SKIRT IT -- SQUIRT IT ON THE
KEY AND PUT IT IN THE LOCK, THE
ALCOHOL MELTS THE ICE.
AMERICAN ROOTS REVIEW
RETURNS TO THE DAKOTA JAZZ CLUB
THIS WEEKEND FOR TWO SHOWS.
THE SHOW IS PACKED WITH
SINGERS AND MUSICIANS.
WE'LL TALK WITH LARRY LONG AND
COREY WONG AFTER THEY PLAY US
TO BREAK.
WE ARE BACK WITH LARRY
LONG AND COREY WONG AND THE
MEMBERS OF THE BAND.
THIS AMERICAN ROOTS REVIEW --
EXPLAIN WHAT THE IDEA IS.
YOU CAME UP WITH THIS SEVERAL
YEARS AGO.
IT STARTED FIVE YEARS AGO.
THIS IS OUR 12th SHOW AT THE
DAKOTA.
IT IS AN EXCUSE TO BRING
TOGETHER PEOPLE OF MANY GENRES
OF MUSIC THAT SHARE A COMMON
HEART AND LOVE FOR COMMUNITY.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE
GENRES THAT COME TOGETHER.
IT SOUNDS SO COOL.
IT SYNCS SO WELL TOGETHER.
HOW DID YOU KNOW IT WAS GOING
TO WORK.
IT IS A FUSION OF RHYTHM
AND BLUES AND FUNK.
IT ALL WORKS TOGETHER.
IT HAS TO BE FUN FOR YOU TO
BE PART OF THIS.
YOU HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR A
COUPLE OF YEARS NOW.
YES, I HAVE BEEN PLAYING IN
LARRY'S BAND FOR AMERICAN ROOTS
REVIEW.
FOR THIS SHOW, LARRY ASKED ME
TO STEP FORWARD AND DO MY MUSIC
AND SOME OF THE MUSIC I WROTE
AND ARRANGED.
IT WILL BE FUN.
WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN HE
CAME TO YOU.
I SAID, YEAH, SURE.
WHATEVER YOU NEED.
WHATEVER LARRY WANTS, LARRY
GETS.
WHAT IS YOUR STYLE NORMALLY
LIKE?
NORMALLY IT IS FUNK POP.
THIS IS LIKE TRUE AMERICAN
MUSIC.
THIS MASHUP OF FORMATS.
IT IS A FUSION.
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE AS A NATION.
WE ARE A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS.
WHEN YOU BRING IT ALL TOGETHER
WHAT YOU HAVE IS THE POTENTIAL
OF A LOT OF FUN.
WE LOOK FOR A WAY TO CELEBRATE
IT.
THE DETAILS OF THE
PERFORMANCE THIS WEEKEND AT THE
DAKOTA, TWO SHOWS FOR AMERICAN
ROOTS REVIEW THIS SATURDAY.
7:00 AND 9:00 AT NIGHT.
WCCO.COM/LINKS HAS ALL THE
TICKET INFORMATION FOR YOU.
IT IS GOING TO BE A SPECIAL
NIGHT.
A COUPLE OF SPECIAL
PERFORMANCES.
THEN IT WILL BE REALLY COLD FOR
FANS TAILGATING ON SUNDAY.
IT WILL BE HOT IN THE DAKOTA
SATURDAY NIGHT.