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Sep. 18th, 2019 03:41 pmMany, many times and many years ago, i posited that every time I am in a small Iowa bar, I hear Steve Earle,
I am a huge fan, and "Copperhead Road" is one of those classic bar songs.
I was shocked/not shocked when the Des Moines Register (of all places) did a survey of the most played songs on Iowa jukeboxes and Earle was on the list.
Unsurprisingly, when we've been drinking, we often bond, so it's not surprising that the list can't be pigeonholed. Also, I think these songs might be ingrained in ways that conventional chart success can't or won't reveal.
Anyway, this is totally my type of article
Top songs played on Iowa jukeboxes in 2018
1-Chris Stapleton -Tennessee Whiskey
2-Steve Earle- Copperhead Road
3-Garth Brooks- Friends in Low Places
4-Queen- Fat Bottomed Girls
5-Journey-Dont Stop Believin'
6-Jon Pardi-Dirt on my Boots
7-Midland-Drinkin Problem
8-Bebe Rexha with Florida Georgia Line- Meant to Be
9-Sam Hunt- Body Like a Back Road
10-Eric Church- Smoke a Little Smoke
Indeed, it sounds like a perfect small town bar playlist, but Des Moines wasn't that much difference. Stapleton was still #1, Garth at #2, and Drake's "Gods Plan" at 3, Earle fell to #8 between Cardi B's "Bodak Yellow" and #9 Post Malone's "Rockstar", but everything else pretty much stayed the same.
Iowa's top artists were Chris Stapleton, AC/DC, Eric Church, Post Malone and Kid Rock. In Des Moines, it was Drake, Post Malone, Stapleton, Church and Rock. The Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Lynrd Skynrd, Cardi B and the Eagles rounded out the top 10.
Not altogether dissimilar, the Register did a feature on Black Velvet Whisky which is the most consumed of Iowa's alcohol choices, and it's not even close.
Iowans love Black Velvet Whisky:It's Cheap read the headline, as it went into the fact that Iowa was hitting record revenues
Iowans drink a lot of beer as well, and although Topping Goliath Brewery is now one of the hippest brewers in the nation; when Iowans aren't drinking craft beer, they're drinking Busch Light.
Busch Light sponsored local softball teams in Des Moines with one team receiving $5000. This fall, they are rolling out a special Busch Latte edition package- a play on words.
The Daily Iowan wrote about why Iowans gravitate to it. It's cheap- not great, but not terrible.
Mapping out beer preference, and Busch Light stands out in Iowa. The West Like Coors Light (of course). Miller Lite is popular in Big 10 country- states like Wisconsin, Ohio, and Illinois. It's Bud Light in the South and the East.
Busch Light is noticeably an Iowan preference. By the way, Beer is cheaper in Iowa than most places.
Even this week, Busch Light is an Iowan headline since ESPN Gameday was in Ames for Iowa vs Iowa State.
Standing in the background with a sign that said BUSCH LIGHT SUPPLY NEEDS REPLENISHED and a Venmo account name, 23 year old Carson King has made $29,000 and counting in donations since his Saturday appearance.
I am a huge fan, and "Copperhead Road" is one of those classic bar songs.
I was shocked/not shocked when the Des Moines Register (of all places) did a survey of the most played songs on Iowa jukeboxes and Earle was on the list.
Unsurprisingly, when we've been drinking, we often bond, so it's not surprising that the list can't be pigeonholed. Also, I think these songs might be ingrained in ways that conventional chart success can't or won't reveal.
Anyway, this is totally my type of article
Top songs played on Iowa jukeboxes in 2018
1-Chris Stapleton -Tennessee Whiskey
2-Steve Earle- Copperhead Road
3-Garth Brooks- Friends in Low Places
4-Queen- Fat Bottomed Girls
5-Journey-Dont Stop Believin'
6-Jon Pardi-Dirt on my Boots
7-Midland-Drinkin Problem
8-Bebe Rexha with Florida Georgia Line- Meant to Be
9-Sam Hunt- Body Like a Back Road
10-Eric Church- Smoke a Little Smoke
Indeed, it sounds like a perfect small town bar playlist, but Des Moines wasn't that much difference. Stapleton was still #1, Garth at #2, and Drake's "Gods Plan" at 3, Earle fell to #8 between Cardi B's "Bodak Yellow" and #9 Post Malone's "Rockstar", but everything else pretty much stayed the same.
Iowa's top artists were Chris Stapleton, AC/DC, Eric Church, Post Malone and Kid Rock. In Des Moines, it was Drake, Post Malone, Stapleton, Church and Rock. The Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Lynrd Skynrd, Cardi B and the Eagles rounded out the top 10.
Not altogether dissimilar, the Register did a feature on Black Velvet Whisky which is the most consumed of Iowa's alcohol choices, and it's not even close.
Iowans love Black Velvet Whisky:It's Cheap read the headline, as it went into the fact that Iowa was hitting record revenues
Iowans drink a lot of beer as well, and although Topping Goliath Brewery is now one of the hippest brewers in the nation; when Iowans aren't drinking craft beer, they're drinking Busch Light.
Busch Light sponsored local softball teams in Des Moines with one team receiving $5000. This fall, they are rolling out a special Busch Latte edition package- a play on words.
The Daily Iowan wrote about why Iowans gravitate to it. It's cheap- not great, but not terrible.
Mapping out beer preference, and Busch Light stands out in Iowa. The West Like Coors Light (of course). Miller Lite is popular in Big 10 country- states like Wisconsin, Ohio, and Illinois. It's Bud Light in the South and the East.
Busch Light is noticeably an Iowan preference. By the way, Beer is cheaper in Iowa than most places.
Even this week, Busch Light is an Iowan headline since ESPN Gameday was in Ames for Iowa vs Iowa State.
Standing in the background with a sign that said BUSCH LIGHT SUPPLY NEEDS REPLENISHED and a Venmo account name, 23 year old Carson King has made $29,000 and counting in donations since his Saturday appearance.
