Kevin Eubanks of The Tonight Show Band (ep. 454)
Live Inspired Podcast with John O'Leary
John O'Leary
4.8 • 695 Ratings
🗓️ 14 April 2022
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
To celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month, I'm honored to welcome Kevin Eubanks, one of the most accomplished jazz musicians of his or any generation.
As a prolific guitarist and composer, Kevin is frequently recognized for his role as former Music Director of The Tonight Show band, appearing on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno for 18 years.
Yet it's what led up to this iconic role that is most intriguing.
Today, Kevin shares about growing up with a strong musical influence, what it was like to hitchhike to gigs around Philadelphia at 13 years old and how he was able to overcome his shyness.
And I can't forget to mention…Kevin shares a fantastic impersonation of Jay Leno that you don't want to miss.
Learn more about this episode at JohnOLearyInspires.com/podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, look, Dad, your friend is building it. |
| 0:04.5 | My friends, we were downtown driving around the new soccer stadium that is being built right here in St. Louis, Missouri, when my son, Patrick, yelled that out from the backseat of the car. |
| 0:15.1 | Look, Dad, your friends are building it. |
| 0:17.5 | He was referring to my friends at Keely Companies. |
| 0:20.1 | Keely Companies is proud to be |
| 0:21.9 | a part of the team that is bringing major league soccer to America's first soccer capital right here |
| 0:28.2 | in St. Louis, Missouri. As construction partners of the St. Louis City Stadium, they are looking |
| 0:33.2 | forward for this project to be a place for entertainment, camaraderie, and passion for generations |
| 0:38.9 | to come. You can learn more about that project and look what else they're building dad by |
| 0:43.9 | visiting them right now online at keeliecompanies.com. Welcome to the Live Inspired podcast with |
| 0:53.3 | John O'Leary. |
| 0:54.7 | John is the number one national bestselling author of the book On Fire. |
| 0:58.9 | He's a world-class inspirational speaker, and he's the host of the Live-inspired podcast. |
| 1:04.0 | John interviews extraordinary individuals on their life story so that you can wake up from accidental living and more fully live your life |
| 1:12.8 | story. Here's your host, John O'Leary. Well, my friends, to celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month, |
| 1:20.2 | I am honored to welcome one of the most accomplished jazz musicians of his or any generation. |
| 1:28.7 | Get ready for it. |
| 1:29.3 | This is going to be an exciting show. |
| 1:31.2 | As a prolific guitarist and composer, you're going to know this name. |
| 1:35.5 | Kevin Eubanks is most recognized for his role as former music director of the Tonight Show |
| 1:42.3 | band appearing on that stage for 18 years. That's a long time, |
| 1:47.9 | family, with a guy you also may recognize J. Liddle. So for 18 years, those two did live together. |
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