Coronary heart’s Nancy Wilson pays tribute to Taylor Hawkins with new track ‘Amigo Amiga’

Coronary heart member Nancy Wilson has shared a brand new track titled ‘Amigo Amiga’ which pays tribute to late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, who performed on Wilson’s solo album ‘You And Me’ final 12 months.

As Consequence experiences, Wilson started writing the track the night time of Hawkins’ demise, and the track’s title refers to nicknames the pair gave each other. Over acoustic guitar chords and plaintive keys, Wilson sings, “Amigo, amiga, the type of sort you’ll by no means discover / The raddest of the rad, with every thing you had / You and your radical sunshine.”

Later, Wilson repeats a chorus that acknowledges the untimeliness of Hawkins’ passing at age 50 in Bogotá, Colombia in Could of this 12 months. “Too quickly, too quickly, too quickly to lose you.” Talking to Consequence, she defined that she discovered herself tearfully repeating the phrase following Hawkins demise.

“I spent fairly a number of sleepless nights attempting to specific all of it,” Wilson mentioned. “He was an exquisite good friend and we at all times had humorous pet names for one another like ‘Amigo’ and ‘Amiga’ in addition to ‘Luv’ and ‘Dahling.'” Hearken to ‘Amigo Amiga’ – all earnings from which shall be going to MusiCares – beneath:

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“It's such a painful loss — but it surely additionally looks like Taylor has galvanized and re-energized rock ‘n’ roll with so a lot of his musician buddies and followers coming collectively,” Wilson added. “It’s a brand new renaissance Taylor and the Foo household have gifted us all.”

Wilson is one in all many performers who will participate in a large tribute live performance being held in Hawkins’ honour on the Kia Discussion board in Los Angeles on Tuesday (September 27), following  an identical tribute live performance held in London earlier this month.

Different company confirmed for the line-up embody the likes of Queens of the Stone Age‘s Josh Homme, Pink Sizzling Chili Peppers‘ Chad Smith, Alanis Morissette, Mark Ronson, Miley Cyrus, Joan Jett, The Darkness‘ Justin Hawkins, Metallica‘s Lars Ulrich, Blink-182‘s Travis Barker, Black Sabbath‘s Geezer Butler, Instrument‘s Danny Carey, Mötley Crüe‘s Tommy Lee and extra.

The Los Angeles gig shall be globally live-streamed on the Paramount streaming service in the US and through MTV’s YouTube channel worldwide. Discover extra info here.