As we get set for the second Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert happening today in Los Angeles, Nancy Wilson from Heart has released her own tribute to the late Foo Fighters drummer. The song is called “Amigo, Amiga” which she wrote a few days after he had passed in March.
“The night we heard about losing Taylor I started writing the song,” says Nancy. “I heard myself in tears saying ‘too soon too soon’ which became a refrain in the song. I spent quite a few sleepless nights trying to express it all. He was a wonderful friend and we always had funny pet names for each other like Amigo and Amiga as well as Luv and Dahling. I sang on his great solo album Get the Money at his home studio and later he returned the favor and played drums on my solo album.
It is such a painful loss — but it also feels like Taylor has galvanized and re-energized Rock and Roll with so many of his musician friends and fans coming together — it’s a new renaissance Taylor and the Foo family have gifted us all.”
