Whiskey, Women, and…
- Place of Publication: Haverhill, MA
- Language: English
- Date of Publication: 1977-1989
- Periodicity: Irregular
- Editors: Dan Kochakian & Mike McCormick
- Publishers: Dan Kochakian
- Type: Full Text
Whiskey, Women, and… was a journal devoted primarily to the blues. Edited by Dan Kochakian in Haverhill, Massachusetts, it was published generally once or twice a year in two phases, 1971 to 1975 and 1982 to 1989. Associate editors George A. Moonogian and Bill Daniels both contributed regularly, along with Doug Seroff, Victor Pearlin, Lynn Abbott, Marv Goldberg, Ray Funk, and others. The principal focus of Whiskey, Women, and… was historic recordings, including discography, session information, and articles on prominent bluesmen on 78s, 45s, and reissues on 33 ⅓ rpm recordings. Concert reviews of blues legends appear regularly.
Musicians profiled and discussed include Van 'Piano' Man Walls, Hot Lips Page, Cecil Gant, Harmonica Frank (a serialized autobiography), Joe Weaver, Doc Pomus, Ernie Fields, The Larks, The Humming Four, Sam Price, Buddy Tate, Bill Cook, Rubberlegs Williams, Leo Parker, Dr. Horse, trumpeter Tom Lindsey and bassist Lloyd Trotman. Record labels discussed include BBK, Gem, Derby, Imperial, Gilt-Edge, Lenox, Joe Davis and Supreme. Issue 15 was dedicated to Boston jazz, blues, and swing musicians such as Sabby Lewis, Pearl Reaves, The Jones Brothers, Little Joe Cook and The Sophomores.
“A fine blues/R&B research magazine, has well-researched articles and discographies on R&B artists of the 1940s and ‘50s, edited by Dan Kochakian. The title is from the Sticks McGhee record “Whiskey, Women and Loaded Dice.”
Tim Brooks, “Publications Specializing in Recording History” (revised 2009)
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