BATTLE OF THE BANDS: 2025, JUNE 15 (Or, LOU RAWLS Versus TOM WAITS)

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Nope! No more mint juleps for you! Don't you think you've had enough?! 

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My Ma was not really a drinker. Her idea of great booze was pricey Chambord, which she'd have maybe every 8-10 years. 

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However, I recall that Ma really liked the song 'Scotch And Soda'. She owned a 45 single of it by... Hmmm.... I'm not sure. The Kingston Trio perhaps? But Ma also liked her some Lou Rawls, so I settled upon his version of the song to do Battle against Tom Waits. 

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Please vote in the comment section for the recording you like best, and then, please, check out the other BOTBers BOTBs and drop your two cents worth at their blogs. The list of participants is over there somewheres ~~>>

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I intend to return here on June 22nd with my own vote and the final tally. Until then, may you bless & be blessed!!

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Scotch and soda

Mud in your eye

Baby, do I feel high

Oh me, oh my, do I feel high

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Dry martini

Jigger of gin

Oh, what a spell you've got me in

Oh my, do I feel high

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SCOTCH AND SODA 

by Lou Rawls 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKCafwSQFMc

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All our scribbled love dreams are lost or thrown away

Here amidst the shuffle of an overflowin' day

Our love needs a transfusion, let's shoot it full of wine

Fishin' for a good time starts with throwin' in your line

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NEW COAT OF PAINT 

by Tom Waits 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plKipTff0lU

 

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~ STMcC 

DogGtor of Alcohology & 

King of Inebriation Nation

BATTLE OF THE BANDS: JUNE 1, 2025 (Or, BARNEY KESSEL Vs. EARL PALMER Vs. CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE)

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A great Jazz guitarist, a great Jazz drummer, and a great Blues harmonica player walk into a bar. 

The bartender asks, "What'll ya have?" 

All three great musicians simultaneously yell, "One mint julep!" 

The bartender says, "Alright, fellas, make yourselves comfortable" and then commences to make three mint juleps. 

"What's the punch line?", asks the confused reader. 

And D-FensDogG responds, "There ain't no punch line, because this Battle Of The Bands contest ain't no joke!"

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Ever been in a bar that looked this old & this cool? Built in 1861, "fellow babies!" I go there regularly to get Dr. Johnny Fever's prescriptions filled. (I gotta goot doctor!)

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Welcome to my third and final installment of the 'One Mint Julep' series. This is going to be a rare 3-Way Battle because... 1) all three versions of the song are excellent, 2) radically different from each other, and 3) felly short-uh.

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I am of the opinion that 'One Mint Julep' likely has more really terrific versions of it recorded than any other oft-covered song. My BOTB series has used  7  renditions (all Jazz, Blues and R&B -- none by "overrated Commie Rockers!", as Les Nessman would call them), and there are still more goot juans out there. The original recording was by The Clovers & released in 1952. Other covers that you may bigly dig are by artists such as...

King Curtis

Count Basie

The Ventures (Rockers: Pish & Pshaw!)

Kenny Burrell

Poncho Sanchez

Freddie Hubbard 

Louis Prima & Keely Smith 

Check 'em out sometime & see what ya think.

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Alright, let's get on it. 

Let's get ON this thing! 

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Barney Kessel Trio 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAL5xD6fGHU

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Earl Palmer   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7TCy-8Ln2M

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Yes, actually, 'One Mint Julep' does have lyrics. And this final entry in my 7-song series is the only one I've utilized which includes someone singin' the woids:

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Charlie Musselwhite 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-YWGEPk5mI

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I intend to return here on June 8th with mine own "bote" and the Final Tally. Until then, "move yer bloomin' arse" over to the other BOTBers' blogs, drop your two cents in their cups & support the cause. (List of BOTBers over there ~~>> somewhere.)

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~ Stephen T. McME