Released as a single by Aladdin Records, the performers are listed as 'Amos Milburn and His Aladdin Chickenshackers' after his first number one single ' Chicken Shack Boogie'. I ain't here for trouble, so have no fear
The lyrics tell the story of a man who is 'in a bar at closing time trying to get enough booze down his neck to forget that his girlfriend's gone AWOL, harassing a tired, bored bartender who simply wants to close up and go home into serving just one more round'. Milburn recorded the song on June 30, 1953, at Audio-Video Recording studios in New York City. Written by Rudy Toombs, is a mid-tempo song, sometimes described as a jump blues. 'One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer' is one of Amos Milburn's popular alcohol-themed songs, that included ' Bad, Bad Whiskey' (1950), 'Thinking and Drinking' (1952), 'Let Me Go Home, Whiskey' (1953), and 'Good, Good Whiskey' (1954). Other artists released popular recordings of the song, including John Lee Hooker in 1966 and George Thorogood in 1977. 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. ' One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer' (originally ' One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer') is a blues song written by Rudy Toombs and recorded by Amos Milburn in 1953. Song by Rudy Toombs 'One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer'
