GRAMMY-nominated, neotraditional country trio Midland turns up the heat today with their take on the timeless boot-stomping track “Drinkin’ Dark Whiskey,” dropping you straight into a smoky dive bar where the drinks are flowing, lips are loosening, and the truth feels like a distant memory.
Written by The SteelDrivers bandmates Chris Stapleton and the late Mike Henderson, “Drinkin’ Dark Whiskey” is a quintessential dance hall jaunt. Grounded by Midland’s signature harmonies and rooted in their honky tonk tendencies, the shameless Saturday night anthem is equal parts confession and caution.
“‘Drinkin’ Dark Whiskey’ is a seminal honky tonk up tempo classic that Stapleton wrote and fine artists like Gary Allan and The SteelDrivers have cut and performed,” frontman Mark Wystrach shares. “We liked the song as it provided us with an opportunity to do a bluegrass arrangement on the chorus that really soars! It’s catchy as hell, up tempo and a lot of fun to play and sing.”
