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"One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" (or "One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer" as it was originally titled) 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 have popularized the song, including John Lee Hooker in 1966 and George Thorogood in 1977. ==Original song== Amos Milburn's "One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer" is a mid-tempo blues song, sometimes described as a jump blues,〔 〕 with pop-style chord changes. It tells the story of a man who is "in a bar at closing time trying to get enough booze down his neck to forget that his girlfriend's gone AWOL, harassing a tired, bored bartender who simply wants to close up and go home into serving just one more round".〔 During the one break in the song, Milburn implores the bartender: The song was a hit, reaching number two in the R&B chart during a fourteen-week stay in 1953.〔 The single lists the performers as "Amos Milburn and His Aladdin Chickenshackers" after his first number one single "Chicken Shack Boogie". Mickey Baker provided the guitar parts. Several of Milburn's contemporaries commented on his indulgence;〔Murray 2002, p. 312. "He () was a good man, stayed drunk ''a-a-a-a-l-l'' the time. Nice gentleman, though".〕 for his part, Milburn added "I practiced what I preached".〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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