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Ahead of his Fort Worth show, Myers spoke by phone with the Star-Telegram about his musical inspirations, growing up on a cattle ranch, and writing drinking songs at 17.
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Stefan Stevenson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Mar. 2025
This joyous drinking song begins with pep before slowing down and giving the musicians room to stretch out.
—Alex Suskind, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
Country music is known for its drinking songs, but this is just tedious.
—Jake Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 July 2024
May 15, 2024 The pub, long known as a hangout for musicians, initially featured Irish troubadours performing drinking songs and traditional Irish ditties.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024
With Borg as his guide, O’Brien eats a slaughter plate at a beer hall, sings German drinking songs, and goes to a nude beach — Borg wears only his sneakers and a fanny pack.
—Ian Goldstein, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2024
Toby Keith, a former rodeo hand, oil rigger and semipro football player who became a rowdy king of country music, singing patriotic anthems, wry drinking songs and propulsive odes to cowboy culture that collectively sold more than 40 million records, died Feb. 5 at 62.
—Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2024
Over the course of the show, the men’s bravado—on display in boisterous bar scenes, complete with drinking songs and a fistfight with British airmen—fades into shellshocked resignation as more of their friends fail to return from missions.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2024
In the summer, the longest day of the year, Midsomer, is celebrated as its own holiday, parties are held to peel and feast upon crimson crayfish while crooning drinking songs and toasting with elderberry schnapps, cities empty as residents migrate to summer cottages or boats.
—Madeline Weinfield, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2023
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Stefan Stevenson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Mar. 2025
This joyous drinking song begins with pep before slowing down and giving the musicians room to stretch out.
—Alex Suskind, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
Country music is known for its drinking songs, but this is just tedious.
—Jake Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 July 2024
May 15, 2024 The pub, long known as a hangout for musicians, initially featured Irish troubadours performing drinking songs and traditional Irish ditties.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024
With Borg as his guide, O’Brien eats a slaughter plate at a beer hall, sings German drinking songs, and goes to a nude beach — Borg wears only his sneakers and a fanny pack.
—Ian Goldstein, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2024
Toby Keith, a former rodeo hand, oil rigger and semipro football player who became a rowdy king of country music, singing patriotic anthems, wry drinking songs and propulsive odes to cowboy culture that collectively sold more than 40 million records, died Feb. 5 at 62.
—Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2024
Over the course of the show, the men’s bravado—on display in boisterous bar scenes, complete with drinking songs and a fistfight with British airmen—fades into shellshocked resignation as more of their friends fail to return from missions.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2024
In the summer, the longest day of the year, Midsomer, is celebrated as its own holiday, parties are held to peel and feast upon crimson crayfish while crooning drinking songs and toasting with elderberry schnapps, cities empty as residents migrate to summer cottages or boats.
—Madeline Weinfield, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2023
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“Drinking song.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drinking%20song. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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