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The Roots
The Roots


Background information
Origin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genre(s) Hip-hop
Jazz
Soul
Rock
Funk
Years active 1987—present
Label(s) Def Jam Recordings
Geffen Records
Interscope Records
Island Def Jam Music Group
MCA Records
DGC Records
Website Website
Members
Black Thought
Questlove
Kamal Gray
F. Knuckles
Captain Kirk Douglas
Damon "Tuba Gooding Jr." Bryson
Owen Biddle
Former members
Ben Kenney
Kenyatta "Kid Crumbs" Warren
Josh "Rubberband" Abrams
Malik B.
Rahzel
Scott Storch
Martin Luther
Scratch
Dice Raw
Hub



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Red Hot Chili Peppers To Play Neil Young Tribute Concert

November 12, 2009
Red Hot Chili Peppers To Play Neil Young Tribute ConcertRed Hot Chili Peppers have announced that they will perform on January 29 next year in a concert to pay tribute to Neil Young.

Celebrating its 20th anniversary, MusiCares has awarded Neil Young the Person Of The Year Award.

Previous winners include Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder and Brian Wilson.

The concert will see bands performing tributes to Young including Wilco and Norah Jones.

As previously reported, Chad Smith recently revealed that the band are currently working on new material.

(by David Renshaw)



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