{"id":20638,"date":"2014-03-04T09:59:02","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T17:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=20638"},"modified":"2014-03-04T09:59:31","modified_gmt":"2014-03-04T17:59:31","slug":"watch-randy-newman-on-tonight-show-backed-by-the-roots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2014-03\/watch-randy-newman-on-tonight-show-backed-by-the-roots\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Randy Newman On Tonight Show Backed By The Roots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/RN1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-20640\" alt=\"RN1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/RN1-650x365.jpg\" width=\"635\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/RN1-650x365.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/RN1-150x84.jpg 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