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We recently posted Greg's interview with Biff Byford of Saxon, who talked about a song called "Strong Arm Of The Law," which is about one of their many run-ins with the local police.

Wondering if there are enough songs like this to form a category. Rock Stars and arrests are not uncommon. Rappers too - "99 Problems" by Jay-Z fits this category.

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Do they have to be true stories? :crazy:

If not, here are a few that come immediately to mind...

"The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia" Vicki Lawrence

"I Shot The Sheriff" ~ Eric Clapton

"Cop Car" ~ Keith Urban

"Americano!" ~ RCPM

"Ride Like the Wind" ~ Christopher Cross

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We do have songs about people who committed crimes on Songfacts already...I was thinking Carl meant songs that the artists themselves experienced run ins with the law.

Alice's Restaurant Massacree ~ Arlo Guthrie

Mama Tried ~ Merle Haggard

Starkville City Jail ~ Johnny Cash

Truckin' ~ Grateful Dead

I'm sure there are quite a few country songs that would fit the category also...

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Hi All. Couldn't resist this. I love "Themes/Topics". Here's a Baker's Dirty Dozen. :)

Bad Bad Leroy Brown Jim Croce

I Did What I Did For Maria Tony Christie

I Don't Like Mondays Boomtown Rats

In The Ghetto Elvis Presley

Ma Baker Boney M

Midnight Special Leadbelly, CCR, I prefer Johnny Rivers' version

Muddy Water Johnny Rivers

Rubber Bullets 10cc

Stagger Lee Lloyd Price

Tom Dooley Kingston Trio

The Wild Colonial Boy Dr.Hook

and 2 Australian songs I think you'd enjoy. Could someone please YouTube them for me ? I haven't been in here for so long I forget how.

Get A Little Dirt On Your Hands Delltones

On The Prowl Ol'55

Cheers All :headphones:

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Yes! These are great.

There will be some crossover in the category of "songs about people who committed crimes," but that one mostly deals with songs about real (often notorious) people.

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Chain Gang - Sam Cooke

Whiskey In The Jar (Traditional)

Ol' Red - Blake Shelton

In The Jailhouse Now - Soggy Bottom Boys

Holloway Jail - The Kinks

Band On The Run - Paul McCartney & Wings

Take The Money And Run - The Steve Miller Band

El Paso - Marty Robbins

Police And Thieves - Junior Murvin

Officer Ray - Hoyt Axton

Tom Rushen Blues and High Sheriff Blues - Charlie Patton

White Lightning - George Jones

Sing Me Back Home - Merle Haggard

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County Jail Blues - Big Maceo Merriweather (with Tampa Red)

Southern Justice - Travis Tritt

I Ain't Living Long Like This - Rodney Crowell

30 Days In The Hole - Humble Pie

Gee, Officer Krupke (from West Side Story) - music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

Too Much Fun - Daryle Singletary

:cool:

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Jolly Coppers On Parade - Randy Newman

Vigilante Man and Dead Or Alive - Woody Guthrie

Rebel Music (3 O'Clock Roadblock) and Burnin' and Lootin' - Bob Marley & The Wailers

Here Comes A Cop - David Peel and The Lower East Side Band

Copperhead Road - Steve Earle

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