{"id":2707,"date":"2017-04-22T07:00:53","date_gmt":"2017-04-22T11:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elijahwald.com\/songblog\/?p=2707"},"modified":"2024-11-09T13:58:53","modified_gmt":"2024-11-09T18:58:53","slug":"drowning-in-beer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elijahwald.com\/songblog\/drowning-in-beer\/","title":{"rendered":"Drowning in Beer (Erik Frandsen)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Drowning in Beer\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AKEl6snJlp4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A classic that somehow has not appeared on the internet yet, as far as I know &#8212; though I&#8217;m sure there are at least a few dozen people who know it, and far more who love it. <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2708\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elijahwald.com\/songblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ErikFrandsen_1265142975-300x288.jpg?resize=252%2C242\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"242\" \/>It was written by the munificently multi-talented Erik Frandsen, and I learned it off the same homemade tape on which Erik played Tom Hobson&#8217;s epic masterpiece, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.elijahwald.com\/songblog\/fancy-pants-gambling-man\/\">Fancy-Pants Gambling Man<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I got to hear Erik live a year or so later at Folk City, with Dave Van Ronk at my elbow, grumbling about what a great guitarist Erik was and explaining that he practiced while watching the Mets &#8212; which led to a brief period when I practiced while watching the Red Sox, until the salt from my tears wore the varnish off my J45. 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