Where the backbeats meet the spirits.
Episode #52. On this podcast, as part of our salute to vets for July 4th our guest is a silver star recipient from the US army. I sit down with my dad, Joe, recorded on Father's Day.

Also I do a review of my father's day gift, a cocktail smoker kit.

Here's what you will hear in this episode:

• No rum stories
• Growing up in the ruins of WWII in Glasgow then in the middle east and Mediterranean
• Joining the merchant marines
• Arriving in America
• Getting drafted for the Vietnam War and serving in the Army prior to becoming a US citizen
• We talk about immigration
• Pipe and drum bands
• The time he saw Buddy Rich perform in a club in NJ
• Rum and the British Navy
• A memory that I will always will remember growing, him taking me to Vietnam movies like Rambo and Platoon
• Connecting with guys from his platoon
• We talk about his embroidery business who makes our hats and shirts

Visit link to his business, Embroidery and Sew More

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Mid podcast tune: Once Upon a Bottle of Rum by Brad Brock
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