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SNL’s Cool Guitarist Is Happy to Represent the Audience
“I was nervous at first, knowing my face was visible,” Maddie Rice says. “It’s different than knowing my guitar is audible.”
Back in October 2020, months after Diondre Cole dared to inquire “What up with that?”to viewers at home, a pink guitar beckoned from the stage as Saturday Night Live returned to its normal studio programming. She spent a few years shredding over at The Late Show With Stephen Colbert with Jon Batiste as her bandleader, and went on to accept the SNL position after industry peers recommended her. I realize the likelihood of “a typical episode looks like this” format doesn’t apply to you, so how do you and the band tend to prepare in the days ahead for the live sketches?
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