There are nods to notable whiskey-pioneers, as well as to Van Morrison, Louis Armstrong, and of course Tom Waits. Throughout the next half an hour of the show, whiskey-infused tracks like ‘I’ve Been Drinking’ by Jeff Beck and ‘One Scotch, One Bourbon, One beer’ by Alfred Brown are dispersed by tit-bits of whiskey lore, as well as some of Dylan’s home-brewed jokes. Of the latter track, Dylan says: “Edmund Tagoe and Frank Essien there with a piece of world music from before you could take a course in it at the university.” Dylan’s following choices continue that warmth, with songs like Willie Nelson’s ‘Whiskey Blues’ and ‘Whiskey Sununu Odia’ being notable highlights. It captures the warmth of being in good company with a tumbler of the gold stuff. Like many of the subsequent tracks, Harris’ song is not just related to whiskey by name, but by feeling.

With the theme decided, Bob kicks off the show “on the quiet side”, with the surprisingly raucous: ‘A Quiet Whiskey’ by Wyonie Harris.

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