Season 1 · Episode 41 · Feb 26, 2020 · 35 min
Chris Stapleton
“Tennessee Whiskey”
vs. Etta James "I'd Rather Go Blind"
Originally titled “I'd Rather Have Whiskey”
From the Riffs archive First aired Feb 26, 2020. The show was music-first back then — it has grown into a conversation about everything else since.
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If given a choice between sipping whiskey and going blind, the answer is pretty clear. But when listening to Etta James’ “I’d Rather Go Blind” and Chris Stapleton’s cover of “Tennessee Whiskey”, things get a little fuzzier. Join Joe and Toby as they wind through the connections between these two tracks.
Like this one? Joe and Toby speak at events — the same conversation, on a stage.