How I Wrote… “Snortin’ Whiskey”
SOME MUSICIANS HAVE a love/hate relationship with their hit songs. Not so for guitarist Pat Travers and his 1980 flamethrower blues-rock smash, “Snortin’ Whiskey.” “I’m totally good with it,” he says. “It’s a really cool and solid rock song. It’s not supposed to be profound. In fact, its silliness is one of the great things about it.
“Plus, it’s got a killer opening riff. The second I start playing it, I get an immediate response.
