Arts

Tallahassee-Leon County Continues to Inspire!

From John Lee Williams in 1823, to Comte de Castelnau in 1837-1838, to Sidney Lanier in 1875, early visitors have waxed eloquently about the scenery and culture of Tallahassee-Leon County.

Of choosing Tallahassee as Florida’s capital, Lanier concluded, “And surely no one with an eye either for agricultural advantages or for the more spiritual beauties of hill-curves and tree arabesques can do other than praise the happiness of their choice.” Tallahassee-Leon County has continued to inspire writers, poets, and songwriters whether they are visitors or residents, as evidenced by the samplings presented here for our Bicentennial.

Poems

Songs

Thank you to the Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce for permission to use their songs written in 1979, on our Bicentennial website’s playlist.

Living in Tallahassee

by Betsi Hurd
Studio Engineer Fred Chester & Producer Mayor Steve Meisburg

Tallahassee

by John Walters
Studio Engineer Fred Chester & Producer Mayor Steve Meisburg

Tallahassee’s Great

by Children’s Chorus
Studio Engineer Fred Chester & Producer Mayor Steve Meisburg

Tallahassee Tall (Instrumental)

by Bill Kennedy
Studio Engineer Fred Chester & Producer Mayor Steve Meisburg

Videos

Freddie Cannon “Tallahassee Lassie”
Tallahassee – Y ft. Mista Kingz & Bane (Official Video)
1st Place Will McLean Song Contest 2018 Kathryn Belle Long, “Tallahassee”
Tallahassee – Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters
The Mountain Goats – Tallahassee
Tallahassee Love – T Pain