Post your submissions for the Poker Playlist

[TenPercenter]

I'd like to build an MP3 playlist to run during games. What are your suggestions for poker/gambling related songs for the list? As the list gets going I'll update this thread with what we have so far.

This is probably not known by many, (if any), but here's my first submission, which happens to be a favorite song of mine:

<font color="red"> Los Vargos </font> by Green Apple Quickstep

Ten

[plaster8]

Casino Queen -- Wilco

"I've been gambling like a fiend on your tables so green."

[Slow Play Ray]

O.A.R. - Crazy Game of Poker
Grateful Dead - Loser
Grateful Dead - Deal

[chipper57AA]

Turn of a Friendly Card - Alan Parsons Project

"oh the game never ends when your whole world depends on the turn of a friendly card."

[MeridianFC]

"Mississippi Flush" Ray Wylie Hubbard (this could be one of the best poker songs ever)
"the Card Cheat" - the Clash (as is mentioned above)
"House of the Rising Sun" - Woody Guthrie

[CaptLego]

well, I suppose *somebody* has to say it....

Kenny Rogers -- "The Gambler"
You've got to know when to holdem, know when to foldem...

[DerryABU]

I prefer the Johnny Cash version of "The Gambler"

[P1mphand]

As I don't normally (ever) post here, whatsup. I think that party favorites, on a digital cable music channel, work well, especially if there are other people not into the game there. Good old school hip hop and popular reggae, very depending on the crowd, are good for the right mood. I like rock and way out alternative, some trance myself, but a lot of that isn't any good for background. That, and here are some good ones...

Take the Money and Run- Steve Miller Band
Mack the Knive- Frank Sinatra
I Ain't Goin' Out Like That- Cypress Hill
Ace of Spades- Motorhead
Kings and Queens- Aerosmith
Beat It- Michael Jackson (for joke value)
Take Five- Dave Brubeck Quartet

[Mojo Tooth]

Phil Harris' "Darktown Poker Club" is a must.

Don't forget AC/DC's "The Jack," which is so full of poker/sex double-entrendres that it should be canonized.

[ricochet420]

Losing money in Vegas by High Strung

Local band, used to be a friend of mine.

[Bekele]

Trudy--Charlie Daniels Band

[TenPercenter]

Thought of this OMW to a game tonight, and I can't believe none of us has brought it up:

Viva Las Vegas - The King

Ten

[Hedge Henderson]

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Trudy--Charlie Daniels Band

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...and the boys in the back was a-dealin 7-stud.
I sat down and won me a hundred and ten." /images/graemlins/smile.gif

I'm sure once I look through my musical selections I'll have more, but off the top of my head:

"Mr. Gold and Mr. Mud" - Townes Van Zandt
&lt;Comic Book Guy&gt;Best. Poker. Song. Ever.&lt;/Comic Book Guy&gt;
He gave his sevens first instructions,
Spirit me a game of stud.
Stakes unscarred by limitation,
'tween a man named Gold and man named Mud

"Black Ace" - Black Ace
"Queen of Draw Poker Town" - Hank Snow
"Smoke that Cigarette" - Tex Williams
"The Uptown Poker Club" - Tex Williams
"Turn the Cards Slowly" - Patsy Cline
"In the Jailhouse Now" - Jimmie Rodgers
"Gamblin' Polka Dot Blues" - Jimmie Rodgers
"Gamblin' Barroom Blues" - Jimmie Rodgers
"Those Gambler's Blues" - Jimmie Rodgers
"Stagger Lee" - Lloyd Price
"Deal" - Tom T. Hall
"40 Miles to Vegas" - Southern Culture on the Skids
"Big in Vegas" - Buck Owens
"Ace in the Hole" - George Strait
"Lucky Charm" - Ann Armstrong (I got aces and eights playin' a game of cards...")
"When You're Hot, You're Hot" - Jerry Reed
"Sweet Tequila Blues" - Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez (I knew a man, with money in his hand. He looked that jack of diamonds in the eye...)
"Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts" - Tom Russell

[unloaded]

A Good Run of Bad Luck-Clint Black

peace.
unloaded

[KungFuSandwich]

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Mack the Knive- Frank Sinatra

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I like the Lois Armstrong version of Mack the Knife.

How about the Allman Bros. Ramblin Man

I personally like to put on old blues music. It just has the right "feel"

[ClassicBob]

The new Ludacris album has a song called "Put Your Money" that I've been listening to while playing.

[ncskiier]

I'm not interested in reading this whole thread, but did anyone say "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by Greenday?

[TenPercenter]

Great job everyone! This is really cool... great variety of music for the great variety of people playing in poker games! I snagged a bunch off the net too, from blogs and such, which I will add later.

There are a lot of songs here I don't know, so if anyone sees one that should not be on here, let me know.

I'll update weekly (or so) listing of the songs.

Ten

(Now we just need someone to make a torrent of these... /images/graemlins/smile.gif )

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AC/DC -- The Jack
Aerosmith -- Kings and Queens
Alan Parsons Project -- Turn of a Friendly Card
Allman Bros. -- Ramblin Man
Ann Armstrong -- Lucky Charm
Black Ace -- Black Ace
Bobby Darin -- Mack the Knive
Buck Owens -- Big in Vegas
Charlie Daniels Band -- Trudy
Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez -- Sweet Tequila Blues
Clash -- the Card Cheat
Clint Black -- A Good Run of Bad Luck
Cypress Hill -- I Ain't Goin' Out Like That
Dave Brubeck Quartet -- Take Five
Elvis -- Viva Las Vegas
George Strait -- Ace in the Hole
Grateful Dead -- Deal
Grateful Dead -- Loser
Green Apple Quickstep -- Los Vargos
Greenday -- Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Hank Snow -- Queen of Draw Poker Town
High Strung -- Losing money in Vegas
Jerry Reed -- When You're Hot, You're Hot
Jimmie Rodgers -- Gamblin' Barroom Blues
Jimmie Rodgers -- Gamblin' Polka Dot Blues
Jimmie Rodgers -- In the Jailhouse Now
Jimmie Rodgers -- Those Gambler's Blues
Kenny Rogers -- The Gambler
Lloyd Price -- Stagger Lee
Ludacris -- Put Your Money
Michael Jackson -- Beat It
Motorhead -- Ace of Spades
O.A.R. -- Crazy Game of Poker
Patsy Cline -- Turn the Cards Slowly
Phil Harris -- Darktown Poker Club
Ray Wylie Hubbard -- Mississippi Flush
Southern Culture on the Skids -- 40 Miles to Vegas
Steve Miller Band -- Take the Money and Run
Tex Williams -- Smoke that Cigarette
Tex Williams -- The Uptown Poker Club
Tom Russell -- Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts
Tom T. Hall -- Deal
Wilco -- Casino Queen
Woody Guthrie -- House of the Rising Sun

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[TenPercenter]

The latest... 132 songs...


