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Help!

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I want to welcome you to

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the show.

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Okay.

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So I got news that Mr.

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Oh, you don't even know.

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Juan Escobedo.

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I said that good, right?

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Cause like I have to put

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like that Spanish flair on it.

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Escobedo.

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Okay.

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He is in the house.

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What?

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Escovedo.

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Escovedo.

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There you go.

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Either way works.

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Welcome to the show.

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Thank you so much for being

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here.

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Yeah, thanks for having me.

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I'm so excited to talk to

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you.

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I'm more excited to talk to

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you.

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Now, I love your family.

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And I just wanted to get

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into, you know, kind of people,

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they don't, maybe some people know

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who you are and some people

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don't.

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You know, you never know.

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You never know.

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They might have been hiding under

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a rock somewhere.

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But I wanted to definitely get

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you to talk about your family,

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talk about you and how you

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got into the music industry.

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Because, you know, family doesn't mean

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that you're going to get in

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there.

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How did that happen for you?

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Well, actually, my grandfather is was

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a singer.

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He passed away, but he was

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a singer and a guitar player.

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And then my father started playing

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percussions.

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And my father, Pete Escovedo, and

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my sister, Sheila, and my brother,

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Peter Michael Escovedo, is a musical

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director.

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He does a lot of TV

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shows.

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But we all grew up in

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Oakland, California, and we just started

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playing when

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You know, just as soon as

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we came out of my mother's

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womb, there was music.

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And, you know, my mother said,

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you know, she was always pregnant

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with one of us.

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And then he would play at,

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do concerts or club scenes and

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stuff.

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So the babysitters were the people

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that worked at the restaurants and

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concerts.

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So we just learned music at

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the house.

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My father always rehearsed in the

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front room.

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And Carlos Santana, he was

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minutes from the house.

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He used to come over like

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Cal Jader, Bill Summers with Summer

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Heat and Head Hunters, Herbie Hancock.

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All these amazing musicians used to

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come by the house.

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So we would just, you know,

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when they took a break, we'd

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jam on equipment and stuff.

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keyboards, bass.

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They just let us play around

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with it.

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They always just said, be careful.

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You know, that's how they get

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paid.

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So we just played on instruments.

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Yeah.

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And then we started getting a

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little better, a little better.

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And then the professional conga players

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and like Tito Puente, Poncho Sanchez,

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they would come by.

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So they would teach us the

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proper way how to play

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the drums, timbales, drums.

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Billy Cobham used to come over,

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show Sheila how to play drums.

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So there were just so many

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amazing musicians.

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But at that time, when you're

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young, you don't know how famous

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they are.

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You just know they're friends.

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So they were just teaching us

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stuff.

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And then we just started our

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own band at, I don't know,

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We started our own band, and

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we were watching the Jackson

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Osmonds, you know, who else, the

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Stylistics, you know, just whoever that

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was groups and families and stuff,

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the Silvers.

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Yeah, so we had our little

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afro going on and stuff and

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little dance steps.

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So that's how we started, yeah.

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That is so cool.

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So you've gotten to work with,

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and I have to go back

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to your bio, you have been

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able to work with so many

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different amazing people.

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Okay, so you, okay, I have

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to go here, because I was

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just, I was looking, you've toured

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in Asia, Europe, the Caribbean, and

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nationwide.

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You've also, your sister, of course,

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I mean, you have to, you

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know, play with your sister and

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all that stuff.

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You got to do that.

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But what I looked at is

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that you've recorded with like Prince,

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Tony, Tony, Tony, Miguel, Echicano,

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Confunction,

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Patti LaBelle.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Oh yeah, Emery Chingi, Jody Watley,

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Lou Bega, MC Hammer, Lionel Richie,

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En Vogue, Elle DeBarge, Freddie Herbert,

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Barry White, Herbie Hancock, Cyndi Lauper,

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Terry Lynn Carrington, Bobby McFerrin, I

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had to stop there.

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Oh, yeah.

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I had to stop at Bobby

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because I have to tell you

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that James McFerrin is my dad.

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And Bobby is James' cousin.

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Oh, my goodness.

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So Bobby's father is my great

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uncle, my grandfather's brother.

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That means you can sing.

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Uh-huh.

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When you related to that, I

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know you can sing.

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Well, everybody in the McFerrin family

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can sing.

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And my mom's Evelyn Thomas.

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So I couldn't escape it.

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It was just.

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Wow.

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You know, you come out.

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Just come out singing.

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You know, just like you.

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You came out.

