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Twelve Tones & Six Billion Songs... A Conversation with Andre Floyd
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- The Sum of All Wisdom
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- Mar 10, 2026
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- 4543
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Episode 1: Twelve Tones & Six Billion Songs... A Conversation with Andre Floyd Episode Summary In this inaugural episode of The Sum of All Wisdom , Dr. Scott Catey sits down with longtime friend and musician Andre Floyd, to discuss his life, career, and philosophy. We talk about the stories we carry, how meaning evolves, and how lives are sometimes unexpectedly intertwined. Andre looks back over a life and career lived as a musical “cobbler,” and he talks about resilience, amplifying marginalized voices, uplifting community, and creating opportunities for self-determination and self-respect among young people from cultures that often get erased or misrepresented. He also remembers the ways he has used music for good throughout his life, teaching Montessori, providing music therapy, and the importance of sharing music, especially in difficult times. What unfolds is not just a conversation about gigs and bands, but about pivot points—those moments when life gets turned over, takes a new direction, or transforms. From singing the National Anthem at Wrigley Field in 1982, to playing pool with Seamus Heaney, to performing at Luke’s alongside Montana icon Jay Rummel and others, Andre reflects on what it means to build a life by “cobbling together” community, opportunity, talent, and instinct. Music as life is full of both possibility and responsibility, and Andre shares his wisdom on both, and more. In This Conversation Growing up in an Air Force family and finding the guitar at age 11 Cubs vs. Expos: Singing the American and Canadian national anthems at Wrigley Field—and in the wrong key The Chicago years: mentorship, management, and cultural education The Missoula barstool literary scene Jay Rummel: brilliance, anger, and artistic obsession Mood Iguana, Tapas Records,…