Ten

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<font color="blue"> The 2+2 Poker Music Playlist </font>

Abba --- Winner Takes It All (The)
AC/DC --- The Jack
Ace Frehley --- Five Card Stud
Aerosmith --- Deuces are Wild
Aerosmith --- Kings and Queens
Alan Parsons Project --- Turn of a Friendly Card
Allman Bros. --- Ramblin Man
Ann Armstrong --- Lucky Charm
Banda Conexao --- Royal Straight Flush
Barbara Phaneuf --- Hat Full of Diamonds
Big and Rich --- Save a Horse Ride a Cowboy
Billy Joel --- Easy Money
Black Ace --- Black Ace
Bob Dylan --- House Of The Rising Sun
Bob Dylan --- LilyRosemary And The Jack Of Hearts
Bob Dylan --- Ramblin' Gamblin' Willie
Bob Seger --- Still the Same
Bobby Darin --- Mack the Knive
Bonnie Raitt --- Luck of the Draw
Bread --- Lay Your Money Down
Buck Owens --- Big in Vegas
Buckwheat Zydeco --- Five Card Stud
Carly Simon --- Riverboat Gambler
Carol Ponder --- Black Jack Davy
Chad Brock --- Livin' in Las Vegas
Charlie Daniels Band --- Trudy
Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez --- Sweet Tequila Blues
Christopher Cross --- Deal 'em Again
Clash --- Card Cheat (The)
Clash --- Three Card Trick
Clint Black --- A Good Run of Bad Luck
Cypress Hill --- I Ain't Goin' Out Like That
Dan Fogelberg --- There's a Place in the World for a Gambler
Darrly Purpose --- Dangerous Game
Dave Brubeck Quartet --- Take Five
Doc &amp; Merle Watson (Merle Travis &amp; Tex Willaims) --- SmokeSmokeSmoke
Draw Blank --- State Of Alert
Eagles --- Desperado
Eagles --- Desperado Reprise
Electric Light Orchestra --- Poker
Elvis --- Viva Las Vegas
Emmylou Harris --- Son Of A Rotten Gambler
Ewan MacColl's --- Card Song
Frank Sinatra --- Luck be a Lady -
Frankie Laine --- Moonlight Gambler (The)
Garth Brooks --- Two of a Kind (Working on a Full House)
Gary Primach --- Bad Poker Hand
George Strait --- Ace in the Hole
Grand Funk --- We're an American Band
Grateful Dead --- Deal
Grateful Dead --- Loser (The)
Grateful Dead --- Ramble on Rose
Grateful Dead --- Scarlet Begonias
Grateful Dead --- Truckin'
Green Apple Quickstep --- Los Vargos
Greenday --- Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Guys and Dolls --- Luck Be a Lady Tonight
Hank Snow --- Queen of Draw Poker Town
High Strung --- Losing money in Vegas
Ian Tyson --- Summer Wages
Insane Clown Posse --- Joker's Wild (The) -
Iron Maiden --- Angel And The Gambler (The)
Jerry Lee Lewis --- Mother the Queen of my Heart
Jerry Reed --- Uptown Poker Club
Jerry Reed --- When You're HotYou're Hot
Jimmie Rodgers --- Gamblin' Barroom Blues
Jimmie Rodgers --- Gamblin' Polka Dot Blues
Jimmie Rodgers --- In the Jailhouse Now
Jimmie Rodgers --- Those Gambler's Blues
Kathy Mattea --- Walking Away A Winner
Katy Moffat --- Me and My Uncle
Kenny Rogers --- The Gambler
Kim Carnes --- Draw Of The Cards
Leonard Cohen --- Gambler (The)
Leonard Cohen --- Strangers Song
Ludacris --- Put Your Money
Madonna --- Gambler
Mary Chapin Carpenter --- I Fell Lucky
Mary McCaslin --- Weaverville
Max Romeo and the Upsetters --- Norman the Gambler (rides around in a Rambler)
Megadeth --- My Last Words
Merle Haggard --- Kentucky Gambler
Michael Jackson --- Beat It
Michael Stanley Band --- Calcutta AuctionThe
Morphine --- Have a Lucky Day
Motorhead --- Ace of Spades
MP3 --- Texas Hold 'em
O.A.R. --- Crazy Game of Poker
Odetta --- New Orleans
P. W. Long's Reelfoot --- Jack of Diamonds
Patsy Cline --- Turn the Cards Slowly
Peter Paul and Mary --- Stewball
Phil Harris --- Darktown Poker Club
Pogues --- Bottle of Smoke
Ray Charles --- Blackjack
Ray Charles --- Cincinnati Kid (The)
Ray Charles --- Losing Hand
Ray Wylie Hubbard --- Mississippi Flush
Rick Robbins with Rory Block --- Roving Gambler
Ricky Skaggs --- Honey (Won't You Open That Door?)
Ricky Skaggs --- If I Lose
Rosie Flores --- Somebody LosesSomebody Wins
Southern Culture on the Skids --- 40 Miles to Vegas
Stagger Lee --- Lloyd Price
Steely Dan --- Deacon Blues
Steve Miller Band --- Joker (The)the
Steve Miller Band --- Take the Money and Run
Sting --- Shape of my heart
Suzanne Vega --- No Cheap Thrill
Suzy Bogguss --- Aces
Swahoogie --- Three of a Kind
Tex Ritter --- Deck of Cards
Tex Williams --- Smoke! Smoke! Smoke that Cigarette!
Tex Williams --- The Uptown Poker Club
The Moon Gypsies --- Rockin' the Full House
Toby Keith --- Die With Your Boots On
Tom Russell --- Gallo Del Cielo
Tom Russell --- LilyRosemaryand the Jack of Hearts
Tom T. Hall --- Deal
Tom Waits --- Mr. Siegal
Townes Van Zandt --- Cowboy junkies lament
Townes Van Zandt --- Dollar bill blues
Townes Van Zandt --- Mr Gold and Mr Mud
Townes Van Zandt --- Rex's blues
Townes Van Zandt --- St John the gambler
Traffic --- Dealer
Unknown --- Roving Gambler
Whitesnake --- Sweet Lady Luck
Wilco --- Casino Queen
Woody Guthrie --- Gambler (The)
Woody Guthrie --- House of the Rising Sun
ZZ Top --- Viva Las Vegas

[Hedge Henderson]

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The latest... 132 songs...&lt;snip&gt;

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Helluva list there, TenPercenter. In my experience, 132 songs is a pretty good number for a 6-7 hour game mix.

It's late, and I don't have the energy to go through all of your list right now. I completely forgot about "Gallo del Cielo". It's about cock fighting, not poker, but it is about gambling, and it's a great song.

St. John the Gambler is a good song, too, but it might not be appropriate for poker night. The tempo is slow, and the song is a bit of a downer:
But the road was long beneath her feet. She followed her frozen breath,
In search of a certain St. John the Gambler, stumbling to her death.

--

I did recall a few more that should be on the list:

Corb Lund Band - "Time to Switch to Whiskey"
I've been splittin' eights and hittin' straights in the card rooms of this world.

Corb Lund Band - "(Gonna) Shine Up My Boots"
Gonna find me a game of hold 'em if I can.
I'll fold 'em all night long, 'til I got me a hand.

Robert Earl Keen, Jr. - "Sonora's Death Row"
I won some silver at seven-card stud, so I was out-doin' my pals.

I'm surprised Juice Newton's "Queen of Hearts" hasn't come up yet.

There are also a couple that have nothing to do with poker, but they're pretty popular among our micro-limit home game players:
Blue Ridge Playboys - Give Me My Dime Back (we love this one!)
Louvin Brothers - Cash on the Barrel Head

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(Now we just need someone to make a torrent of these... )

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I never did go through all of my MP3s, but I do have many of the songs listed. Unfortunately, I'm on dialup. Besides, such file sharing would be illegal, as would me dropping off a CD the next time I got the nerve to drive down to the big city of Dallas.

[David04]

I gotta add "When the Chips are Down" by Lloyd Banks...

Love this song, but may not fit in well with all those other songs.

Also-Not Addicted, by The Streets. Not specifically about poker, just a good song about a guy who wants to place a big bet on a soccer game, but can't place the bet in time. then he finds out he would have lost the bet. pretty good song.

[Wooderson]

Great call Plaster8 with "Casino Queen"

Here are a few:

Gram Parsons - Ooh Las Vegas
The Flying Burrito Brothers - Sin City
??? - Gallo del Cielo (about cockfights, but eh...)
The Grateful Dead - Me and My Uncle

[bcunha]

Gallo del Cielo is by Joe Ely

[TenPercenter]

Courtesy of XM Radio:

Little River Band -- Lonesome Loser


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[rich]

only if you are young and into Hardcore you will like/know this one...

Bane- "Ante Up"
"i threw away aces, and, you showed me deuces..."

[3rdEye]

I guess that stupid "Crazy Game of Poker" song by Oar (or whoever the hell) should be on there.

[Hedge Henderson]

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Gallo del Cielo is by Joe Ely

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Joe Ely did a good cover, but Tom Russell Wrote it.

