I have a subscription to the free version of The New York Times's California Today email, and it is generally a pretty good summary (from an outsider's view, at least) of the biggest stories across the Golden State on any given day.

One of the items in today's email was an announcement about an addition of 20 songs to the already extensive "California Soundtrack" that writer Soumya Karlamangla has been developing over several years.

It's not a bad list, but from experience with the writer's daily work and the NYT's posture toward my state, I wasn't expecting very much to start with.

Imagine my shock then when I reached the group of songs starting with C and found Stewart's "California Bloodlines" on the list, a song more than fifty years old from an artist that the general public knew only briefly in 1980 or so when "Gold" became a hit.

Stewart appears twice more on the list, but when I got to the Is and did not find "I'm Going Home" there I despaired of seeing the Trio appear. I'm delighted to say I was wrong - because when the list reached the S section, there was "South Coast."

There are several reason why IGH would have been a better choice, but I'll go into that in a reply to this post. For now, here's the list with KT/JS songs highlighted:

California Soundtrack, compiled by NYT California Today newsletter
in alphabetical order by song title


"26 Miles" by The Four Preps (1957)
“29 Palms” by Robert Plant (1993)
"99 Miles from L.A." by Albert Hammond (1975)

A
"Adios" by Linda Ronstadt (1989)
“A Friend in California” by Merle Haggard (1986)
“A Long December” by Counting Crows (1996)
"A Sorta Fairytale" by Tori Amos (2002)
“Adios To California” by John Hiatt (2011)
“All I Wanna Do” by Sheryl Crow (1993)
"All the Gold in California" by Gatlin Brothers (1979)
“Amor Eterno - En el Palacio de Bellas Artes” by Juan Gabriel (1990)
“Angeles” by Elliott Smith (1997)
"April 29, 1992" by Sublime (1996)

B
“Babylon Sisters” by Steely Dan (1980)
“Back in LA” by B.B. King (1991)
"Back to California" by Carole King (1971)
"Balboa Park" by Bruce Springsteen (1995)
"Barricades of Heaven" by Jackson Browne (1996)
"Bel Air Rain” by Lindsey Buckingham (2008)
“Beverly Hills” by Weezer (2005)
“Big Sur” by The Thrills (2003)
“Bixby Canyon Bridge” by Death Cab for Cutie (2008)
“Blow the Whistle” by Too $hort (2006)
“Blue Jay Way” by The Beatles (1967)
"Born in East L.A." by Cheech and Chong (1985)
"Border Radio" by Blasters (1981)
"Boys of Summer" by Don Henley (1984)

C
“Caleborate” by California Breeze (2019)
"California" by Blink-182 (2016)
“California” by Debby Boone (1978)
"California" by Delta Spirit (2012)
“California” by Frank Sinatra (1963)
“California” by Jay Farrar (2003)
“California” by Joey Ryan (2011)
“California” by John Mayall (1969)
“California” by Joni Mitchell (1966)
“California” by Lana Del Rey (2019)
"California" by Low (2005)
“California” by Mason Jennings (1997)
“California” by Melissa Etheridge (2007)
“California” by Phantom Planet (2002)
“California” by Rick Nelson and Stone Canyon Band (1970)
“California” by Rita Hosking (2018)
"California" by Rufus Wainwright (2001)
“California” by Shawn Mullins (2010)
“California” by The Lagoons (2017)
“California” by U2 (2014)
"California" by Tom Petty (1994)
"California 1" by Con Funk Shun (1981)
“California (All The Way)” by Luna (1994)
“California Bloodlines” by John Stewart (1969)
“California Blue” by Roy Orbison (1989)
"California (Cast Iron Soul)" by Jamestown Revival (2014)
"California Child" by Jesse Colin Young (1974)
"California Coastline" by Manfred Mann's Earth Band (1972)
"California Cottonfields" by Merle Haggard and The Strangers (1971)
“California Dreamin'” by The Mamas & The Papas (1966)
“California Girls” by The Beach Boys (1965)
"California Girls" by the Magnetic Fields (2008)
“California Gurls” by Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg (2010)
“California Kids” by Weezer (2016)
“California Love” by 2Pac featDr. Dre (1995)
“California Man” by Cheap Trick (1978)
“California Nights” by Best Coast (2015)
"California Nights" by Lesley Gore (1967)
"California One/Youth and Beauty Brigade" by The Decemberists (2002)
"California Promises" by Jimmy Buffett (1983)
“California Saga (Big Sur)” by Beach Boys (1973)
“California Saga (California) by Beach Boys (1973)
“California Saga (The Beaks of Eagles) by Beach Boys (1973)
"California Snow" by Dave Alvin (1998)
“California Soul” by Marlena Shaw (1969)
“California Stars” by Billy Bragg and Wilco (2012)
“California Sun” by the Rivieras (1964)
“California Uber Alles” by The Dead Kennedys (1979)
“California, Here I Come” by Al Jolson (1924)
“California, I Love That Name” by Stars (2017)
“California’s Burning” by Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women (2009)
“Californication” by Red Hot Chili Peppers (1999)
"Can't Take This Town" by Colin Hay (1992)
“Cariño” by The Marías (2018)
“Carmelita” by Warren Zevon (1976)
"Cayucos" by Cayucas (2012)
“Celluloid Heroes” by The Kinks (1972)
“Chicano Park” by Los Alacranes (2012)
“City of Stars” by Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone (from “La La Land” Soundtrack) (2016)
"Cloudy" by Simon and Garfunkel (1966)
"Come a Long Way" by Michelle Shocked (1992)
"Come Monday" by Jimmy Buffett (1978)
“Coming into Los Angeles” by Arlo Guthrie (1969)
"Condition Oakland" by Jawbreaker (1994)
"Conversation Piece" by Kings of Leon (2016)
"Creeque Alley" by The Mamas & The Papas (1967)
“Cruiser” by Red House Painters (2001
“CR-V” by Cuco (2018)
“Cuando Canto” by Ozomatli (2004)
“Culver Moon” by Jackson Browne (1996)

