Jim Morrison and the Doors

Every time I picture Jim Morrison in my mind's eye, he has hold of a half-swigged bottle of Jack Daniels or similar bourbon. While he might not be the greatest role model, he was certainly a quintessential rock star, poet, shaman and icon. Perfect for this blog. What's more, he wrote a song or two which involved whisky.



"Whiskey, Mystics And Men"

Well, I’ll tell you a story
of whiskey and mystics and men,
And about the believers and
how the whole thing began.
First there were women and
children obeying the moon,
Then daylight brought wisdom
and fever and sickness too soon.
You can try to remind me
instead of the other, you can.
You can help to insure
that we all insecure our command.
If you don’t give a listen,
I won’t try to tell your new hand.
This is it can’t you see
that we all have our ends in the band.

And if all of the teachers and
preachers of wealth were arraigned,
We could see quite a future
for me in the literal sands.
And if all of the people
could claim to inspect such regrets,
well, we’d have no forgiveness,
forgetfulness, faithful remorse.
So I tell you, I tell you,
I tell you we must send away.
We must try to find a
new answer instead of a way.

Plans for Burns Night 2017

"Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796), also known as Rabbie Burns, the Bard of Ayrshire, Ploughman Poet and various other names and epithets,[nb 1] was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who have written in the Scots language, although much of his writing is also in English and a light Scots dialect, accessible to an audience beyond Scotland. He also wrote in standard English, and in these writings his political or civil commentary is often at its bluntest."

~Wikipedia on Robert Burns




Okay, so my family has very few (if any) connections to Scotland. There may have been a few ancestors with names like Hay, Scott and Young, but I don't consider myself to have any, meaningful Scots heritage.

That said, my family and I do celebrate Burns night. First of all, because celebrations that honour poets are few and far between. And, well, any excuse to drink whisky, right?

We have haggis bought from Sainsbury's with a nice whisky sauce. And I was lucky enough to be bought some Glenfiddich for my birthday. As well as a blended whisky, in case the wife wants to drink whisky with a mixer.

We'll recite a little poetry and drink in honour of the man and his work.

To be honest, I'd probably eat haggis all year round, too, if I could...