HAPPY HOUR with BEEGIE featuring BILL SAMUELS, JR. (Part Two) Premieres Friday, April 16 at 7pm central. This video was pre-recorded on 2/24. WATCH HERE: https://youtu.be/OR0IZNASOpo Bill Samuels, Jr. is the chairman emeritus of Maker’s Mark Distillery, Inc. Previously, Samuels, Jr. was president and CEO of Maker’s Mark for 35 years. He assumed leadership of Maker’s Mark in the mid-1970s. Samuels has chaired the board of more than 25 different non-profit organizations over the course of his career. He has been recognized as Kentucky’s Entrepreneur of the Year on three occasions and was named Louisville’s 2004 Citizen of the Year. Samuels was honored by Ernst & Young as Kentucky’s 2011 Lifetime Achievement Entrepreneur, was inducted into the Kentucky Business Hall of Fame in 2006, and was part of the inaugural class of the Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame in 2001. Mr. Samuels studied at UC Berkeley under Dr. Edward Teller and helped design the fuel injector nozzle for Polaris IIA. Mr. Samuels studied Rocket Science and Solid Propellants at college at Case Western Reserve University. He later received his J.D. from Vanderbilt University. We talk all things whisky and jazz with Bill and he shares a marvelous cause to support food service workers around the country during COVID. Watch with us! MAKER'S MARK MAKES THEIR BOURBON CAREFULLY. PLEASE ENJOY IT THAT WAY. The Team: Beegie Adair: Queen B Monica Ramey: Queen B's manager, personal assistant & producer Roger Spencer: Bassist, Beegie and Monica's traveling and drinking buddy Grover & Quigs: Co-Purrducers Lena H., Alvin S. & Louis A. Ramey: Fur & Makeup In memory of Sonny Ramey ❤️ WATCH HERE: https://youtu.be/OR0IZNASOpo