D
"Dead Man’s Curve" by Jan & Dean (1963)
“Dedication (feat. Kendrick Lamar)” by Nipsey Hussle (2018)
“Deportee” by Woody Guthrie (1974)
“Desperados Under the Eaves” by Warren Zevon (1976)
"Diamonds On My Windshield” by Tom Waits (1974)
“Do You Know the Way to San Jose” by Dionne Warwick (1968)
“Do-Re-Mi” by Woody Guthrie (1940)
"Drinking in LA" by Bran Van 300 (1997)
"Drive" by Halsey (2015)
"Dry River" by Dave Alvin (1991)

E
"Earthquakes and Sharks" by Brandtson (2006)
"Electrolite" by R.E.M. (1996)
“Estimated Prophet” by Grateful Dead (1977)
"Exquisitely Bored in California" by Pete Townshend (1982)

F
"Far Away Eyes" by The Rolling Stones (1978)
"Fake Tales of San Francisco" by Arctic Monkeys (2006)
“F**ck California” by The Presidents of the United States of America (1995)
“Folsom Prison Blues” by Johnny Cash (1957)
"For What It’s Worth" by Buffalo Springfield (1966)
“Free Fallin’” by Tom Petty (1989)
“Fresh Air” by Quicksilver Messenger Service (1970)

G
"Garberville" by Rev. Dennis Kamakahi (2009)
“Garden Grove” by Sublime (1998)
"(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" by Nat King Cole (1946)
“Ghost Ride It” by Mistah F.A.B. (2006)
“Gin and Juice” by Snoop Dogg (1993)
“Goin Back to Cali” by The Olés (2014)
“Going Back to Big Sur” by Johnny Rivers (1968)
“Going Back To Cali” by LL Cool J (1987)
“Going Back to Cali” by The Notorious B.I.G.(1997)
“Going to California” by Led Zeppelin (1971)
“Gold” by John Stewart (1979)
“good kid” by Kendrick Lamar (2012)
“Good Vibrations” by The Beach Boys (1966)
"Goodbye California" by Jolie Holland (2004)
“Grace Cathedral Hill” by The Decemberists (2002)
“Grace Cathedral Park" by Red House Painters (1993)
“Grapevine Fires” by Death Cab for Cutie (2009)
“Grey in L.A.” by Loudon Wainwright III (2007)
“Guerrillero” by Ozomatli (2001)

H
“Heavy, California” by Jungle (2018)
“Here in California” by Kate Wolf (1981)
"Hippie from Olema No. 5" by The Youngbloods (2003)
“Hollywood Nights” by Bob Seger (1978)
"Hollywood Sucks" by KennyHoopla and Travis Barker (2021)
"Hollywood Swinging" by Kool & The Gang (1974)
“Hooray for Hollywood” by Richard A. Whiting (1937)
"Hot Rod Lincoln" by Commander Cody (1971)
“Hotel California” by Eagles (1976)
“How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful” by “Florence + The Machine” (2015)
“How to Disappear” by Lana Del Rey (2019)

