Alcohol Top Ten: Tennessee Whiskey (#7)
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (86757)
United States
June 6, 2022 10:46am CST
Sorry, country music haters. But let’s face it, we’re taking about booze here, so OF COURSE there’s going to be country music. 
And with that fair warning here’s today’s tune with a mention of something distilled in the title.
#7: Tennessee Whiskey - David Allan Coe
This has been recorded three times in a major way (not to mention the covers). The most recent version is by Chris Stapleton. The “gold standard” version is by George Jones. And then there’s the first version, by outlaw singer David Allan Coe. That’s the version I’m going with here.
Why? It’s not that I prefer Coe over anyone else. Quite frankly, I’m not a big fan of his (although I love the song he wrote, “Would You Lay With Me [In a Field of Stone],” which was a hit for Tanya Tucker). But dang it pulled out all the Lefty Frizzell stops in his rendition! No, he’s not impersonating Frizzell, but there’s enough of a tribute in there that you can’t mistake it for a nod to anyone else.
And the song itself? Smooth at Tennessee whiskey! 
Tennessee Whiskey
Written by Dean Dillon and Linda Hargrove
Recorded by David Allan Coe
From Tennessee Whiskey, 1981
I stay stoned:
And with that fair warning here’s today’s tune with a mention of something distilled in the title.
#7: Tennessee Whiskey - David Allan Coe
This has been recorded three times in a major way (not to mention the covers). The most recent version is by Chris Stapleton. The “gold standard” version is by George Jones. And then there’s the first version, by outlaw singer David Allan Coe. That’s the version I’m going with here.
Why? It’s not that I prefer Coe over anyone else. Quite frankly, I’m not a big fan of his (although I love the song he wrote, “Would You Lay With Me [In a Field of Stone],” which was a hit for Tanya Tucker). But dang it pulled out all the Lefty Frizzell stops in his rendition! No, he’s not impersonating Frizzell, but there’s enough of a tribute in there that you can’t mistake it for a nod to anyone else.
And the song itself? Smooth at Tennessee whiskey!
Tennessee Whiskey
Written by Dean Dillon and Linda Hargrove
Recorded by David Allan Coe
From Tennessee Whiskey, 1981
I stay stoned:
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@58lordstreet (1668)
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11 Jun 22
I always forget the spelling is it scottish that misses the e out
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@FourWalls (86757)
• United States
11 Jun 22
I would imagine that, when you’re drunk, the fewer letters you need to spell something, the better. That’s probably why we dropped the “U” from words like “favor” and “rumor.”
@FourWalls (86757)
• United States
12 Jun 22
@58lordstreet -- you do it correctly, whichever way you do it! 
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@58lordstreet (1668)
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11 Jun 22
@FourWalls It is generally spelled “whiskey”—with an e—in the United States and Ireland. It is spelled “whisky”—without the e—in Scotland and Canada, which are both well known for their whisk(e)y, and in several other countries.
doesnt say how we do it in England lol
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@FourWalls (86757)
• United States
7 Jun 22
Yes, “Would You Lay With Me” is a fabulous song! And I remember the “controversy” over the song because Tanya was all of 15 when she recorded it. Now a four-year-old probably knows what that song is about. 
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@JudyEv (382240)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Jun 22
@FourWalls Can you imagine our parents listening to some of today's songs? Now I don't know whether to put a 'laugh' or a 'cry'. I'll put both, just so I can stop dithering. 
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@FourWalls (86757)
• United States
7 Jun 22
@JudyEv — they had bawdy songs (“party songs” they were politely called) since recording began. My parents had Rusty Warren albums (her best-known song being “Knockers Up”), but I was strictly prohibited from touching them, let alone listening to them. Now first graders would laugh at the notion of her being considered “dirty.”
I’d prefer to cry over it, myself.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
9 Jun 22
I hadn´t heard the music but I´m a fan of Jack Daniels.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
9 Jun 22
@FourWalls I´m so sorry for them!!! It is my favorite drink.
It is my favorite drink.1 person likes this
@FourWalls (86757)
• United States
9 Jun 22
And the county in Tennessee where it’s made is “dry,” meaning liquor can’t be sold there.
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@FourWalls (86757)
• United States
7 Jun 22
@DWDavis — ew, I need a penicillin shot just from watching that. Didn’t they have “off limits” places overseas? I know they had ‘em in Jacksonville, and that was my first job at NAS Jax: typing up Article 92 reports on people caught at the off-limits places (usually bars that, like that video, you needed medication just for passing it in a car).
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
7 Jun 22
@FourWalls There were off-limits places but most bars and clubs were not on the list. The S5 office kept a close watch on the clubs for STD rates, fights, and theft from GIs. Too much of any and the club would be placed off-limits. Most club owners were meticulous in staying "clean."
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
7 Jun 22
@FourWalls I spent an afternoon in a bar in Itaewon near Seoul when I was stationed in Korea and that was the only song they played. Itaewon was full of bars and other places that catered to the tastes of the GIs stationed at 8th Army HQ in Yongsan. I was actually stationed at Camp Hovey much closer to the border with North Korea.
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@LindaOHio (222534)
• United States
7 Jun 22
I'm not old enough to listen to this song.
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@FourWalls (86757)
• United States
7 Jun 22
Hmm, looks like you’re stuck drinking Shirley Temple for a while…
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@BarBaraPrz (51828)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
6 Jun 22
I prefer Canadian whisky, or rye, as we call it.
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@FourWalls (86757)
• United States
6 Jun 22
Rye, hye, hye! Truth be told, I don’t like any of it.
Truth be told, I don’t like any of it.1 person likes this
@FourWalls (86757)
• United States
7 Jun 22
I like what he wrote more, by and large.
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@RasmaSandra (98033)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
7 Jun 22
Seem to have heard this a long time ago, I was once inspired to write a poem about drinking whiskey, Must of been one of those days in my youth,
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@FourWalls (86757)
• United States
7 Jun 22
It’s most famous by George Jones, although there’s a newer, recent version that’s been popular as well.
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@FourWalls (86757)
• United States
7 Jun 22
Never would’ve pegged you for the long-haired country boy (from Kentucky, no less!) type.
“You Should Probably Leave” is a good song.
“You Should Probably Leave” is a good song.1 person likes this
@FourWalls (86757)
• United States
6 Jun 22
Of course George is the best. Always was, always will be.
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