During their May 15 set at the Welcome To Rockville festival in Daytona Beach, FL, Shinedown were joined onstage by Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Johnny Van Zant and Rickey Medlocke for a live cover of “Simple Man.” You can check out some fan-filmed footage from that performance below:
Ex-Journey singer Steve Perry has recruited country legend Willie Nelson for a new version of “Faithfully.” Proceeds from the single will go towards Farm Aid. Perry commented: “No one has a voice or vocal phrasing anything like Willie Nelson. Singing this duet with Willie has been something I’ve always wanted to do. After recording ‘Faithfully’…
Drumeo have shared footage of Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith playing through Wu-Tang Clan’s “Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nothing Ta Fuck Wit.” You can check that out below. Smith previously covered the track with Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine) and members of Wu-Tang Clan for a 2000 compilation titled “Loud Rocks.”
During their May 5 show at K-Arena in Yokohama, Japan, Guns N’ Roses performed a live cover of Thin Lizzy’s “Thunder And Lightning.” You can see fan-filmed footage of that below. Notably, Duff McKagan handled the vocals.