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The Roots Picnic is an annual music festival created and hosted by hip hop group, The Roots. Co-founder, Shawn Gee, and manager of The Roots serves as executive producer of the festival. [1] The festival is held in Philadelphia, their hometown at the Mann at Fairmount Park. The first festival was held on June 7, 2008.
Since 2014, he has played with The Roots, including on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. [1] Over his more than two decade career, he has been part of the groups Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings , Menahan Street Band , The Budos Band , and Lee Fields & The Expressions , among others.
James Jason Poyser (born January 30, 1967) is an American record producer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.He has been a member of the hip hop band The Roots since 2009, and plays with The Roots in the house band for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and formerly, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
Reprising their role during the star-packed 50th anniversary of hip-hop segment at the 2023 Grammy Awards, the Roots will serve as the house band for another cast of big names as part of the F.O.R ...
Entertainment events at Madison Square Garden Date Nationality Artists Tours Supporting Acts Attendance Box Office April 14 United States Dave Matthews Band: 2009 Spring Tour The Roots May 3 The Clearwater Concert June 21 United States Beyoncé: I Am... World Tour: RichGirl: 27,580 / 27,580 $3,526,375 June 22 July 27 United States Green Day
The Roots are an American hip hop band formed in 1987 by singer Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter and drummer Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.The Roots serve as the house band on NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, having served in the same role on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon from 2009 to 2014.
"The Roots perform the Star Spangled Banner COLBERT REPORT" "Alternate Root: Owen Biddle's unlikely path to Late Night" "The Roots take Manhattan", Village Voice, 25 February 2009 "Late night with The Roots as Jimmy Fallon's TV house band, Philly's globe-spanning hip-hoppers adapt to a new way to work, a new audience to wow.", Philly.com
He replaced keyboard player Scott Storch joining the band in London. His first album with The Roots was Illadelph Halflife in 1996, and he has played on twelve of their fourteen studio albums. Music writers have discussed Gray's background in classical and jazz piano with influences including Herbie Hancock and Thelonious Monk . [ 5 ]