Paying tribute to the late Taylor Hawkins, Sammy Hagar and the Circle covered Foo Fighters' 'My Hero' in Memphis
, Hagar explained how it all came together and explained the band’s initial apprehension about replacing the Foos.
When we were asked by the promoter to fill in for the Foo Fighters at the Beale Street Music Festival, my first reaction was ‘No fucking way!’ We discussed it as a band, & we came up with ‘Why not! Let’s just go play music and you’re at a big ass Circle party for those people, just do what we do!’ Then with Dave Grohl’s blessings we decided to do a broken down version of one of my favorite songs from one of my favorite bands. It felt appropriate.
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