the roots, botox party

the roots played richmond's rock the boat which was a celebration of the godspeed landing in richmond on the james river from jamestown. as the roots told us, they almost did not play this show as, they said, it marked the beginning of terrorism. regardless, they played a whole show for probably 50,000 people.

the stage was to the left. this was taken before the sun set and before the 'rocking' began.


they played some of their originals over horrible sound (really, it was hard for me to even see the stage, and the bass just clouded everything). they ended up covering dylan, hendrix, and zeppelin in a medley of sorts. most of the drunk rednecks had a blast.
again, the stage was on the left of the photo, and i could not even see the stage at this point.


i did manage to get something of a picture of ?uestlove, though:


next we walked about ten blocks to a bar to see our buddy's band botox party everyone was fairly drunk at this point, so it was nice to hear some rowdy, loud rocking.
fyi: this photo is gayer than the band itself:

and i am obsessed with the decorations in the establishment wonderland:

loves it.