Summer In Stereo: LIFE ON THE LAKE WITH DJ RICHIE P

The first in a series of a few Summer-themed guest posts here at The Hideaway comes from DJ Richie P, vinyl archivist over at Fun With Vinyl. 

Ahhhhh summer!  What does it mean to you?  A day at the beach?  A walk in the park?  School's out?  Whatever it is, summer usually connotates a happy time.  For the Fun-family it means that we move to our lake home and spend a great deal of time on the water.  The Fun-wife and I enjoy puttering around the lake on our deck boat, while the Fun-son and his friends prefer zipping around on the jet skis.

Here's a little history about our summer paradise...  It is located on the banks of Lake Blackshear in southwest Georgia.  Lake Blackshear is a man-made lake on the Flint River that was created in 1930 by the damming of the Flint to provide low cost power to local citizens.  The lake borders five counties and contains approximately 8,700 acres, has 97 miles of shoreline, an average depth of 11 feet, and an average width of 3/4 mile.  Late in the summer of 2008 my family had the opportunity to purchase a home on Lake Blackshear and we jumped at it.  Initially, it was a weekend getaway and we didn't "live" there for any period of time. Our time there eventually began to extend and extend and extend.  Until, we finally decided to just "move" there each spring and stay until late fall/early winter.  Once the Fun-wife and I are able to retire, it will become our year-round home.  

So, as I said before, our favorite pastime is to just putter around on the lake, enjoy some adult beverages and, of course, listen to some music.  We have created a playlist on the iPod just for listening on the boat.  Most of the songs fit around themes of boating, summer, drinking and partying. There are a few thrown in "just because" and songs have rotated in and out of the playlist.  The list below is what the playlist contains as of this writing.  Those of you that follow me over at Fun With Vinyl will probably notice a sharp contrast in the music in this playlist versus the records I post over there.  Well, I do have a wide ranging taste in music and these songs just fit the mood for a lazy south Georgia weekend afternoon on the boat.  We are always on the lookout for "new" songs to add to the playlist that fit our theme so, if you have any suggestions, drop a comment and let me know.

Ain't Too Proud To Beg-The Rolling Stones   All I Wanna Do-Sheryl Crow
All Summer Long-Kid Rock   Amos Moses-Jerry Reed   Backwoods-Justin Moore

Bad Things-Jace Everett   Be The Lake-Brad Paisley   Beachin'-Jake Owen

Beautiful Day-U2   Beautiful Girls-Van Halen   Beer-Justin Moore

Beer Barrel Polka-Roy Clark & Buck Trent   Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers-ZZ Top

Beer on a Boat-Ashton Shepherd

Beer Run (B Double E Double Are You In)-George Jones   Beer Thirty-Brooks & Dunn
Black Water-The Doobie Brothers   Blue River-Elvis Presley

Blue Sky-The Allman Brothers Band   Blurred Lines (feat T.I. + Pharrell)-Robin Thicke

Boat Drinks-Jimmy Buffett   Boat On The River-Styx   Boats-Kenny Chesney

Born On The Bayou-Creedence Clearwater Revival

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room (She Wore Red Dresses)-Dwight Yoakam

Case Of Beer-Aaron Burton   Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitude-Jimmy Buffett
Cold Beer (feat Jamey Johnson)-Colt Ford   Cold Beer Drinker-Luke Bryan

Come Sail Away-Styx   Country Girl (Shake It For Me)-Luke Bryan

Country State of Mind-Hank Williams, Jr.   Country Thang-Colt Ford   Cowboy-Kid Rock

Dance In The Boat-The Kinleys   Days of Gold-Jake Owen   Deep River Woman-Lionel Richie
Delirious (Edit)-Prince   Dirt Road Anthem (Remix feat Ludacris)-Jason Aldean

Dixieland Delight-Alabama   Don't Rock My Boat-Bob Marley

(Don't Take Her) She's All I Got-Johnny Paycheck

Down at the Harbor-Cross Canadian Ragweed   Down South Jukin'-Lynyrd Skynyrd

Drift Away-Dobie Gray   Drunk On You-Luke Bryan   Fantastic Voyage-Lakeside

Feelin' Alright-Joe Cocker   Fork In The River-The Black Crowes   Free-Zac Brown Band

G.R.I.T.S.-Brantley Gilbert   Georgia On My Mind-Jerry Reed

Gimme Shelter-The Rolling Stones   Gimme Some Water-Eddie Money

The Girls Of Summer-Neal McCoy   Gonna Have A Party-Alabama

Good Day Sunshine-The Beatles   Good Vibrations-The Beach Boys

Got To Give It Up (Part 1)-Marvin Gaye   Greasy Grass River-The Black Crowes

Green River-Creedence Clearwater Revival   Groovy Little Summer Song-James Otto

Gulf Of Mexico Fishing Boat Blues-Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby

Hard To Handle-Otis Redding   Hard To Handle (Horns Remix)-The Black Crowes

Have You Ever Seen The Rain?-Creedence Clearwater Revival   Heart Of The Night-Poco
Here Comes The Sun-The Beatles   Hey Bartender-The Blues Brothers

