And the Ashtrays Have Retired: Paeans to Bars

      Even before the pandemic started, my visits to bars were pretty rare.   I know it wouldn't be nearly as much fun as it was it in days of past, especially since I'm pretty foggy after having even two drinks, but there is something about bars and the ways they encourage sociability.  So rather than a collection of drinking songs, I thought it better to create a compilation of songs about specific bars or feature evocative  descriptions about bars (though I will admit to cheating a little bit by my inclusion of Gillian Welch's Barroom Girls).  Hope teetotalers and barflies enjoy it. :)
 

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Saloon Six	The Delines
Pedal Tavern Girl	Bill Lloyd
Frank's Tavern	Chris Gaffney
It'll Do	Kimmie Rhodes
Misery Tavern	The Jayhawks
Tavern in the Town	Terry Lightfoot's New Orleans Jazzmen
The Tiki Bar Is Open	John Hiatt
The Have-Nots	X
Barroom Girls	Gillian Welch
Lived In Bars	Cat Power
At the Saloon	Van Dyke Parks
Bar Italia	Pulp
Hangover Tavern	Hank Thompson
Over There That's Frank	James Hand
Beer Tavern Girl	Jimmy McCracklin
Crossroads Bar	Laurel Canyon Ramblers
Down At The Corner At A Bar Called Kelly's	Johnny Paycheck
Charleston Railroad Tavern	Bobby Bare
The Pub with No Beer	Finbay O'Shay
Nothing Good Ever Happens At The Goddamn Thirsty Crow	Father John Misty
Whirlaway	Rico Bell
The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) (An Evening With Pete King)	Tom Waits