Jacksonville has been the birthplace for so many great musical acts over the years, and the city has always enjoyed an active music scene.
So it should come as no surprise that, over the years, several artists and bands have penned songs that allude to or even pay homage to the Bold City.
Below we’ve assembled a short collection of our favorite songs about Jacksonville. It’s by no means a definitive list, and we hope to hear from you all with some of your favorites!
“Jacksonville, I love you, but you don’t want me around,” sings Ronnie Van Zant. Skynyrd’s second entry on our mini-playlist is dedicated to Jax’s stuffier “old guard” that thumbed their noses at the band back in the day. It’s an alternate take of “Honky Tonk Night Time Man,” which was featured on the band’s 1977 album Street Survivors.
It’s also believed to have been Van Zant’s final recording before his tragic death in a plane crash.
