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On the tragic side:

 

"There are many instances of people drinking Sterno to become intoxicated, i.e., as a form of surrogate alcohol. Since the alcohol it contains is denatured, Sterno is poisonous. Moreover, the methanol it contains can cause permanent blindness by destruction of the optic nerves. Bluesman Tommy Johnson alludes to the practice in his song "Canned Heat Blues" recorded in 1928.[6] The blues band Canned Heat derived their name from the song...

 

The practice is said to have become popular during Prohibition[7] and during the Great Depression in hobo camps, or "jungles", when the Sterno would be squeezed through cheesecloth or a sock and the resulting liquid mixed with fruit juice to make "jungle juice", "sock wine", or "squeeze".

 

“On the Bowery” (1957) (start at 51:30)

 

 

Tommy Johnson - Canned Heat Blues

 

Paul Rishell & Annie Raines- Canned Heat Blues

 

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