Smooth sippin’ SOUNDS
in and music go hand in hand in all sorts of formats. A spirit of such evocative power was, of course, going to be immortalised in sounds spanning a huge emotional range, from the depths of despair to the heights of elation. Whether dancing on the tables or propping up the bar, gin has been referenced in all sorts of musical scenarios, and these gin-music links have been realised in various ways. Having recently been bombarded with celebrity-spirit collaborations, I decided to investigate, and have uncovered all sorts of wonderful links, be it collaborations, gins that have been infused with music, or traditions of drinking gin with certain songs. Our contributing editor David T. Smith, for one, always keeps the makings of a G&T in the fridge to whip one up should Billy Joel’s ‘Piano Man’ come on the radio; the drink must be completed and