I
“I Am California” by John Craigie (2016)
"I Am ... I Said" by Neil Diamond (1971)
"I Heart California" by Admiral Radley (2010)
“(I Left My Heart) In San Francisco” by Tony Bennett (1962)
"I Left My Wallet in El Segundo" by A Tribe Called Quest (1990)
“I Love L.A.” by Randy Newman (1983)
“I Love You, California” — state song (1913)
"I Remember California" by R.E.M. (1988)
“Ice El Hielo” by La Santa Cecilia (2013)
“In California” by Neko Case (2007)
“I’m Always Drunk in San Francisco” by Carmen McRae (1967)
“In Tiburon” by Van Morrison (2016)
“It Never Rains in Southern California” by Albert Hammond (1972)
“It Was A Good Day” by Ice Cube (1992)

J
“July, You’re a Woman” by John Stewart (1969)

K
“Kern River” by Merle Haggard (1985)
“King Of California” by Dave Alvin (1994)

L
“L.A.” by Neil Young (1973)
"L.A." by The Fall (1985)
"L.A. County" by Lyle Lovett (1987)
"L.A. is My Lady" by Frank Sinatra (1984)
"L.A. Song" by Beth Hart (1999)
“L.A. Woman” by The Doors (1971)
“La Bamba” by Los Lobos (1987)
“La Cienega Just Smiled” by Ryan Adams (2001)
“LA Freeway” by Jerry Jeff Walker (1972)
“La Jura” by Chicano Batman (2017)
"Ladies of the Canyon" by Joni Mitchell (1970)
“Let Me Back In” by Rilo Kiley (2013)
“Lights” by Journey (1978)
"Little Boxes" written by Malvina Reynolds and performed by Pete Seeger (1963)
“Little Old Lady (From Pasadena)” by Jan & Dean (1964)
“Lodi” by Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969)
“Lonesome L.A. Cowboy” by New Riders of the Purple Sage (1973)
"Los Angelenos" by Billy Joel (1974)
“Los Ageless” by St. Vincent (2017)
"Los Angeles" by Sugarcult (2006)
“Los Angeles” by HAIM (2020)
“Los Angeles” by X (1980)
“Los Angeles, Be Kind” by Owl John (2014)
“Los Angeles, I'm Yours” by The Decemberists (2003)
"Los Angeles is Burning" by Bad Religion (2004)
"Lost You in the Canyon" by Marc Cohn (1998)

M
“MacArthur Park” sung by Richard Harris (1968) and Donna Summer (1978)
“Malibu” by Hole (1998)
“Malibu” by Miley Cyrus (2017)
"Memories of El Monte" by The Penguins (1963)
“Mendocino” by Sir Douglas Quintet (1969)
"Mendocino County Line" by Willie Nelson ft. Lee Ann Womack (2002)
“México Americano” by La Santa Cecilia and Rebel Cats (2017)
"Mill Valley” by Miss Abrams and the Strawberry Point 4th Grade Class (1970)
“Misirlou” by Dick Dale and his Del-Tones (1975)
"Mission in the Rain" by the Jerry Garcia Band (1998)
"Monterey" by Eric Burdon and The Animals (1968)
"Moon Over Marin" by Dead Kennedys (1982)
"More Bounce (In California)" by Soul Kid #1 (2005)
“My California” by Beth Hart (2010)

N
“Native Son” by Los Lobos (2021)
“Neal’s Fandango” by The Doobie Brothers (1975)
"Northern California Girls" by Camper Van Beethoven (2013)

O
"Oakland Stroke" by Tower of Power (1974)
"Ojai" by Ray LaMontagne (2014)
"Ol' 55" by Tom Waits (1973)
"On The 5" by Winnetka Bowling League (2018)
“Our House” by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (1970)

P
“Pacheco/ The Redtail Hawk” by Kate Wolf (1983)
"Palmdale" by Afroman (2000)
"Petaluma" by Norman Greenbaum (1972)
"Pico and Sepulveda" by Freddy Martin (1947)
“Pretty Girl from San Diego” by The Avett Brothers (2007)
“Promised Land” by Chuck Berry (1964)

Q
“Queen of California” by John Mayer (2012)
"Qué Onda Guero" by Beck (2005)

R
"Redwood Tree" by Van Morrison (1972)
“Regulate” by Nate Dogg and Warren G (1994)
“Relaxin' at Camarillo” by Charlie Parker (1981)
“Ridgetop" by Jesse Colin Young (1973)
“Rise Above” by Black Flag (1981)
"Road Trippin'" by The Red Hot Chili Peppers (1999)
"Route 101" by Herb Alpert (1982)
"Running on Empty" by Jackson Browne (1977)
“Running Red Lights” by The Avalanches (2020)

