Riley Green Strips “Well Well Whiskey” Down To Its Bones For New Acoustic Version Without Jake Worthington
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There’s something about country music and songs about drinking…
On the surface, Riley Green‘s song “Well Well Whiskey” may be yet another country song about drinking, but it’s a song with heart, too.
This is revealed in a brand-new acoustic version of “Well Well Whiskey.”
Leaving the studio version behind, a rowdy ode to drinking amid heartbreak becomes something entirely different as Riley performs it with an acoustic guitar in hand.
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Hear Riley Green’s Acoustic Version Of “Well Well Whiskey”
On Nov. 3, Riley Green released his latest official recording of an acoustic version of one of the songs from his latest album, That’s Just Me.
This time, it was “Well Well Whiskey,” which was recorded for Riley’s 2026 album as a lively duet with country singer Jake Worthington.
Now, the song is stripped down to its essence, with Riley and his guitar at front and center.
While he’s still accompanied by a bassist and a rhythm guitarist, this is a vulnerable performance of a song that was a lively ode to drinking.
Shifting its tone from a celebration of drinking to more of a sorrowful meditation on what could’ve been — and what could make the stinging memory of those hopes go away — its Riley’s aura that seemingly changes the meaning of the lyrics to “Well Well Whiskey.”
The song is filled with puns, with even the title bearing a matter of fact “well well,” while also including the phrase for the house liquor: “well whiskey.”
At one point in the song, Riley’s lyrics describe the gal that got away as being “top shelf” with her new beau.
As an acoustic song, Riley delivers these moments with heartache rather than revelry.
Subtracting Jake Worthington from the equation, altogether, also lends to its more reflective quality as an acoustic song, leaving Riley to consider all of the song’s lyrics on his own.
It should be noted that in 2025 Dierks Bentley released a song with the same title on his album Broken Branches, but his “Well Well Whiskey” is completely different.
The video of Riley’s acoustic version of “Well Well Whiskey” is one of several performances recorded as a part of a larger acoustic session that Riley has been periodically releasing videos from.
Previous acoustic versions released by Riley include “My Way,” “That’s Just Me,” “Bartender In Destin,” “Lookout Mountain,” and “Imagine That.”
Watch Riley Green’s acoustic rendition of “Well Well Whiskey,” here:
Compare the acoustic version of “Well Well Whiskey” to how it appears on Riley Green’s album That’s Just Me, with the studio version featuring Jake Worthington, here:
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