Hot Fun In The Summertime-Sly & The Family Stone   Hot Legs-Rod Stewart

Hurt For So Long-Neyami Road   I Like Beer-Tom T. Hall

I Like Girls That Drink Beer-Toby Keith   I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink-Merle Haggard
I Wanna Be Rich (7" Version)-Calloway   I Wish I Had a Girl-Henry Lee Summer

Ice Cream Man-Van Halen   It's A Sunshine Day-The Brady Bunch

I've Been Everywhere-Johnny Cash   I've Got A Feeling-The Beatles

Jessica (Single Edit)-The Allman Brothers Band   Just A Sip-Luke Bryan

Just Like Paradise-David Lee Roth   Key Largo-Bertie Higgins

Kick It In The Sticks (feat Brantley Gilbert)-Colt Ford

Knee Deep (feat Jimmy Buffett)-Zac Brown Band   Let It Bleed-The Rolling Stones

Let's Go Crazy (Edit)-Prince   Let's Ride-Kid Rock

Livin' The Life (Jimmy Buffet Only Wrote About)-Brent Burns   Local Girls-Ronnie Milsap

Locked Out Of Heaven (Radio)-Bruno Mars   Long Hot Summer (Venti Mix)-Keith Urban

Lovely Day (Single Version)-Bill Withers   Luckenbach, Texas (w/Kenny Chesney)-Kid Rock

Maybe Next Year-Corey Smith   Muckalee Creek Water-Luke Bryan

Muddy River-Johnny Rivers   No Hurry-Zac Brown Band

Only A Fool (Radio Version)-The Black Crowes

Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line-Waylon Jennings   Party-Boston   Party-Dis 'N' Dat

Party Train-The Gap Band   Partytown-Glenn Frey   Partyup (Edit)-Prince

Pass A Beer-Jake Owen   A Pirate Looks At Forty-Jimmy Buffett

A Place In The Sun-Pablo Cruise   Pontoon-Little Big Town

Pretty Good At Drinkin' Beer-Billy Currington   Proud Mary-Elvis Presley
Rebel Soul-Kid Rock   Rebels-Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Red Hot Women And Ice Cold Beer-Chuck Wagon And The Wheels

River Bank-Brad Paisley   Rock And Roll Girls-John Fogerty

Rock Me on the Water-Jackson Browne   Rock Me On The Water-Linda Ronstadt

Rock The Boat-Chris Cagle   Roundabout (Single Version)-Yes

Sail Away-The Oak Ridge Boys   Sail On-Commodores   Sailing-Christopher Cross

Same Old Boat-George Jones   Santa Monica-Everclear

Save Water, Drink Beer-Chris Young   She's Country-Jason Aldean   Shore Thing-Luke Bryan

(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay-Otis Redding   Six Pack of Beer-Hank Williams III

A Six Pack To Go-Hank Thompson   Six-Pack Summer-Phil Vassar

Small Paradise-John Cougar   Smooth Sailin'-TG Sheppard

Soak Up The Sun-Sheryl Crow   Somethin' 'Bout A Boat-Jimmy Buffett

Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)-Prince

Somewhere With You (Single Edit)-Kenny Chesney   Soul Singing-The Black Crowes

Soulshine-Gov't Mule   Southbound-The Allman Brothers Band

Southern Accents-Johnny Cash   Southern Cross-Crosby, Stills & Nash

Stars On The Water-Rodney Crowell   Stop The World (And Let Me Off)-Dwight Yoakam

Strange Brew-Cream   Summer Breeze-Seals & Crofts   Summer Girls-LFO

Summer Jam-Quad City DJ's   Summer Nights-Van Halen   Summergirls (Radio Edit)-Dino

Summertime Blues-Alan Jackson   Summertime Girls-Y&T   Suntan City-Luke Bryan

Swamp Music-Lynyrd Skynyrd   Take Me To The River-Al Green

Take Me To The River-Talking Heads   Tennessee River-Alabama

A Thousand Miles From Nowhere-Dwight Yoakam   'Til Summer Comes Around-Keith Urban

Toes-Zac Brown Band   Tomorrow Never Knows-The Beatles

Tumbling Dice-Linda Ronstadt   Tumbling Dice-The Rolling Stones

Twice As Hard (Remix)-The Black Crowes   Up On Cripple Creek-The Band

Up On Cripple Creek-The Oak Ridge Boys   Voila, An American Dream-Rodney Crowell

Walk On The Ocean-Toad The Wet Sprocket   Wasting Time-Kid Rock

Watching The River Flow-Bob Dylan   Water-Brad Paisley   Weekend-Wet Willie

Weekend Song (feat Tenor Fly)-Freestylers   Weekend Warriors-Ted Nugent

Welcome 2 The Party (Ode 2 The Old School)-Kid Rock

When You're Hot, You're Hot-Jerry Reed   Where The Blacktop Ends-Keith Urban

Where The Boat Leaves From/One Love-Zac Brown Band

Where's The Party-Madonna   Whiskey River-Cross Canadian Ragweed

Whiskey Rock-A-Roller-Lynyrd Skynyrd   Whistlin' Dixie-Randy Houser

Why Blues-Chris Thomas King   Wichita Lineman-Dwight Yoakam

Wild-Eyed Southern Boys-.38 Special   Working For The Weekend-Loverboy

The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald-Gordon Lightfoot

<<songs in red are NOT in playlist below>>