A Cold Day
Jul 02, 2024 • ∞
The Foo Fighters are undeniably one of my all time favorite bands, and Dave Grohl is one of my all time favorite rock guitarists (right up there with Don Henley - two drummers who are or became vocalists… hmm…). Which makes it slightly odd I suppose that the first Foo Fighters song I officially covered was in fact written by and sung by Taylor Hawkins, another drummer! Its a great pop song, although I’ve read that Taylor was never happy with the lyrics, I think he wrote them the same day they were recorded! In addition to being fun to sing, it has a very approachable solo which is itself fun to play.
Sadly Taylor was lost far too soon, and we won’t get any more opportunities to hear him play and sing this song, but I feel fortunate that I was able to see them live a number of years ago and that they did play this song. Hopefully my playing and video do justice to the song and to his memory.