Percussionist, Bandleader, Vocalist, Historian, Clinician and Educator Kelli Rae Tubbs stops by to talk about being the “world’s oldest intern” for the Everwood Arts Foundation, playing gigs, researching drumset players who are women, and getting into the instrument rental business (03:35), her current work as a performer, speaker, and “Riverlorian” on riverboats in the Midwest (26:40), her enjoyment of studying history and being a bandleader (45:00), and growing up in Chicago in Minnesota, finding “her people”, and navigating some challenging times earlier in her life (55:00).

Finishing with a Rave on rewatching the 1998 film Elizabeth (01:16:00).

Kelli Rae Tubbs links:

Kelli Rae Tubbs’s website

Kelli Rae Tubbs’s research on women who play drumset

Kelli Rae Tubbs’s YouTube channel

Kelli Rae Tubbs’s Facebook page

MSP Percussion Rental and Repair

Kelli Rae Tubbs’s ReverbNation Arrangements page

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