{"id":58486,"date":"2020-12-17T09:20:34","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T15:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=58486"},"modified":"2021-11-15T06:21:32","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T11:21:32","slug":"dave-grohl-the-foo-fighters-singer-is-pumping-out-covers-of-songs-by-jewish-artists-for-chanukah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/dave-grohl-the-foo-fighters-singer-is-pumping-out-covers-of-songs-by-jewish-artists-for-chanukah\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Grohl, the Foo Fighters singer, is pumping out covers of songs by Jewish artists for Chanukah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By GABE FRIEDMAN<\/p>\n<p>(JTA) \u2014 Dave Grohl, who is best known as the leader of the 12-time Grammy winning band Foo Fighters, isn\u2019t Jewish. But he\u2019s having a lot of musical fun this Chanukah.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_64395\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Dave_Grohl_-_july_2008_2-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64395\" class=\"wp-image-64395 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Dave_Grohl_-_july_2008_2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Dave_Grohl_-_july_2008_2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Dave_Grohl_-_july_2008_2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Dave_Grohl_-_july_2008_2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Dave_Grohl_-_july_2008_2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Dave_Grohl_-_july_2008_2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64395\" class=\"wp-image-64395 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Dave_Grohl_-_july_2008_2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Dave_Grohl_-_july_2008_2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Dave_Grohl_-_july_2008_2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Dave_Grohl_-_july_2008_2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Dave_Grohl_-_july_2008_2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Dave_Grohl_-_july_2008_2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-64395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dave Grohl from 2008. (Photo by Lindsay from Pittsburgh via Wikimedia Commons)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Grohl teamed up with the Grammy-winning Jewish producer Greg Kurstin, who has worked with the Foo Fighters, to record eight covers of songs by famous Jewish artists, one for each night of the holiday.<br \/>\n\u201cFestival of Lights?! How about a festival of tasty LICKS! So hold on to your tuchuses\u2026 we\u2019ve got something special coming for your shayna punims,\u201d reads the caption accompanying the first video promoting the series, dubbed the Hanukkah Sessions.<\/p>\n<p>The pair, with Grohl on vocals and drums (he was also the drummer in Nirvana) and Kurstin on keyboards, have so far covered the rap rock group Beastie Boys; the superstar rapper Drake; the 70s rockers Mountain, led by Leslie West (ne\u00e9 Weinstein); and Peaches, stage name of the provocateur Merrill Nisker.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to the Foo Fighters\u2019 social media pages to see what comes next in the series, but in the meantime, enjoy the videos of the already released covers below.<\/p>\n<p>Beastie Boys \u2014 \u201cSabotage\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As the only Rock and Roll Hall Of Famers with a lyric about kugel, we thought it would be a shanda to not kick off this party with New York\u2019s (and Abraham\u2019s) finest\u2026known by some as Shadrach, Meshach, and Abedenego known by their Imas &amp; Abbas as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/beastieboys?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@beastieboys<\/a>!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HanukkahSessions?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HanukkahSessions<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QbDSWNhXaO\">pic.twitter.com\/QbDSWNhXaO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Foo Fighters (@foofighters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foofighters\/status\/1337208070141747201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Drake \u2014 \u201cHotline Bling\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You might be surprised to learn that this superstar is\u2026 Canadian. He\u2019s never hidden the fact that he was M.O.T. so a generation of Jewish parents could tell their kids \u201cif <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Drake?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Drake<\/a> took the time to study for HIS Bar Mitzvah, you can too.\u201d Twitterverse, challah at your boy! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eyMyuNs5WP\">pic.twitter.com\/eyMyuNs5WP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Foo Fighters (@foofighters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foofighters\/status\/1337562394705326080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Mountain \u2014 \u201cMississippi Queen\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Talk about making a mountain out of a mohel &#8230; named Leslie Weinstein at his bris, the singer of our next band built a wailing wall of guitar as Leslie West. Check out our take on a track from Leslie\u2019s monolithic band, MOUNTAIN.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HappyHanukkah?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HappyHanukkah<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HanukkahSessions?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HanukkahSessions<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NlimF6QBgz\">pic.twitter.com\/NlimF6QBgz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Foo Fighters (@foofighters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foofighters\/status\/1337926222664232960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Peaches \u2014 \u201cF*** the Pain Away\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Drake\u2019s not the only musical Jew from Canada\u2026tonight we feature a Canadian rock G-Dess\u2026who coincidentally grew up around the corner from a Canadian Jewish rock G-D (G-ddy Lee). Straight out the mikvah, here\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peaches?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@peaches<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/hanukkahsessions?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#hanukkahsessions<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/happyhanukkah?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#happyhanukkah<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wV0vTGwOlR\">pic.twitter.com\/wV0vTGwOlR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Foo Fighters (@foofighters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foofighters\/status\/1338284366758170624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Dave%20Grohl%2C%20the%20Foo%20Fighters%20singer%2C%20is%20pumping%20out%20covers%20of%20songs%20by%20Jewish%20artists%20for%20Chanukah\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":64395,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[823,7137],"tags":[11060,11061,8790,8795,8788],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58486"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58486"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64397,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58486\/revisions\/64397"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}