Favorite SONGS About Whisky

[hi*ball]

What are some of your favorite songs about (or mentioning) whisky?

I'll start with one of mine: Nancy Whisky by Shane MacGowan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGt0T6XF2HA

 

[maddog37]

How about Whiskey-O by Brian Burns

"I don’t mumble and stumble around, I stand proud and tall till I hit the ground,
I’m not a wino, I’m a whiskey-o."

 

[moinau]

Whiskey in the Jar, version, thin Lizzy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyQ-tScuzwM

 

[finnbow]

Whiskey River - Willie Nelson

 

[moinau]

Whiskey river by Willie Nelson,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_6Sugn4cvY

 

[jcamero]

Whiskey Man, by John Entwistle, My Friend Jack, by Brownsville Station.

 

[finnbow]

John Barleycorn Must Die - Traffic

 

[Mystic]

John Lee Hooker
"Whiskey And Wimmin"
(Vee-Jay, 1968)

 

[Mystic]

Charley Patton and Bertha Lee
“Whiskey Distillery”
(1934)

 

[Cactus Bob]

Wishbone Ash, Lady Whiskey

 

[Mystic]

"Big" Joe Williams
"Haven't Seen No Whiskey"
(1938)

 

[Mystic]

This could go on aght where the original Delta Bluemen are concerned. A ****load of excellent numbers constructed around "whiskey/whisky".

 

[Mystic]

Delta departure...

Rory Gallagher
"Whiskey In The Jar"
(1973?)

 

[Mystic]

Son Volt
"Whiskey Bottle"
(1990)

 

[BlindBoyGrnt]

"Snortin' Whiskey" by Pat Travers.

 

[BlindBoyGrnt]

"Cigarettes, Whiskey & Wild, Wild Women" by a bunch, written by Tim Spencer (I had to Google that)

 

[BlindBoyGrnt]

"Whiskey Bottle" - Uncle Tupelo

 

[toups]

"Hesitation Blues" as performed by Janis Joplin.

Contains the line:

Lord, if the river was made of whiskey an' I was a duck,
I'd just swim to the bottom an' I'd never come up.

 

[DrTim]

Drink my whiskey from an old fruit jar.

 

[Cadillac Kid]

Rye Whiskey - Punch Brothers or
Felice Brothers - Whiskey in my Whiskey.