The Shadow People Ep38 - Nigel’s Birthday, Earth Wind & Fire & Getting Older

No guest. No grand agenda. Nigel Hall checks in remotely from the road on his birthday, Derrick Freeman holds things down in New Orleans, and Danny Abel eventually wanders into the studio to join the foolishness.A rare day off has Nigel thinking about birthdays, gratitude, getting older, staying teachable, and why some of us apparently caught the absolute last flight out of stupidity. Derrick tells the story of unexpectedly running into Earth, Wind & Fire legend Ralph Johnson in Oregon and immediately turning into a complete fanboy, which sends everybody down a proper music rabbit hole.From there: Earth, Wind & Fire’s ridiculous run in the ’70s, Prince in the ’80s, favorite Stevie Wonder records, albums people call “bad” that still have unbelievable music on them, and the difference between how musicians hear records and how everybody else does.Danny shows up midway, there’s talk of putting the old band back in a van for one final — and possibly sober — road trip, football season makes its inevitable appearance, and Nigel has somewhere important to be because his bowling balls are ready.Just the fellas talking shit for 45 minutes. Sometimes that’s the show.Like, subscribe, and keep your shit together until the next episode.#TheShadowPeople #NigelHall #DerrickFreeman #DannyAbel #EarthWindAndFire #RalphJohnson #StevieWonder #Prince #NewOrleansPodcast #MusicPodcast #TourLife