The Roots Leaving Tour Circuit to be Jimmy Fallon’s House Band
During an interview in Chicago last week, ?uestlove revealed that The Roots will be taking a long break from touring to bang out as Jimmy Fallon’s house band. Jimmy Fallon takes over Conan O’ Brien’s late show spot in 2009, so you still have still time to catch those live shows.
There was a YouTube video, that is now.. ‘no longer available’ - don’t you hate that? Thank Young America for a transcript of ?uestlove’s message-board confirmation..
“yeah its hard to make this announcement
cause its not like we wanted to pull the heartstrings on some ‘this is our last tour’ cause we will forever do gigs….i mean people east of chicago shouldn’t fear and im certain that on weekends we could trek to an occasional seattle or diego.
but obviously europe and abroad could miss out (then again 10 weeks off and once he gets nuff reruns under his belt could mean more gig time.)
i see the possible chance of this being a ‘bigger’ move…but on the real? i dont know if i want to be 40 on the road and single no more. and with the kids my group has now getting older, its harder for the guys to leave more than it was when the kids were 2 and 3. and i cant even start to go on that path til a woman takes me seriously. and aint no one taking a man serious who is in his own home for only 3 months out the year. i been in my crib since 2006 and i STILL aint unpack everything yet.
i pray this show dont take the chevy road just yet. imma love my new home at 30 rock. 2 visits and im already on first name basis with the snl cats.”
‘The Chevy road’, that shouldn’t be a problem. The Chevy Chase Show was fighting for viewers with David Letterman and got cancelled a month later - like Griswold was going to shake that giant. Jimmy Fallon is up against Craig Ferguson - fair contest. And here we have The Roots to strengthen Fallon’s position as the younger, ‘hipper’ choice.
They do bring weight. Minus this news would anyone even be talking about Jimmy Fallon’s choice of ‘take me to commercial’ guys. Hah! That’s what a house band is. It’s also (as ?uest said) an easy, regular check and in the long term, could broaden The Roots fan base. Lord knows they need it, the hip-hop masses treat The Roots’ CDs like dirt. Get it? . dir.t. never mind. 😛
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I think the major failure with the roots plan is that their live shows are really what separate them from shitty pop influenced hip hop groups. I can truly say that the Roots concert in Rochester New York was and will continue to be the best concert I have had the opportunity to attend. This was not because the band members were physically present and playing… It was because each of them was able to synthesize into an epic wall of pure organic hip hop, where each member could fully demonstrate their incredible musical ability and stage presence. This is not captured well on camera because the music in a live concert is felt through a person’s legs, and through their body, penetrating their thoughts and actions.
eloquently put except for one piece. go see the roots again in their final tour. they improve every time.