Hors D’Oeuvres: Taylor Hawkins Lives The Dream
We envy Taylor Hawkins. Not only does the guy have a cushy job as the Foo Fighters’ drummer, but he’s gotten to live out his childhood dreams. Hawkins spent the majority of his time growing up in Fort Worth, Texas listening to Queen and Rush records. A few years back Taylor got to play with Queen’s Roger Taylor and Brian May, and Saturday night he jammed with Rush’s Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson at a Foo Fighters gig in Toronto. That’s one lucky dude.
Geddy and Alex joined the Foo Fighters an hour into their set just as Taylor Hawkins started his drum solo. The trio improv’d for a bit before busting out a killer YYZ that showed off Hawkins’ prowess on the kit. Check out the crowd’s reaction on this decent video of the YYZ.
Here’s a look at what else went down this weekend:
- You can watch the Black Crowes’ recent Unplugged taping on VH1.com
- Ultimate Guitar unveils the first inductees to the Groupie Hall of Fame
- Jimmy DeRo finds out why Ticketmaster isn’t so necessary of an evil
- R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe talks to Billboard about the making of Accelerate
- It’s time for yet another classic rock lyrics quiz [via Here Comes TFlood]
- Girl Talk’s Greg Gillis discusses the “leak” of the Night Ripper follow-up
- Joshua Redman delivers on the promise he showed as a young phenom
- Find out why Bob Marley’s heirs are jamming the Weinstein Brothers
- Miss Cellania finds photos of nearly every Abbey Road parody ever made
We loved the lo-fi feel of the Black Kids demos that made the rounds a few months ago, so we were a little worried that the band would overproduce their Almost Gold debut. Well perhaps we should spend less time worrying and more time writing, because the re-recorded version of I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You sounds pretty fuckin’ good.
Read on after the jump for the deliciously bizarre video for the single…
