New Autobiography “King of the Groove” coming this October
Grammy winning drummer John JR Robinson celebrates 50 years of making music. JR (as he is known by every music industry leader) is bringing his incredibly diverse career to light with his first book, King of the Groove with the foreword written by the legendary Quincy Jones. John JR Robinson pays homage to some of the most important moments in music history and to those who helped create them. It brings us the behind-closed-doors stories of what it is like working in the exclusive world of an A-List musician alongside legends of the music business. His story is highly enlightening, informative, and entertaining. From the inside never heard story of the making of one of the highest-grossing songs of all time, “We Are the World”, to the first time he met Quincy Jones, to revealing how a five-year-old, small-town boy knew he would be playing (all over the world) along-side the living legends of the music industry for his entire career.
John JR Robinson’s illustrious career was built by working with some of the greatest minds and artists in music history including; Quincy Jones, Ray Charles, Michael Jackson, Rufus and Chaka Khan, Lady Gaga, Peter Frampton, George Benson, Stevie Wonder, Elton John, George Duke, Stanley Clarke, Daft Punk, Madonna, Lionel Richie, The Pointer Sisters, Stevie Nicks, Diana Ross, Whitney Houston, David Foster, Steve Winwood, John Fogerty, David Lee Roth, Herbie Hancock, Toby Keith, Clint Black, Eric Clapton, Brothers Johnson, Marvin Hamlisch, and Barbra Streisand, plus a dictionary-sized list of other legendary musicians and music leaders.
John JR Robinson is known worldwide for his music, drum clinics, podcasts, and live shows as well as his new passion for keynote speaking for Fortune 500 companies all over the world. If you were to listen to any Pop, R&B, Jazz streaming site or station anywhere in the world, he guarantees one of his songs will be playing every 10 seconds for JR has played on recordings that have sold more than ½ billion copies with streaming well into the trillions. Every music fan within the last half-century knows a multitude of the songs JR has played on. JR’s landmark “drum fill” which opens the iconic song, “Rock With You,” (from Michael Jackson’s Off the Wall) is, and will always be an essential piece of pop music lore. His indelible drum intro which launches Steve Winwood’s No. 1 hit, “Higher Love” from Back in the High Life is an instantly recognizable piece of rock history.
28-time Grammy winner and EGOT winner, Quincy Jones shares, “In the five decades JR and I have worked together, JR knows how to get to where I want the beat to go almost symbiotically. And when you teamed him with bassist Louis Johnson, it was a rhythm section that I would put up against any on the planet. JR was an important component of the Q Posse. He is rock solid, and he is family.”
JR’s history of working directly with Quincy Jones (for five decades), Peter Frampton, Barbra Streisand, Steve Winwood, Rufus and Chaka Khan, David Foster, Lionel Richie, Ray Charles and Michael Jackson is just a fraction of why everyone from age 20 – 90 will love to read his story. He represents the soundtrack of our lives worldwide. (among many others) will be highly enticing among both male and female readers over 30 years of age. JR is known all over the world, especially in East Asia.
Eight-time Grammy winner Barbra Streisand shares, “In-concert and in-studio, John JR Robinson is the best drummer I’ve ever worked.”
The thirty No. 1 All-time hit records JR has played on are just part of his history-making accomplishments. He has clocked in more than 6000 recording sessions and over 500 movie and television soundtracks.
