[78-L] BEER DRINKING MUSIC

[David Lennick]

Can't have drunk jitterbugs..they keep throwing up on the bandstand.

dl

On 1/21/2013 9:43 PM, David Weiner wrote:
> 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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