Big Rock Candy Mountain is counting down the top 100 drinking songs. Here's hoping that the Meat Purveyor's "Thinking About Drinking" and Robbie Fulk's "Each Night I Try" get the placement they deserve. I was taken aback that "The King is Gone (And So Are You)" is languishing in 87th place.

Not sure what horse I'm backing for first place. Lots of good drinking songs out there. But no matter; to paraphrase the great man, when you participate in top 100 lists, it's not whether you win or lose, it's how drunk you get.