The 'Other John Roberts' Plays Trombone In A Billings Salsa Band
In grade school in Malta, Montana, eleven-year-old John Roberts — the trombone…
Musician's Spotlight · John Floridis
February 10, 202158m 28s
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In grade school in Malta, Montana, eleven-year-old John Roberts — the trombone player, not the Supreme Court justice — watched as the band director, playing a blues solo, muted the bell of his trombone with a handleless toilet plunger. Roberts's destiny was sealed. "I guess that's my personality right there. I guess I gravitate towards things that are brash and obnoxious."