If cigars were rock stars
First, I made up my own list. I could’ve gone on forever, but here are 10 more match-ups that I came up with:
Next, I sent an email around the office asking the regular cigar smokers on the staff to take a shot at it. Some are a bit farfetched, but that’s part of the fun.
Adam Fullen / Web Application Developer
Alec Bradley Overture = Radiohead
Bayamo = Johnny Cash
Onyx Reserve = Rancid
Padron = Ray LaMontagne
Jeff Brown / COO Cigar Works Division
Nicaraguan Selection 3000 = Motorhead
Vudu = Buckwheat Zydeco
Hayward Tenney / Marketing Copywriter
La Flor Dominicana = (old) Metallica
Humberto Gonzalez / Buyer, Sampler Monkey
Bahia = Prince
CAO Flavours = Spice Girls
Gran Habano = Smashing Pumpkins
Gurkha = Blues Traveler
Illusione = Dean Martin
Jaime Garcia = Ruben Blades
Kristoff = The Police
La Flor Dominicana = Guns ‘n Roses
Leon Jimenez = The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
John Spisak / Graphic Designer, Catalog
Backwoods = Lynyrd Skynyrd
Opus X = The Beatles
Phillies = Black Eyed Peas
Mike Klingerman / Inventory Manager
Fonseca = The Doors
Don Pepin = John Lennon
Don Tomas = INXS
La Aurora = Luther Vandross
Khoung Pham / CigarMonster.com Manager
CAO Flavors = The Go Go’s
Capoeira = The Village People
Gran Habano = The Butthole Surfers
Scott Shemtov / Programmer, SEO
Phillies = Cypress Hill
White Owl = Wu Tang Clan
I also put this out to some of our regular contributors:
Robustojoe, Purveyor, Robustojoe.com
Cu Avana Punisher = Ravi Shankar
Padilla Dominus = Steely Dan
Padron Anniversary 1964 = The Doors
Perdomo Champagne = Enya
So, now I put the question to you. Please type your musician comparisons to your favorite cigars/brands in the comments section. I’m looking forward to reading your picks. Have fun!