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What Good Can Drinkin' Do
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Wikipedia article
'"What Good Can Drinkin' Do"' is a blues song by Janis Joplin, the first song she ever recorded.
The song has six verses, following the 12-bar blues pattern. Lyrics in the first and last verse are almost identical: "What good can drinkin' do ?" is sung twice, then answered with "Lord, I drink all night but the next day I still feel blue."
Recordings of this song can be heard on her 1975 album, 'Janis', or on the later box set 'Janis'. 'Record Collector' cites her intro to the song: 'Up steps a feisty young woman, one month short of her twentieth birthday. "Uh, this is a song called 'What Good Can Drinkin' Do', that I wrote one night after drinkin' myself into a stupor." ...'
In 2009, Austin musician Carolyn Wonderland began including the song in some of her live performances, after appearing at The American Music Masters tribute to Janis Joplin, "Kozmic Blues: The Life and Music of Janis Joplin."
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Category:Janis Joplin songs
Category:1962 songs
Category:Songs about alcohol
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