Charlie Patton… “It takes boozy booze, Lord, to cure these blues…”
Aficionados, of any variety, can quickly recall the moment when they were first smitten. Whether…
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Pretty Woman, Walking Down The Street
Only in the song does she turn around and come back. Here is Bella Monica…
Waltzing Matilda
For a nation with a land mass slightly smaller than the contiguous 48 U.S. states…
Danny Boy
You might hear what seems to sound like a quintessentially Irish ballad being sung by…
“The beer I had for breakfast wasn’t bad, so I had one more for dessert…”
Kris Kristofferson’s Sunday Mornings (and week-day mornings) are coming down. His songs are catching up…
“For a taste of your whiskey…”
If ever a song matched a voice, this is it—The Gambler, written by country music…
Whisky Rock-A-Roller
If your favorite beer is cold, your favorite music is loud and you like your…
“There is no peace on earth, I said.”
None other than American science and fiction writer Ray Bradbury described “I Heard the Bells…
One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
Inner-city race issues turned my home town of Cleveland, Ohio into a war zone during…
“Blackbird singing in the dead of night…”
We know the year was 1968 when we first heard “Blackbird,” this hypnotic simple song…
“The Fuzzy Bird Sonata for Saxophone,” Part 2, “Sing”
When I think of the saxophone, I think jazz. I think Coleman Hawkins, an early-on…
“The Cat and the Saxophone (2 A.M.)”… A Langston Hughes Jazz Poem
EVERYBODY Half-pint,— Gin? No, make it LOVES MY BABY Corn. You like Liquor, don’t you,…
Boz Scaggs, Rita and “The Cadillac Walk”
When the moon comes up the sun goes down Rita starts her creeping around Flame…
Whisky For Breakfast
Editor’s Note: This song should not be confused with a very popular instrumental song called “Whisky…
I Drink Alone… Bluesman, George Thorogood
Imagine a 30 year old, cask-strength Laphroaig (I’ve more an imagined one) and now add…
I Love This Bar… Toby Keith
If you like drinking your beer from a mason jar, then this song is for…
How to Write and Sing the Blues
1. Most Blues begin, “Woke up this morning.” 2. “I got a good woman” is…
For Those We Honor: The Navy Hymn
“The Navy Hymn” offers a reminder that there is a free world and a not…
Final Take Five for Dave Brubeck
Like most young teens who grew up in America’s rock and roll capital, I had…
Jazz Works
This post is about how jazz and classical music each mirror a different management style…
My Grandma’s Put It All In A Jar
This is a guy song from Greg Brown about growing up, peaches on the shelf,…
The New Synthetists
There’s something happening here. What it is has become a bit clearer (to me, at…
American Pie
Back in 1954, when Elvis broke big and deejay Alan Freed coined the term rock…
Poncho & Lefty Hook Up With Bobby McGee
Although fans and song pluggers consider “Poncho & Lefty” one of American music’s most famous…
Rye Whiskey
Bet you a dram you wouldn’t guess that the cowboy seeking solace on his donkey…
Whiskey River
Whisky and freedom are as American as mother and apple pie and listening to this…