Jack Ballard of Hal Daddy’s

On this episode of the podcast is musician, comedian, and former doorman of Hal Daddy’s, Jack Ballard. This is a very long overdue conversation.

In the early 2000s, while I was still in college, I had an internet radio show, long before anyone’s computers could play streaming audio (well, it was on FM, but the signal was so weak you couldn’t pick it up in the parking lot). We kept trying to make plans to have Jack on to tell some of these stories, but alas, it never came to fruition… UNTIL NOW!

Jack and I met back in the late ’90s when I was just a teenager going to the infamous Baltimore Rock Bar, Hal Daddy’s; where he worked as a doorman.He and I go through the history of Charm City’s seediest bar that any band, and almost every band, could play at. We also talk about Baltimore’s history with entertainment, Artscape, the difference between comedians and musicians, and so much more. Jack is a good friend, and I’m glad we got to catch up with each other and reminisce over old stories.

And check out some of the stuff I’ve been working during quarantine.

Click here for a full transcript of this conversation.

Music in this episode provided by my good friends Scott Lester & The Dirty Dottys.