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And the moment that you came

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out of your womb, it was

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like you were in music.

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I mean, what else could you

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do?

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So I want a story about

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Bobby McFerrin.

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If you have time.

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you know what i didn't grow

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up with bobby i my mom

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raised me as a single mom

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and so i didn't really grow

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up with bobby and bobby was

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on the bobby was on the

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west coast and i was in

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chicago you know family is family

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i mean but that's family and

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it's like okay so you you're

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grown out of that lineage is

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what i was trying to say

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you're growing out that lynch but

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bobby's amazing bobby's amazing he is

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definitely amazing

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Saw him a couple of months

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ago.

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I was doing a concert, and

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he was backstage.

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His daughter was performing.

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She opened up for a band.

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She's great.

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Yes.

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Yeah.

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This is a trip.

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So Bobby McFerrin called me.

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It was called Fantasy Studios in

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Berkeley.

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I think they shut down.

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Big, famous studio.

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He called me in to do

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a session with him, and he

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said, bring all your drums.

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So I brought like six congas.

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And then he...

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He sat right in front of

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me.

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He said, play this one.

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You know, he could do whatever.

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So he's like, and I said,

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Bobby, you don't need me.

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You sound better than these congas.

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I said, I don't even know

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if I can follow that.

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I said, but I'll do my

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best.

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And I did what he did.

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And it turned out good.

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I won his albums.

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Wow.

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Wow.

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That's wonderful.

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Yeah, no, he's really close with

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my family on that coast.

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So my great uncle and all

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of the other brothers and then

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everybody, he's really, really close with

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them.

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And so that's really a blessing

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to know a little bit about

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the family lineage and to understand

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why

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you are who you are.

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You know what I mean?

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So you came out of this

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lineage and you came into this

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and now you're working with, and

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you've worked with so many amazing

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people, but now we're going to

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be talking about your song.

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So you got a new song

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called angel and you guys, if

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you want to go watch that,

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we're going to play that at

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the end of the interview as

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well.

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But you also go ahead and

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scan the QR code so you

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can go listen to it on

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YouTube.

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Um, tell me how this song

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came about.

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How did this come together?

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Well,

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when when uh me and my

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co-writer michael angel varado is uh

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my co-writer we're writing this song

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and i was actually playing with

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el debart and i was his

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md musical director for a little

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while and so i was working

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on the song and i said

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l i said would you sing

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lead on this song and he

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goes yeah of course and i

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said cool so

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But we didn't end up going

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in studio and doing it until

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a year later.

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So he already had said yes.

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But so he had a contract.

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He was working on his own

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album.

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We were writing this song for

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Elder Barge because I was his

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musical director.

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And I was doing some work

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with him.

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And he said that he'll sing

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on it.

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But the time I did this

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song, it took another year before

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it.

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you know i started getting it

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done and then he already had

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signed a contract with his record

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company that he was doing his

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own solo album so he couldn't

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do both so i asked him

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if he can just sing background

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so it started for for uh

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elder bars to sing lead but

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anyway so it just you know

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i started with angel and it's

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about you know relationship being with

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somebody um

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and trying to make it work.

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And just, I was going through

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a divorce and stuff.

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So it was kind of like,

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you know, when you're away from

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somebody, you realize how much you

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need them and stuff and want

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each other.

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So we just had a little

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break.

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So that's basically what that song

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is about.

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It's a beautiful song.

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It's a beautiful song.

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So you have the features of

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a singer-songwriter, L. DeBarge, Martin Kimber

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from Color Me Bad.

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Your sister E is on this

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as well.

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And yourself.

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Correct.

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Awesome.

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Yeah, I got my sister E.

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I got her for free so

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I could call her to play

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drums.

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So that worked out.

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Come here.

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Come on, sister.

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You're minutes 20 away from... Oh,

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so we did the song at

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Rafael Sadiq's studio.

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You know, from Tony, Tony, Tony.

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He had a studio...

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And then, yeah, so he actually

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played on three songs off the

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CD because he was in the

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studio.

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So I got him free too.

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So I'm trying to work with

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my friends and family.

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You know, your first one, you

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don't want to put out all

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your money.

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Free.

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I like free.

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I've always liked free.

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Always liked free.

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I just had to feed them

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and they were good.

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So it worked out.

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It did.

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It's a beautiful song, Wong.

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Thank you so much.

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I absolutely love it.

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It's melodic.

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It's got the flavor.

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It's got the feel.

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It's got the vocal dynamics.

