The Real "TENNESSEE WHISKEY"...by LSG

 

I was playing this song at a gig and after I finished a young lady walks up and requested "Tennessee Whiskey". I replied, “I just played it”.

 

She looked confused, kept her dollar and walked away.

 

At another show I played it and some young people setting up front said “way to make it yours” and I thought they were crazy.

 

Then I heard someone playing the opening to an Etta James song called, “I’d Rather Be Blind“ , an old bluesy classic. It took a minute to process what exactly I was hearing and it wasn’t worthy of the two great classics being disrespected.

 

Unfortunately in today’s hack minded music business there is NO respect for what the songs mean to people because everything is meaningless now in this “get a million clicks at any price” world.

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The version I perform and recorded of this song pays respect to the melody and the soul of the song. Call me a music snob if you wish but this is how the song is meant to be heard.

 

If you like two songs crammed together with zero soul...this is not for you.

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When I first heard the song it was on a DAC album. A short time later I heard ''The Possum'' George Jones singing it on the radio and it had that Nashville polish to it where as DAC’s version is more raw, more outlaw which appealed to me stylistically.

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I’ve played this song since I first learned it when it originally came out. It’s been the center piece song for more than one wedding I’ve played and this version will hopefully survive the test of time and the ''bullshit version'' will fade away just like that old cow pie that dries up and blows away.