Music and Booze With Mo

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Episode 113: Episode 113 - John Peet Apr 29, 2022

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John Peet tells us his story about starting as a bartender in Cincinnati, winding through LA, and ending up as the bar owner of Jane's Hideaway in Nashville. Crafting cocktails, running a music venue, and rescuing a beat up piano are just some of the tales (the ghost of Boots Randolph?) we'll hear on this episode. And check out his Friends of Jane playlist, featuring acts that have graced the Jane stage: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo

Episode 112: Episode 112 - Andy Holmes Apr 15, 2022

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Andy Holmes picked up a guitar when he was 11 after being inspired by The Wonder Years, & has been making music ever since. He makes cocktails too (at Philly's Martha and also the International Bar) and loves to have fun with Hennessy. And Negronis. And mezcals. We'll hear one of his tracks, and you can oscillate musically with him here: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo

Episode 111: Episode 111 - Aaron Sparks Apr 08, 2022

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Aaron Sparks - bartender, entrepreneur, & self professed band nerd - talks about his flirtation with music production before realizing he was already deep in the hospitality world. He moved from passing out music swag in Akron, Ohio clubs to starting his cocktail catering company, MXOLOGY21. Check out his playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7tZGepyYp2aNXxDGo7pDQz?si=7868103729fb4cdb

Episode 110: Episode 110 - Tracie Franklin Mar 25, 2022

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Whiskey advocate and creator Tracie Franklin has graced many a stage with her beautiful voice, and many a bar with her whiskey knowledge. She shares her wisdom about the whiskey industry, her goals towards BIPOC visibility within that industry, & traveling the world singing and dancing. Her songs that evoke emotions live here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/77VArltDKHfBpNmb73ff3P?si=0ed46eb3d03b4e73

Episode 109: Episode 109 - Kelso Norris Mar 11, 2022

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Kelso Norris, beverage director of LA's Genever (nominated for 2022's Outstanding Bar Program by the James Beard Foundation), guides us through her years of becoming a bartender while fronting a band in NYC during the heady '00s resurgence of both craft cocktails and indie rock of all sorts. Stay tuned to hear a track from her previous band, Una Lux, and check out her playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4vlueHyqBcAQmTUEs6bFTk?si=bbe01877e7d14c94

Episode 108: Episode 108 - Xavier Sumter Feb 25, 2022

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Xavier Sumter speaks and sings on this episode, about the myriad of instruments he studied before deciding that maybe his voice was the favorite, and picking up bar skills all the way from Baltimore to his current gig at Chicago's Nobody's Darling. We talk inclusion, community, and all the singers who have (and will!) inspire his cocktails. Check out his playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo

Episode 107: Episode 107 - Tiffanie Barriere Feb 11, 2022

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Tiffanie Barriere, aka The Drinking Coach, represents for the South and more. She made an Atlanta airport bar (One Flew South) an international destination and sensation, and now finds herself educating others not only on how to make cocktails, but the history behind them as well. She also crushes at karaoke. (pic by Gregory Miller) Check out the songs she's loving right now: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo

Episode 106: Episode 106 - Marlene Olarra Jan 28, 2022

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Sticking around home for this episode, hablo con Marlene Olarra, a native Angeleno who is running the bar at Highland Park's Nativo in East Los Angeles after a stint at the highly regarded Faith + Flower, braving the elite in Beverly Hills, and learning some basics from bar legends. Oh, the music of J Dilla may have influenced a drink or two along the way. Find her playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo?si=2c746b58856f4178

Episode 105: Episode 105 - James Horn Jan 14, 2022

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James Horn is both a veteran of Philly's punk scene (his ex bands include the Tough Shits & The Whips) & legendary spot Tattooed Mom, where everybody knows your name... and probably your band. Between living in a rock 'n' roll party house and landing his dream bar job, he's got some stories to tell. Check out his soundtrack to your night out here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4cWulf8Ae74ng32J2pxe1s?si=dfda2cd5904d4592

Episode 104: Episode 104 - Feizal Valli Dec 24, 2021

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Feizal Valli's bartending past was full of strippers & gangsters, his present is about closing his award winning bar in Birmingham, Alabama (the Atomic Lounge) for his future new place, The House of Found Objects. Music went along for the ride - R.E.M.'s Mike Mills got behind his bar, & Elvis was key in Atomic's success. Check out Feizal's found music here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2Qq77QaWX7740nGOCaTHh9?si=8dff0845dbfc4d32

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