Music and Booze With Mo

Josh Davis, bar manager of Chicago's 16th Street Bar and founder of Brown & Balanced - an event program celebrating African American bartenders - talks his marching band days, cognac, & lifting up his community. Playlist? Right here: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo

Maxwell Reis, beverage director at Gracias Madre in West Hollywood, master of all things mezcal, metal, & more, will tell us about ethically produced agaves, Magic the Gathering, & Cookie Monster voices. Check out his playlist, if you dare: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo

Cocktail writer (and bass player) André Darlington has a book out called Booze & Vinyl so OF COURSE he had to be on the podcast! He tell us about great music & booze pairings, the madness of Beck, & his upcoming book, Booze Cruise. There's even a boozy playlist! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1p1Koa55w57WozquVjM5zo

Mary Palac of San Jose's Paper Plane chats on the podcast about bartending with that competitive edge, her Filipino roots, must sing karaoke, & putting her city on the cocktail map. Spotify playlist? Of course!https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo

Chris Coy of the Inferno Room in Indianapolis talks tiki in Indiana, keeping the lights on during Covid, and what to listen to when you drink a Painkiller. Also, 100+ songs to you from him here:https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo

Eugene Lee has spent 10 years at LA's modest & award-winning Big Bar serving up amazing cocktails, inspired experiences, & carefully crafted playlists. Sometimes all 3 happen at the same time! Tune in for indie rock talk & Hollywood tales. (pic by Genevieve Adams). Playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo

It's our 3rd anniversary & we're celebrating with amazing women & delicious mezcal! Yola Jimenez, 2nd generation mezcal maker, owns Yola Mezcal with Gina Correl-Agliette & musician Lykke Li. These fierce females also promote their own female centric music festivals (Yola Dia) & playlists via their newsletters. Check out the girl power here: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo

Aaron Polsky (formerly Harvard & Stone, currently Livewire Drinks)is pure rock'n'roll: underaged drinking in swanky bars, capturing the best of bartenders in a crushable can, & playing electric guitar for his cats. Equally rockin' playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo

Nick Sinutko, bartender & wine director of Campfire in Carlsbad, CA, chats with us about modern psychedelia, the world of natural wines, & his band Drug Hunt. He also made quite the playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo

What's more tropical than rum & reggae? Allan Katz started off in his hometown of NYC bartending with some of the best during the cocktail revival of the 00s, bounced through LA, & finally opened his dream bar, Jammyland, in Las Vegas. It's delicious, and so is his playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo

On this episode, we go to Jamaica! We talk with Zan Kong, commercial manager for Worthy Park Estate, about Jamaican music, Jamaican beaches, Jamaican hospitality, & of course, Jamaican rum. Jammin' beach tunes here: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo

Olivia Griffin, owner of Louisville's The Limbo, is our guest on the podcast & we breeze through a lot on this one: Politics & community action, opening a tiki bar in the heart of whiskey country, & the everlasting allure of surf music. Her funtastic playlist is here: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo

Global Rum Ambassador Ian Burrell joins the podcast all the way from London to talk about the politics of rum, impressing Quincy Jones, his new rum, Equiano, & how you should always drink with friends. We'll hear some of his music too! Playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo

Ayme Harrison & Annie Blake, the women behind tropical bar Death or Glory in Delray Beach, Florida, talk about being a female owned business, having the most musical staff in town, and clown vomit. Really. Playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo

Rod Moore, member of surf band The Hang-Ten Hangmen & co-owner of Canada's Shameful Tiki Room, talks the Beach Boys and making the switch from selling hockey gear to creating a Polynesian pop escape (or two). Spotify playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo

Tad Carducci, North American brand ambassador for Gruppo Montenegro, bar consultant, author, former bar owner, suave vocal stylist, tactical adventure sportsman, general maker of merry, & dear friend, joins us on the podcast for a real good time. Tippling tunes here: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo

Kiowa Bryan, national r(h)um princess of Spiribam (Rhum Clement, Rhum J.M., & more) chats about all things Caribbean (agricoles and calypso), hospitality nonprofit Another Round Another Rally, and her bartending and musical theatre days. Check out her way amazing playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0fneZQXQmPgFCfHJfCsyMT?si=fC31tn87TNuMQwE8L4IHrw

This special compilation podcast features past guests who have music available that you can listen to in lockdown. Since many bartenders are struggling to pay the bills while bars are shut down, consider buying some tunes (or donating to one of many bar related charities) to help our out of work bartenders. They've been there for us, now it's our turn!

2019 Speed Rack champion Kat Corbo has stories about her rock and roll promotion days as well as life behind the bar at The Study in LA, while teaching us a thing or two about St. Germain. She also made us a massive playlist to rock out to: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo

This special compilation podcast features past guests who have books or blogs available for one to enjoy while the world is in lockdown waiting out the coronavirus. Since the bar industry is in tatters, consider buying a book (or donating to one of many bar related charities) to help our out of work bartenders. They've been there for us, now it's our turn!

Mark Ferraro, bar manager of LA's legendary haunt The Dresden, talks on the podcast about modernizing a bar program in a historical joint while keeping the classics classic. Also, how to book music in a venue ruled by lounge stars Marty & Elayne! Spotify playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo

Kraig Rovensky - drink maker, drummer, tour manager & lead lumberjack of Seattle's Life on Mars - tells us some band in a van stories and gives props to Canadian booze. He also makes a pretty mean playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/53crKs68pG6eynJLQXx8tY

Stephen Kurpinsky, co-founder of San Diego's Bartender's Weekend (also Of George's By the Cove, Hundred Proof) chats about the Tijuana scene, making musical noise, revitalizing old bars, & creating community. Listen to this playlist when you're done with the podcast: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7oBkE7R9JHffifizVTveHd

Konrad Kantor of Manolito (New Orleans) tells us about DJing electro classics, bartending trips to Cuba, & the metal bands you need to hear to melt your brain properly. He even made us quite the playlist! Check it here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/38Xm69LymT06rlRXFNSBxA

Fraser Hamilton, bar director of Miami's legendary Sweet Liberty, tells us of his magical sweet potato Painkiller, bad dancing, comedy Spanish, & the pursuit of happiness. He also made us a helluva mixtape here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6fOAXokXYG4K5F6KrbMomR