Blue-eyed Jack

http://www.vancourier.com/opinion/blogs/van-man-1.706856/blue-eyed-jack-1.706939

Blue-eyed Jack
November 22, 2013, POSTED BY Andrew Fleming

If you’re going to name an artisanal whiskey after a celebrity, it seems fitting to choose one whose last name is an anagram of the word “artisan.”

I recently attended a launch party held at the Clough Club for Jack Daniel’s new high-end hooch created in honour of the late great Frank Sinatra. The limited edition 90 proof Sinatra Select — now available at better B.C. booze stores near you — is aged in oak barrels with extra layers of toasted wood and comes with a more full-bodied, spicier flavour than the traditional Old No. 7 Tennessee bourbon.

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“Dad would be very flattered by the association,” said Frank Sinatra Jr., a professional singer who is best known for being Frank Sinatra’s son. “This fine Tennessee whiskey, or Old No. 7 as he referred to it, was a favourite part of my father’s life and he loved both sharing it with his friends and introducing it to new acquaintances.”

While this is all well and good, I can’t help but think a more deserving musician to get his own patented blend of J.D. is Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony. Not only did the guy wield a customized bass guitar shaped like a bottle of it, he was famous for chugging back Jack on stage and then performing epic drunken solos. Anthony could probably use the money too given that he’s been booted out of the band in favour of guitarist Eddie Van Halen’s teenaged son Wolfgang in one of the worst examples of a musician cashing in on his father’s legacy since, well, Frank Sinatra Jr.