Wine and/or Booze Songs

[James Morehead]

How about "Red Necks, White Sox, &Blue Ribbon Beer"--Johnie Russel; and "Devil In The Bottle" T.G. Shepard? Is there a country version to this one: 99 bottles of Beer(take one down, pass it around, 98 bottles of beer!) GROAN!!!!!!

[Ron Randall]

Wine, Wine, Wine by the Nightcaps
Scotch and Soda
Tequila Sunrise
Jose Cuervo
Pop a Top Again
White Lightin'
Chug a Lug, Chug a Lug
Margaritaville
And a Six Pack to Go
Rum and Coca Cola

[Bill Flores]

You're Not Drowning Your Heartache(you're just teaching it to swim) by Cal Smith.

[Michael Garnett]

George and DAC both did it, but it's "YOU're as smooth as Tennesee whiskey."

C.C. Waterback - George & Merle
Must've been drunk - George & Merle
I've Gotta Get drunk - ditto with Willie
Yesterday's Wine - ditto, and Willie Nelson too.
Misery and Gin - Merle
Honky Tonk Amnesia - Moe
Hair of the Dog - Dale Watson
Honkiest Tonkiest Beer Joint in Town - Dale Watson
Honey (won't cha open that door) - Ricky Skaggs
10 feet tall and bullet proof - Travis Tritt
Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (& loud loud music) - Vern
Soft Lights & Hard Country Music - Moe
I'm gonna hire a wino - David Frizzell
Cold Fort Worth Beer - George Strait
(as I put on the Nomex) New Way to Fly - Barf Brooks
There's a Tear in my Beer - The Hanks
Family Tradition - Junior
Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound - ditto
Anahuac - Jerry Jeff
Drinkin' and Drivin' - Paycheck
Drink Canada Dry - DAC
(How do you spell relief?) D-R-U-N-K - DAC
You never even called... - DAC
Green Snakes - Johnny Bush
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[Bob Watson]

There is a tune called "The Last Will and Testament of a Drinking Man" that I used to hear on the radio years ago, but I don't know who sang it. Other classics:
Barstool Mountain: Moe Bandy
Bottle, Oh Bottle: Johnny Bush (one of the most graphic "drinking songs" ever IMHO )
Don't Tell Mama I was Drinking: ? ( the guy who did "Smoke Rings in the Dark" )
Hose Cuervo: Shelly West
Tequila: ? ( The Wes Montgomery version is my favorite )
It Won't Hurt: Dwight Yokum

[R. L. Jones]

Lets go way back Jimmie Rogers " Mother the Queen of my heart

R. L

[David Reeves]

Yes Yes - Barstool Mountain.
And don't forget the Joe Stampley Tune:
Whiskey Chasin'.
This is a little known tune that I play often. Each time I play this song at a new club I am overwhelmed by people asking about it. It is a great song.

[Jim Bob Sedgwick]

Hangover Tavern Hank Thompson

[JWG]

Did anyone mention " Tonight the Bottle Let
Me Down " ?

[Joerg Hennig]

"She´s Looking Better Every Beer"
(I have it by NRPS but someone must have done it before them)
"She´s Looking Better By The Minute" (practically the same thing - I have a version by ET)
and did anyone yet mention "Up Against The Wall Redneck Mother"?

[David Doggett]

Can't believe no one mentioned these George Jones songs:
If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me (Her Memory Will)
The King is Gone (So Are You)

Then there's:
Crash on the Highway (Roy Acuff)
Whisky and Wimmen (John Lee Hooker)

Don't know if you want to get over into Bluegrass, but there are plenty there.

[Nicholas Dedring]

There's a song by a band from Austin called The Meat Purveyors called "Tallboy" which is really funny... and really good stuff, another one called "Morning After" which is a sort-of drinking song (a waking-up-in-jail-hungover-recalling-last-night song to be exact) both on their album "More Songs About Buildings and Cows" available from Bloodshot... I really like both of those. A bit more in the bluegrass direction, but not a whole lot of folks will have heard those.

[Nicholas Dedring]

Oh! And "Drivin' Nails in My Coffin" is it hank who first did that one?

[Dennis Lobdell]

"CORN LIQUOR" BUCK OWENS
"AFTER SWEET MEMORIES PLAY BORN TO LOSE AGAIN" RONNIE MILLSAP
"I NEVER GO AROUND MIRRORS" LEFTY
"GOT NO REASON NOW FOR GOIN' HOME" GENE WATSON

Dennis