and blues is my comforter. >> brown: for ben harper, music was in the blood. grandparents and parents all played and performed, and the family has owned a music store in claremont, california, since 1958. >> my roots were always in the home. my mom used to play in bands. she's a musician, great singer and picker. and my dad was a percussionist. and so, they'd have people over every night making music. and they'd put us to bed around 8:00. and then i'd wait until they were really cooking, and then, you know, where they wouldn't be watching for me, i'd sneak out of my room and sit under... hide under the piano bench. ♪ >> brown: harper has gone on to become a leading singer, songwriter and guitarist with a string of albums and two grammy awards. ♪ charlie musselwhite's musical education-- and what an education it was-- came in the 1960s in chicago, where he went as a young man to look for a factory job. he wasn't even thinking of a career as a musician, just enjoying the local blues scene with the likes of muddy waters and elmore james. he did know how to play t

it sounds to me -- it sounds like ben harper's taken the win, man. >> are you impressed? ever seen before in my career in corrections. it's definitely interesting. >>> coming up -- >> my mom asked me what my job was. i'm a baker. i bake cakes. oh, that sounds fun. >> the cake baking partnership comes to an end. and -- >> hi, daddy, it's me, elijah joe, your little boy. you seem to have forgotten about me and mommy. >> ricky mckaskle gets a letter. sir... i'll get it together i promise... heeheehee. jimmy: ronny, how happy are folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico? ronny:i'd say happier than the pillsbury doughboy on his way to a baking convention. get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. >>> i'm milissa rehberger, here's what's happening. just after a week of being shot in her colorado high school, claire davis has died. she was shot by her 18-year-old classmate who appears to have shot her by random. >>> two tornadoes may have touched down in arkansas leaving two or more people injured and 20 homes damaged. >>> and a s

bush, the music of ben harper with charlie musselwhite and "jaywalking." and now, jay leno! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jay: thank you very much! [ cheers and applause ] welcome to "the tonight show." oh, boy. getting ready for thanksgiving? [ cheers ] yeah, yeah. right around the corner. as you know, the tradition of thanksgiving began in 1621 when native americans sat down with a bunch of undocumented lg

bush, the music of ben harper with charlie musselwhite and "jaywalking." and now, jay leno!ers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jay: thank you very much! [ cheers and applause ] welcome to "the tonight show." oh, boy. getting ready for thanksgiving?

. >> this man's stage name is ben harper.ching closely. >> i'll joke around with the guys from time to time but they usually know when i mean business. >> right now, a three-round battle. all freestyle from the top of the dome. anything goes. you know what i mean? first round, whoever wants to take it, can take it. who wants to go first? >> you. >> you can go first. >> go. ♪ you the human body i'm chemo cancer ♪ ♪ before you start to ask questions i'm already giving answers ♪ ♪ [ bleep ] coming out the closet ♪ ♪ i'm gone that get you right. they call me ♪ >> we want to talk about coming out the closet? ♪ hold up dog let's stop for a second ♪ ♪ listen to what rok got to say ♪ ♪ it doesn't matter because i'm so damn sick you can call me gang green ♪ ♪ i'm creeping through your mind i'll take you out ♪ ♪ i'm doing it silently ♪ put coffee over it to cover up all the funk ♪ >> officers keep a close eye to make sure things don't escalate. >> round three right now, man. come on. ♪ i stack cash >> during the battle rap i was standi

ben harper and charlie musselwhite. nice job, guys. nice job, gentlemen. good job.ike music whe you can sit down. very good. i want to thank my guests, george bush and, of course, laura bush, thank you very much. and of course ben and charlie, thank you very much. a special show tonight. oh, another special show tomorrow night. blake shelton will be here from "the voice." but jimmy fallon is happening right now. see you tomorrow, folks. bye-bye. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6a in rockefeller center, the national broadcasting company presents -- tonight's guests are -- and featuring the legendary roots crew. and here he is -- jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you very much. hey! looking good! thank you, please, welcome. welcome. welcome, everybody. welcome to "late night with jimmy fallon." you guys feeling good? [ cheers and applause ] welcome. it's going to be a fun show tonight. well, let's get to what everybody's talking about. people are still having trouble signing up for obamacare because the web

. >> ben harper right here, man. [ cheers and applause ] >> hey, hey, hey.e halfway decent. fell flat a couple times. they did what they could. i can't say it's something i've ever seen before in my career in corrections. it's definitely interesting. >>> coming up -- >> my mom asked me what my job was. i was like, oh, i'm a baker. i bake cakes. oh, that sounds fun. >> the cake baking partnership comes to an end. >>> and -- >> hi, daddy, it's me, elijah joe, your little boy. you seem to have forgotten about me and mommy. >> ricky mckaskle gets a letter. from the womb. [ coughs ] [ all gasp ] [ male announcer ] robitussin dm max now comes in a new liquid-filled capsule. nothing provides more powerful cough relief. robitussin. don't suffer the coughequences. ♪ ♪ if i was a flower growing wild and free ♪ ♪ all i'd want is you to be my sweet honeybee ♪ ♪ and if was a tree growing tall and green ♪ ♪ all i'd want is you to shade me and be my leaves ♪ grown in america. picked & packed at the peak of ripeness. the same essential nutrients as fresh. del monte. burstin

. >> so harper is 13-months old. moving over, this is benfrom home. >> and covered them with tape. you call this the shop till you drop. >> so you can walk around with the basket, pick them up, put them in. >> ben, do you like this basket? do you like this? yeah. look at that. look at that. you see how easy it is to make him happy. >> how long can he sit and do this? >> this is pretty long. i'm pretty impressed, actually. this is great. >> put them in front of the television camera. bottom line, you don't need to spend all this money buying these gadgets. >> right. and the book has over 100 activities like this. >> and the name of the book again? >> retrobaby. >> i think this is something we could all use right now. i think we're getting so far down a rabbit hole with technology, it's good to come back to reality a bit. >> nice to see you. >> the book is retrobaby. coming up here on the show, ever wonder why kids can sleep the whole day away while you're up at the crack of dawn? 2 scientific explanation is next while babies cry. that will ke