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Champaign-Urbana, IL - Musician, producer, composer, audio designer, and DJ Larry E. Gates II  has played hundreds of stages across the nation and has shared those stages with the likes of Chuck Berry, G. Love & Special Sauce, 30 Seconds To Mars, Local H, Superdrag, Trombone Shorty, Brother Ali, The Nappy Roots, Blueprint, DJ Rare Groove, Illogic, and many others.

 

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Entries in The Roots (3)

Way Gone Wednesdays: UPDATE - Elvis Costello & The Roots

DateWednesday, September 25, 2013 at 8:35AM

Three months ago I blogged an early warning that Elvis was teaming up with America's house band, The Roots. The album, Wise Up Ghost, is out now (still haven't had a full listen so I'll reserve any attempts to review) but here's a clip of them playing the Elvis classic "I Want You" at the Brooklyn Bowl last week. This whole concept still blows my mind. Dig.

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Way Gone Wednesdays: Elvis Costello & The Roots

DateWednesday, July 3, 2013 at 9:06AM

This is happening. Apparently the bespectacled one is teaming up with the baddest house band on the planet. I'm down. Peep the deets here.

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Throwback Thursdays: The Roots

DateThursday, April 19, 2012 at 8:43AM

The Roots have been at it for 19 years. They've been hip-hops premiere live band, they were the house band in Spike Lee's Bamboozled, they scored monster hits with Erykah Badu ("You Got Me") and Cody Chestnutt ("Seed 2.0") and are now the house band for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Some footage surfaced this week of The Roots' first live show ever from 1993. Check out the clips.

 

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