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There're a couple other Ray Wylie Hubbard songs that may be of interest: "Rollin' them Bones" (not his best) and his ballad "Dust of the Chase":

I come down from Oklahoma, a pistol in my boot.
A pair of dice, a deck of cards, and a bible in my suit.
I come here as the cause of tears, I am a cryin' shame,
7-stud or eternal blood, just lookin' for a game.

Steve Earle caught a miner cheatin' in a company town card game in "Devil's Right Hand"

Wasn't the protagonist's father dealing stud when found in "A Boy Named Sue"?

I also think the narrator was out playing poker late (and losing) in Ricky Scaggs' "Honey (Won't You Open That Door?)"

Another gambling related song I thought of (though not poker) is "Mr. Siegal" by Tom Waits Well, I dropped thirty grand on the Nugget slots, I had to sell my ass on Fremont Street...

There may be more of Waits' songs that qualify. He often wrote about lowlifes, including gamblers.

More if I think of them.

[Slow Play Ray]

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I guess that stupid "Crazy Game of Poker" song by Oar (or whoever the hell) should be on there.

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Obviously, you've never been to an O.A.R. show! And I am not necessarily saying you should like the music - they bring a lot more to the table - you would appreciate them a lot more if you've ever been to a show. Those who have been will know what I mean /images/graemlins/wink.gif

A recent conversation:

"Did they play 'Crazy Game of Poker' last night?"

"They ALWAYS play 'Crazy Game of Poker'!"

"Well did they play 'Crazy Game of Poker' last time you saw them?"

"They ALWAYS play 'Crazy Game of Poker'!"

[bcunha]

Yeah, my mistake. Didn't realize that until after I posted. But it's a hell of a cover nonetheless.

[Wiscer]

I loaded up my iPod with my extensive collection of blues CDs. Put it on shuffle, and let it play...

[pryor15]

the Jayhawks-- "Tampa to Tulsa"

"there's a card game in the backseat/throwing dice in the aisle..."

[TenPercenter]

154 songs so far.



Ten

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<font color="blue"> The 2+2 Poker Music Playlist </font>

ABBA --- Winner Takes It All (The)
AC/DC --- The Jack
Ace Frehley --- Five Card Stud
Aerosmith --- Deuces are Wild
Aerosmith --- Kings and Queens
Alan Parsons Project --- Turn of a Friendly Card
Allman Bros. --- Ramblin Man
Ann Armstrong --- Lucky Charm
Banda Conexao --- Royal Straight Flush
Bane --- Ante Up
Barbara Phaneuf --- Hat Full of Diamonds
Big and Rich --- Save a Horse Ride a Cowboy
Billy Joel --- Easy Money
Black Ace --- Black Ace
Blue Ridge Playboys --- Give Me My Dime Back
Bob Dylan --- House Of The Rising Sun
Bob Dylan --- Lily Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts
Bob Dylan --- Ramblin' Gamblin' Willie
Bob Seger --- Still the Same
Bobby Darin --- Mack the Knive
Bonnie Raitt --- Luck of the Draw
Bread --- Lay Your Money Down
Buck Owens --- Big in Vegas
Buckwheat Zydeco --- Five Card Stud
Carly Simon --- Riverboat Gambler
Carol Ponder --- Black Jack Davy
Chad Brock --- Livin' in Las Vegas
Charlie Daniels Band --- Trudy
Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez --- Sweet Tequila Blues
Christopher Cross --- Deal 'em Again
Clash --- Card Cheat (The)
Clash --- Three Card Trick
Clint Black --- A Good Run of Bad Luck
Corb Lund Band --- (Gonna) Shine Up My Boots
Corb Lund Band --- Time to Switch to Whiskey
Cypress Hill --- I Ain't Goin' Out Like That
Dan Fogelberg --- There's a Place in the World for a Gambler
Darrly Purpose --- Dangerous Game
Dave Brubeck Quartet --- Take Five
Doc &amp; Merle Watson (Merle Travis &amp; Tex Willaims) --- SmokeSmokeSmoke
Draw Blank --- State Of Alert
Eagles --- Desperado
Eagles --- Desperado Reprise
Electric Light Orchestra --- Poker
Elvis --- Viva Las Vegas
Emmylou Harris --- Son Of A Rotten Gambler
Ewan MacColl's --- Card Song
Flying Burrito Brothers --- Sin City
Frank Sinatra --- Luck be a Lady
Frankie Laine --- Moonlight Gambler (The)
Garth Brooks --- Two of a Kind (Working on a Full House)
Gary Primach --- Bad Poker Hand
George Strait --- Ace in the Hole
Gram Parsons --- Ooh Las Vegas
Grand Funk --- We're an American Band
Grateful Dead --- Deal
Grateful Dead --- Loser (The)
Grateful Dead --- Ramble on Rose
Grateful Dead --- Scarlet Begonias
Grateful Dead --- Truckin'
Grateful Dead --- Me and My Uncle
Green Apple Quickstep --- Los Vargos
Greenday --- Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Guys and Dolls --- Luck Be a Lady Tonight
Hank Snow --- Queen of Draw Poker Town
High Strung --- Losing money in Vegas
Ian Tyson --- Summer Wages
Insane Clown Posse --- Joker's Wild (The)
Iron Maiden --- Angel And The Gambler (The)
Jayhawks --- Tampa to Tulsa
Jerry Lee Lewis --- Mother the Queen of my Heart
Jerry Reed --- Uptown Poker Club
Jerry Reed --- When You're HotYou're Hot
Jimmie Rodgers --- Gamblin' Barroom Blues
Jimmie Rodgers --- Gamblin' Polka Dot Blues
Jimmie Rodgers --- In the Jailhouse Now
Jimmie Rodgers --- Those Gambler's Blues
Joe Ely --- Gallo del Cielo
Johnny Cash --- A Boy Named Sue
Juice Newton --- Queen of Hearts
Kathy Mattea --- Walking Away A Winner
Katy Moffat --- Me and My Uncle
Kenny Rogers --- The Gambler
Kim Carnes --- Draw Of The Cards
Leonard Cohen --- Gambler (The)
Leonard Cohen --- Strangers Song
Little River Band --- Lonesome Loser
Lloyd Banks --- When the Chips are Down
Louvin Brothers --- Cash on the Barrel Head
Ludacris --- Put Your Money
Madonna --- Gambler
Mary Chapin Carpenter --- I Fell Lucky
Mary McCaslin --- Weaverville
Max Romeo and the Upsetters --- Norman the Gambler (rides around in a Rambler)
Megadeth --- My Last Words
Merle Haggard --- Kentucky Gambler
Michael Jackson --- Beat It
Michael Stanley Band --- Calcutta AuctionThe
Morphine --- Have a Lucky Day
Motorhead --- Ace of Spades
MP3 --- Texas Hold 'em
O.A.R. --- Crazy Game of Poker
Oar --- Crazy Game of Poker
Odetta --- New Orleans
P. W. Long's Reelfoot --- Jack of Diamonds
Patsy Cline --- Turn the Cards Slowly
Peter Paul and Mary --- Stewball
Phil Harris --- Darktown Poker Club
Pogues --- Bottle of Smoke
Ray Charles --- Blackjack
Ray Charles --- Cincinnati Kid (The)
Ray Charles --- Losing Hand
Ray Wylie Hubbard --- Dust of the Chase
Ray Wylie Hubbard --- Rollin' them Bones
Ray Wylie Hubbard --- Mississippi Flush
Rick Robbins with Rory Block --- Roving Gambler
Ricky Scaggs --- Honey (Won't You Open That Door?)
Ricky Skaggs --- Honey (Won't You Open That Door?)
Ricky Skaggs --- If I Lose
Robert Earl Keen, Jr. --- Sonora's Death Row
Rosie Flores --- Somebody LosesSomebody Wins
Southern Culture on the Skids --- 40 Miles to Vegas
Stagger Lee --- Lloyd Price
Steely Dan --- Deacon Blues
Steve Earle --- Devil's Right Hand
Steve Miller Band --- Joker (The)
Steve Miller Band --- Take the Money and Run
Sting --- Shape of my heart
Streets --- Not Addicted
Suzanne Vega --- No Cheap Thrill
Suzy Bogguss --- Aces
Swahoogie --- Three of a Kind
Tex Ritter --- Deck of Cards
Tex Williams --- Smoke! Smoke! Smoke that Cigarette!
Tex Williams --- The Uptown Poker Club
The Moon Gypsies --- Rockin' the Full House
Toby Keith --- Die With Your Boots On
Tom Russell --- Gallo Del Cielo
Tom Russell --- LilyRosemaryand the Jack of Hearts
Tom T. Hall --- Deal
Tom Waits --- Mr. Siegal
Tom Waits --- Mr. Siegal
Townes Van Zandt --- Cowboy junkies lament
Townes Van Zandt --- Dollar bill blues
Townes Van Zandt --- Mr Gold and Mr Mud
Townes Van Zandt --- Rex's blues
Townes Van Zandt --- St John the gambler
Traffic --- Dealer
Unknown --- Roving Gambler
Whitesnake --- Sweet Lady Luck
Wilco --- Casino Queen
Woody Guthrie --- Gambler (The)
Woody Guthrie --- House of the Rising Sun
ZZ Top --- Viva Las Vegas

