Geek Chic » How I Got Over http://www.jeffreyclarke.net/blog Dorky. And also True. Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:20:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 The Roots http://www.jeffreyclarke.net/blog/2009/06/the-roots/ http://www.jeffreyclarke.net/blog/2009/06/the-roots/#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:45:43 +0000 Jeff http://www.jeffreyclarke.net/blog/?p=1058 Love him or hate him, Jimmy Fallon picked an amazing back-up band.  It remains unclear to me how someone talked The Roots into being a house band for Fallon (a regular paycheck?), but these guys are certainly not slouching riding a slow train to retirement.

Check out last night’s performance of the funk/soul/hip-hop single ‘How I Got Over’ from their new album, due out in October:

Thanks for the tip, stereogum.

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