“Aren’t these the guys from the Jimmy Fallon show?”

While DV & I were discussing how sad/stupid it was that The Roots & The Black Keys were playing at the same time, everyone around us was either trying to figure out who The Roots were. Or someone in the group was trying to convince the others that they should stay and check them out. Obviously this was the first Roots show for a lot of the people there. I just couldn’t believe so many people didn’t even know who they were. Boy were they in for a schooling.

They’re one of my all time favorite groups and they never disappoint so I was more than a bit excited to see them do their thing yet again. Their performance that sunny Saturday afternoon was as awesome as could be expected. They easily flowed from classics like “You Got Me” and “Seed 2.0” to new jams like “Fire” and “Now or Never”. They also did some covers like “Sweet Child O Mine” and “Bad to the Bone.” And they even did a tribute to Fela Kuti. It was pretty incredible.

Everyone around us seemed to agree cause as we were leaving the Twin Peaks stage, all I could hear was people saying things like: “OMG that was the best show ever!” “I think I have a new favorite band!” “They were amazing. Why are they on Jimmy Fallon?”