[CptMisery]

I saw that you added "Lonesome Loser to the list, so then I think a little Social Distortion, "Bad Luck", should be there as well because you can't have a "Lonesome Loser" without a little "Bad Luck".

Also, I might have missed it, but Clint Black's "A Good Run of Bad Luck" is another one for the "Lonesome Loser".

Additionally, I noticed you have both Elvis' and ZZ Top's version of Viva Las Vegas on your list. There is a pretty good version of this song on disc 3 of Bruce Springsteen's Essentials set you may want to consider.

Finally, since the promo's for TILT have brought it back around "Remedy" from the Black Crowes is just a great song even though the only thing that remotely connects it to poker is a show on which the verdict is still out.

If someone creates a playlist out this list to download please let me know where to get it. There are some great tunes on this list.

[Fins]

May have missed it but for tourney's I think Queens "Another one bites the dust" is a must as well as "We are the Champions" for the final table /images/graemlins/wink.gif

Not even a Queen fan but was listening to the Big 80's on Sirrius on our road trip yesterday... heard the song thought of the list.

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Fins

[sgw]

wow! Great work everyone,
Every song I thought to add was already there.
Damn your group mind is thorough.

Thanks for all the ideas
the Real Macoy

[awmacv]

Does anyone know of an easy (and relatively inexpensive) way to collect all of these songs online without being arrested (I know, too many rules!)? I did a little searching and kept hitting a brick wall, but I am not the most surf savvy guy on the planet.

I'd love to have these songs ready to go for my home games!

-awm

[AlohaBob]

My first post. +2 on Social Distortion's "Bad Luck". Fantastic song. I'm loading up my new iPod for the game I host next month. We're all classic rockers, so here's a partial list, sorry if I repeat...

Tom Petty "Even the Losers"
Who "Happy Jack"
Warren Zevon "Lawyers, Guns and Money" ("I was gambling in Havana")
Rolling Stones "Tumblin' Dice"
Red Hot Chili Peppers "Give It Away"
Randy Newman "It's Money that Matters"
Black Crowes "Remedy" (tilt theme, I believe)
Alan Parsons Project "Nothing left to lose"

We also make sure to start each tournament with the playing of our national anthem...

[ricochet420]

d/l from one of many, many services now. Napster, walmart, etc...

[Fins]

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My first post. +2 on Social Distortion's "Bad Luck". Fantastic song. I'm loading up my new iPod for the game I host next month. We're all classic rockers, so here's a partial list, sorry if I repeat...

Tom Petty "Even the Losers"
Who "Happy Jack"
Warren Zevon "Lawyers, Guns and Money" ("I was gambling in Havana")
Rolling Stones "Tumblin' Dice"
Red Hot Chili Peppers "Give It Away"
Randy Newman "It's Money that Matters"
Black Crowes "Remedy" (tilt theme, I believe)
Alan Parsons Project "Nothing left to lose"

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Aloha AlohaBob!
Good ones...

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We also make sure to start each tournament with the playing of our national anthem...

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Excellent!!! /images/graemlins/grin.gif

- Fins

[Patton4]

Great thread!!! I compiled my own list awhile back for my poker nights... I've got a few you don't have...

Pink Floyd - money (First song on my list, can't believe nobody suggested this yet!)
B.G. - Bling, Bling
Notorious BIG - Mo' Money, Mo' Problems
New Radicals - You Get What You Give
ABC - How to be a Millionaire
Dire Straits - Money for Nothing
Madison Avenue - Don't Call Me Baby
Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing
Gloria Gaynor or Cake - I Will Survive
N.E.R.D. - Loser
Bon Jovi - Living on a Prayer
SNAP - I've Got the Power
Jay-Z - Money Ain't a Thing
Public Enemy - He Got Game

Some of em' are questionable, and the good ol' boys probably will do without the hip-hop and rap, but they play good with my crowd. Great list and thanks to all who contributed.. I've definitely added quite a few of your selections to my list!

[Patton4]

I missed a few more I had, some definitely aren't poker songs per se, but it's fun for the players to guess the poker reference in each song chosen, wether it be terminology used or an actual line about cards.

Poison - Nothing But A Good Time
Allison Krauss - Down to the River
Eazy-E - Gimme That Nut (DEFINITELY NOT about poker, but a funny poker reference nonetheless)
The Cardigans - My Favorite Game
CCR - Proud Mary (I like to sing a couple lines of this when the river beats someone)
Guns N Roses - Patience

[TenPercenter]

Note to everyone: Since the list is getting so long, I truly want to limit it to songs that can be directly tied to gambling in some way. Either mention some form of gambling in lyrics, or be otherwise related like Black Crowes "Remedy" being the Tilt theme.

This means no more songs that are just "great to listen" when playing poker... that could be anything. I think we also should avoid songs that have an unintenional poker term in the title but is actually unrelated, like Who's "Happy Jack" or Iron Maiden's "Aces High." Also, no songs that are only "money related" but not gambling related, there are just too many of them .

With that in mind, do you see any songs that should be removed? I'm trying to screen them as I go but if you spot something that might not make the cut point it out please.

Thanks,

Ten

[TenPercenter]

Ten

=======================

Additions welcome!

For all new submissions please meet this criteria:

Song must be directly gambling related in some way, i.e.,
Gambling mentioned in lyrics (dice, poker, etc)
Gambling INTENTIONALLY mentioned in title
Be otherwise related to gambling, as in Black Crowes "Remedy" being the Tilt theme

Songs to avoid submitting:

No more songs that are just "great to listen" when playing poker... that could be anything.
No songs with unintentional gambling term in title (example: Iron Maiden's "ACES HIGH" is about airplanes, not poker).
No songs that are only "money related" but not gambling related, there are just too many of those.

