - Independent Women Part 1
67. Ronnie Fauss - A Pretty Nice Night for Houston
68. Tom Waits - Fannin Street
69. Robert Ellis - Comin’ Home
70. DMX - Where the Hood At
71. ZZ Top - Heaven, Hell or Houston
72. The Greatest View - Dowry
73. The Judy’s - Guyana Punch
74. Something Fierce - Hey Houston
75. Sugar Shack - Go! Space City
76. Mike Stinson - Died and Gone to Houston
77. Life As Lions - Take It Easy
78. The Wiggins - Widescreen
79. Lightnin’ Hopkins - Rainy Day in Houston

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