HW: Watney's Red Barrel

[Ted Jackson jr. s2h2]

> From:          Paul Mather <paul at GROMIT.DLIB.VT.EDU>

> I'm listening to the Hammersmith disc of Rush's _Different Stages_ right
> now, and during "Working Man," Geddy drops "Watney's Red Barrel" into
> the lyric.  Nik Turner also does this in "Utopia '84."
>
> So what's the fascination with this beer?  Does (did) it even taste any
> good, or was this all just a cruel joke on the audience by the bands
> in question?... :-)
>

Maybe it was drinking too much Watney's that gave him that, eh,
unique [eunuch?] vocal style?

theo