Rye Whiskey

This is an old song on my old guitar. This guitar has been somewhat neglected recently so I thought I'd tune it up and get the dust off it. Tilly220 - I gave a valiant effort to do a Nanci Griffith song and searched several sites that might have a song of hers that I'm familiar with to no avail. I must say I failed miserably. Then to see coolanddark pull one up off the web listen to it a couple of times then play it spot on - well - I gave up. Dan -- you're the man. I thought about doing Paradise. My thoughts were that Nancy and John Prine sang a song together, Paradise being a John Prine song, and Nancy obviously knows John Prine, I thought maybe that would wash. But I thought better of it, my fingers started to hurt (hadn't played the twelve string in a long time) so I thought I'd do a simple 2-chord ditty. Oh well - hope you like it. It's an old traditional song from days of yore.

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[premiumhbr]

awesome .... i grew up listening to this... RYE WHISKY!!!!!..... cool.

[jayrbee60]

Thank you... its good stuff! :-)

[doejyummy]

My dad sings this to me.. :]

[jayrbee60]

Its a fun old song, thanks for watching!

[runescaperocksyea]

I remember when my dad used to sing this song to me =D and awesome guitar playing and nice singing ur video rocked =).

[jayrbee60]

I usually play this on the banjo, but was in a mood I guess... The twelve strings make this song (version) sound much better. Your kind comments are highly appreciated!! Thank you kindly

[jayrbee60]

Awe Thank You! :-)

[mmcs122]

This is a great rendition, John. Your singing style is perfectly suited for these traditional songs. ;)

[jayrbee60]

Thanks Dan! Was working on this one for the banjo, but felt like playing it and didn't have the banjo with me. Yes - the old 78's, ya sure can't beat the old scratchy sound they gave out can ya!

[coolanddark]

man John~this is a fantastic song and performance~conjures up reminasance of when my Dadday used to play this song on the ol 78 record player!faved and replayed