[1] Other artists released popular recordings of the song, including John Lee Hooker in 1966 and George Thorogood in 1977.

[3] The song's refrain includes: One scotch, one bourbon, one beer (2x) Please mister bartender, listen here I ain't here for trouble, so have no fear One scotch, one bourbon, one beer Released as a single by Aladdin Records, the performers are listed as "Amos Milburn and His Aladdin Chickenshackers" after his first number one single "Chicken Shack Boogie".

[14] Murray calls the process "Hookerization",[14] in which Hooker made it "into a vehicle for himself [but] edited the verse down to its essentials, filled in the gaps with narrative and dialogue, and set the whole thing to a rocking cross between South Side shuffle and signature boogie".

[3] Hooker's opening verse is more insistent than Toombs: One bourbon, one scotch, and one beer (2x) Hey mister bartender, come here I want another drink and I want it now[15] He then adds a narrative: And then I sit there, drinkin', gettin' high, mellow, knocked out, feelin' good About that time I looked on the wall, at the old clock on the wall About that time it was ten-thirty then, I looked down the bar at the bartender He said "What do you want, Johnny?

", "One bourbon, one scotch, and one beer"[16] Hooker's song is notated as a medium tempo blues with an irregular number of bars in 4/4 time in the key of E.[15] It was recorded in Chicago in 1966 with Hooker on vocal and guitar, guitarist Eddie "Guitar" Burns, and unknown accompanists.