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Goin' to California

Tonight at the Tractor Tavern in Ballard there's a special benefit show going on. It's called "Goin' To California" and it features a whole bunch of Seattle bands singing songs about California. The whole thing is an Earth Day benefit and proceeds go to Sustainable Ballard.

Performers include:
SHIM, SARAH SHANNON, THE MALDIVES, SHELBY EARL of THE HOPE, KURT BLOCH & LESLIE BEATTIE (as "Gary Busey and His (Buddy) Hollywood Nights"), THE HARBORRATS,
BRYN LUMSDEN, DEBONAIR, CLAY BALLARD, GALEN DISSTON, KATE TUCKER & THE SONS OF SWEDEN, MARK MOHRLANG, and special guests.

Tickets costs $7 and doors are at 8pm.

I've been trying to think of as many California songs as I can, trying to guess what will be played. So far I've got:

  • "California Girls" (Beach Boys version)
  • "California Girls" (Magnetic Fields version)
  • "Goin' Back to Cali"
  • "Lights" (doesn't have California in the title, but is about San Francisco)
  • "Walking in LA" (by Missing Persons, remember that one?)
  • And of course, "Goin' to California"

That won't complete the night. What other songs am I forgetting??