=======================

<font color="blue"> The 2+2 Poker Music Playlist </font>

ABBA --- Winner Takes It All (The)
ABC --- How to be a Millionaire
AC/DC --- The Jack
Ace Frehley --- Five Card Stud
Aerosmith --- Deuces are Wild
Aerosmith --- Kings and Queens
Alan Parsons Project --- Turn of a Friendly Card
Allman Bros. --- Ramblin Man
Ann Armstrong --- Lucky Charm
Banda Conexao --- Royal Straight Flush
Bane --- Ante Up
Barbara Phaneuf --- Hat Full of Diamonds
Big and Rich --- Save a Horse Ride a Cowboy
Billy Joel --- Easy Money
Black Ace --- Black Ace
Black Crowes --- Remedy
Blue Ridge Playboys --- Give Me My Dime Back
Bob Dylan --- House Of The Rising Sun
Bob Dylan --- Lily Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts
Bob Dylan --- Ramblin' Gamblin' Willie
Bob Seger --- Still the Same
Bobby Darin --- Mack the Knive
Bonnie Raitt --- Luck of the Draw
Bread --- Lay Your Money Down
Buck Owens --- Big in Vegas
Buckwheat Zydeco --- Five Card Stud
Carly Simon --- Riverboat Gambler
Carol Ponder --- Black Jack Davy
Chad Brock --- Livin' in Las Vegas
Charlie Daniels Band --- Trudy
Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez --- Sweet Tequila Blues
Christopher Cross --- Deal 'em Again
Clash --- Card Cheat (The)
Clash --- Three Card Trick
Clint Black --- A Good Run of Bad Luck
Clint Black --- A Good Run of Bad Luck
Corb Lund Band --- (Gonna) Shine Up My Boots
Corb Lund Band --- Time to Switch to Whiskey
Cypress Hill --- I Ain't Goin' Out Like That
Dan Fogelberg --- There's a Place in the World for a Gambler
Darrly Purpose --- Dangerous Game
Dave Brubeck Quartet --- Take Five
Dire Straits --- Money for Nothing
Doc &amp; Merle Watson (Merle Travis &amp; Tex Willaims) --- SmokeSmokeSmoke
Draw Blank --- State Of Alert
Eagles --- Desperado
Eagles --- Desperado Reprise
Electric Light Orchestra --- Poker
Elvis --- Viva Las Vegas
Emmylou Harris --- Son Of A Rotten Gambler
Ewan MacColl's --- Card Song
Flying Burrito Brothers --- Sin City
Frank Sinatra --- Luck be a Lady
Frankie Laine --- Moonlight Gambler (The)
Garth Brooks --- Two of a Kind (Working on a Full House)
Gary Primach --- Bad Poker Hand
George Strait --- Ace in the Hole
Gram Parsons --- Ooh Las Vegas
Grand Funk --- We're an American Band
Grateful Dead --- Deal
Grateful Dead --- Loser (The)
Grateful Dead --- Ramble on Rose
Grateful Dead --- Scarlet Begonias
Grateful Dead --- Truckin'
Grateful Dead --- Me and My Uncle
Green Apple Quickstep --- Los Vargos
Greenday --- Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Guys and Dolls --- Luck Be a Lady Tonight
Hank Snow --- Queen of Draw Poker Town
High Strung --- Losing money in Vegas
Ian Tyson --- Summer Wages
Insane Clown Posse --- Joker's Wild (The)
Iron Maiden --- Angel And The Gambler (The)
Jayhawks --- Tampa to Tulsa
Jerry Lee Lewis --- Mother the Queen of my Heart
Jerry Reed --- Uptown Poker Club
Jerry Reed --- When You're HotYou're Hot
Jimmie Rodgers --- Gamblin' Barroom Blues
Jimmie Rodgers --- Gamblin' Polka Dot Blues
Jimmie Rodgers --- In the Jailhouse Now
Jimmie Rodgers --- Those Gambler's Blues
Joe Ely --- Gallo del Cielo
Johnny Cash --- A Boy Named Sue
Juice Newton --- Queen of Hearts
Kathy Mattea --- Walking Away A Winner
Katy Moffat --- Me and My Uncle
Kenny Rogers --- The Gambler
Kim Carnes --- Draw Of The Cards
Leonard Cohen --- Gambler (The)
Leonard Cohen --- Strangers Song
Little River Band --- Lonesome Loser
Lloyd Banks --- When the Chips are Down
Louvin Brothers --- Cash on the Barrel Head
Ludacris --- Put Your Money
Madonna --- Gambler
Mary Chapin Carpenter --- I Fell Lucky
Mary McCaslin --- Weaverville
Max Romeo and the Upsetters --- Norman the Gambler (rides around in a Rambler)
Megadeth --- My Last Words
Merle Haggard --- Kentucky Gambler
Michael Jackson --- Beat It
Michael Stanley Band --- Calcutta AuctionThe
Morphine --- Have a Lucky Day
Motorhead --- Ace of Spades
MP3 --- Texas Hold 'em
O.A.R. --- Crazy Game of Poker
Oar --- Crazy Game of Poker
Odetta --- New Orleans
P. W. Long's Reelfoot --- Jack of Diamonds
Patsy Cline --- Turn the Cards Slowly
Peter Paul and Mary --- Stewball
Phil Harris --- Darktown Poker Club
Pink Floyd --- Money
Pogues --- Bottle of Smoke
Ray Charles --- Blackjack
Ray Charles --- Cincinnati Kid (The)
Ray Charles --- Losing Hand
Ray Wylie Hubbard --- Dust of the Chase
Ray Wylie Hubbard --- Rollin' them Bones
Ray Wylie Hubbard --- Mississippi Flush
Rick Robbins with Rory Block --- Roving Gambler
Ricky Scaggs --- Honey (Won't You Open That Door?)
Ricky Skaggs --- Honey (Won't You Open That Door?)
Ricky Skaggs --- If I Lose
Robert Earl Keen, Jr. --- Sonora's Death Row
Rolling Stones --- Tumblin' Dice
Rosie Flores --- Somebody LosesSomebody Wins
Social Distortion --- Bad Luck
Southern Culture on the Skids --- 40 Miles to Vegas
Stagger Lee --- Lloyd Price
Steely Dan --- Deacon Blues
Steve Earle --- Devil's Right Hand
Steve Miller Band --- Joker (The)
Steve Miller Band --- Take the Money and Run
Sting --- Shape of my heart
Streets --- Not Addicted
Suzanne Vega --- No Cheap Thrill
Suzy Bogguss --- Aces
Swahoogie --- Three of a Kind
Tex Ritter --- Deck of Cards
Tex Williams --- Smoke! Smoke! Smoke that Cigarette!
Tex Williams --- The Uptown Poker Club
The Moon Gypsies --- Rockin' the Full House
Toby Keith --- Die With Your Boots On
Tom Petty --- Even the Losers
Tom Russell --- Gallo Del Cielo
Tom Russell --- LilyRosemaryand the Jack of Hearts
Tom T. Hall --- Deal
Tom Waits --- Mr. Siegal
Tom Waits --- Mr. Siegal
Townes Van Zandt --- Cowboy junkies lament
Townes Van Zandt --- Dollar bill blues
Townes Van Zandt --- Mr Gold and Mr Mud
Townes Van Zandt --- Rex's blues
Townes Van Zandt --- St John the gambler
Traffic --- Dealer
Unknown --- Roving Gambler
Warren Zevon --- Lawyers, Guns and Money
Whitesnake --- Sweet Lady Luck
Wilco --- Casino Queen
Woody Guthrie --- Gambler (The)
Woody Guthrie --- House of the Rising Sun
ZZ Top --- Viva Las Vegas

[PokerChum]

Wycliff Jean's duet version of the Gambler with Kenny Rogers is by far superior for poker listening than the original.

[mrmookid]

I second the WJ version of the KR song.

You got to count your dub-plates (GHETTO, GHETTO, GHETTO) before you
touch the turntables (ALL HOODS!)

[David04]

Dead End Road-Sin City.

[Hedge Henderson]

Can't let this thread sink too far down. A few additions/updates:

Your unknown may be:
Tennessee Ernie Ford - "The Rovin' Gambler"

Bert Williams - "The Darktown Poker Club". From 1914. Later covered by Phil Harris and, under the more PC title, "The Uptown Poker Club", by Tex Williams and Jerry Reed.

Commander Cody and Willie Nelson have also done covers of "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke that Cigarette". I'm sure there are more.

Tex Ritter - "Rye Whiskey"
"Jack o' diamonds, Jack o' diamonds, I know you of old. You have robbed my poor pockets of silver and gold."

