Part 1 of an exploration of the role of drinking in traditional, contemporary, and roots based UK music...

Maddy Prior & Tim Hart - Bring Us In Good Ale - Summer Solstice - Shanachie Records
Richard & Linda Thompson - Down Where The Drunkards Roll - I Want To See The Bright Lights - Island Records
Steve Tilston - Life is not kind (to the drinking man) - Solorubato - Fellside Recordings
John Roberts & Tony Barrand - Boozing - Live at Holsteins! - Golden Hind Music
Norma Waterson - God Loves A Drunk - Norma Waterson - Hannibal Records
Robin Laing - Twelve And A Tanner A Bottle - The Angel's Share - Greentrax Recordings
Barry Dransfield - General Worthington - Barry Dransfield - Polydor
Kathryn Tickell - In Dispraise of Whisky/Swig Jig - Debateable Lands - Park Records
Bob Pegg - A Dram For The Singer - The Last Wolf - Rhiannon
Fairport Convention - Three Drunken Maidens - Tipplers Tales - BGO Records
Keith Kendrick & Lynne Heraud - A Sailor Likes His Bottle-o - Stars In My Crown - Wild Goose
Coope Boyes & Simpson - John Barleycorn - Hindsight - No Masters
Rory McLeod - Tea Martoonies - Lullabies for big babies - Cooking Vinyl
Alastair Brown - Not What I'd Sing When I'm Sober - No Idle Jest - Prospect Records
Ralph McTell - The Wino And The Mouse - Spiral Staircase - Snapper Music
Dave & Toni Arthur - Padstow Drinking Song - morning stands on tiptoe - Wooded Hills Recording
Maddy Prior & June Tabor - Cakes And Ale - Silly Sisters - Shanachie Records

Playlists:1999 2000 2001 2002

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