Hub (bassist)

Leonard Nelson Hubbard (1958/1959 – December 16, 2021), also known simply as Hub, was an American musician who was best known for being the bass guitarist for The Roots,[1] a Philadelphia band, from 1992 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

Hubbard was known for always having a chew stick in his mouth, both on and off the stage. He studied at Settlement Music School during his youth in Philadelphia, and then went on to study classical upright bass at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[2]

He played his last show with The Roots on June 7, 2008, at the first annual Roots Picnic.

Illness, death and interment

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 sixty-two,[3] and was interred at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.[4]

References
  1. Bush, John. "The Roots". Allmusic. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
  2. Archived October 20, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  3. DeLuca, Dan (December 16, 2021). "Leonard Hubbard, former bass player with The Roots, dies". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
  4. "Leonard Nelson Hubbard". www.remembermyjourney.com. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
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