Music and Booze With Mo

The King of the Cocktail, Dale DeGroff, is not only the award winning author of The Craft of the Cocktail & a James Beard award recipient, but he's one hell of a great singer too. Join us as we talk jazz and classic cocktails with the master of the bartending scene. His playlist lives here: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo/playlist/75VyL1Ced448fytCcVlMaN?si=tl01IRkJRbGQEQCu8PG6dw

On this episode, we chat with Brian Sassen of Miami's Repour Bar about beats, booze & workin' it in South Beach. This one also features impromptu rhymes! Check out the Spotify playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo/playlist/3K2FdDqiqznt4yQctmTlLG?si=ojkvdvlpReC-VVQt683c1Q

Christopher Day, an LA bar veteran (Cole's, General Lee's, Honeycut) & currently running the bar program at SF's Barrel Room, tells us about the thrill of classical piano, the nerdism of teaching chemistry, & the musicality of a well crafted cocktail. Check out the Spotify playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo/playlist/0kAjgqoB8fBTHzM8U7BPuj?si=LDbrkHpXSSOEmOUV_2q2wg

On this episode, Jason Alexander of Tacoma's Devil's Reef & The Fern Room rocks us out on the podcast with talk of Cannibal Corpse, making tuba cool, cocktail ideas that just won't go away, and life as a death-ish metal drummer. Spotify playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo/playlist/56Koh3RoexKF8z9zyEfh1a?si=D5rkKqB3QpqhK88D39zP8w

Hope Ewing - author of "Movers & Shakers: Women Making Waves in Spirits, Beer & Wine" as well as bar director of LA's Rappahannock Oyster Bar (formerly of Here's Looking at You & Mess Hall) schools us on women in the biz, low abv cocktails, & Ani DiFranco. Spotify playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo/playlist/03boHLAMzn1FhmIz3GZxur?si=LkPtV6KNQIy0ZxtMwnX9zA

For our 1 year anniversary, I head back to the City where I learned to drink... San Francisco! Many-time Best American Bartender nominee Marcovaldo Dionysos (ABV, Smuggler's Cove, Absinthe) rhapsodizes about Chopin, chartreuse, & time spent slinging margaritas. (There may also be German rapping.) Spotify playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo/playlist/2ZWLKNJp2nusWrdCgWIotN?si=hiT...

On this episode, Jill Cohen (formerly of Miami's Blackbird Ordinary and currently producing large scale events for Bacardi) talks about angsty female singers, the thrill of creating new cocktails, & the glory of Broadway musicals. Check out the Spotify goodness here: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo/playlist/0euwjLxqDY8GxOZwbNWDFX?si=oZKoJT-6TTujGDfqfc57tA

On this episode, we end our Tropical Summer with home bartender & podcaster Adrian Eustaquio, whose "Inside the Desert Oasis Room" show touches on many facets of the tiki world. We also get into freestyle, Jawaiian music, & his scratch DJ past. Massive Spotify playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo/playlist/7JgV55wYLu7AfUX1BX8GNi?si=cH1vvlA4QfaAYENAGo2EFQ

On this episode, Captain Brian Miller of The Polynesian tells us about keeping tiki alive in NYC, mastering the most complex of cocktails, & how to be a pirate in the big city. Also, I giggle a lot. His Spotify playlist is here: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo/playlist/2hXT71oXlgWgoy8egkIYxt?si=LyFjQZlZQr6TUXBYOZ69aw

On this episode, we continue our tropical summer with Doc Parks of Pagan Idol & Zombie Village in SF. He tells us about playing drums, making magic, & removing ancient curses... Spotify playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo/playlist/7ckvsMp8oZH0JgHpc1R18R?si=avXDYw1XT0-ad9lKpav-ww

On this episode, we chat with Corinna Juarez of Tiki Ko in Bakersfield about teaching, tiki, & the art of experimentation. Want tiki in the middle of Buck Owens country? We've got it. Playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo/playlist/34dF7qZuNq5HopQ95gdIEg

O this episode, we talk about tiki in Italy with Daniele Dalla Pola (Bologna's Nu Lounge & soon Esotico Miami), playing with fire, rock'n'roll, & his cocktail line, Alamea Liqueurs. Check out his playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo/playlist/6TlSa1KpdRAKnRdzGCV4AN?si=_qb37xNTTbGlkUv96lnlLQ

