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Colin Murray: Liquor in the Lyrics

Colin Murray plays an hour of Country classics written about, and inspired by the genre's obsession with liquor

Colin Murray delves into the lyrical content of some of Country's greatest tracks and explores the obsession with booze, the bottle and bars.

As Country Music fans walk around the Country to Country Music Festival or tune into Bob Harris Country on Radio Two, it won't be long before they hear a song where a "Guy Walks Into a Bar" with "Drink in My Hand" sipping on "Tennesse Whiskey" and in this hour long celebration, Colin examines the genre's lyrical obsession with the bottle.

Featuring a playlist of current stars such as Brad Paisley, Eric Church, Carrie Underwood and Chris Stapleton and classic artists Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard and the king of the drinking song George Jones, plus one or two surprises along the way, Colin explores Country Music's obsession with, and reasons for, the liquor in the lyrics.

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Sat 11 Mar 2017 12:00
Radio 2 Country

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Music Played

  • Little Big Town

    Day Drinking

    • (CD Single).
    • HumpHead.
    • 001.

  • Tammy Wynette

    Don't Come Home a Drinkin'

  • Dierks Bentley

    Drunk On A Plane

  • Kenny Rogers

    Lucille

    • Country Ballads (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Chris Stapleton

    Whiskey And You

    • Traveller.
    • Mercury.
    • 005.

  • Clare Bowen

    Crazy Tonight

  • Elvis Costello & The Attractions

    Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down

  • Aaron Watson

    Vaquero

  • Merle Haggard

    Misery and Gin

  • The Jayhawks

    The Liquor Store Came First

  • Joe Nichols

    Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off

  • George Jones

    Tennesse Whiskey

  • Johnny Cash

    A Boy Named Sue

  • Willie Nelson

    Whiskey River

    • Always On My Mind.
    • Castle Pie.

Broadcast

  • Sat 11 Mar 2017 12:00
    Radio 2 Country

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