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shaniac
10-10-2002, 01:04 PM
Can't think of too many...here's a start.

Me and My Uncle by Grateful Dead
The Gambler (duh) by Kenny Loggins (?)

and my favorite:
Ramblin' Gamblin' Willie by Bob Dylan
Kurn, son of Mogh
10-10-2002, 02:00 PM
Fire Lake, by Bob Seeger

"Who's gonna play those eights and aces..."
JTG51
10-10-2002, 02:34 PM
By our very own Tommy Angelo. The whole CD (5 or 6 songs) is about poker. I downloaded the sampler from his website, it's good stuff.

Speaking of which, where the heck has Tommy been?
bernie
10-10-2002, 03:31 PM
for just pure gambling, nothing really beats the drive of

Sin City by AC/DC great to listen to on my way to the room...
10-10-2002, 04:49 PM
"Jack of Hearts" by Dylan about the highest stakes game of all (which is not love, by the way -- sorry PokerBabe).
el gato
10-10-2002, 04:58 PM
1) "Busted" by Matchbox 20

2) "Loser" by Beck

3) "Deuces are wild" by Aerosmith

4) "Maniac" by Michael Sembello

5) "The River" by Bruce Springsteen

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andyfox
10-10-2002, 05:09 PM
Everything Tommy done is cool. BTW, he's alive and well, doing a lot more cool things. Stay tuned.
PokerBabe(aka)
10-10-2002, 05:27 PM
Hey Andy- speaking of "cool", I think Tommy should write a song about the Babe /forums/images/icons/smirk.gif LGPG
PokerBabe(aka)
10-10-2002, 05:33 PM
First 3 are some of Babe's Best Boys. The Matchbox 20 singer is a cute one, for sure /forums/images/icons/tongue.gif Ditto Beck and Steve Tyler. LGSG (look good, sing good) And...rock your BABE! /forums/images/icons/cool.gif
PokerBabe(aka)
10-10-2002, 05:36 PM
Ian- If Dylan spent some time with the Babe, he would be writing about LOVE.... /forums/images/icons/smirk.gif Of course, he LBSB (looks bad, sings bad) so he is NOT one of BBB (Babe's Best Boys). /forums/images/icons/grin.gif
JTG51
10-10-2002, 05:37 PM
Actually, as soon as I stop runnin' bad I plan to buy a copy of "I'm Runnin' Bad".
PokerBabe(aka)
10-10-2002, 05:49 PM
Maybe Tommy can write a song entitled "I'm Runnin' Good" /forums/images/icons/smile.gif
Casey
10-10-2002, 06:31 PM
there's that one about playing with the queen of hearts by juice newton
10-10-2002, 09:20 PM
This may be one of those 'songs you kinda know the words to' things. If anyone has the Wings collections that came out last year, listen to 'Juniors Farm.' I think there is a line that goes something like "You shoulda seen me in the poker game. I had a honey and I bet a grand. Just in the nick of time I looked at his hand." Of course, I don't hear so well after 25 years of concert going so I may be wrong.

Also:\
Don't you draw the queen of diamonds boy,
she'll beat you if she's able.
The queen of hearts is always your best bet.
Desperado by the eagles.
shaniac
10-11-2002, 09:43 AM
Thanks for reminding me....The song is actually called, "Lilly, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts" if I remember correctly and is on Blood on the Tracks. "Lilly had two queens, she was hoping for a third to match her pair..."

But Babe, it's true that Dylan has led a tough existence and no longer looks or sounds too good, but go back and listen to all those love songs! Back in the day, he looked great, he sang great and he wrote more amazing songs of any sort than just about any songwriter, ever.

JMHO

shaniac

"The man he held a diamond flush, Willie didn't even have a pair."
10-11-2002, 10:45 AM
IMHO Dylan can still sing. His last album Love and Theft is awesome! Blood on the Tracks is still my fave but Love and Theft is right up there.
Kurn, son of Mogh
10-11-2002, 12:15 PM
"Loser" by the Grateful Dead

"Come to daddy, on an inside straight
and I got no chance in losin' this time"
JTG51
10-11-2002, 02:43 PM
Maybe Tommy can write a song about The Babe called, "I'm Lookin' Good."

What do you think?
PokerBabe(aka)
10-11-2002, 05:04 PM
Or LGPG! /forums/images/icons/grin.gif /forums/images/icons/tongue.gif
PokerBabe(aka)
10-11-2002, 05:07 PM
Dylan's lyrics are cool, and in fact he wrote one of my all time favorites (All along the Watchtower). Sorry, guys, I just do not dig his look or his voice. Babe
baggins
10-12-2002, 05:01 AM
dylan is legend.

don't forget the greatest song about the stud game Chicago, by the ever popular Motorhead - Ace of Spades.

they LBPG...
10-13-2002, 12:44 PM
The great Webb Wilder (the last of the Full Grown Men) has a song called "Meet The New Landlord" that has the line (paraphrasing, here): "He slapped his cards down on the table and said, 'Boys, I got me a winning hand.'"

Jerry Reed's "The Uptown Poker Club" from waaaaay back in the mid-70's is pretty hysterical.

And while not "poker" songs, I'd be remiss if I didn't at least mention "Casino Queen" by Wilco and "40 Miles to Vegas" by Southern Culture on the Skids.

Mike
Smoking something-or-other since waaaaay back in the mid-70's.