Questlove Shows Appreciation For Flecktones / Warns OWS

On Monday night, Bela Fleck and The Flecktones appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (@LateNightJimmy), performing Life in Eleven from their new LP, Rocket Science. Fleck (@belafleckbanjo) who is a relative newcomer to Twitter, let fans know before the show aired that he also sat in with The Roots (@theroots) for the entire show.

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[via The Audio Perv]

After the taping, The Roots drummer Questlove (@questlove) tweeted out his extremely positive reaction to seeing The Flecktones in action, despite his tardiness in appreciating the group.

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In response, Fleck showed he was both thankful for the opportunity and working out the kinks with the Twitter.

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Moments after the drummer exchanged pleasantries with the banjoist, Questlove happened upon a large group of New York City police officers preparing to raid the Occupy Wall Street camp at Zuccotti Park. He soon became one of the first to alert the protestors of the impending action, despite initial doubts from the Occupy Wall Street (@OccupyWallStNYC) Twitter feed.

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One Response

  1. Thanks guys. This is the stuff that I love reading about – and seeing the clips of – and totally would have not known about since I’m “getting older” and not as in the loop. Seeing Bela brings back a ton of memories (90’s DMB tour anyone? or every Tim Walther event in DC/Baltimore) and the Questlove comments are great as well as seeing Jimmy gush over the band. Good work Andy.

    Ryan

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