Talk:Root Boy Slim

message: After a brief, fruitless search, I cannot confirm this statement with an actual reference, but I heard from my brother (thoroughly trusted by me) that Root Boy was inducted into the Washington DC Music Hall of Fame (exact name?  Maybe not).  As well he should be, considering his position as a musical cult icon in the DC area. Merryt 16:26, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Done, have a great day.Jarhed (talk) 07:56, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Hall of Fame

message: What were the circumstances of his untimely death?Tom Cod (talk) 23:08, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Find a reference please.Jarhed (talk) 07:56, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:   Find a sense of humor, Jarhed, please.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.111.98.142 (talk) 00:41, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Cause of Death?

message: It's in the WAMA Hall of Fame story that's now included as an external link to the article.  I've tried to incorporate it as a footnote, but can't find the right combination of buttons to press.  Here's the cite: http://www.wamadc.com/wama/hof_2004.html.  Would someone add that as a footnote to the main article here, please? David in DC (talk) 18:49, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Done, have a great day.Jarhed (talk) 07:37, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Source for George Bush story

message: In 1978 I was a freshman at Georgetown Univ. Root Boy Slim and the Sex Change Band with the Rootettes was a regular performer on campus , at the Georgetown clubs and in the DC area. This was the year the Warner Bros album with "Boogie 'till you Puke" and "I used to be a Radical" was released. The Rootettes were a group of dancing singers that appeared with the band. In 1978, among the groups that appeared on campus and in Georgetown were Patty Smith, Elvis Costello, The English Beat, Devo, Trufax and the Insaniacs, Adam Ant, Gil Scott Herron and Dire Straits. There was also an excellent selection of jazz (Lerry Coriel), Reggae (Peter Tosh) and rock(Gratefuk Dead, Bruce Springsteen, the Kinks), blues (James Cotton, Muddy Waters) who appeared regularly in the area. Root was kind of a satyrical/political sogwriter like Gil Scott Herron (who was also living in DC at the time), along the lines of "B Movie", but not quite as biting. Root was the opening act for at least a couple of the national acts who appeared on camous. This was the same year that Lowell George of Little Featdied in the Key Bridge Marriott of a Cocaine bing(George should be remembered for his 1963 appearance on F Troop. Root was well known and liked as a showman and writer. Fishman4 (talk) 05:25, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: 1978

message: Saw Root Boy at the PsycheDelly in Bethesda. He was sitting outside with a glass of red wine & wearing a gray sweater. He asked, "Y'gonna see the show?"
Opening act was Nona Hendryx. Root's show ended with him falling down on the stage. He wore gray trousers inside-out, was bare-chested & had "I'm Dead" painted down his front. That was Root! 108.3.179.146 (talk) 16:20, 15 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  1980 or '81 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: * 2014 Orlando Weekly article: 
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Theodore Kloba (talk) 20:48, 22 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Some more sources for those who would like to expand 

message: I assume Fatboy Slim must be named after this guy? (Especially given the existence of the song Dare to be Fat.) Oddly I can't find any discussion of this online at all. 2A00:23C5:FE18:2701:DD91:F130:64F9:140E (talk) 21:41, 8 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Connection with [[Fatboy Slim]]?