JAMES DONALD ROOT WAS BORN ON THIS DATE IN 1971….BEST KNOWN AS  ONE OF TWO GUITARISTS FOR THE HEAVY METAL DES MOINE IOWA FORMED BAND SLIPKNOT, DESIGNATED AS #4, FINALLY JOINING THE BAND IN 1999 AFTER BEING ASKED MULTIPLE TIMES. ROOT IS ALSO THE FORMER LEAD GUITARIST OF THE ALSO DES MOINE FOUNDED ROCK OUTFIT STONE SOUR… AND ON THIS DATE BACK IN 2015, THE MORE METAL OF THOSE 2 BANDS BEGAN A ONE MONTH RUN OF A HAUNTED ATTRACTION IN SACRAMENTO, SLIPKNOT’S SCREAM PARK WITH 3 HAUNTED HOUSES, PREPARE FOR HELL, CLOWN’S PLAYHOUSE AND SKIN TICKET…IT IS THE BEGINNNING OF THE HAUNTED SEASON! 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO #4, JIM ROOT AND BOOOOO! CRANK IT UP FOR THE JIM ROOT COWRITTEN SLIPKNOT SINGLE FROM 2006, “BEFORE I FORGET”……..IT’S ROXY’S ROCK REWIND ON 105.7 THE X!