The Roots on The Late Show - NBC
By Rab Bakari • Nov 20th, 2008 • Category: Music
The core members of The Roots
The Roots will serve as the new house band for former Saturday Night Live actor Jimmy Fallon, when he replaces Conan O’Brien as host of Late Night on NBC in March of 2009.
Jimmy Fallon Prepares to host the NBC Late Show in the Spring of 2008
O’Brien will be moved to The Tonight Show, where he will replace Jay Leno.
The current members of The Roots are Black Thought (MC), ?uestlove (drums), Kamal (keyboard), F Knuckles (percussion), and Captain Kirk (guitar). Bassist Hub left the group in 2007.
A fan’s quote: “Their wives and kids must be pumped to have them dudes in one place for a while, they have been on the road for like a decade straight!”
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