New Orleans Jazz Fest late night. 2:15am start time at the House of Blues Parish (the small room), right after the sold out Original Meters gig at Howlin’ Wolf. It don’t stop.
VIDEO 1: George Porter Jr + Soulive + James Casey on sax, Eric Bloom on trumpet, Natalie Cressman on trombone, Ryan Zoidis on sax + Ivan Neville & Nigel Hall guesting on keys
Funky Miracle > I Need More Time > Funky Miracle:
VIDEO 2: George Porter Jr + Soulive + James Casey on sax, Eric Bloom on trumpet, Natalie Cressman on trombone, Ryan Zoidis on sax + Ivan Neville & Nigel Hall guesting on keys
Funky Miracle > I Need More Time > Funky Miracle (continued):
VIDEO 3: George Porter Jr, Adam Deitch, Nigel Hall, Mike Wooten on guitar + James Casey on sax, Jennifer Hartswick on trumpet, Natalie Cressman on trombone, Joe Cohen on sax
The Chicken (James Brown cover):
VIDEO 4: George Porter Jr, Adam Deitch, Nigel Hall, Mike Wooten on guitar + James Casey on sax, Jennifer Hartswick on trumpet, Natalie Cressman on trombone, Joe Cohen on sax + Nikki Glaspie on backup vox and Robert Walter guesting on keys
The World Is A Ghetto (War cover):
VIDEO 5: George Porter Jr, Adam Deitch, Nigel Hall, Mike Wooten on guitar + James Casey on sax, Jennifer Hartswick on trumpet, Natalie Cressman on trombone, Joe Cohen on sax + Nikki Glaspie on backup vox and Robert Walter guesting on keys
The World Is A Ghetto (War cover) (continued):
VIDEO 6: George Porter Jr, Eddie Roberts, Robert Walter, Nikki Glaspie & Roosevelt Collier
Ain’t No Use (To Cut You Loose) [lower quality audio, shot without external mic]:
VIDEO 7: Eddie Roberts, Robert Walter, Nikki Glaspie & Joe Cohen on sax
Flood In Franklin Park (Grant Green cover):
VIDEO 8: Eddie Roberts, Robert Walter, Nikki Glaspie & Joe Cohen on sax
Louisiana Slim (Leon Spencer cover):
If you want more, Marc Millman Photography has some videos from this show on his youtube page. Please check out his site and support his work, he has prints available for sale and his photography is fantastic.
Here are Marc’s videos from this show:
Alecia Chakour, George Porter Jr, Neal Evans & Robert Walters, Eddie Roberts, Nikki Glaspie + James Casey on sax, Natalie Cressman on trombone, Nigel Hall on tambourine and background vox
Piece Of My Heart (Janis Joplin cover):
George Porter Jr, Nigel Hall, Eddie Roberts, Nikki Glaspie + James Casey on sax, Joe Cohen on sax, Eric Krasno guesting on keys
Leave Me Alone:
George Porter Jr, Adam Deitch, Robert Walter, Will Bernard + Joe Cohen on sax
He Bite Me (The Dragon) [beginning missing, including guitar solo, due to mic problems]:
George Porter Jr, Adam Deitch, Nigel Hall, Mike Wooten on guitar + James Casey on sax, Jennifer Hartswick on trumpet, Natalie Cressman on trombone, Joe Cohen on sax
The Chicken (James Brown cover) [complete, including first 2 minutes missing from my video]:
01. Funky Miracle > I Need More Time > Funky Miracle (George Porter Jr, Soulive, James Casey, Eric Bloom, Natalie Cressman, Ryan Zoidis, then joined by Ivan Neville & Nigel Hall)
02. Piece Of My Heart > Mr. Big Stuff > Piece of My Heart (Alecia Chakour, George Porter Jr, Neal Evans, Robert Walters, Eddie Roberts, Nikki Glaspie, James Casey, Natalie Cressman & Nigel Hall on tambourine & background vox)
03. Leave Me Alone (George Porter Jr, Nigel Hall, Eddie Roberts, Nikki Glaspie, James Casey, Joe Cohen, Eric Krasno on keys)
04. The Chicken (George Porter Jr, Adam Deitch, Nigel Hall, Mike Wooten, James Casey, Jennifer Hartswick, Natalie Cressman, Joe Cohen)
05. The World Is A Ghetto (George Porter Jr, Adam Deitch, Nigel Hall, Mike Wooten, James Casey, Jennifer Hartswick, Natalie Cressman, Joe Cohen, Nikki Glaspie on background vox, Robert Walter)
06. Happy Birthday Robert Walter
07. He Bite Me (The Dragon) (George Porter Jr, Adam Deitch, Robert Walter, Will Bernard, Joe Cohen)
08. Aint No Use (To Cut You Loose) (George Porter Jr, Eddie Roberts, Robert Walter, Nikki Glaspie & Roosevelt Collier)
George Porter Jr – bass, vocals Eric Krasno – guitar Alan Evans – drums Neal Evans – keys James Casey – sax Eric Bloom – trumpet Natalie Cressman – trombone Ryan Zoidis – sax Ivan Neville – keys Nigel Hall – keys, tambourine, background vocals Alecia Chakour – vocals Robert Walter – keys Eddie Roberts – guitar Nikki Glaspie – drums, background vocals Joe Cohen – keys Mike Wooten – guitar Jennifer Hartswick – trumpet Will Bernard – guitar Roosevelt Collier – steel guitar
Now that The Roots are on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon they can’t log 100+ days a year on the road like they used to. However, they apparently still manage to sneak in weekend trips to Europe for festival gigs like this.
Here, I bring you a full ~60 minute pro-shot tv broadcast video of The Roots at the Lowlands Festival in Biddinghuizen, Netherlands on August 21, 2011. At this point in time, The Roots were bass-less. Owen Biddle, their bass player since early 2008, had just left the band and they hadn’t yet picked up new bass player, Mark Kelley. Not to worry, Damon Bryson, aka Tuba Gooding Jr., holds the low end down on sousaphone.
This video initially appeared as a DVD download over at dimeadozen.org. I took the liberty of splitting it and posting to youtube so a wider audience can enjoy it. So enjoy…
Also, pay special attention to video 5 of 5, where Black Thought blacks the f— out spitting Kool G Rap’s “Men @ Work” verses. Absolutely ridiculous.
The Roots (1 of 5) August 21, 2011
Biddinghuizen, The Netherlands @ Lowlands Festival
Intro > How I Got Over > Here I Come > Mellow My Man:
The Roots (2 of 5) August 21, 2011
Biddinghuizen, The Netherlands @ Lowlands Festival
Mellow My Man (continued) > Drums > Mellow My Man > Jusufckwithis > Fantastic > You Got Me Intro:
The Roots (3 of 5) August 21, 2011
Biddinghuizen, The Netherlands @ Lowlands Festival
You Got Me > Sweet Child O’ Mine > Bad To The Bone > You Got Me > Immigrant Song / Monster:
The Roots (4 of 5) August 21, 2011
Biddinghuizen, The Netherlands @ Lowlands Festival
Immigrant Song / Monster (continued) > Get Busy > Jungle Boogie > The Next Movement > The Seed:
The Roots (5 of 5) August 21, 2011
Biddinghuizen, The Netherlands @ Lowlands Festival
The Bottle (Gil-Scott Heron cover) > Move On Up (Curtis Mayfield cover) > Men @ Work (Kool G Rap & DJ Polo cover):
