First recorded (as “One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer”) by Amos Milburn (R&B #2 1953).
Other popular versions by John Lee Hooker (1966), John Lee Hooker & the Muddy Waters Band (1967), George Thorogood & the Destroyers (1977).
From the wiki: “‘One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer’ (or ‘One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer’ as it was originally titled) was written by Rudy Toombs and first recorded by Amos Milburn in 1953 – one of several ‘drinking’ songs recorded by Milburn in the early 1950s that placed in the Top 10 of the Billboard R&B chart.
“John Lee Hooker recorded the song as ‘One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer’ in 1966. Hooker transformed Milburn’s song, using the storyline and chorus but altering the order. According to historian and critic Charles Shaar Murray, Hooker ‘edited the verse down to its essentials, filled in the gaps with narrative and dialogue, and set the whole thing to a rocking cross between South Side shuffle and signature boogie.’ The song was released on Hooker’s 1966 The Real Folk Blues album. In 1967, a live performance by Hooker with Muddy Waters’ band was recorded at the Café Au Go Go in 1967 has been described by Murray as ‘dark, slow, swampy-deep, and the degree of emotional rapport between Hooker and the band (particularly Otis Spann, on piano) [is] nothing less than extraordinary.’
“George Thorogood recorded ‘One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer’ for his 1977 debut album, George Thorogood and the Destroyers. His version is a medley of the song and another Hooker song, ‘House Rent Boogie’, which serves to back-story the singer’s situation. According to Hooker, ‘He [Thorogood] told me he was gonna do that [and] I said, ‘Okay, go ahead’.'”
John Lee Hooker, “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer” (1966):
John Lee Hooker & the Muddy Waters Band, “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer” live at Café Au Go Go (1967):
George Thorogood & the Destroyers, “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer” (1977):