The G's That Got Away

 

The original Surfer of the Zeitgeist our dear chum Ernie Goggins  very kindly provided three songs for consideration for The A-Z of American Cities - G

I used one of his suggestions Glendale Train by New Riders of the Purple Sage. I dismissed Greencastle Blues by Todd Snider as Wiki advised that Greencastle was in fact a fishing port in County Tyrone,Ireland. I said that I was happy to be corrected. Ernie then came back to correct me by pointing out that Greencastle is in fact also a city  in Indiana with a population of  46135. Apparently named by its founder Ephraim Dukes  after his hometown in Pennsylvania which in turn is named after the one in Ireland so we got there in the end. Happy to set the record straight.

I think that we have ascertained that Gettysburg is not a city but given its place in American history following the Gettysburg Address it would be churlish not to include the song by Simone Felice

Todd Snider - Greencastle Blues

Simone Felice - Gettysburg