2 CDs  - Solution

Puzzle Location: Pacifica Pier
Next Puzzle: Stocks


Each track contains lyrics referring to a location in North America. The solution requires determining the area code for each place.

 CD 1 
 Track   Song   Artist   Lyric   Location   Area Code 
1
 King of Rock 'n Roll   Prefab Sprout   "Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque"   Albuquerque, NM 
505
2
 Malibu   Hole   "Oh, baby, fly away to Malibu
 Cry to the angels"
 
 Malibu 
310
3
 The Lowest Highest Point   Moxy Fruvous   "It's Delaware!"   Delaware 
302
4
 Vermonster Mash   David Teller   "They were doing the Vermonster Mash
 it was a national smash."
 
 Vermont 
802
5
 Omaha   Counting Crows   "Omaha
 Somewhere in Middle America"
 
 Omaha, NE 
402
6
 That's Progress   Jello Biafra and DOA   "Looks like I'll have to move to Yellowknife"   Yellowknife (NT) 
867
7
 House of the Rising Sun   Bob Dylan   "There is a house in New Orleans
 They call the Rising Sun"
 
 New Orleans 
504
8
 Take Me Home Country Roads   John Denver   "Almost heaven, West Virginia"   West Virginia 
304
9
 Just By Myself   Greg Brown   "I know a river in Idaho.
 I'll catch a big trout and let him go."
 
 Idaho 
208
10
 Vineyard   Jackopierce   "We'll find a little house down there in Oak Bluffs"   Oak Bluffs, MA 
508



 CD 2 
 Track   Song   Artist   Lyric   Location   Area Code 
1
 The Bug   Dire Straits   "Sometimes you're the Louisville slugger"   Louisville 
502
2
 Snowball in El Paso   Trace Adkins   "Like a snowball in El Paso
 Like a feather in the wind"
 
 El Paso, TX 
915
3
 I'm Just A Bill   Deluxx Folk Implosion   "And I'm sitting here on Capitol Hill
 Well, it's a long, long journey
 To the capital city"
 
 Washington, DC 
202
4
 Make It Look Easy   David Wilcox   "Jon rides a glider above the clouds
 He stepped off Haleakala"
 
 Haleakala, HI 
808
5
 Big Boned Gal   KD Lang   "She was a big-boned gal
 From Southern Alberta"
 
 Southern Alberta 
403
6
 No Woman No Cry   Bob Marley   "I remember when we used to sit
 In the government yard in Trenchtown"
 
 Trenchtown, Jamaica 
876
7
 January in the Halifax Airport Lounge   Bruce Cockburn   "Some Winnipeg boys are Cyprus-bound"   Winnipeg, MB 
204
8
 Hockey   Jane Sibery   "They rioted in the streets of Montreal when they benched Rocket Richard"   Montreal 
514
9
 The Call   Backstreet Boys (featuring the Neptunes)   "Cold outside, we take trips to Maui"   Maui 
808
10
 Indian Reservation   Paul Revere and the Raiders   "They took the whole Cherokee nation
 Put us on this reservation"
 
 Cherokee, NC
  or
Tahlequah, OK 
828
or
918



The CD cover has as its background a diagram of the relevant number per area code.

   
CD 1
 
CD 2
   
505
 
502
   
310
 
915
   
302
 
202
   
802
 
808
   
402
 
403
   
867
 
876
   
504
 
204
   
304
 
514
   
208
 
808
   
508
 
828
or 918


Using the digits indicated by the larger circles gives the phone number (512) 848-4488. Note that the same number is derived from both CDs. This was done intentionally, as we didn't want teams to get only nine of the ten numbers, and then call ten people randomly during the wee hours of the morning. (At least one team did, however.)

The phone number led to Mason Weems, who told teams where to look for the next puzzle.