Re: Slagging off Bands: The Roots

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Tue, 22 Aug 1995 11:38:57 GMT


Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 08:29:44 +1200
To: acid-jazz@UCSD.EDU
From: Mark Allerton <Mark@warmspot.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Slagging off Bands: The Roots

>>for this. So we have Black Thought, the keys guy (forget his name),
>>Brother ? and some guy on the bass, who i'm fairly sure wasn't their
>>regular bassist as I believe he's white. (Still, the new guy could
>>definetly play.)

>Wrong. The Roots' bass player is definitely black.

>I've seen The Roots live twice now, and the first show was not in any
>way disappointing - one of the best live shows I've seen (and I see plenty.)
>The second show was not nearly as much fun for some reason, though
>the line up was the same (including Rahzel) - don't know if this was
>down to the band, the venue (Subterania vs Jazz Cafe), the sound
>(definitely worse) or just me...

yeah, but bare in mind that the sound quality at festivals isn't
particularly good due to the fact that they are playing in a field.
I think a band's performance sometimes depends if they are really into the gig
that they are playing. Of course the more professional a band the
less this matters.(But we are all human right?). Some people I know
saw them at Pheonix and were not that impressed. Mind you its all
down to opinions really.

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