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The Roots On The Colbert Report
Published 4/16/2008 by Nigel D at RealTalkNY
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This Week The Roots Became Comedy Central's House Band
Published 4/16/2008 by Stereogum at Stereogum
This Week The Roots Became Comedy Central's House Band thumbnail: This Week The Roots Became Comedy Central's House Band The most fabulous Roots crew have a new record out soon, and it looks like they're raising awareness by any means necessary: whether that entails collaborating with a Fall Out boy (see " Birthday Girl "), enlisting a porn star in their video (ditto), or doing live performances on back to back nights for Comedy Central. The first came Sunday night as part of the charitably motivated Night Of Too Many Stars, and then last night ?uestlove and guitarist Captain Kirk Douglas joined together to do two quick ditties for The ...

Video: The Roots on The Colbert Report
Published 4/16/2008 by JMack at HoodHype.com's Hood Blog - Get in the Mix
The Intro The National Anthem Jimi Hendrix Style Shouts to bassist Owen Biddle who couldn’t even manage to at least crack his guitar on stage. Tags: The Roots Bookmark ...

Captain Kirk for President
Published 4/16/2008 by Rizoh at The Rap Up
The Roots performed “Star Spangled Banner” on Colbert Report last night. Perfect avenue. Perfect timing. And, given the current political climate, perfect choice of musicians. Captain Kirk really killed it. But if you’ve ever seen these fellas live, then his guitarrific performance shouldn’t surprise you. On another note, I’m mad at Colbert; he has a copy of Rising Down and I don’t. [Thanks to Shawn @ Wiredset] ShareThis

Roots Resurrect Hendrix (Or At Least Wyclef) On "The Colbert Report" [Videodrone]
Published 4/16/2008 by Anthony Miccio at Idolator
Ok, so "The Roots" played "The Star-Spangled Banner" on The Colbert Report last night, right? Only it was ?uestlove, a touring bassist who joined less than a year ago, and a guitarist who signed on in 2003. Call me old-fashioned, but it just ain't the Roots without Kamal playing keyboard ostinatos and somebody beatboxing on top. If you want a tribute to Woodstock, why not just let Wyclef and will.i.am (I'm sure he knows how to play bass) join ?uestlove in some sort of left-leaning rap supergroup? Call it WQW! The Black Root 'Gees! Probama! [Comedy Central] ...

The Roots Perform On The Colbert Report
Published 4/22/2008 by Local Celebrity at Lenzism.com | Addicted To Fresh
The Roots perform the Star Spangled Banner on The Colbert Report.