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From: Kevin M. <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: How long will the Roots stick around
<<Marsalis would later state that being hamstrung by network suits who
wanted to hear the same 25 popular/known songs instead of original or
obscure material was the main reason he left. His family is freakishly
talented and each of them seems to prefer art for art's sake as
opposed to more commercial purposes.>>
Consistent with this and your next point, The Roots have developed a lot of
original music for the show. Apparently everything they play going into and
coming out of commercial is an original number. They even released an EP of
some of them in 2009.
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2009/12/17/the-roots-sandwiches-jimmy-fallons-house-band-gives-away-jams-free-of-charge/
<<The Roots have more freedom at 12:35 on a less established/more
experimental show. But ?uesto is very social and political -- if NBC
or Lorne Michaels tries to stifle the band, he -- like Brandord --
isn't in a position where he needs the gig. And it isn't like Max
Weinberg who assembled a band specifically for a show -- if ?uestlove
were to leave, his band would not stay.>>
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Kevin M. (RPCV)
Should The Roots leave over this (and it would be the whole band if just
?uestlove is sent home), the show is wounded. Perhaps not fatally, but I have
a hard time seeing any replacement of the same caliber that is also known
outside the show.
David
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