[78-L] BEER DRINKING MUSIC

Craig Ventresco craigventresco at gmail.com
Sat Jan 19 10:36:12 PST 2013


Glorious Beer, by Dan Quinn as performed on a late 1890's concert cylinder
, is online for the hearing.

On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 10:16 AM, Rodger Holtin <rjh334578 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> also not quite beer:
> Foo th' Noo - Lauder
> A Wee Deoch n Doris - Lauder [this was on his mind a lot, methinks; there
> must be others]
> Clink Clink Another Drink - Spike Jones
> Cocktails for Two - Spike
> Brindisi - Caruso
> How Ya Gonna Wet Your Whistle? -- Billy Murray
> Show Me The Way to Go Home - Jones n Hare
> I Married the Bootleggers Daughter - Frank Crumit
>
> A Pub With No Beer - Slim Dusty
> Simon the Cellarer - Peter Dawson
> The Old Bull n Bear - Peter D
>
>
> Rodger
>
> For Best Results use Victor Needles.
>
> .
>
> --- On Sat, 1/19/13, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>
> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] BEER DRINKING MUSIC
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Saturday, January 19, 2013, 11:32 AM
>
>
> On 1/19/2013 12:28 PM, David Breneman wrote:
> >
> > --- On Sat, 1/19/13, Cary Ginell<soundthink at live.com>  wrote:
> >
> >> The earliest one I have that has
> >> "beer" in the title is "Good Old Beer" by Bob Miller (aka
> >> "Slick Palmer") on the super-scarce black-on-blue Bluebird
> >> label (1826), recorded 12/29/32.
> >
> > If we're limiting the search to US titles, we must
> > remember that prohibition fever swept the land during
> > the first couple decades of the 20th century, and
> > "glamorizing" Demon Alcohol was considered to be in
> > bad taste, even before it was outlawed.  But I'd bet
> > that if you look for "Bier" rather than "Beer"
> > you'll find a lot of examples in Germanic north
> > central Europe, where gramophones frequently provided
> > music in Gasthofen (pubs).
> >
> Not to forget about drinking songs in opera, including "Vin ou Biere" from
> Gounod's Faust.
>
> If we're not restricting ourselves to beer, here's a list compiled my
> myself
> and some other 78-cellars er ellers some years back when there was the
> possibility of a Booze compilation:
>
> On 6/5/2004 10:57 PM, David Lennick wrote:
> >
> > Scotch and Soda..Charlie Barnet
> > Cocktails for Two..Duke Ellington
> > Riffin' the Scotch..Benny Goodman
> > Bring Another Drink..King Cole Trio
> > Rum and Coca Cola..Andrews Sisters
> > When I Been Drinking..Rosetta Howard
> > Drink to me Only With Thine Eyes....Maxine Sullivan
> > Beer Barrel Polka..Andrews Sisters
> > More Beer..Andrews Sisters
> > Pound Your Table Polka..Mary Martin with Horace Heidt (is this about
> booze?)
> > Show Me the Way to Go Home - Les Brown or the Andrews Sisters
> > Shoot the Likker to me John Boy
> > Was I Drunk - Georgia White
> > Beer Garden Blues - Clarence Williams
> > How Dry I Am
> > Little Brown Jug - Glenn Miller
> > Pink Elephants
> > Ten Little Bottles in the Sink..Mel Blanc
> > We'll Never Get Drunk Anymore
> > What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor
> > Drunk - Jimmy Liggins
> > Sloppy Drunk - Sleepy John Estes
> > What's the Use Gettin' Sober (When You're Gonna Get Drunk Again) - Louis
> > Jordan
> > Let's Get Drunk and Truck - Harlem Hamfats
