Bartenders
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Celebrity Bartender Mike Henderson Mike Henderson started working in the service industry at the age of 14 but began his bartending career after college when he returned to his hometown Madison, Wisconsin in 1999. There, Mike landed his first bar job a small college bar, Paul’s Club, where he met and worked under now renowned mixologist Jim Meehan for three years. In 2003, Mike moved to Colorado and worked in seasonal ski town restaurants and bars before moving to Boulder in January 2007 to take over as general manager of Rhumba (now Centro Latin Kitchen & Restaurant). In 2008, Henderson spent time as a regional Brand Ambassador for St. Germain before accepting a position at TAG as bar manager. In 2009, Mike was nominated as one of Denver Magazine’s Mixologists of the Year and can currently be found behind the bar at Root Down, one of Denver's most recognizable restaurants with an award winning cocktail program. |
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Charlie Shea 1. I am the only one from a large family who went west of the east coast. 2. I've ridden motorcycles my whole life and have rode my Harley 3x to Sturgis. 3. I used to be a gentleman farmer and a Certified Pesticide Applicator. 4. I spent 6 years in the Navy an was a member of the Underwater Demolition / SEAL Team in Little Creek, Va. 5. I've been to Cuba 3x and sailed a 32' sailboat from South America back to Fl w/ one other person 10 years ago. |
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Brian Binn 1. Fav Cocktail; Single malt scotch, with a good Pinot Noir a close second. 2. 30 years in the Air Force flying airplanes and traveling to all 7 continents. 3. Fav music/musician: Country western, of course, but a big Jimmy Buffet fan-not quite a Parrothead! 4. Love the Craftwood Inn for great Colorado cuisine and Boriello's for good New York style pizza-reminds me of home. 5. Wish I was still skydiving and flying the jump airplane for the Academy. |
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Dean Steward 1. My grand children 2. I love to fly fish, particularly at our home on the Rio Grande/South Fork, CO. 3. My first job after college with Alcoa was to help develop the flip tab on beer and pop cans. 4. I love to hunt with my bird dog. 5. I love to do anything with my wife Sarah. |
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Peter Husak 1. I am an avid Team Roper - Head or Heel 2. I am a professional Auctioneer - Pistol Pete Auctions, LLC 3. I play hockey in the Canadian Forces Norad League 4. I raise Corriente Roping Cattle 5. I like to Yodel! |
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Rob Alexander 1. He has lived with the same 4 women for the past 20 years. 2. He is allowed to bartend because he only drinks Coors beer (not a threat to deplete the cocktail stock). 3. He farms and ranches only in an effort to minimize human contact. 4. Despite outward appearances, pink is his favorite color. 5.The rumors are true, he just isn't very fun. Coming up with 4 fun facts was hard enough.... five don’t exist! |
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Mark Watson 1. When I drink beer, I prefer Negro Modelo 2. President of the Humane Society prior to getting involved with the Rodeo 3. I fly my own airplane. 4. I enjoy Hunting and Fishing and Reload for Hunting and sport. 5. I acted in several plays while attending Fountain Valley School, also in the play was Brad Dourif, (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) |
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Gayle Beshears 1. During my Jr and Sr years in high school, I had a country band called "The Yodeling Yokels" 2. In the mid fifties, owned and operated a drive-in cafe in Grand Prairie, Tx. 3. Hired at the Southland Corp.(The 7-Eleven Co.) in Dallas in 1959 to develop recipes for new frozen Mexican food items. 4. In 1963, Invented a new item I named Waff-L-Link. A fully cooked sausage link inside a corn dog shaped waffle. Also designed and built the machine to produce them. 5. In 1980, modeled hair pieces for New Man Hair in Tyler, Texas. |
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Gary Markle 1. Enjoy riding my Cripple Creek ranch 2. Learning to team rope 3. Favorite Music: Country Western Music - Anything Alan Jackson 4. Favorite verse Cowboy Code: When you make a promise, keep it. 5. Love helping entrepreneurs build their business |
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Bob Norris 1. A native of St. Charles, Ill., Norris decided as child to become a cowboy and has raised horses since 1947 2. Has a beautiful wife, 4 children and 16 grandchildren 3. Played football for the late Paul "Bear" Bryant with George Blanda and Vito "Babe" Parilli. 4. Featured in the 2001 book "The Cowboy and His Elephant" about how he raised a sickly baby elephant to dance and play a piano. 5. He was featured as the "Marlboro Man" in cigarette advertisements in the 1960s and 1970s. |
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Rick Powell 1. My favorite time of year-Any time after April 15th! Can you guess my profession?! 2. Got my start with the rodeo by selling tickets in the log cabin downtown. 3. Like all types of food EXCEPT raw tomatoes! My favorite restaurants are Carlos' Bistro and Roman Villa. 4. Love red wine! A REAL MAN"S drink!!! 5. I enjoy playing at tennis and golf. My favorite sport is baseball- I've played, coached and now, watch! GO ROCKIES!. |
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Scott Bryan 1. Once streaked a high school baseball game with 13 other guys 2. Heli-skied in Canada 3. Licensed sailing captain 4. I go commando under my bar apron 5. Starred on Blinky's Fun Club |
| John Baily 1. Still live in El Paso County (El Paso TX) 2. Marred my High School Sweetheart 3. Coached Baseball at Palmer High School 4. A Colorado Springs Native 5. Have five wonderful children (with the same wife) 6. Took horseback riding lessons at the Air Force Academy 7. Attending the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo for the first time at age 3 |
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Chuck Fowler 1. When I was about 5, I was featured in a Pentax Camera ad in National Geographic. 2. During summers in college, I drove tractors and combines, harvesting wheat on a farm in Julesburg. 3. I used to live in a VW bus with my dog, Barney Rubble (it was the '70s). 4. I could live exclusively on bologna sandwiches on rye, oatmeal... and Jim Beam, of course. 5. I recently got my first pedicure with my wife and daughter on a family outing. |