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And also it's got that real

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subtle kind of build up, like

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a crescendo.

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It's got really pretty.

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I love it.

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I absolutely love it.

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Thank you.

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yeah my brother uh produced it

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peter michael escovito my brother produced

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it and uh so we we

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took a lot you know actually

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you could tell we took our

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time and we want to make

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sure it was good and i

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also has six other videos on

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youtube so you know you want

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to come check it out check

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it out

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That's right.

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So when they go here, they

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can see the other videos.

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Am I right?

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So when they scan in the

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QR code or they can go

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ahead and go and just type

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in Angel and then put Juan

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Escobedo in your search bar on

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YouTube and you can find the

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song.

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You can also find all the

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other songs as well.

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Let me ask you a question,

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and I know this might be

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a really typical kind of question,

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but there are so many people

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coming up that we can't really

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ignore this question.

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I always ask it, what kind

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of advice do you give to

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people who are up and coming?

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Something encouraging or something that they

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should never do or they should

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always do?

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Right.

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always say because i actually do

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teach music classes twice a week

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where i live to give back

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but also so i let them

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know that just find the instrument

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that you really love but play

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them all like i also play

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piano that's how i co-wrote these

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songs and bass horns i just

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played horns for six years but

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jump around on all the instruments

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the one instrument will talk to

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you and let you know you'll

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feel it in your heart that's

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the one i need to focus

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on then you focus on that

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instrument and you constantly learn it

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like practice practice watch videos now

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because you can google anybody or

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the beginning of congas

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rhythms.

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You can watch people in Africa

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perform, Cuba.

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I'm still learning and watching new

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rhythms that come out.

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So I'm constantly studying myself.

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But the main thing is find

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what instrument that calls you.

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You'll feel it.

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And then keep practicing.

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And then once you know which

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one is your instrument, go out

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and see who's playing around town.

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Go get to know them people.

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Try to sit in.

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And don't turn down any gigs.

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Different type of music is great.

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Don't be in one category of

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music.

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genre music because then if other

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calls or other because i learn

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from every band i play with

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there's always new musicians i meet

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they keep me busy because we

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become friends so when we're like a lot of people

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i play with now are just

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friends that i play with other

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bands and they made it i

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made it and we work together

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and you you stay busy and

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you just keep meeting new people

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Wow.

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Wow.

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That is great advice.

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Thank you so much.

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Thank you so much for being

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on the show.

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I appreciate it.

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So I want to thank you

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again so much for your time

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and your creativity.

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You know, it takes a lot

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to give back and to go

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and teach.

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You know what I mean?

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I know.

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But also it also is it's

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a testament to who you are.

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And I absolutely love it.

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Thank you.

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Yeah.

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I love teaching.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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It's amazing, isn't it?

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To see them progress.

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It does.

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Yeah.

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I've been doing it for a

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few years, so I love it.

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Yeah.

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Awesome.

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Well, not only should you continue

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to teach, but continue to make

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that beautiful music that you make

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because I'm ready for the next

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song.

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Oh, great.

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Thank you so much for having

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me.

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Thank you.

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So I'm going to back out

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and say, please introduce your new

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song, Mr. Juan Escobedo.

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Okay, this is my new single

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called Angel, and it features Martin

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Kemper from Color Me Bad, and

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El DeBarge is also singing background,

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myself on percussion.

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My sister Sheila E. is playing

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drums, and check it out and

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enjoy it.

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I want to thank you for

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being in my life.

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There ain't no question about how

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I feel inside.

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I know there ain't anyone who

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could ever take your place.

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No one could do.

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That you feel the same.

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Without you, the flower would cease

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to bloom.

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You're my angel.

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I used to run around not

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caring how you felt, no.

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But thinking about what I've done

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made me hate myself.

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But you gave me another chance

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and now I realize there's no

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one like you.

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Now I know how much I

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love you.

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I need you like the earth.

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And I know that you feel

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the same Without you the flower

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will cease to bloom You're

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my

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angel, my angel I need you

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like the earth needs the rain

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And I know that you feel

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the same

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The flower will cease to bloom

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You're my angel You're my angel

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There ain't no mountain I won't

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climb To show the world you're

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mine You've always been right there

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for me I'm gonna be right

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there for you And if ever

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I feel alone

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Hold on to you, come home

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to you

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Like the hour goes

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to rain And I know that

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you feel the same And I

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knew the flowers would cease to

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bloom And you're my angel

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I'm coming home I'm coming home

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I'm coming home You, to you

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You, to you

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Don't forget to follow us on

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