How long rusted root

It filled the room up in the practice space we were in so you kind of know you got something special at that point. It was more as time went on and the song started to take off on radio and later in movie soundtracks. You have to stay persistent with it but I was always more focused on the live-show part of it because you have all these avenues to promote music, videos and such but you have to nail down the foundation live.

ABC: At which point did you know the song was going to take off? This is definitely going to take off. MG: Laughs Yeah, it was pretty cool. This is something really crazy and special. ABC: Revenue generation in the music industry has seen dramatic shifting over the last 20 or so years.

There is also a much bigger push to get songs into movies or film sync licensing. ABC: Looking back at your career, do you regret doing anything on the business side of the band? Early on, we just kept nailing it live and looking for opportunities to get our music out there.

When the multiracial, coed folk-fusion band Rusted Root formed in Pittsburgh, Pa. Rusted Root achieved success relatively quickly, signing a major-label deal and joining big tours by the middle of the decade. But just as quickly, their earnest, world beat music became a lightning rod for criticism. With its mix of banjo, pennywhistle, hand drums, rapping, yodeling, African chants and lyrics about love and peace and beautiful people, Rusted Root has been a strong punch line during its two-decade run, perpetually out of step with whatever cool kids were dominating the airwaves or leading college rock herds.

But after reshaping the same eclectic and inclusive model for so long, Rusted Root has persevered until the music that was both its claim to fame and its curse has not only been done better but has also risen to the top of hipster awareness.

Thanks to indie rock bands like Yeasayer and Animal Collective, who've taken many of the same cues as Rusted Root to somewhat different places, is it time to reconsider the Pennsylvania band's legacy?

During set breaks, people joked about how Rusted Roota band with exactly one hitwas going to fill a long headlining set for a general fundraiser crowd. Not that they hadn't done it before: In the mid-'90s, Rusted Root became part of the rootsy, neo-hippie movement that included acts like Blues Traveler, Dave Matthews Band and Widespread Panic.

This groundswell of like-minded bands culminated in seven years of the H. Festival, a traveling caravan that took a different mindset to the same amphitheaters as Lollapalooza. But for popular purposes, Rusted Root remains a one-hit wonder. Impressively, four of their six albums have charted, too, but talking radio play, if you don't know "Send Me on My Way," you likely don't know Rusted Root.

A lot of rock critics certainly didn't want you to hear them, either: "A veritable cacophony of cockamamie claptrap," wrote Michael Krugman in 's Trouser Press Guide to'90s Rock about Rusted Root's sophomore effort. Despite a trifle of popularity and neo-hippie cult-favorite status, Rusted Root was never a very cool band.

I am here checking to see if you have any tour dates up yet. My fingers are crossed that you will start again soon and come back to the Tampa Bay area! Always a great show!! Please tour again! I was listening to you guys while sitting around a campfire near crested butte. Primal Perfection. Come back to Colorado! I use to go to the new year concert in Pittsburgh back in the 90s. Would be great to see you back InThe burgh. We are still hillbillies but we are cool hip hillbillies!

First heard your music while stationed in AK mid 90s. I retired 11 years ago this week from the USCG. They have never seen you Live. We need to heal.

We need music to do so.