Classic Rocktails
Love classic rock? Love a good drink? Then pull up a barstool for Classic Rocktails — the podcast where every episode pairs a legendary album with the perfect cocktail.
Hosts Doc and Mac dig into the stories, the scandals, the genius, and the ridiculous decisions behind the records you grew up loving. It’s part music history, part barroom debate, and part “does this album still hold up?”
From Zeppelin to Prince, Fleetwood Mac to Foo Fighters — we mix the drink, drop the needle, and argue it out. Classic Rocktails — where every great album deserves a great pour.
Love classic rock? Love a good drink? Then pull up a barstool for Classic Rocktails — the podcast where every episode pairs a legendary album with the perfect cocktail.
Hosts Doc and Mac dig into the stories, the scandals, the genius, and the ridiculous decisions behind the records you grew up loving. It’s part music history, part barroom debate, and part “does this album still hold up?”
From Zeppelin to Prince, Fleetwood Mac to Foo Fighters — we mix the drink, drop the needle, and argue it out. Classic Rocktails — where every great album deserves a great pour.
Episodes

Tuesday Mar 18, 2025
Rolling Stones- "Voodoo Lounge" - Is this the best Stones late-career album?
Tuesday Mar 18, 2025
Tuesday Mar 18, 2025
Is this the best Stones late-career album? • What is the ONE perfect drink to pair with this album? • Does it hold-up? • If an album has 8 great songs, that's a great album right? Does it matter if there are 15 songs? • ...and so much more.
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Friday Mar 14, 2025
Fleetwood Mac - "Rumours" - Imagine going to work every day with your ex.
Friday Mar 14, 2025
Friday Mar 14, 2025
Imagine, you have to go to work every day with the person you just broke-up with. Rumours, everybody!
Does it hold-up?
Is Mac's drink choice the single worst choice he's made to-date?
Was the making of this album a hostile work environment?
...and so much more.
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Monday Mar 10, 2025
Train- "Save Me, San Franciso" - why do people mock Train?
Monday Mar 10, 2025
Monday Mar 10, 2025
Why do people mock Train?
Train's classic album "Save Me, San Francisco," featuring hits like "If It's Love", "Hey Soul Sister" and "Marry Me."
Does this album hold up?
This fun episode discusses the one, perfect cocktail for a listening party, and humorously questions Mac's inability to pronounce "Vegas."
"This is the soccer-parent album." What?!?
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Tuesday Mar 04, 2025
Def Leppard- "Hysteria" - how the hell did this sell 20M copies?
Tuesday Mar 04, 2025
Tuesday Mar 04, 2025
How in the hell did this sell 20 million copies?!?
Does this album hold up?
If there were ONE perfect cocktail to accompany this album, what would it be?
This sold 20 MILLION COPIES?!? WTF?!?
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Sunday Feb 23, 2025
Sunday Feb 23, 2025
This sold a ton of records, includes The Flame-- sell-out or just great rock? • Is this album as good as we remember? • If there were ONE perfect cocktail to accompany this album, what would it be? • Why does Mac want to hurt Rockford?
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Sunday Feb 16, 2025
Taylor Swift- "1989" - is this classic rock?
Sunday Feb 16, 2025
Sunday Feb 16, 2025
Is Taylor Swift's 1989 Classic Rock?
• Does this album hold-up 10+ years later? • If there is ONE perfect cocktail to accompany this album, what would it be? • Why does Mac seem so terrified on this episode? Is he okay?
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Monday Feb 10, 2025
Police- "Synchronicity" - has any iconic album ever started this bad?
Monday Feb 10, 2025
Monday Feb 10, 2025
Has any iconic album had such a bad Side A? • Does this album hold-up 40+ years later? • If there is ONE perfect cocktail to accompany this album, what would it be? • Has there ever been an album that went from "WTF?" to "Wow!" faster than this?
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Monday Feb 03, 2025
AC/DC- "Back in Black"-- with Hangover segment!
Monday Feb 03, 2025
Monday Feb 03, 2025
Is this AC/DCs masterpiece?
Does this album hold-up 40+ years later?
If there is ONE perfect cocktail to accompany this album, what would it be?
Is having a song like "Have a drink on me" a good idea when your previous lead singer died from alcohol poisoning?
Our friend, musician Danny Coleman (DCROR.com) comes on to explain why Mac is an idiot.
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Monday Jan 27, 2025
Monday Jan 27, 2025
This is the best album you've never heard. Change that.
Does this album hold up so many years later?
If there were ONE perfect cocktail for this album, what would it be?
Is Rick Springfield a better actor or musician?
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Monday Jan 20, 2025
Monday Jan 20, 2025
An amazing debut-- why is the debut album the best album for so many bands?
Is this album as good as we remember? Does it hold up?
If there were ONE perfect cocktail to accompany this album, what would it be?
What if the Rolling Stones acquired the Killers via hostile takeover?
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