Robby Shaffer, MercyMe Drummer - Episode 22
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
5 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 10 July 2017
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Robby Shaffer is a drummer with the highly successful Christian band MercyMe.
He joined the band in 1997 and has been a staple of the band ever since.
MercyMe has sold more than 9 million units on CD, single and DVD sales and garnered more than 28 No. 1 multi-format Christian radio singles.
They have sold out venues across the U.S. and Canada and have appeared on the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, The Today Show, CBS This Morning, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Fox News, CNN and ABC News.
Their ninth studio album, "LIFER" is out now and their first single, "EVEN IF" has been played on radio stations across the country.
On this episode of the podcast, Robby shares with us how he became a part of the band, how he ended up sneaking Bibles into China as a teen, his LOVE for baseball, getting to take batting practice at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, how his faith was tested during his teen years, and how they choose which songs to play on tour.
We are also giving you a chance to win MercyMe's new album "LIFER" -- Listen to the podcast to find out details how you can win your own copy of the CD.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Sports Spectrum podcast where faith and sports |
| 0:09.3 | collide. |
| 0:10.3 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 0:13.2 | This is episode number 22 of the Sports Spectrum podcast. |
| 0:17.2 | My name is Jason Romano. |
| 0:18.7 | Thank you so much for joining us here on the program today. As always, you can subscribe and you can download the podcast. My name is Jason Romano. Thank you so much for joining us here on the program today. As always, |
| 0:23.0 | you can subscribe and you can download the podcast on iTunes and Google Play and Stitchard. |
| 0:28.2 | Everywhere podcasts are available. And as always, go to sportspectrum.com. That's where we have |
| 0:34.3 | daily devotionals. We have articles, consistent content every single day on the intersection of faith in sports, |
| 0:41.3 | as well as the podcast. |
| 0:43.4 | The podcast is there on the website to listen to for free. |
| 0:46.7 | We also have podcast notes, our favorite quotes, as well as sort of a timeline of the topics |
| 0:52.3 | that we discuss in each podcast interview. |
| 0:55.2 | So go check it out at sportspectrum.com. |
| 0:59.6 | Today's guest is Robbie Schaefer. |
| 1:02.3 | Now, he is a drummer for the band Mercy Me. |
| 1:05.2 | Now, a few years back, probably about five or six years ago, I got connected with a guy |
| 1:10.3 | named Bart Millard, who is the lead singer |
| 1:12.2 | of Mercy Me, connected through social media, and they were in town in Connecticut, and they're |
| 1:18.4 | huge sports fans. |
| 1:19.6 | I mean, they are gigantic sports fans, especially baseball. |
| 1:23.5 | And they wanted to come by ESPN and see the studios and get a tour. |
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