Tennessee Whiskey Bass Jam

This is my Bass rendition of Chris Stapelton's Country R&B version of "Tennessee Whiskey"... Using a Hofner Bass instead of a Fender Precision may appear to be somewhat of a sacrilege given the Country genre, but for this particular song, the deep smooth tones of the Hofner seem to be a perfect fit - especially using LaBella Deep Talking' Flats made especially for the Hofner short scale bass. Per Wikipedia.... "Tennessee Whiskey" was written in 1981 by Dean Dillon and Linda Hargrove. The pair decided to write a song together after meeting each other at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville. He had an idea for it for some time and they went back to Hargrove's house to write the song at four o'clock in the morning. After completion, the song was first offered to George Strait but he turned it down. It was first recorded by American country music artist David Allan Coe for his album of the same name Tennessee Whiskey released in 1981. His version is recorded in more of a traditional country style. Commercially, it peaked at number 77 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. The song was later covered by fellow American country music artist George Jones, whose version was released in August 1983 as the third single from his album Shine On. Jones' version reached a new peak commercially, reaching number two on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in November 1983 and number one on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. The song remained a mainstay in Jones' live set, with the singer often substituting the name of whatever city or town he was in for "Tennessee" in the second chorus. In 1985, he performed the song at the inaugural Farm Aid, and Coe joined Jones onstage to sing a chorus. American singer-songwriter Chris Stapleton recorded an R&B-influenced cover of the song for his debut studio album Traveller released in 2015. Stapleton first sang his version on the spur of the moment while the band were playing during a soundcheck before a show in Charlottesville, Virginia. Stapleton and the band enjoyed playing the song, and he decided to sing the song every show. The song's melody is an almost note-for-note rendition of Etta James' song "I'd Rather Go Blind." His producer Dave Cobb heard the song and suggested that he should record the song for his album. His cover was never officially released to radio as a single, but it was released as a promotional CD single. On November 4, 2015, Stapleton performed it at the Country Music Association (CMA) Awards as a duet with Justin Timberlake. The performance was described as the best moment of the night by music writers. Based solely on two days' sales after the broadcast, it reached number one on the Hot Country Songs chart, and number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100, selling 131,000 copies. It peaked at number 20 on the Hot 100 the following week, selling a further 118,000 copies. It was certified Platinum by the RIAA on May 4, 2016, and reached over a million in sales in the US by January 2017. It was certified 6× Platinum on July 31, 2019, for 6 million units in combined streams and sales. It has sold 1.98 million copies in the US as of March 2020. Stapleton and Timberlake also performed the song at the Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival and at the Man of the Woods Tour's Nashville concert.The song was nominated for ACM Song of the Year in 2017. Enjoy!! Lanny #tennessee; #tennesseewhiskey; #basscover; #hofnerbass; #countryblues; #blues; #countrymusic; #countrymusiccover; #precisionbass; #swampfox; #swampfoxbassplayer