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Saturday, March 14, 2009

Drinkin' Songs: Last Call Edition

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It's been a crazy week (what else is new?!?)... and I seem to have run out of time - figured I'd just set up a round of drinks on th...

Drinkin' Songs: Blood, Sex, and Booze

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Green Day: Blood, Sex and Booze [ purchase ] This well-crafted, no-longer-adolescent ditty was released in 2000, in the dead zone between th...
Friday, March 13, 2009

Drinkin’ Songs: Blues Edition

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The blues is the music of hard times, and hard times often drive people to drink. So the blues is a rich source of drinking songs. I wasn’t ...

Drinkin’ Songs: The Humours of Whiskey

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Andy Stewart and Manus Lunny : The Humours of Whiskey [ purchase ] Andy Stewart and Manus Lunny have together and apart been involved in mak...
Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Drinkin' Songs: The Danny Schmidt Edition

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Danny Schmidt: Girlwhiskey Danny Schmidt: Drunk at the Biltmore [ purchase ] Danny Schmidt: Sad Songs Walking [ purchase ] I'm a day...

Drinkin' Songs: Lucero

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Lucero - Kiss The Bottle (from The Attic Tapes) Lucer0 - Drink Till We're Gone (from Lucero) Lucero - I'll Just Fall (from Tennes...
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Drinkin' Songs: Ol' No. 7

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The Devil Makes Three - Ol' No. 7 [ purchase ] Finally, a subject I know a little something about. Getting drunk. As my shirt so clearly...

Drinkin’ Songs: I Gotta Get Drunk

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Redbird : I Gotta Get Drunk [ purchase ] Last week, I posted a song by the “folk supergroup” Cry Cry Cry. They were a trio of well known fol...
Monday, March 9, 2009

Drinkin' Songs: Another Irish Drinking Song

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Da Vinci's Notebook: Another Irish Drinking Song [ purchase ] Old Grand-Dad begone! - helloooo, Jameson... in the form of this enthusia...

Drinkin' Songs: Rum and Coca-Cola

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The Andrews Sisters: Rum and Coca-Cola [ Purchase ] I think it would be hard to enjoy a rum and coke and not want to start singing this son...
Sunday, March 8, 2009

Drinkin' Songs: I Drink

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Mary Gauthier: I Drink [ purchase ] Sorry to start the week off with a Debbie Downer song... but, hey... if the bottle fits - this one use...
Saturday, March 7, 2009

Bodies of Water: Up On Cripple Creek

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The Band : Up On Cripple Creek [ purchase ] Up On Cripple Creek was The Band's first and only Top 30 single, peaking at #25 on the US Bi...

Bodies of Water: Different Shores

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Tanya Savory: Different Shores [ purchase ] I had every intention of posting Tanya Savory's I Don't Hear That Train for our theme a...

Bodies of Water: September Sea

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Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer: September Sea [unavailable for purchase] September Sea is as yet still officially unrecorded - as Dave alw...
Friday, March 6, 2009

Bodies of Water: River Songs

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John Wesley Harding : Annan Water [ purchase ] John Wesley Harding found an unusual way to pay tribute to one of his musical inspirations a ...

Bodies of Water: Slack Water Sea

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Jez Lowe and The Bad Pennies : Slack Water Sea [ purchase ] Dirty Linen magazine is a wonderful resource for keeping up with folk music. Th...

Bodies of Water: River

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Joni Mitchell: River [ purchase ] Herbie Hancock with Corinne Bailey Rae: River [ purchase ] "Society is like a large piece of froze...

Bodies of Water: On Palestine

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JJ Grey and Mofro - On Palestine [ purchase ] "On Palestine" tackles that old-meets-new Florida, where the perils of timber compan...
Thursday, March 5, 2009

Bodies of Water: Loch Lomond

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Cordelia's Dad: Loch Lomond [ purchase ] Dan Zanes w/ Natalie Merchant: Loch Lomond [ purchase ] O you’ll tak’ the high road and I’ll ...

Bodies of Water: Reservoir

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Hem: Reservoir [ Purchase ] At first, I thought maybe this song wasn't a good fit for this week's theme as it's often a man-mad...
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