Episode 23: George Clarke

George Clarke is a son, a brother, a father, and the General Manager for Charlie Hooper’s Bar & Grille.

I once had the pleasure of cheffing for George at another neighborhood location, and that short-lived stint forged a friendship that has managed to last a decade (and counting).

George -- like many of his service-industry counterparts -- puts in long hours, and so the fact that he went out of his way to not ignore all of my annoying text messages and eventually committed to a date and time (and showed up!) did not go unnoticed in the least.

We talked a little bit about seeing concerts across many years and listening to music in our youth, and we may’ve also touched on the occasional difficulties of shaving layers of the party life off of the quasi-expected professionalism of a restaurateur. As my guest for Episode #23, George had tabbed 311’s self-titled record, Pearl Jam’s Ten (both 1991), and A Live One by Phish (1995), all three of which were good fun to mildly dissect.

A hang with the GeoClarke is all but a guaranteed good time, and this Badass Records Podcast chat was no exception. If you enjoy(ed) it, please consider sharing with a friend.

Cheers.

copyright disclaimer: I do not own the rights to the intro/outro audio. They are both samples from a track called, “El Gaucho Rojo,” which comes from the 2000 release entitled Muy Divertido! by Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos (c/o Musica Tropical).

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