Written by: Larry Kingston
Recorded: 26 June 1970
Producer: Pete Drake
Engineer: Scotty Moore
Released: 25 September 1970 (UK), 28 September 1970 (US)
Available on:
Beaucoups Of Blues
Personnel
Ringo Starr: vocals
Charlie Daniels, Chuck Howard, Jerry Kennedy, Dave Kirby, Sorrells Pickard, Jerry Shook: guitar
Ben Keith/Pete Drake: pedal steel guitar
Jim Buchanan/George Richey/Grover Lavender: fiddle
Roy Huskey Jr: upright bass
Buddy Harman/DJ Fontana: drums
Hoyt Hawkins, Neal Matthews Jr, Gordon Stoker, Ray Walker: vocals
‘Wine, Women And Loud Happy Songs’ is the eighth song on Beaucoups Of Blues, Ringo Starr’s second solo album.
It was written by Larry Kingston, who also co-wrote ‘Fastest Growing Heartache In The West’ and ‘I’d Be Talking All The Time’ on the album.
In the studio
Beaucoups Of Blues was recorded at Music City Recorders in Nashville, TN, with a number of local musicians, some of whom had appeared on Bob Dylan’s albums Nashville Skyline and Self Portrait. The album was produced by Pete Drake, with Elvis Presley’s guitarist Scotty Moore engineering.
The sessions took place from 6pm-9pm and 10pm-1am over three nights, from 25-27 June 1970. ‘Wine, Women And Loud Happy Songs’ was recorded during the second session on the night of 26 June.
Lyrics
Look at me now, ain’t I a sight?
Eyes bloody red, face puffy white
Hair tangled up and wrinkled old clothes
I’m a living example of a big overdose of
Wine, women and loud happy songs
I had all three but none lasted long
The women ran off, I drank all the wine
And the songs died away when I ran out of dimes
It’s strange how the wine works on a fool
It seeps through his mind, leaves him glued to the stool
Women leave you wishing you’d just never been
But the songs make you happy, soon you’re searching again for
Wine, women and loud happy songs
I had all three but none lasted long
The women ran off, I drank all the wine
And the songs died away when I ran out of dimes
