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Driven to Drink (John Barleycorn)
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The traditional English melody John Barleycorn with a contemporary introduction.
acoustic folk roots traditional mandolin
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Welcome to the mandoverse. It's quite compact but it has a big heart. Everything here is translated into mandolin: punk and pop, rock and roots.
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Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Folk
Charts
Peak #168
Peak in subgenre #27
Uploaded
January 21, 2011
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MP3 1.8 MB • 128 kbps • 1:54
Story behind the song
The intro is used in the UK as the theme tune for Formula 1 motor racing on TV. The second part is the traditional English song, John Barleycorn, which is about growing barley for beer and whisky making. It was also recorded by Traffic. Hence the title, Driven to Drink
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