Bobby Bare - "Vegas"

Frantics - "Straight Flush"

Blind Blake - "Poker Woman Blues"

Troy Turner - "Lazy Poker Blues"

T. Bone Walker - "You're My Best Poker Hand"

Davin James - "Rollin' Dice"

Rex Hale - "Darn dem Bones"

Nelson Riddle - "A Game of Poker"

Corb Lund Band - "Apocaplyptic Modified Blues"
"Gather round me all you sinners, all you gamblers and card sharps...
"But roll them bones... You oughta roll 'em like you've never rolled before."

If betting on fixed fights counts, you can throw Charlie Robison's "John O'Riley" on there, too.

Slaid Cleves - "Broke Down"
"How can I take this losing hand and somehow win?"
This one may be a stretch, though.

--

[ QUOTE ]
...do you see any songs that should be removed? I'm trying to screen them as I go but if you spot something that might not make the cut point it out please.

[/ QUOTE ]

By your criteria, there are several. As near as I can recall, "Deck of Cards", "The Joker", "40 Miles to Vegas", "Cash on the Barrel Head", "Queen of Hearts", "Money for Nothing", "Take Five", "Big in Vegas", "I Ain't Goin' Out Like That". "Give Me My Dime Back", and "Mack the Knife" have nothing to do with gambling, no matter how cool the songs may be.

The five in "Take Five" has to do with the meter. The song has no lyrics.

[TenPercenter]

Great post Hedge. I've taken some off, and added a bunch.

Some of them have to stay, just because they belong. /images/graemlins/smile.gif Like Mack the Knife... it just reeks of Vegas in the 50's. Honerary titles need to go to songs like Money for Nothing, and Floyd's Money. etc.

I'm grabbing some from a thread on thepokerforum.com and I will update the list tonight.

Ten

[TenPercenter]

Song count is up to 173!

Ten

=======================

Additions welcome!

For all new submissions please meet this criteria:

Song must be directly gambling related in some way, i.e.,
Gambling mentioned in lyrics (dice, poker, etc)
Gambling INTENTIONALLY mentioned in title
Be otherwise related to gambling, as in Black Crowes "Remedy" being the Tilt theme

Songs to avoid submitting:

No songs that are just "great to listen" when playing poker... that could be anything.
No songs with unintentional gambling terms in title (example: Iron Maiden's "ACES HIGH" is about airplanes, not poker).
No songs that are only "money related" but not gambling related, there are just too many of those.

=======================

<font color="blue"> The 2+2 Poker Music Playlist </font>

ABBA --- Winner Takes It All (The)
ABC --- How to be a Millionaire
AC/DC --- The Jack
Ace Frehley --- Five Card Stud
Aerosmith --- Deuces are Wild
Aerosmith --- Kings and Queens
Alan Parsons Project --- Turn of a Friendly Card
Allman Bros. --- Ramblin Man
Ann Armstrong --- Lucky Charm
B.B. King --- Gambler's Blues
Banda Conexao --- Royal Straight Flush
Bane --- Ante Up
Barbara Phaneuf --- Hat Full of Diamonds
Bert Williams --- The Darktown Poker Club
Big and Rich --- Save a Horse Ride a Cowboy
Billy Joel --- Easy Money
Black Ace --- Black Ace
Black Crowes --- Remedy
Blind Blake --- Poker Woman Blues
Blue Ridge Playboys --- Give Me My Dime Back
Bob Dylan --- House Of The Rising Sun
Bob Dylan --- Lily Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts
Bob Dylan --- Ramblin' Gamblin' Willie
Bob Seger --- Fire Lake
Bob Seger --- Still the Same
Bobby Bare --- Vegas
Bobby Darin --- Mack the Knive
Bonnie Raitt --- Luck of the Draw
Bread --- Lay Your Money Down
Buck Owens --- Big in Vegas
Buckwheat Zydeco --- Five Card Stud
Carly Simon --- Riverboat Gambler
Carol Ponder --- Black Jack Davy
Chad Brock --- Livin' in Las Vegas
Charlie Daniels Band --- Trudy
Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez --- Sweet Tequila Blues
Christopher Cross --- Deal 'em Again
Clash --- Card Cheat (The)
Clash --- Three Card Trick
Clint Black --- A Good Run of Bad Luck
Corb Lund Band --- Apocaplyptic Modified Blues
Corb Lund Band --- (Gonna) Shine Up My Boots
Corb Lund Band --- Time to Switch to Whiskey
Cypress Hill --- I Ain't Goin' Out Like That
Dan Fogelberg --- There's a Place in the World for a Gambler
Darrly Purpose --- Dangerous Game
Davin James --- Rollin' Dice
Dire Straits --- Money for Nothing
Doc &amp; Merle Watson (Merle Travis &amp; Tex Willaims) --- SmokeSmokeSmoke
Draw Blank --- State Of Alert
Electric Light Orchestra --- Poker
Elvis --- Viva Las Vegas
Emmylou Harris --- Son Of A Rotten Gambler
Ewan MacColl's --- Card Song
Flying Burrito Brothers --- Sin City
Frank Sinatra --- Luck be a Lady
Frankie Laine --- Moonlight Gambler (The)
Frantics --- Straight Flush
Garth Brooks --- Two of a Kind (Working on a Full House)
Gary Primach --- Bad Poker Hand
George Strait --- Ace in the Hole
George Thorogood --- The Ballad of Maverick
Gram Parsons --- Ooh Las Vegas
Grand Funk --- We're an American Band
Grateful Dead --- Deal
Grateful Dead --- Loser (The)
Grateful Dead --- Ramble on Rose
Grateful Dead --- Me and My Uncle
Green Apple Quickstep --- Los Vargos
Greenday --- Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Guys and Dolls --- Luck Be a Lady Tonight
Hank Snow --- Queen of Draw Poker Town
High Strung --- Losing money in Vegas
Ian Tyson --- Summer Wages
Insane Clown Posse --- Joker's Wild (The)
Iron Maiden --- Angel And The Gambler (The)
Jayhawks --- Tampa to Tulsa
Jerry Lee Lewis --- Mother the Queen of my Heart
Jerry Reed --- Uptown Poker Club
Jerry Reed --- When You're HotYou're Hot
Jimmie Rodgers --- Gamblin' Barroom Blues
Jimmie Rodgers --- Gamblin' Polka Dot Blues
Jimmie Rodgers --- In the Jailhouse Now
Jimmie Rodgers --- Those Gambler's Blues
Joe Ely --- Gallo del Cielo
Johnny Cash --- A Boy Named Sue
Juice Newton --- Queen of Hearts
Kathy Mattea --- Walking Away A Winner
Katy Moffat --- Me and My Uncle
Kenny Rogers --- The Gambler
Kim Carnes --- Draw Of The Cards
Leonard Cohen --- Gambler (The)
Leonard Cohen --- Strangers Song
Little River Band --- Lonesome Loser
Lloyd Banks --- When the Chips are Down
Ludacris --- Put Your Money
Madonna --- Gambler
Mary Chapin Carpenter --- I Fell Lucky
Mary McCaslin --- Weaverville
Max Romeo and the Upsetters --- Norman the Gambler (rides around in a Rambler)
Megadeth --- My Last Words
Merle Haggard --- Kentucky Gambler
Michael Jackson --- Beat It
Michael Stanley Band --- Calcutta AuctionThe
Morphine --- Have a Lucky Day
Motorhead --- Ace of Spades
MP3 --- Texas Hold 'em
Nelson Riddle --- A Game of Poker
O.A.R. --- Crazy Game of Poker
Odetta --- New Orleans
P. W. Long's Reelfoot --- Jack of Diamonds
Patsy Cline --- Turn the Cards Slowly
Peter Paul and Mary --- Stewball
Phil Harris --- Darktown Poker Club
Pink Floyd --- Money
Pogues --- Bottle of Smoke
Ray Charles --- Blackjack
Ray Charles --- Cincinnati Kid (The)
Ray Charles --- Losing Hand
Ray Wylie Hubbard --- Dust of the Chase
Ray Wylie Hubbard --- Rollin' them Bones
Ray Wylie Hubbard --- Mississippi Flush
Rex Hale --- Darn dem Bones
Rick Robbins with Rory Block --- Roving Gambler
Ricky Skaggs --- Honey (Won't You Open That Door?)
Ricky Skaggs --- If I Lose
Robert Earl Keen, Jr. --- Sonora's Death Row
Rolling Stones --- Tumblin' Dice
Rosie Flores --- Somebody LosesSomebody Wins
Sheryl Crow --- Leaving Las Vegas
Social Distortion --- Bad Luck
Southern Culture on the Skids --- 40 Miles to Vegas
Stagger Lee --- Lloyd Price
Steely Dan --- Do It Again
Steely Dan --- Deacon Blues
Steve Earle --- Devil's Right Hand
Steve Miller Band --- Joker (The)
Steve Miller Band --- Take the Money and Run
Sting --- Shape of my heart
Streets --- Not Addicted
Suzanne Vega --- No Cheap Thrill
Suzy Bogguss --- Aces
Swahoogie --- Three of a Kind
T. Bone Walker --- You're My Best Poker Hand
Tennessee Ernie Ford --- The Rovin' Gambler
Tex Ritter --- Deck of Cards
Tex Ritter --- Rye Whiskey
Tex Williams --- Smoke! Smoke! Smoke that Cigarette!
Tex Williams --- The Uptown Poker Club
The Moon Gypsies --- Rockin' the Full House
Toby Keith --- Die With Your Boots On
Tom Petty --- Even the Losers
Tom Russell --- Gallo Del Cielo
Tom Russell --- LilyRosemaryand the Jack of Hearts
Tom T. Hall --- Deal
Tom Waits --- Mr. Siegal
Tom Waits --- Mr. Siegal
Townes Van Zandt --- Cowboy junkies lament
Townes Van Zandt --- Dollar bill blues
Townes Van Zandt --- Mr Gold and Mr Mud
Townes Van Zandt --- Rex's blues
Townes Van Zandt --- St John the gambler
Traffic --- Dealer
Troy Turner --- Lazy Poker Blues
Uncle Kracker --- Aces And 8's
Unknown --- Roving Gambler
Warren Zevon --- Lawyers, Guns and Money
Whitesnake --- Sweet Lady Luck
Wilco --- Casino Queen
Woody Guthrie --- Gambler (The)
Woody Guthrie --- House of the Rising Sun
Xzibit --- Gambler
ZZ Top --- Viva Las Vegas

