Podcast 077 - Lil John Roberts: On tour with Stevie Wonder
November 24, 2014

077 – Lil John Roberts: Stevie Wonder’s “Songs on the Key of Life Tour”

In this podcast I talk to the one and only Lil John Roberts who is currently on tour with Stevie Wonder on the “Songs in the Key of Life” tour.  This is the first time that I’ve featured someone who has already been on the podcast before. (Click here to listen to Lil John Roberts’ other interview) But I knew that John would drop some knowledge (as usual) and fill us in with the inner-workings of one-in-a-lifetime tour with an icon.  “Songs in the Key of Life” was released on September 28th, 1976 – An ambitious double LP with a four-song bonus EP,[3] Songs in the Key of Life became among the best-selling and most critically acclaimed albums of his career. In 2005, it was ranked number 57 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, and it was preserved into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress, which called it “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” [source: Wikipedia]

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In this Podcast you’ll hear Lil John Roberts Talk about:

  • How he got the Stevie Wonder Gig
  • His approach to playing with two drummers
  • The inner-workings of the tour
  • What he’s learned touring with an icon
  • Much more

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Lil John Robert’s Gear:

Vater Drumsticks
Zion Cymbals
Tama Drums