Lockdown Licks no. 299. “Tennessee Whiskey” written by Dean Dillon and Linda Hargrove. Blues slide style melody played on a “Vintage Slider 2” lap steel in open D, played in A. Using a NUX M8 amp set to ‘superlead’ with some reverb.

Tennessee Whiskey” is a country song written by Dean Dillon and Linda Hargrove. It was originally recorded by American country music artist David Allan Coe for his album of the same name Tennessee Whiskey, whose version peaked at number 77 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1981.

Tennessee Whiskey has Chris Stapleton to thank for its No. 1 in the US Billboard Hot Country Songs. Stapleton and Justin Timberlake’s medley of the song at the 2015 Country Music awards drove it to greater popularity.