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In the song "Ready or Not" sung by The Fugees, there is a reference to drinking moonshine. The Beach Boys' drummer Dennis Wilson recorded a song titled "Moonshine" on his only solo album, Pacific Ocean Blue. In the song "Clear Blue Flame" on the album of the same title, Delta Moon stated that "good moonshine burns with a clear, blue flame". [2]
The song contains references to trains, railroads and the countryside, themes that Morrison has returned to throughout his career, as well as subjects country blues artists Jimmie Rodgers and Hank Williams often used. [3] In 2017 "Moonshine Whiskey" came at number three in The Telegraph's "The 30 best songs about whiskey". [4]
The usage of "moonshine" instead of "poitín" suggests that the song may have originated in America. However, there is no definitive proof of the song's provenance. [3]: 134–5 Irish actor Liam Redmond believed it was an "American drinking song". [4]: 100–1 The song was a staple for Delia Murphy throughout her career.
The song's narrator is named John Lee Pettimore III, whose father and grandfather were both active in moonshine making and bootlegging in rural Johnson County, Tennessee. Pettimore's grandfather visited town only rarely, in order to buy supplies for a still he had set up in a holler along Copperhead Road.
Enter: three (3!!!) lines from a yet-to-be-determined song on The Tortured Poet's Department. Ahem: "Crowd goes wild at her fingertips. Half moonshine, Full eclipse"
Upon the song lifting, Mars tweeted "Ive been jammin to this song for a while now. I hope yall can groove wit me and slide wit me but most important BOK wit me #Moonshine". [6] "Moonshine" was released digitally as a promotional single in the United States on November 19, 2012, as part of the iTunes countdown through Atlantic Records. [6]
Pam Sutton, the widow of legendary moonshiner and bootlegger Popcorn Sutton, sits in Popcorn's favorite chair outside her home in Parrottsville on Oct. 25.
The Moon Shines on the Moonshine is a song by Francis De Witt (lyrics) and Robert Hood Bowers (music). [1] It was performed by Bert Williams in Ziegfeld Follies and recorded on an album. [2] Shapiro Bernstein and Co. published sheet music for the song in 1920 in New York City. [3] [4] Williams appears on the songsheet cover in blackface. [5]