Watch Cody Jinks Pay Tribute to Taylor Hawkins With ‘Be taught to Fly’

Cody Jinks deviated from his set listing of outlaw-country tunes like “I’m Not the Satan” and “Should Be the Whiskey” throughout his weekend present in Spherical Rock, Texas, weaving in a Foo Fighters cowl to pay tribute to the band’s drummer Taylor Hawkins, who died March 25.

Across the midway level of his live performance on the Spherical Rock Amp north of Austin, Jinks recalled seeing the Foo Fighters carry out in December in Las Vegas. “Taylor was such an enormous a part of their present. It was a lot enjoyable getting to look at them play,” Jinks mentioned. “The music world took an enormous hit together with his loss, so when you guys don’t thoughts, we’re going to do a Foo Fighters tune.”

With that, Jinks and his band launched right into a trustworthy cowl of “Be taught to Fly,” off the Foos’ 1999 album There Is Nothing Left to Lose. Jinks’ voice, which may vary from a gravelly growl to a deep croon, was significantly melodic right here, however it was the addition of pedal metal to the association that made the quilt so outstanding. It was arduous rock blended with a key ingredient of traditional nation.

Hawkins was additionally on the minds of many at Sunday’s Grammy Awards. Billie Eilish sported a T-shirt with the drummer’s picture on it for her efficiency, and the Recording Academy remembered Hawkins with a quick montage that blended interviews and backstage residence films with reside footage, ending in an viewers singalong of the group’s “My Hero.”

Jinks, who launched the album Mercy final November, returns to the highway on the finish of the month with an look on the Stagecoach Competition in California. He’ll additionally play the Below the Large Sky Competition in Whitefish, Montana, in July.