[SugarV]

There is this great Rockabilly band here in New Jersey that has a song about poker. *cough*my band*cough*

We are The Blue Suede Bombers. The song is called, "Hold'em Flair."

You can either listen to it directly (before downloading) at http://www.myspace.com/bluesuedebombers or you can download it from our website (for free) at http://www.bluesuedebombers.com

Wrote it years ago...and it's still a crowd favorite.

sv

[TenPercenter]

good song. thanks sv.

ten

[TenPercenter]

bump for new perspectives.

Ten

[maryfield48]

Bad Card - Bob Marley &amp; The Wailers
Propaganda spreading over my name;
Say you wanna bring another life to shame.
Oh, man, you just a-playing a game
And then you draw bad cyard (draw bad cyard);
A-make you draw bad cyard (draw bad cyard);
A-make you draw bad cyard.

Wishing Well - Terence Trent Darby
Hugging like a monkey see
Monkey do
Right beside a riverboat gambler

[TenPercenter]

AC/DC - Sin City
Allman Brothers - The Gambler's Roll
Rodney Carrington - If You Play Your Cards Wrong
Fleetwood Mac - Lazy Poker Blues
Hollies - Son of a Rotten Gambler
KC and the Sunshine Band - Queen of Clubs
B.B. King - Gambler's Blues
Bob Marley - Bad Card
Molly Hatchet - Gambler's Dream
Dolly Parton - Gamble Either Way
Dolly Parton - Kentucky Gambler
Sam Phillips - Compulsive Gambler
Styx - Queen of Spades
Whitesnake - Queen of Hearts
Frank Zappa - A Game of Cards

Ten

[maryfield48]

There's a place in the world for a gambler - Dan Fogelberg

[Crveballin]

[quote
Obviously, you've never been to an O.A.R. show! And I am not necessarily saying you should like the music - they bring a lot more to the table - you would appreciate them a lot more if you've ever been to a show. Those who have been will know what I mean /images/graemlins/wink.gif


[/ QUOTE ]

I cant agree with you more. They went to a rival highschool in the area a while ago and I have been listening to them since. They have a lot of energy on stage.

[TenPercenter]

Song count is up to 188!

Ten

=======================

Additions welcome!

For all new submissions please meet this criteria:

Song must be directly gambling related in some way, i.e.,
Gambling mentioned in lyrics (dice, poker, etc)
Gambling INTENTIONALLY mentioned in title
Be otherwise related to gambling, as in Black Crowes "Remedy" being the Tilt theme

Songs to avoid submitting:

No songs that are just "great to listen" when playing poker... that could be anything.
No songs with unintentional gambling terms in title (example: Iron Maiden's "ACES HIGH" is about airplanes, not poker).
No songs that are only "money related" but not gambling related, there are just too many of those.

