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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!!!!!!

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

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

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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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

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

R. L

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.

Hangover Tavern Hank Thompson

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

"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"?

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.

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.

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

"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