He didn't much like Toby Keith's drinking songs, so maybe he can find one he likes here. And if you enjoy cameos, videos 1 & 4 will make you smile. Happy Friday, y'all!
I don’t know what Rollins thinks about any of that, but he did do a Waylon Jennings tribute cover. It’s, well, a very different piece performed in the hardcore mode.
I am sending two drinking songs from Ireland: Tommy Makem and the Clancy Brothers. Tommy Makem and the Clancy Brothers gave me my first exposure to drinking songs, in 9th grade. Growing up in New England, my exposure to C&W songs was haphazard. I found out decades later that a song that I repeatedly listened to on an old 78 record player- Kawlija- was a Hank Williams song. We had an album of cowboy songs, picked up from a remainder bin, perhaps. I was very well exposed to the folk song craze of that era- Tommy Makem, Odetta, Doc Watson, Weavers, etc. A couple of times I tuned into WCKY in Cincinnati, nearly 800 miles away, which gave me an initial dose of then-current C&W music.
In retrospect, it seems odd that my first exposure to drinking songs came from Irish folk music, but that’s the way it was.
The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem: The Moonshiner I liked their drinking songs, but courtesy of having been a passenger in a fatal drunk-driver accident at the age of 6, I did not let a liking of drinking songs segue into a liking of drinking.
I don’t know what Rollins thinks about any of that, but he did do a Waylon Jennings tribute cover. It’s, well, a very different piece performed in the hardcore mode.
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There's another way to go at that...
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I am sending two drinking songs from Ireland: Tommy Makem and the Clancy Brothers. Tommy Makem and the Clancy Brothers gave me my first exposure to drinking songs, in 9th grade. Growing up in New England, my exposure to C&W songs was haphazard. I found out decades later that a song that I repeatedly listened to on an old 78 record player- Kawlija- was a Hank Williams song. We had an album of cowboy songs, picked up from a remainder bin, perhaps. I was very well exposed to the folk song craze of that era- Tommy Makem, Odetta, Doc Watson, Weavers, etc. A couple of times I tuned into WCKY in Cincinnati, nearly 800 miles away, which gave me an initial dose of then-current C&W music.
ReplyDeleteIn retrospect, it seems odd that my first exposure to drinking songs came from Irish folk music, but that’s the way it was.
These were not the only drinking songs from Tommy Makem and the Clancy Brothers that I recall, but they are the ones that stand out in my memory.
Clancy brothers and Tommy Makem - Whiskey, you`re the devil
The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem: The Moonshiner
I liked their drinking songs, but courtesy of having been a passenger in a fatal drunk-driver accident at the age of 6, I did not let a liking of drinking songs segue into a liking of drinking.
Or from a different angle, Andy Grammer: Honey, I'm Good
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff. I think Mr Rollins would find us quite hospitable, should he happen to drop by.
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