As if anyone in the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tri-state area needed an additional incentive to see the quasi-reunited-and-it-quasi-feels-so-good Greyboy Allstars at the Nokia Theater two days before New Year’s Eve, the band has announced a special guest for the evening:
We are very pleased to announce the addition of our (everybodys) hero, drummer extraordinare ?uestlove of The Roots to our New York City show at the Nokia Theater on Dec. 29th. Quest will be providing the beats he is known for as DJ supreme to spice up the evening Philly style.
Join me in enunciating these two syllables loud and clear: Kick, ass. Unless ?uestlove is just opening the show with a DJ set, in which case that’d be coo de la, but not as coo de la as it should be. Either way, Greyboy just might be the best band you’ve never seen, and ?uestlove, well, he’s just a raging beast. So if you’re within 50 miles of this show you should make it your beeswax to be there or face the wrath of a fanboy fluff review that makes you feel small.
Three more solid pieces of GBA news: 1) The band’s playing two hometown shows in Southern California on 12/22 and 12/23; 2) Greyboy will join Soulive at the 9:30 Club in our nation’s capital on December 30th and 31st to usher in the New Year; 3) The band’s new disc, What Happened to TV?, comes out in March, and GBA will be touring at home and abroad to promote it. Score.
Related Audio: Thanks to the good folks at Nugs.net, you can stream or download the 5/1/04 one-off Greyboy Reunion show from the Saenger Theater in NOLA. I don’t want to exaggerate and lead you on here, but the song Jack Rabbit will totally change your life for the better. Thank me later.
