Song Review By Bill Janovitz
Delaware bar-room kings George Thorogood & the Destroyers did a more coherent — if slightly overlong — version of “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer” for their 1977 self-titled debut album. It is surely an audience favorite for them as well. Thorogood answers his own vocals with blistering and raunchy-toned guitar riffs.
Big Head Todd And The Monsters Version
American rock group Big Head Todd and the Monsters recorded “Boom Boom” for their album Beautiful World . Group bassist Rob Squires described the recording session: “Hooker has just this incredible presence. He walked into the room and literally everyone was intimidated including our producer and the people who work in the studio.” Beginning with the television series debut of NCIS: New Orleans in 2014, a portion of Big Head Todd’s version has been used as the opening theme.
Versin De George Thorogood
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George Thorogood grabó “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer” para su álbum debut en 1977, George Thorogood and the Destroyers. Su versión es un medley de la canción y otra del propio Hooker, “House Rent Boogie”, que sirve como trasfondo para explicar la situación del cantante. De acuerdo con Hooker, “Él me dijo que quería hacerla y yo le dije, ‘Bien, adelante'”.
“House Rent Boogie” está escrita en primera persona y detalla los eventos que acontecen tras que el cantante pierda su trabajo. Incapaz de pagar el alquiler y puesto en la calle por su arrendadora, intenta obtener alojamiento en casa de un amigo. Mintiendo a su dueña diciéndole que ha conseguido un nuevo trabajo, consigue acceso a su cuarto y saca todas sus pertenencias. Luego acude a una taberna y repetidamente pide las tres bebidas del título para ahogar sus penas, permaneciendo allí hasta las 3 de la madrugada.
Las grabaciones en directo del medley se incluyeron en el disco Live y en el 30th Anniversary Tour: Live . En la actuación de 1986, ya que el personaje está siendo desalojado, se asegura que ha puesto con sus maletas “su colección de discos de John Lee Hooker” antes de dirigirse al bar. Tanto la versión de estudio como la de directo de este tema se ha incluido en muchos recopilatorios de Thorogood.
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One Bourbon One Scotch One Beer: Three Tales Of John Lee Hooker
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Versin De John Lee Hooker
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John Lee Hooker grabó la canción como “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer” en 1966. Hooker transformó la canción de Milburn “en un vehículo por sí misma”. Usó la historia y el coro , pero “editó el verso en sus elementos esenciales, llenó los huecos de la narrativa y el diálogo, estableciendo todo el asunto entre un South Side shuffle y un boogie”. Las partes narrativas de Hooker incluían:
And then I sit there, drinkin’, gettin’ high, mellow, knocked out, feelin’ goodAbout that time I looked on the wall, at the old clock on the wallAbout that time it was ten-thirty then, I looked down the bar at the bartender, he said’What do you want, Johnny?’, one bourbon, one scotch, and one beer
La versión de Hooker es un blues a medio tiempo con un número de compases irregulares en tempo de 4/4 con clave de Mi. Fue gabada en Chicago en 1966 con Hooker en guitarra y voz, el pianista Lafayette Leake, el guitarrista Eddie “Guitar” Burns, el batería Fred Below, y un bajista desconocido. La canción fue realizada en 1966 por Hooker para su álbum de ese mismo año, The Real Folk Blues y más tarde grabó gran cantidad de versiones en directo. Una versión en directo con la banda de Muddy Waters se grabó en el Cafe Au Go Go el 30 de agosto de 1966 y fue descrita como “oscura, lenta y patanosa, donde el grado de relación emocional entre Hooker y su banda es nada menos que extraordinaria”.
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One Bourbon One Scotch One Beer
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“One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer” is a blues song written by Rudy Toombs and recorded by Amos Milburn in 1953. It is one of several drinking songs recorded by Milburn in the early 1950s that placed in the top ten of the Billboard R& B chart. Other artists released popular recordings of the song, including John Lee Hooker in 1966 and George Thorogood in 1977.
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One bourbon, one scotch, and one beerOne bourbon, one scotch, and one beerHey mister bartender, come hereI want another drink and I want it nowMy baby, she gone, she been gone two nightI ain't seen my baby since night before lastOne bourbon, one scotch, and one beerAnd then I sit thereGettin' highMellowKnocked outFeeling goodAnd by the timeI look on the wallAt the old clock on the wallBy that timeIt was ten thirty daddyI looked down the barAt the bartenderHe said"So what do you want, Johnny?"One bourbon, one scotch, and one beerWell, my baby she gone, she been gone two nightI ain't seen my baby since night before lastI want to get drunk till I'm off of my mindOne bourbon, one scotch, and one beerAnd I sit thereGettin' highStonedKnocked outAnd by the timeI looked on the wallAt the old clock againAnd by that time'T was a quarter to twoLast callFor alcoholI said "hey, mister bartender!""Well what do you want?"One bourbon, one scotch, and one beerOne bourbon, one scotch, and one beerOne bourbon, one scotch
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