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A quick Q&A with Questlove

Questlove, leader of the Roots, will DJ the afterparty following Sunday's show. He called from New York after a taping of "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon."

By Jon Bream

February 17, 2012 at 9:26PM
Musician Questlove from the band The Roots, poses for a portrait, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011 in New York. Questlove's band, The Roots, the house band for "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," must now run their song choices by NBC after the band performed an off-color song during an appearance by GOP Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann.
Questlove, from the band The Roots. (Associated Press - Ap/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Q: Why did you want to do this gig?

A: I wouldn't want to be anywhere else. I don't think it's necessary for Prince to show up. Just to celebrate the spirit of the event is enough. And Bobby Z is a great cat.

Q: What kind of music will you spin?

A: Six degrees of Purple. It'll be vinyl with Serato [a software program]. This is one of the few times I can go deep into [rare] cuts.

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Jon Bream

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Jon Bream has been a music critic at the Star Tribune since 1975, making him the longest tenured pop critic at a U.S. daily newspaper. He has attended more than 8,000 concerts and written four books (on Prince, Led Zeppelin, Neil Diamond and Bob Dylan). Thus far, he has ignored readers’ suggestions that he take a music-appreciation class.

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