Without a doubt, Kevin Eubanks is the lamest of the late night bandleaders. The first rule in rock guitar playing is to stand up and play, yet he sits on his stool night after night like a boy instead of a man. Last night he played "Purple Haze," as the show went into commercial break. Wow, Kevin, way to reach for the low-hanging fruit—playing a song that is more appropriate for a high-school level garage band than a national late night TV show.

The Tonight Show theme song is a mess. The horns are decent, the percussion is good, but the guitar is abyssmal. Weedly wee goes Kevin, playing a lugubrious warble over the top of it all that has neither melody nor hooks. It's as if he's just trying to play guitar without the music. Hey! Look at me! I'm playing the hell out of this thing!

popslant  prefers Max Weinberg and his band of 7 over Kevin Eubanks any day. Or even Paul Schaffer, who has grown ever more bizarre over the years, but still does a pretty decent job.

Looking beyond the guitar playing is his smarmy personality. We know you think you're cool Kevin, as you make wise-cracks to Jay and treat him like a square, but you're not. Your self-indulgent quips just show how vain and egotistical you are. Oh sure, you may indulge Jay by being the butt of a joke in one of his skits, but through it all you are dripping with an annoying narcissism. No we're not making this up, all you have to do is look at one of your album covers. Get over yourself, or get a room and stop trying to remind us of how great you think you are.

I hope you're saving your money Kevin. Jay's run of the Tonight Show is over next year, so in 2009, you'll be out of a job. See ya...