The one time I checked this week, I counted 4 members, split across the 2
levels. I think that's less than 50 percent of the band. Heck, it's less than
the usual number Batiste has with him back at the Ed.
David
On Friday, July 24, 2020, 1:10:47 PM EDT, M-D November
<[email protected]> wrote:
The Roots are running short-handed? I thought they were just split across 2
levels, like they were during the Late Night years...?
On Friday, July 24, 2020 at 2:15:44 AM UTC-4 David Bruggeman wrote:
At the end of tonight's episode, Stephen noted that the show would be going on
a 2 week break (Fridays have often been repeats while he's been broadcasting
from home), and would not be broadcasting from his house on his return.
He will also *not* be broadcasting from the Ed Sullivan theater.
Presumably this means that he's following the Conan model of finding a
performance space that isn't his home studio. He didn't say anything about
where.
Tonight's all-to-brief talk with Jon Batiste didn't give any explicit hints
about this. Jon did note he's been checking in from the Knickerbocker Music
Center in Westerly, RI, a small club just across the border from Connecticut.
I suppose they could do something similar to what East Coast Jimmy is doing
with The Tonight Show and a stripped-down Roots crew. But I'd think they'd try
and find some location in the city or a close-by jurisdiction where it would be
permitted.
David
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