Double Pain - Bourbon Whiskey

I've said before, paned wind-ows are always a pain. But this guy wasn't a trouble. Why not paint two of my favorite things? Haha, simple and to the point. A nice couple picked up this window at the Renegade Art Fair. 

'Whiskey' is a lettering similar to bank signs from the late 1800s, early 1900s. And the 'Bourbon' lettering is from railroad signage. The frame has been stripped, stained and clear coated.

Check out some of these lovely afternoon sunny photos!

"Bourbon Whiskey" SOLD

Take me out to Henry's Swing Club

     We gotta double trouble wind-ow right here. John Lee Hooker, a legendary blues singer-songwriter and guitarist. One of my favorites, and other folks' as well, is 'One Bourbon One Scotch One Beer.' Check out that tune riiight here.  (The video features Mr. John Lee seated in a lounge chair in an alley or side street in what looks like NYC. While seated, he signs and plays electric guitar to the song with sunglasses on)

     "Henry's Swing Club" is a tune he wrote back 'round 1948 or 1950. The track appears on the '92 compilation, Graveyard Blues. Listen to it here. 
  
     So what's so double trouble bout this one wind-ow, now? Well, I hear John Lee Hooker's singin' and pickin' and he makes me want to put on some dark glasses and sip on a bourbon. Well, when I hear "Henry's Swing Club" I want to listen to some Dixieland blues and kick my wingtips 'round. Man oh man. Double trouble.
      And that takes us to the wind-ow. The frame has been refinished: stripped, stained, and coated.

"Henry's Swing Club" 28.5 inches x 27 inches $215

 

Here, We Fill Up A Bucket E'ry Day

"Loserville" Clip by Freakwater of Chicago Listen

      Freakwater, as my late night bourbon and country music partner Scott told me one evening, is a lady band outta Chi town. They sing song old style country twangin' songs or as Wikipedia wants me to say, they are 'American Alternative Country.'

     Sure. Anyway one of the founding members has the last name of 'Bean' so I was sold.

     We weren't actually sippin' on bourbon, Scott and I, at the time.. I believe it was a chilly evening appropriate only for a tawny port. Jack Kerouac would be proud.

     Anyway, good ol' Scott likes those women howlers and threw on this song, Loserville where they sing of a distant land where the bourbon flows like a river so deep and still.

     I tried buying train tickets later that night. Needless to say I was unsuccessful.

     So here we are, my wind-ow 'bout bourbon. ALSO I've included some installation photos to show some ways of displaying these charming glass things.

     The frame has been refinished as well and there is documentation of frame before and frame after.

"Bourbon River" Approx 24 inches x 33 inches SOLD

 

Nice detail. Some xmas lights in the background..

Close up of detailed wood and using open hooks for hanging. I like a chain or a rope to hang.

Here we are at "High Design Holiday". I was showed 4 windows and 3 photographs. My favorite hang, 2 screws, 2 hooks, 2 sets of links of chain.

Here is my roommate's decorating xmas style, on her record cabinet. Bourbon River looks great just hanging out behind the knick knacks.