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It’s never too soon to prep your playlists! To optimize your Derby Day listening, be sure to sprinkle in this mix of classic tunes, new hits, and local gems.

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Shade of the Spires Ben Sollee “Give me a warm, spring day / And a cool, sweet drink” and “And the shade of the spires,” @chroniclecinema
Louisville, K-Y Ella Fitzgerald “Take me back to Louisville, / Take me ‘neath that southern sky, / Long to hear the whippoorwill / Comin’ home, Louisville, / By the railroad track./ For the choo-choo train to take me back. / I’m so happy I could cry! / Here I come, Louisville, / I’m really on my way, / Comin’ home to stay. / My Louisville” Svenn Sivertssen | Flickr
Churchill Downs Jack Harlow “Kentucky Derby races, my presence in the spot is so abrasive / Boxed at the Churchill Downs is motivation” @rollingstone
Mint Julep Etta Baker Instrumental @sheshreds_media
High Horse Kacey Musgraves “So, why don’t you giddy up, giddy up / and ride straight out of this town / you and your high horse” @spaceykacey
Kentucky The Osborne Brothers “Kentucky you are the dearest land outside of heaven to me / Kentucky your laurels your redbud trees” @kentucky_travels
Chestnut Street Drew Crawley “Those leavin’ boots are obsolete / ever since I met the girl from Chestnut Street” @drew.crawley63
Blue Moon of Kentucky Bill Monroe “Blue moon of Kentucky, keep on shining / Shine on the one that’s gone and left me blue” @smithsonianfolkways
One Mint Julep The Clovers “I don’t want to bore you with my troubles / But from now on, I’ll be thinkin’ double / I’m through with flirtin’ and drinkin’ whiskey / I got six extra children from a-gettin’ frisky / Oh, a mint julep, a mint julep / A mint julep, a mint julep / One mint julep was the cause of it all” @doo-wop-y-soul45
My Old Kentucky Home Ben Sollee “Weep no more, my lady, / Oh! weep no more today! / We will sing one song / For the old Kentucky Home, / For the old Kentucky Home, far away” @bensollee

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Kelsey Knott is a freelance writer, former educator, and published poet who has called Louisville home for the last 12 years. When she's not reading or playing Animal Crossing, you'll find her cozied up...