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‘Late Night With Seth Meyers’ Cuts Ties With Live Band Amid Budget Cuts
8G Band keyboardist and associate musical director Eli Janney said 'no one was happy' that they were being cut from the 'Late Night With Seth Meyers.'
Janet Weiss of Sleater Kinney with Fred Armisen, Seth Jabour, Marnie Stern, and Eli Janney of the 8G Band in 2016 Lloyd Bishop/NBCUniversal via Getty Images At the time, it was fronted by Fred Armisen, and comprised of Janney, guitarist Seth Jabour, bassist Syd Butler, and drummer Kimberly Thompson. According to Vulture, Janney indicated that after the current season, the show would be revamped for budgetary reasons and the live band would be let go.
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