Jazz Musician Discusses His Career On Straight Talk Tonight

Whether drumming on pots as a kid or playing in his Dad's Church, it looks like Watkins was destined for greatness..  A native of Chicago, Illinois, Kobe began as a small child listening and watching his father (Alious C. Watkins) play drums in the church.   Kobie started with pots and pans as a toddler.   Yet over time, he developed a personal system of timely discipline and structure for music and life skill.   He has progressed into who he is today - professional drummer/percussionist and music educator

Pursuing his true passion and enhancing his talent through education, he found teachers who ignited him to reach even greater achievements and goals...  WHile learning percussion and other instrume nts, he developed a friendship with alto saxophonist Dennis Winslett.  And he could also be found playing in local theatre and cabaret shows, and in 1988, he played in  the Walt Disney World Americal All Star Band.

After receiving his Bachelors of Music Education in 1999, he became a public school band/musi teacher by day, and by night he played gigs around the Chicago area and throughout the United States..  He eventually became known as the "Swing Master of Chicago"  He was depicted in a article in the Joliet, Illinois newspaper titled "Teacher has Alter Ego as Jazz Musician.'    He continued his education and later received a Masters degree

Also joining us in conversation will be North Carolina artist and entrepreneur Donna Purcell, and Omar Beasley, chairman of one of Durham's leading political PACs and a well known community leader, and from Idaho we will hear from the person behind the Idaho Bucketlist........