On this episode, Garret Richard of Existing Conditions & the NYC tiki pop up Exotica talks about underage experimentation, falling in love with lounge, & songs that inspired cocktails. Check out the Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo/playlist/0p28hwvZITZmbVbrqCZj5l?si=lEtL5oNxQYaWOw_bwLKZag

On this episode, Marie King (Tonga Hut) & Jonpaul Balak (Insect Surfers, Tikiyaki Orchestra) give good rum talk, surf rock schooling, and where tiki goes next. Check out the Spotify playlist too! https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo/playlist/4Xpfm4Mw26vN1oARYrEyOe

On this episode, we sit with Chris Elford at his tropical bar Navy Strength in Seattle (Spirited Award nominated Best New American Bar 2018) to chat community, cocktails & compassion. (pic by Tim Nusog.) Check out his Spotify playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo/playlist/2Joo2DQGs7nufxidBaD2FS?si=5v1vpRYrR06Q5CJ-84uG5A

On this episode, Kevin Beary & Cory Starr of Chicago's Three Dots & a Dash celebrate classic tiki, contemplate future tiki, & talk slinging drinks with Lil Jon. (pic by Christina Slaton) Check out the Spotify playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo/playlist/3uiuFtQkN5HRZac2pGlAJY

Scotty Schuder from Dirty Dick in Paris talks about bringing the tropics to the red light district, random rock star encounters, & co-creating the perfect overproof rum. Check out his Spotify playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo/playlist/47SWtNpbQFvtnZ7aF9jBsL

On this episode, Philip Dobard, the director of The Museum of the American Cocktail, chats about pirates, prog rock, & a proper stirred aromatic drink. Check out his Spotify playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo/playlist/6u7XWrbXiKG2Qdr0WO6Zoc?si=0TJga3EURBiJlytzSnmYWw

On this episode, we chat with Jen Akin of Rumba in Seattle about the awesomeness of agricole rhums, Garth Brooks & horses... Check out her Spotify playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo/playlist/6UeAJ3FqKdRPXili1PVDjT?si=n7Oc_05pR9GjYkw9HzkaSQ

On this episode, we talk with Taejon Romanik of San Diego's Sycamore Den about sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll, and how cocktails can save your life. Super groovy playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo/playlist/7FbRvNvlj8GnUYv6eJrJyI?si=StjnTzvaT_iQMeN3u6QPfw

On this episode, Yael (beverage director for The Spare Room, Genghis Cohen, Winsome) talks about dancing, being a goth princess screwhead, & justifies vodka. (pic by Skandia Shafer) Check out her Spotify playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo/playlist/5msRro4bnSTu4Dk3wiENDW?si=zj8eANe3SCqtSU0-RxMa-A

On this episode, we hang with Chris Bostick of Half Step in Austin, Texas. Join us for tequila talk, Texas tunes, and what it's like to create a love letter to your home town. Spotify playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo/playlist/1AFWVokP0owW2pej0fOZEH?si=t7ioQRbZQymywkcS5LedMw

On the episode, we have lunch with the amazing Adele Stratton of Jaynes Gastropub in the North Park neighborhood of San Diego! We chat mezcal, the glories of playing air bass, and keeping hospitality a thing. Listen to her Spotify playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo/playlist/2v4knyXoJxy030M1TpWBoo?si=2iF-1LYzRjuij37fa5EenQ

On this episode, you get to be part of my summer vacation when I did an impromptu recording with Cedric & Max of Le Tiki Lounge, a fun-tastic tiki dive bar in Paris, France. Here is the Spotify link to more good stuff: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo/playlist/3HxFi70anWP1YZyKkKVpOA?si=okFk7z19TCmKF4ZQTrasug

On this episode, Nathan Hazard & I sit at Tiki Ti in Silver Lake, CA to talk about our college radio days, opening bars in Latin America, and hosting tropical supper clubs in LA. He even picked some tunes for you here: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo/playlist/4c2F70hHR4hoPZMSkRVlIy?si=iOT1fXUDQzitsLlZg6I2yg