thin lizzy sang one bourbon one scotch one beer.
thin lizzy sang one bourbon one scotch one beer.
who sang one bourbon one scotch one beer?
thin lizzy
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"one bourbon, one scotch, one beer" (or "one scotch, one bourbon, one beer") 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 released popular recordings of the song, including john lee hooker in 1966 and george thorogood in 1977.









































section::::original song.
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george thorogood recorded "one bourbon, one scotch, one beer" for his 1977 debut album, "george thorogood and the destroyers". his version is a medley of the song and another hooker song, "house rent boogie", which serves as a backstory to explain the singer's situation. according to hooker, "he [thorogood] told me he was gonna do that [and] i said, 'okay, go ahead'".
one bourbon, one scotch, one beer