Hub (bassist)
Leonard Nelson "Hub" Hubbard (February 12, 1959 – December 16, 2021) was an American musician best known as the bass guitarist for The Roots,[1] a Philadelphia band, from 1994 to 2007. He played on all of their records until his departure from the group, including 1999's Things Fall Apart and 2004's The Tipping Point.
Biography
[edit]Hubbard was born on February 12, 1959.[2] He was known for always having a chew stick in his mouth, on and off the stage. He studied at Settlement Music School during his youth in Philadelphia, and then studied classical upright bass at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[3]
He played his last show with The Roots on June 7, 2008, at the first annual Roots Picnic.
Illness and death
[edit]A resident of West Philadelphia, Hubbard was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2007. He died from the disease at Lankenau Medical Center in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, on December 16, 2021, at the age of 62.[4] He was interred at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Bush, John. "The Roots". Allmusic. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
- ^ "On behalf of Leonard "Hub" Hubbard's loving wife Stephanie and family, we would like to wish him a happy heavenly birthday. Today, the former Roots crew founding member and bassist would have turned 65". That's My World on Instagram. February 12, 2024. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
- ^ [1] Archived October 20, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ DeLuca, Dan (December 16, 2021). "Leonard Hubbard, former bass player with The Roots, dies". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
- ^ "Leonard Nelson Hubbard". www.remembermyjourney.com. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
External links
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- 1959 births
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- 20th-century American bass guitarists
- 21st-century American bass guitarists
- American male bass guitarists
- American male guitarists
- Burials at Laurel Hill Cemetery (Philadelphia)
- Carnegie Mellon University College of Fine Arts alumni
- Deaths from cancer in Pennsylvania
- Deaths from multiple myeloma in the United States
- Guitarists from Philadelphia
- The Roots members