Drummer reacts to STEVIE WONDER (Spotlight Artist of the Month Finale)

[@annas9131]

Songs in the Key of life..... I was 15 years old and the whole album was played loud on repeat in the school canteen. Got the double album (vinyl, still have it) and still know all the lyrics by heart. All those songs remind me of that special time of coming of age. I was a troubled kid but this music made me so happy and helped me through my ordeals. Suddenly I feel like 15 again and dance around the room on my own. 💃

[@peterlburrows]

"What a gift to the world this man is." Couldn't have said it better!

[@markwade2530]

You have to listen to all of Songs In The Key Of Life. You won't regret it. One of the best albums of all time.

[@timpindar]

THIS! 👍

[@brianvernon249]

I agree. 2.5 albums of glorious sonic mastery.

[@alrivers2297]

My favorite of these is Do I Do, even though it was the 5 minute single version. The album version is 10 and a half minutes. Some other great ones are As, Go Home, You Haven't Done Nothin' and Master Blaster

[@courtneywallace871]

Those last two you mentioned are my two favorite SW songs. Hopefully Lee gets to them at some point.

[@gmcsrbosavl6964]

I’ll second As and Master Blaster. And of course all 4 are greatness.

[@janewells5970]

Love Stevie! Thanks Barry

[@realbser1956]

My pleasure Lee. It’s a great subscriber base. 👏👏😀

[@theeloquentbaby]

Barry, I’d forgotten how much I love Another Star. And Do I Do is new to me, it’s so joyful, so nice to discover! Thank you!👏🏻👏🏻✨

[@realbser1956]

@@theeloquentbaby Thanks Heidi, glad you enjoyed this. It’s always great to discover something new from an artist that you think you know. ❤️

[@theeloquentbaby]

@@realbser1956 It is ❤️

[@ShibaMomma143]

Feels like a parade! Carnival! 💃 Love this channel! ❤ Kind regards from Cape Ann, Mass. ⛵️

[@lauraallen55]

Thanks for putting it all together, Barry! We have lots of great Stevie to hear. :) Still wish I Was Made to Love Her on the list, though. 🤩

[@bryanschuler7158]

Love do I do! One of my favorite, Stevie Wonder songs!

[@chitownlee]

It's impossible to sit still listening to these selections!

[@craigreid7178]

Stevie is my all-time, all-music favorite. I saw him live a few years ago and was blown away. It was absolutely a spiritual experience for me.

[@Pelza20]

I love Sir Duke so much. A love song to music.

[@stlmopoet]

All great. The first one is super. Also love Sir Duke for his acknowledgement of all the great artists who came before.

[@brianvernon249]

The horns. Playing the trombone in college for an easy A allowed me the opportunity to play songs 2 & 4. We also played in bars and did EWF & p-funk standards as well. I had just turned 21 so I was in heaven. Sir Duke is hard.

[@icdogg2361]

This version of Do I Do cuts out the Dizzy Gillespie solo

[@jessicaleblanc-nh1yl]

This lovely wonder was first signed on at age 11. Pretty incredible. A little prodigy. He has shared so much of his magic & grace with many! His songs & sounds can be heard through DJ's in dance clubs. Beautiful! Thank you for sharing this one!

[@lisarainbow9703]

Speaking of Sir Duke, Grammy-nominated acapella group Kings Return just released an amazing vocal cover-- it's incredible.

[@theeloquentbaby]

I’d forgotten how much I love Another Star… It really is an epic expression of love… “Through my eyes the light of you is all I see” …💫🌠 I’ve never heard Do I Do before. Stevie’s joy is huge! It’s wonderful! I Just Called To Say I Love You seems pale to me in comparison… Sir Duke is a good Stevie song. It was nice to travel through years of Stevie Wonder’s music. Thank you, Lee and Barry!

[@gmcsrbosavl6964]

Another Star is one of my favorite tunes. That outro goes hard AF…the legend George Benson on guitar and scat at the end.

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

Love it

[@angielofton6372]

Listening to Another Star made me realize it sounded very Disco-y. It’s about the time of Disco coming in. As much as I hated it back then, it sounds positively symphonic today. Wow, I’m old.

[@hopeklemann1]

ok Lee.... after this month of music, you now understand why we love Stevie ?

[@chitownlee]

I was a trumpet player also, Lee!

[@sharondavid-melly1498]

Stevie the Wonderful

[@rikurodriguesneto6043]

No New Year's Day? No chocolate covered candy hearts to give away? No first of spring? Why are you calling her then? Out with it, Stevie!

[@Cheryworld]

Sir Duke ( tribute to Duke Ellington, and his jazz orchestra, Ellington well worth a listen himself, "with a voice like Ella's ringing out, there's no way the band can lose ')

[@TheHandyman777]

This song on a 45 record was my second music purchase ever. I bought it at Walgreens. I had pretty good taste as a kid, if I do say.

[@Jonni1027]

Love!❤️

[@hopeklemann1]

okay Mr Bouncy Hair...lol so, in the 70s, there was a shampoo called 'gee, your hair smells terrific !' really there was...🙃

[@jollybobo6379]

I actually used Greasy Hair Stuff to hold my curly lock in place

[@hopeklemann1]

@@jollybobo6379 not Geri curl? lol

[@jollybobo6379]

@@hopeklemann1 it came in a small glue-size squeeze bottle, and smelled like crap. I had a pompadour like Elvis and a duck tail like a biker thug

[@hopeklemann1]

@@jollybobo6379 😁

[@laurencaulton103]

The legendary Dizzy Gillespie! This is a who's who. The only part of "I Just Called..." that I like is that cha-cha-cha at the end.

[@garyarnett1220]

Lee, keep in mind he was your age or younger when doing these. He was 26 when Songs In The Key of life was released.

[@robertasirgutz8800]

Incredible taste. Check out "Ribbon in the Sky".

[@corawheeler9355]

Great songs from Stevie Wonder. But you can't go wrong, he didn't make any bad songs.

[@normandaubry]

As much as I appreciate Stevie, I’ll never get used to I Just Called to Say I Love you. To me it’s the least interesting song that I heard of him.But Sir Duke… what a masterpiece. And what a performance from Nathan Watts on bass!

[@RoniLeigh]

May I have the first dance??? Thumbs Up

[@planktonrecords]

On "Another Star" Stevie playing percussion (not all), drums and keys as well as lead and backing vocals. On guitar and backing vocals Mr George Benson! This was the last track on the double album but there was also a 4 song 7" EP that came with the album. "Do I Do' was a new track and the last track on his double vinyl greatest hits from his 70s releases album 'Original Musiquarium 1'. Denis Davis plays drums on this one. You might recognise Denis from some Bowie albums you've covered from the mid-70s. That wasn't the whole track!

[@hopeklemann1]

YAY!

[@Cheryworld]

I just called to say I love you. One of his best. Really sweet

[@BClarke]

Stevie is a top ten all-time artist…but “I Just Called To Say I Love You” kinda blows chunks. Personally, I love “Uptight (Everything’s Alright)”, and I don’t think I saw Lee react to that one.

[@stlmopoet]

All great. The first one is super. Also love Sir Duke for his acknowledgement of all the great artists who came before.