Category: A’s Track of the Day

Another recommendation from the redoubtable Andy Marshall.

Fish swim, birds flyDaddies yell, mamas cryOld men sit and thinkI drink Here’s to you, Mary Gauthier.

In this 1960 hit, Miss Sharp delivers an ultimatum to her alky bloke who’s too drunk to get it up.

Following on from the Eagles clip, here’s Joe singing about ‘my best friend, vodka’.

Not sure when this live recording was made but they all look pretty damn old to me.

As anyone who has read Malcolm Lowry’s nightmarish novel Under The Volcano will attest, mezcal is a drink not to be messed with. Leo’s is one of many versions of … Continue readingLeo Kottke: Sonora’s Death Row

Suggested by Andy Marshall, this is from the 1954 film of the Student Prince. Edmund Purdom is miming to the voice of Mario Lanza.

A typically understated 1974 live performance from the US crooners. They don’t make them like that any more. Thankfully.

I have to say that Shane MacGowan isn’t the best advert for the hard stuff. Here he is staggering on to the stage in Paris, 2012, when he was only … Continue readingThe Pogues: Streams of Whiskey

Hard to find a country singer with a good word to say about the hard stuff. Cheers!