The One Man Drinking Contest

Sometimes the only answer in life is to set up a bottle of brown liquor, a glass, and some music.  The beauty of the one man drinking contest is that you always win.  You always lose too, but such is life.  I don't do this often (nor would I endorse doing it often since no one needs to open those wounds more than necessary), but sometimes it's the only solution.  So what's the playlist?  Some favorites:

Rolling Stones - Angie - Maybe the ultimate drunk song for me and a requirement for one man drinking contests.
Rod Stewart - I've Been Drinking - Great early stuff from him, before he became one of the great squandered talents, but that's a conversation for another day
George Jones - The King Is Gone (and So Are You) - It took me way too many listens to figure out what was going on (I'm a little slow), but then it's no brainer.  Maybe the best song about one man drinking contests.
GG Allin - Carmelita - sure he's a lunatic, but this Warren Zevon cover captures a feeling
Wheels - Flying Burrito Brothers - Gram Parsons is the man
Jeff Bridges - Fallin' & Flyin' - from the movie Crazyheart.  A fantastic song that you could see his character writing a million times over.
Jerry Jeff Walker - Desperados Waiting on a Train - If this song doesn't hit you thinking about people getting older and leaving you, nothing will.
Modern Lovers - Hospital - Oh, the longing.
Warren Zevon - Accindentally Like a Martyr - "The hurt gets worse and heart gets harder."  You'll eventually get there if you're doing the one man drinking contest right.

The ultimate beauty of the one man drinking contest is that you never know where you might end up.  There will probably be some rage at some point and definitely some nostalgia, but letting the alcohol and the mood of the music take hold are a wonderful release from time to time.

"Angie, you can't say we never tried"