TONTO & Stevie Wonder

Documentary extract talking about TONTO's collaboration with Stevie on 4 classic 70's records. CD of classic TONTO now available on www.tontosexpandingheadband.com

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[suitandtieguy]

hey dude ... thanks for letting me know where this was from so i could see the rest of it.

oh yeah ... you forgot to mention that part. my bad.

[analoghell]

sarcastic mf, it's from a 6 part BBC doco called "Soul Deep" aired in June 2006.

[K McCoy]

Stevie plays the trap set (drums to you) and most all instrumentation in preproduction. The really strange thing is so few people have viewed this video, and this video changed the sound of funk in a giant way. Vanilla Ice gets more views than this. It's a sad time we're in m'friends..

[godhelpme2009]

& they are totally giving Stevie respect."We worked him" may just be the expression producers/ conductors/directors use w/ actors/musicians.

It's all edited interviews for a broad subject . We don't know all of what else Malcolm & Bob may have said.

I'd love to hear more . I am totally fascinated by the process/work that went into making those albums.

And creativity in general.

What a great example these cats are of that. Stevie.Malcolm. Bob.Thank you

Thnx to the doc. makers

T y 2 analoghell

[kotep777]

what doc is this from?

[zinoff]

I'd say Songs in the Key of Life sold pretty well after those. Do you actually believe the guy story of stopping the tape to make Stevie angry? You do anything like that in the studio and you get shown the door.

[luiswega]

woow that studio is legendary !!! WTF So unique instruments

[Archafka]

dumb coward..

[steve53847]

When we experience masterpieces it's so rewarding to later be given an insight into just how the artist(s) went about "carving" such beauty.

Thank you for the upload!

[asphyXxXia]

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[Alan1414]

TONTO was used on every song from Music of my Mind, Talking Book, Innervisions, Fulfillingness' First Finale. The majority of Songs in the Key of Life were also made up of already recorded TONTO and Stevie songs (I believe). They were incredible together, unfortunately it all got a bit sour when the two guys from TONTO realised they weren't getting enough credit for the albums. (That's not to say they were the sole reason these albums were amazing. Stevie is a genius.)

[tom6lillie5]

wonder ripped off these two guys and when the two guys left wonder he did not produce another top lp i wonder why steve.wonder you owe these guys millions in royalities.

[Odawg96]

Preachin' to the choir, my man!

[mikemaccafan]

All that footage of Stevie.... where can we see it?!  I hope that gets released someday. That stuff where he's playing the Drums and singing Living for the City etc... man.