[78-L] BEER DRINKING MUSIC

Mon Jan 21 18:43:30 PST 2013

Glenn Miller's 1939 airchecks of the tune are introduced as "Barrel
Polka." 

Dave Weiner

On 1/21/13 8:01 PM, "Rjholtin" <rjh334578 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>Was this censorship also not the norm in the USA at the same time?
>
>I know I have heard tales of such, but not sure if this was local station
>dictum or network policy.  Anybody know fershure?
>
>Sent from my iPod
>
>On Jan 20, 2013, at 6:08 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>Beer Barrel Polka is on Lennick's Long Lager List (not too far down) but
>I'm 
>surprised at the Student Blintz omission as well. Maybe it's the Lanza
>revulsion factor. By the way, the Miss Grundys running the CBC in the 30s
>and 
>40s made sure that if you did perform the polka or play a recording of
>it, you 
>didn't make reference to the devil's brew. I have an aircheck of The
>Happy Gang 
>where they call it "The Barrel Polka".
>
>dl
>
>On 1/20/2013 6:50 PM, Michael Biel wrote:
>I'm surprised that nobody has brought up these two, not even in
>"Lennick's Long Larger List":
>
>
>Drink! Drink! Drink! from the Student Prince
>Beer Barrel Polka
>
>
>Mike (teetotaler) Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>
>  -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [78-L] BEER DRINKING MUSIC
> From: David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> Date: Sat, January 19, 2013 12:32 pm
> To: 78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>
> 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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