S
“San Andreas Fault” by Natalie Merchant (1995)
"San Ber'dino" by Frank Zappa (1977)
“San Diego Serenade” by Tom Waits (1974)
“San Fernando Valley” by Bing Crosby (1944)
“San Franciscan Nights” by Eric Burdon & The Animals (1967)
“San Francisco” by Foxygen (2003)
“San Francisco” by Brett Dennen (2008)
"San Francisco" by Gregory Alan Isakov (2007)
"San Francisco" by Maxime Le Forestier (1972)
“San Francisco” by The Mowgli's (2012)
“San Francisco Bay Blues” by Jesse Fuller (1968)
"San Francisco Bay Blues" by Eric Clapton (1992)
“San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers In Your Hair)” by Scott McKenzie (1967)
“San Francisco Days” by Chris Isaak (1993)
“San Francisco Girls” by Fever Tree (1968)
“San Francisco Street” by Sun Rai (2013)
"San Francisco" (Theme from "San Francisco") by Jeanette MacDonald (1936)
"San Francisco (You've Got Me)" by Village People (1977)
“Santa Ana Winds” by Cold War Kids (2011)
“Santa Ana Winds” by Sons Of Bill (2012)
"Santa Barbara by The Rebelution (2016)
“Santa Cruz” by J.J. Cale (1997)
"Santa Cruz" by Pearl Jam (2008)
“Santa Monica” by Everclear (1995)
“Save Me, San Francisco” by Train (2009)
"Say Goodbye to Hollywood" by Billy Joel (1976)
“Sausalito Summernight” by Diesel (1980)
"Screenwriter’s Blues" by Soul Coughing (1994)
"Sierra" by Boz Scaggs (1994)
“(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay” by Otis Redding (1968)
“Snow in San Anselmo” by Van Morrison (1973)
"South California Purples" by Chicago (1969)
"South Coast" by Kingston Trio (1959)
"Standing on the Moon" by Grateful Dead (1989)
"Still in Hollywood" by Concrete Blonde (1986)
"Straight Outta Compton" by N.W.A (1988)
“Streets of Bakersfield” by Dwight Yoakam (1988)
“Suavecito” by Malo (1972)
“Summer Girl” by HAIM (2020)
“Summer” by War (1976)
‘Sunset Grill’ by Don Henley (1985)
"Surf City" by Jan & Dean (1963)
“Surfin' U.S.A.” by The Beach Boys (1963)
“Survive” by The Bags (1984)
“Sweet Life” by Frank Ocean (2012)
“Sweet Virginia” by The Rolling Stones (1972)

T
"Tamalpais High (At About 3)" by David Crosby
“Take Five” by The Dave Brubeck Quartet (1959)
“Talk to Me of Mendocino” by Linda Rondstadt (1982)
“Tell Me When to Go (feat. Keak da Sneak)” by E-40 (2006)
"The Girl From Mill Valley” by Jeff Beck (1969)
"The Golden State" by City and Colour (2013)
“The Golden State” by John Doe (2007)
"The Ghost of Tom Joad" by Bruce Springsteen (1995)
"The City With Two Faces" by Goldfinger (1996)
“The Only Place” by Best Coast (2012)
"The Last Resort" by The Eagles (1976)
"The Pretender" by Jackson Browne (1976)
“The Recipe” by Dr. Dre and Kendrick Lamar (2012)
“This Is How We Do It” by Montell Jordan (1995)
"This Land is Your Land" by Woody Guthrie (1944)
"The Late Great Golden State" by Dwight Yoakam (2003)
"This Town" by The Go-Go's (1981)
“Time Spent in Los Angeles” by Dawes (2011)
"Tiny Dancer" by Elton John (1971)
“To Live & Die In L.A.” by 2Pac (1996)
"To Live and Die in L.A." by Wang Chung (1985)
"Too Hot in L.A." by Woody and Jeremy (2020)
“Topanga Windows” by Spirit (1968)
“Truckin'” by Grateful Dead (1970)
“Twelve Thirty” by The Mamas & The Papas (1968)

U
“Under the Bridge” by Red Hot Chili Peppers (1991)
"Unfair" by Pavement (2004)
"Ukiah" by The Doobie Brothers (1973)

V
"Valley Girl" by Frank Zappa (1982)
“Ventura Highway” by America (1972)
“Ventura” by Lucinda Williams (2018)
"Village of the Sun" by Frank Zappa (1988)

W
“Walking in L.A.” by Missing Persons (1982)
“We Built This City” by Starship (1985)
"West Coast" by OneRepublic (2022)
"West Coast Town" by Chris Shiflett (2017)
“West L.A. Fadeaway” by Grateful Dead (1987)
“Where The Streets Have No Name” by U2 (1987)
"White Christmas" by Irving Berlin (1942)


"White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane (1967)


"Why You'd Want To Live Here" by Death Cab for Cutie (2001)
"Whittier Blvd" by Thee Midniters (1965)

Y
“You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma” by David Frizzell and Shelly West (1980)