=======================

<font color="blue"> The 2+2 Poker Music Playlist </font>

ABBA --- Winner Takes It All (The)
ABC --- How to be a Millionaire
AC/DC --- The Jack
AC/DC --- Sin City
Ace Frehley --- Five Card Stud
Aerosmith --- Deuces are Wild
Aerosmith --- Kings and Queens
Alan Parsons Project --- Turn of a Friendly Card
Allman Bros. --- Ramblin Man
Allman Brothers --- The Gambler's Roll
Ann Armstrong --- Lucky Charm
B.B. King --- Gambler's Blues
B.B. King --- Gambler's Blues
Banda Conexao --- Royal Straight Flush
Bane --- Ante Up
Barbara Phaneuf --- Hat Full of Diamonds
Bert Williams --- The Darktown Poker Club
Big and Rich --- Save a Horse Ride a Cowboy
Billy Joel --- Easy Money
Black Ace --- Black Ace
Black Crowes --- Remedy
Blind Blake --- Poker Woman Blues
Blue Ridge Playboys --- Give Me My Dime Back
Bob Dylan --- House Of The Rising Sun
Bob Dylan --- Lily Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts
Bob Dylan --- Ramblin' Gamblin' Willie
Bob Marley --- Bad Card
Bob Seger --- Fire Lake
Bob Seger --- Still the Same
Bobby Bare --- Vegas
Bobby Darin --- Mack the Knive
Bonnie Raitt --- Luck of the Draw
Bread --- Lay Your Money Down
Buck Owens --- Big in Vegas
Buckwheat Zydeco --- Five Card Stud
Carly Simon --- Riverboat Gambler
Carol Ponder --- Black Jack Davy
Chad Brock --- Livin' in Las Vegas
Charlie Daniels Band --- Trudy
Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez --- Sweet Tequila Blues
Christopher Cross --- Deal 'em Again
Clash --- Card Cheat (The)
Clash --- Three Card Trick
Clint Black --- A Good Run of Bad Luck
Corb Lund Band --- Apocaplyptic Modified Blues
Corb Lund Band --- (Gonna) Shine Up My Boots
Corb Lund Band --- Time to Switch to Whiskey
Cypress Hill --- I Ain't Goin' Out Like That
Dan Fogelberg --- There's a Place in the World for a Gambler
Darrly Purpose --- Dangerous Game
Davin James --- Rollin' Dice
Dire Straits --- Money for Nothing
Doc &amp; Merle Watson (Merle Travis &amp; Tex Willaims) --- SmokeSmokeSmoke
Dolly Parton --- Gamble Either Way
Dolly Parton --- Kentucky Gambler
Draw Blank --- State Of Alert
Electric Light Orchestra --- Poker
Elvis --- Viva Las Vegas
Emmylou Harris --- Son Of A Rotten Gambler
Ewan MacColl's --- Card Song
Fleetwood Mac --- Lazy Poker Blues
Flying Burrito Brothers --- Sin City
Frank Sinatra --- Luck be a Lady
Frank Zappa --- A Game of Cards
Frankie Laine --- Moonlight Gambler (The)
Frantics --- Straight Flush
Garth Brooks --- Two of a Kind (Working on a Full House)
Gary Primach --- Bad Poker Hand
George Strait --- Ace in the Hole
George Thorogood --- The Ballad of Maverick
Gram Parsons --- Ooh Las Vegas
Grand Funk --- We're an American Band
Grateful Dead --- Deal
Grateful Dead --- Loser (The)
Grateful Dead --- Ramble on Rose
Grateful Dead --- Me and My Uncle
Green Apple Quickstep --- Los Vargos
Greenday --- Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Guys and Dolls --- Luck Be a Lady Tonight
Hank Snow --- Queen of Draw Poker Town
High Strung --- Losing money in Vegas
Hollies --- Son of a Rotten Gambler
Ian Tyson --- Summer Wages
Insane Clown Posse --- Joker's Wild (The)
Iron Maiden --- Angel And The Gambler (The)
Jayhawks --- Tampa to Tulsa
Jerry Lee Lewis --- Mother the Queen of my Heart
Jerry Reed --- Uptown Poker Club
Jerry Reed --- When You're HotYou're Hot
Jimmie Rodgers --- Gamblin' Barroom Blues
Jimmie Rodgers --- Gamblin' Polka Dot Blues
Jimmie Rodgers --- In the Jailhouse Now
Jimmie Rodgers --- Those Gambler's Blues
Joe Ely --- Gallo del Cielo
Johnny Cash --- A Boy Named Sue
Juice Newton --- Queen of Hearts
Kathy Mattea --- Walking Away A Winner
Katy Moffat --- Me and My Uncle
KC and the Sunshine Band --- Queen of Clubs
Kenny Rogers --- The Gambler
Kim Carnes --- Draw Of The Cards
Leonard Cohen --- Gambler (The)
Leonard Cohen --- Strangers Song
Little River Band --- Lonesome Loser
Lloyd Banks --- When the Chips are Down
Ludacris --- Put Your Money
Madonna --- Gambler
Mary Chapin Carpenter --- I Fell Lucky
Mary McCaslin --- Weaverville
Max Romeo and the Upsetters --- Norman the Gambler (rides around in a Rambler)
Megadeth --- My Last Words
Merle Haggard --- Kentucky Gambler
Michael Jackson --- Beat It
Michael Stanley Band --- Calcutta AuctionThe
Molly Hatchet --- Gambler's Dream
Morphine --- Have a Lucky Day
Motorhead --- Ace of Spades
MP3 --- Texas Hold 'em
Nelson Riddle --- A Game of Poker
O.A.R. --- Crazy Game of Poker
Odetta --- New Orleans
P. W. Long's Reelfoot --- Jack of Diamonds
Patsy Cline --- Turn the Cards Slowly
Peter Paul and Mary --- Stewball
Phil Harris --- Darktown Poker Club
Pink Floyd --- Money
Pogues --- Bottle of Smoke
Ray Charles --- Blackjack
Ray Charles --- Cincinnati Kid (The)
Ray Charles --- Losing Hand
Ray Wylie Hubbard --- Dust of the Chase
Ray Wylie Hubbard --- Rollin' them Bones
Ray Wylie Hubbard --- Mississippi Flush
Rex Hale --- Darn dem Bones
Rick Robbins with Rory Block --- Roving Gambler
Ricky Skaggs --- Honey (Won't You Open That Door?)
Ricky Skaggs --- If I Lose
Robert Earl Keen, Jr. --- Sonora's Death Row
Rodney Carrington --- If You Play Your Cards Wrong
Rolling Stones --- Tumblin' Dice
Rosie Flores --- Somebody LosesSomebody Wins
Sam Phillips --- Compulsive Gambler
Sheryl Crow --- Leaving Las Vegas
Social Distortion --- Bad Luck
Southern Culture on the Skids --- 40 Miles to Vegas
Stagger Lee --- Lloyd Price
Steely Dan --- Do It Again
Steely Dan --- Deacon Blues
Steve Earle --- Devil's Right Hand
Steve Miller Band --- Joker (The)
Steve Miller Band --- Take the Money and Run
Sting --- Shape of my heart
Streets --- Not Addicted
Styx --- Queen of Spades
Suzanne Vega --- No Cheap Thrill
Suzy Bogguss --- Aces
Swahoogie --- Three of a Kind
T. Bone Walker --- You're My Best Poker Hand
Tennessee Ernie Ford --- The Rovin' Gambler
Tex Ritter --- Deck of Cards
Tex Ritter --- Rye Whiskey
Tex Williams --- Smoke! Smoke! Smoke that Cigarette!
Tex Williams --- The Uptown Poker Club
The Moon Gypsies --- Rockin' the Full House
Toby Keith --- Die With Your Boots On
Tom Petty --- Even the Losers
Tom Russell --- Gallo Del Cielo
Tom Russell --- LilyRosemaryand the Jack of Hearts
Tom T. Hall --- Deal
Tom Waits --- Mr. Siegal
Tom Waits --- Mr. Siegal
Townes Van Zandt --- Cowboy junkies lament
Townes Van Zandt --- Dollar bill blues
Townes Van Zandt --- Mr Gold and Mr Mud
Townes Van Zandt --- Rex's blues
Townes Van Zandt --- St John the gambler
Traffic --- Dealer
Troy Turner --- Lazy Poker Blues
Uncle Kracker --- Aces And 8's
Unknown --- Roving Gambler
Warren Zevon --- Lawyers, Guns and Money
Whitesnake --- Sweet Lady Luck
Whitesnake --- Queen of Hearts
Wilco --- Casino Queen
Woody Guthrie --- Gambler (The)
Woody Guthrie --- House of the Rising Sun
Xzibit --- Gambler
ZZ Top --- Viva Las Vegas

[Hedge Henderson]

This is a little bump since it's been about a month since this thread was last updated. I've been jotting these things down as a think of (or hear) them, so here's a few more to add to the list, Ten (at your discretion, of course):

Little Milton - We Got the Winnin' Hand
William Clarke - Five Card Hand
Lightnin' Hopkins - Gambler's Blues
Robert Johnson - Little Queen of Spades
Dick Curless - The Game of Love and Poker
Al Jolson (and many, many others) - Poker with Pocahontas
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Jack O' Diamonds Blues
Everly Brothers - Three-Armed Poker Playin' River Rat
Tom Paxton - The Name of the Game Is Stud
Rose Maddox - Gambler's Love

Chris de Burgh - Spanish Train
In this one, God and The Devil play poker for souls.

Cowboy Junkies - Townes' Blues
About Townes Van Zandt playing dice on the road between shows.

Chris Knight - Becky's Bible
The protagonist shoots someone who accused him of cheating during an all night card game.

Reckless Kelly - I Saw it Coming
Multiple cliched poker metaphors.

Tex Williams - Never Trust a Woman
Protagonist comes home late from a poker game and is met by his wife with a rolling pin

Paul McCartney and Wings - Junior's Farm
"You should have seem me with the poker man
I had a honey and I bet a grand."

Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel
"Lost my money playing poker, so I had to wipe my lip..."

The Band - Up on Cripple Creek
Betting on horses is still gambling, right?

John Prine - New Train
"Folding tables and a folding chair,
a folded hand of poker there."
Only a small stretch...

Restless Heart - Lady Luck
A song by a very bad late-1980s top-40 country band. Included here only in the interest of completeness.

[TenPercenter]

Thanks.

This list and updates got moved to here:

http://www.chiptalk.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=336

[ZimbuTheMonkey]

Leonard Cohen - A thousand kisses deep

[2planka]

Send me your money by Suicidal Tendencies.

Lawyers, Guns, and Money by Warren Zevon

Damn That River by Alice in Chains