The stage was dark, with only a massive drum set on a riser at the back. Amazing, considering the amount of equipment used by the previous band, Gym Class Heroes. A single spot glowed on the giant ROOTS tapestry at the rear of the stage. There was only the dull background noise from the sold out crowd waiting for the headliners to appear.
An incredibly deep base thumping began,not a bass guitar, but resonating on such a low register as to vibrate the brass handrail in front of me in the loge (first row-center, I might add). What the hell was that? It played music, but,the glint of a huge horn bell emerged from under the tapestry at the back of the stage, and a shiny silver Sousaphone appeared, playing a signature Roots hip-hop beat. Quickly following was ?uestLove, climbing immediately into the vortex of his drum set. The rest of The Roots ensemble followed from behind the tapestry, joining Tuba Gooding, Jr.’s beat: F Knuckles (percussion), Capt. Kirk (guitar), Kamal (keyboards), Owen (bass), followed by the lead vocalist and one of the originators of the Roots (with ?uestLove) Black Thought. A very cool way to do a show lead-in, Continue reading “EVIL (GOOD) ROOTS”
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