> > Blues 'n Booze (Art Hodes)
> > Scotch And Water (Stan Kenton)
> > Gin Mill Special"
> > "Knockin' a Jug"
> > "Feelin' no  pain"?
> > "Gimme a Pigfoot and a  Bottle of Beer"
> > Drinkin' Wine Spo-de-Odee".
> > "Only a glass of champagne";
> > "One for my  baby".
> > "Cigareets 'n' whusky 'n' while while wimmin".
> > "Blue Champagne"
> > "Moonlight Cocktail".
> > One scotch, one bourbon, one beer - Amos Milburn
> > Whiskey&  Gin- Johnnie Ray
> > Over a Bottle of Wine - Tony martin
> > Rye Whiskey - Tex Ritter
> > There's a Tear in my Beer - Hank Williams
> > Bubbles in the Wine - Lawrence Welk
> > Here I am Drunk Again - Lattie Moore
> > Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well - Lucky Millinder
> > There's A Tear In My Beer Tonight - Hoosier Hot Shots
> > Sloppy Drunk Blues - Bogan, Leroy Carr, a.o.
> > Sloppy Drunk Woman
> > Sloppy Drunk Again - Walter Davis
> > "A Pink Cocktail For A Blue Lady" Hildegarde (and others)
> > "Clink, Clink, Another Drink" Spike Jones
> > "The Beer I Left on the Bar"  Vaughn Monroe
> > "The Lady Drinks Champagne" Johnny Ray
> > "Bloodshot Eyes"..Wynonie Harris
> > Ambrose - Champagne Cocktail
> > Whoopee John Wilfahrt - In Heaven There Is No Beer
> > Moonshine Lullaby..Ethel Merman
> > Spiked Beer....Lawrence Welk
> > Dry Martini.....Jack Pettis
> > "Shut Up and Drink Your Beer," Merle Travis, also done by Luke Wills'
> Rhythm
> > Busters on King.
> > The Guy at the End of the Bar..Harry's Tavern Band/Billy Murray
> > I Love My Whiskey (Bill Broonzy) (I have this)
> > Bad, Bad Whiskey (Wynonie Harris, IIRC)
> > One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer (the original...I think this was John
> Lee
> > Hooker,
> >     and I think pre-1953)
> > Beer Drinking Woman (I think I have this, but don't recall the artist)
> > Wine, Wine, Wine (Floyd Dixon, IIRC...I have this one)
> > Hey, Bartender (Floyd Dixon)
> > I'm Tore Up (song is about drinking...one line runs "My head is ragged
> as a
> > hair
> >     comb with no teeth!")
> > Whisky Headed Buddies Jazz Gillum
> > Keep On' Drinkin' Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
> >
> >
> >
> > Prohibition:
> >
> > "The Alcoholic Blues" Billy Murray
> > "Sahara We'll Soon Be Dry Like You" Billy Murray
> > "Everyone Wants a Key to My Cellar" Ed Meeker (?)
> > "Ten Little Bottles" Bert Williams
> > "I'm Afraid To Come Home In The Dark" Billy Murray
> > "What Are You When The Whole Town Goes Dry" Billy Murray
> > "My Name Is Morgan, But It Ain't JP" (Edison 2 minute wax by??)
> > "Under The Anheiser Bush" Billy Murray
> > "Prohibition Blues" Nora Bayes
> > Every Day Will be Sunday (When The Town Goes Dry) - Ed Meeker
> > Dinnie Donohue on Prohibition - Wm Cahill (Edison)
> > I've Been Floating Down The Old Green River - Billy Murray (Edison)
> > Alcoholic Blues - Billy Murray (Victor) or Vernon Dalhart (Edison)
> > The Moon Shines On The Moonshine - Bernard&  Hare (Edison)
> > Just A Little Drink - Paul Whiteman (Victor)
> > I Married the Bootlegger's Daughter..Frank Crumit
> > All The Boys Love Mary..Van&  Schenck
> > Hello Montreal..Fred Waring
> > Show Me The Way To Go Home - Jones&  Hare (Edison)
> > "My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes," by Marion Harris.
> >
>
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