Songs That Mention bars, taverns, pubs, saloons, or clubs in the title or lyrics
 

There are a lot of tunes to choose from for this thread. I'll start off:

Jim Croce - Top Hat Bar And Grille




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tben-EslJS0

First one I thought of...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0Hv9nsIQ34

God bless you and Travis always!!!

Holly

Love this song! Johnny Winter did a cover of this on his Still Alive And Well album from 1973. He did a straight country version. The lyrics you quoted are the best way to deal with a hooligan in a bar who wants to start trouble. I copied the lyrics for an English class assignment in high school. No one was the wiser.

Hank Thompson - Smokey The Bar



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM5_sTxtPks

Junior's Bar by Iron City Houserockers
I've seen the band twice over the years and it's been a good show both times.

They're still around?

Another good one.

Sham 69 - Hurry Up Harry

"We're going down the pub."


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7yaMG8LY4E

They are still around and actually on my concert radar for a January show in Cleveland. They go by Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers now but it's still Joe.

Dec 28, Houserockers Holiday Extravaganza (Pittsburgh)
Jan 17, "45 Years Of Houserockers" - Light Of Day 25 (Asbury Park)
Jan 18, Light Of Day 25 (Red Bank, NJ)
Jan 31, Music Box Supper Club (Cleveland)

Moving on...

Lightning Bar Blues - Hanoi Rocks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rm_05DULXw

Reverend Horton Heat - Liquor, Beer And Wine

"Ever since you left me/I've lived out of my car/parked between the liquor store/and Uncle Bubba's Bar"



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1NEgIfyVsw

Moby Grape - Ode To The Man At The End Of The Bar



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLzVwmm8_cM

OK, just to show I'm not a total Luddite, here's a more recent bar song. I like it when this guy sings instead of raps, so I retain some Luddite characteristics:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7bQwwqW-Hc

The Magnetic Fields - Be True To Your Bar

This band is playing in my town for two nights in late May. I’m going to try to make it to one of the shows.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMUMlFVWJss

God bless you and Toby's family always!!!

Holly (a girl who forever misses him)

Billy Joel's Piano Man is sung from the perspective of a piano player in a bar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJNQNSUTzsw

Till St. Dymphna Kicks Us Out by Conor Oberst
 

St. Dymphna is both the patron saint of mental illness and a bar in New York where Conor used to hang out.

Cool first post--welcome to the board, Cellamaster.

I am ashamed to admit that I forgot about that song. :( :( :(

God bless you and the remaining members of the group always!!!

Holly (a girl who forever misses Steve Sanders)

Loudon Wainwright III - Down Drinking At The Bar

"You're a lush, that's what you are/you're down drinking at the bar"



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukJ1207VpZ4

:thumb:

Cool, man! Have fun!

Merle Haggard - Swinging Doors


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUZo9DY6Sxk

Smokey Joe's Cafe- The Coasters