LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-AUGUST 18, 2019-TWENTY TWO YEARS AGO THE FOO FIGHTERS RELEASED THE SINGLE ‘EVERLONG.’
ACCORDING TO DAVE GROHL IN AN INTERVIEW WITH “MOJO” MAGAZINE”
HE WROTE THIS SONG DURING ONE OF THE LOWEST POINTS IN HIS LIFE.
GROHL WAS SLEEPING USING A SLEEPING BAG AND SLEEPING ON A FRIEND’S FLOOR AFTER HAVING JUST GONE THROUGH A DIVORCE. HE WAS BASICALLY HOMELESS, AND HAD NO ACCESS TO HIS BANK ACCOUNT.
IN ADDITION, HIS DRUMMER WILLIAM GOLDSMITH, AND GUITARIST PAT SMEAR, WERE ON THE VERGE OF QUITTING THE FOO FIGHTERS.
WITH ALL THIS GOING ON AROUND HIM, HE WROTE THIS LOVE SONG IN LESS THAN AN HOUR.
HERE’S A GREAT LIVE PERFORMANCE OF ‘EVERLONG’ ON THE LAST ‘LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN’
