The Roots at the Warner Theatre
The Warner Theatre, 1299 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington DC 20004

This was my first time at the Warner Theatre. I unfortunately missed all of Chuck Brown's performance. I arrived during the intermission. I talked with Red, who was in line at the bar. He had a CD copy of the Mambo Sauce single Damn Joe, which he hoped to pass on to ?uestlove.

The Roots
Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter (rapper), Kirk "Captain Kirk" Douglas (guitar), Leonard "Hub" Hubbard (bass), James "Kamal" Gray (keyboards), Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson (drummer), and Knuckles (percussion).
Black Thought wore a maroon jacket with a patch of a dagger on the right front and a large patch of a skull and crossbones on the back, underneath he had a formal white shirt. Kamal wore a white t-shirt. Kirk had a white t-shirt with a picture of Erykah Badu's head? Hub had a black sleeveless shirt. All four wore blue jeans.
I couldn't see ?uestlove from my seat, and could barely see any of Knuckles.
The setlist information was primarily provided by Randy Bayers of The Roots Live crew. Although I am a big Roots fan, I am not good at identifying tracks. Randy's setlist is based on a recording of the performance. No, I don't have a copy, don't ask me or Randy for one.
1) Intro - it was dark, Black Thought said, "Flow, you feel that?", there was lots of applause, Black Thought said, "We're going to have some fun"
2) Web - Black Thought moved around, he had vocal harmony with Kamal, fans put their hands up
3) Star - laid back
4) Proceed
5) What They Do / The Ultimate (tease) / Slick Rick's La Di Da Di (tease) - Kirk moved to the front
6) Mellow My Man - the crowd sang along, Black Thought said, "Clap your hands, it's alright", Black Thought said, "Hey ay, Hey" and the crowd responded / Ray Charles' What I Say - more call and response
7) Love of my Life
8) Ray Charles What I'd Say - call and response
9) Dynamite
10) The Mic - The band and fans clapped / The Isley Brothers' Shout (tease)
11) Stay Cool
12) What You Want
13) Band Intros Jam - Knuckles was cranking
14) Break You Off
15) Hub Solos - the second being a true solo, no one else playing / Sugarhill Gang's Rappers Delight / Black Thought said, "You're not really feeling it because of the seats. Clap your hands", the band and fans clapped, the band played to the beat of the claps
16) Water - it cranked
17) ?uestlove and Knuckles solos - Kamal, Hub, Kirk went off to (my left) the left side of the stage, Black Thought said, "Clap your hands, stamp your feet" / Kirk joined in, Black Thought said, "Y'all having fun this evening?" / Kirk solo
18) You Got Me - Kirk sang Erykah Badu's lines, the crowd sang along, it was laid back / Kirk went into the audience, Kirk sang, "Don't you tell me how to feel" / Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II's My Favorite Things / Black Thought said, "My man's really emotional" - Kirk's playing rose in intensity, he held his guitar a couple of feet in front of him / Outtro
19) Don't Say Nuthin' - Black Thought chanted, "Early in the morning, left, right left"
20) The Next Movement
21) Black Betty
22) The Seed
23) Booker T & the MG's Melting Pot
24) Kamal Solo
25) Hip Hop 101 - included Kanye West's Gold Digger and Lil Kim's Lighters Up, Black Thought announced the after party
Black Boo was with Red at the exit.
This was my first time seeing the Roots. I really enjoyed it. I actually prefer them live to their studio recordings.
I drove to Tradewinds.