Hear Jon Bon Jovi and Jennifer Nettles reunite for Bon Jovi’s pandemic anthem “Do What You Can”
of him washing dishes during the pandemic at their JBJ Soul Kitchen in Red Bank, New Jersey, a pay-if-you-can restaurant for the hungry. The caption read, “If you can’t do what you do…do what you can.” The next day, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member set about telling a very topical story, writing literal lyrics about makeshift hospitals, frontline workers, and even social distancing.
For the remix, Bon Jovi enlisted Nashville power players to ready the song for a country audience. Dann Huff co-produced with Bon Jovi and John Shanks; bluegrass musician Stuart Duncan added a fiddle part; and Nettles’ label home Big Machine Records came onboard to promote “Do What You Can” at country radio.
Bon Jovi is optimistic about recapturing the magic of “Who Says You Can’t Go Home.” “I got a feeling it will be a country Number One,” he says. “It’s twanged up a bit with Dann Huff, the way we did ‘Who Says,’ and [Jennifer] is a powerhouse voice.”Sugarland vocalist meeting for a socially distanced greeting on the streets of New York. By song’s end, Bon Jovi is singing triumphantly on the deck of the USS Intrepid on the Hudson River, while Nettles dances atop a building in Manhattan. It’s a slice of euphoria for a bewildering time.
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