Have a favorite song to listen while sipping?

[funknik]

Maggot Brain by Funkadelic

[Stu]

Bill Evans or Morphine.

James Yorkston (Scottish Folk Singer) is also great whiskey music.

[Gillman]

I always liked Mandy (Barry Manilow's song), what can I say.

But right now I've got one of the reissued Creedence Clearwater Revival albums on, loud. The catalogue has been re-mastered this year with bonus tracks.

On Bayou Country, they've added a song from a '69 Fillmore West show called Crazy Otto. It's a blues, fairly lengthy, with great chord work and psychedelicized solos. Amazing, heavy stuff.

Gary

[smokinjoe]

Maggot Brain by Funkadelic

Whenever I hear Funkadelic, I think back to the TV show "The White Shadow", and the episode when the touring Soviet Union team comes to Carver High. During a scene by the water fountain (Admission here. I have referred to the Internet for the actual details):

Russian Player (Trying to be friendly, "hip", and topical): "We very much like your Elton John in my country."

Jackson: "Well, I'm into Funkadelic myself!" (He then cuts in and slurps a drink from the water fountain.)

Russian Player (Looking bewildered and soooo out of touch): "Funka-what??"

I was a senior in high school when that aired. 28yrs ago. I still remember it. I remember the guys (mostly white) on our high school baseball team howled with laughter at the line for weeks! It became "the line" du jour. I wonder why it resonated so much with us then, and me to this day?

[Gillman]

Tonight, a great cover by a great band, CCR doing Cotton Fields:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS4OxoebcSQ&feature=related

And now, amazingly almost 40 years later, John Fogerty doing the same song:

Which do you prefer? I love both.

Gary

[funknik]

How about "Whiskey Bottle" by Uncle Tupelo? Great drinkin' song....or sippin'.

[BlueRobot]

I'm a big fan of the band "Iron & Wine" - When I'm drinking bourbon.

As of today they put a new website up, and have free downloads of fully acoustic versions of their last album.

"Resurrection Fern" is a big favorite of mine.

Sipping bourbon and reflecting. Sam Beam (who actually is Iron & Wine) paints great pictures in my mind.

http://www.ironandwine.com/home.htm

He was just on Austin City Limits in November, and is going to be on Leno on January 5th.

[Old Lamplighter]

Among others, a couple of favorites are: Skynyrd's "Simple Man" and Merle Haggard with "I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink".