

“Jack Daniels, If You Please? // David Allen Coe There aren’t too many moonshine songs, but this one’s a classic.ġ2. “If Drinking Don’t Kill Me (Her Memory Will)” // George Jonesĭrinking songs can be happy, sad and all points in between. Once Coe added the verse about mama, trains, trucks, prison and getting drunk we then had the perfect country song.ġ4. “You Never Even Called Me by Name” // David Allen Coe He doesn’t care what happens, he’s staying put at the local bar.ġ5. “I Think I’ll Just Stay Here and Drink” // Merle Haggard “Pour a little Crown in a Dixie cup.” You heard the man.ġ7 “Bartender Song (Sittin’ at a Bar)” // Rehabġ6. If nothing else it proves to us all that after a few drinks, people become excellent dancers and singers. I question any man who doesn’t proudly drink from a plastic cup. It details why a man should quit drinking. “Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off” // Joe NicholsĮveryone has at least one drink that lowers their inhibitions - for some, its tequila.ĭoesn’t this song sound a lot like the Sesame Street theme song? Who hasn’t fantasized about leaving work in the middle of the day to do a little day drinking?Ģ3. The ability to connect anything to whiskey is always a good thing. Sometimes everyone just needs to let loose and “chase that disco ball around.” It’s all about escaping the doldrums of work and tapping into a drunken state of mind.įor the listener, the song is a very painful trip - but oh so addicting. “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere” // Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett What better place to get life wisdom than from the old man at the bar?Ģ8. It only shows how strong booze can be when you’re going through heartbreak.Ģ9. Its tongue-in-cheek storytelling at its best for getting more beer. One of the many risks of overdoing it at the bar. “Billy’s Got His Beer Goggles On” // Neal McCoy The tale of a broken heart and the cure from the local barkeep.ģ2. This song confirms honky-tonk music is all about bar room pianos, broken hearts and drinking too much. It’s hard to hold on to your problems if you’ve got a drink in both hands.> 34.

“The Whiskey Ain’t Workin’” // Travis TrittĮven though drinking helps, everyone must still face their fears at one point or another. Not all is lost when you have two bottles of wine.ģ6. “Two More Bottles of Wine” // Emmylou Harris Who doesn’t have a local watering hole that they love to drink at?Ī dare you name a better regretful, morning-after ballad.ģ7. This song makes drunks seem quaint and adorable. After all, it’s usually alcohol that typically leads to the first three reasons. Next to sex, love and heartache, no subject matter has been more popular to country artists than alcohol. Alcohol and country music go hand-in-hand.
