Photo by Kevin Wilson   John “JR” Robinson is always busy. But he’s been busier than usual. He has a new band called SRT that he’s (for the first time ever) taking on the road, and a new record called Vanguards of Groove, he’s writing film scores for Killing Me Softly: The Charlie Fox Story, and others, and he is in the middle of writing his biography whose working title is The King of Groove: The John “JR” Robinson Story. But he’s quick to say, “It’s not a drum book. We’re writing a book about my learning experiences. The book is about what I’ve learned and excelled at, and how I try to bring goodness and be a source of positive energy. I’m not this huge character, I’m just a normal guy from Iowa that’s gone down an interesting path that could help somebody else in their own path.”    […]

October 2023 Issue