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"newborn" Kobie Watkins Grouptet Tour 2016 at The Sapphire Room At The Riverside Hotel

Courtesy of Sapphire Room at The Riverside Hotel | Posted on April 19, 2016

Where

The Sapphire Room At The Riverside Hotel
2900 W. Chinden Blvd.
Boise, ID
Map
208-343-1871

When

Thu, July 28, 2016
5:30 pm

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Musicians

About

A native of Chicago, Illinois, Kobie began as a small child listening and watching his father (Alious C. Watkins) playing drums in the church. Kobie started with pots and pans as a toddler. Yet over time he has 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, Kobie attended Vandercook College of Music studying all forms and genres of the percussion family with Marc “Max” Jacoby (vibraphonist/ mallet) and Kevin Lepper (percussionist), both teachers igniting him to reach greater achievements and goals. While learning percussion and all other instruments, Kobie’s extra curricular time was spent playing jazz standards and trading solo-s with alto saxophonist Dennis Winslett. Kobie could also be found playing in local theatre and cabaret shows. In 1998, Kobie played in the Walt Disney World American All- Star Band in Magic Kingdom (Orlando, FL)....

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