Dave Grohl is nothing if not loyal. He’s said many times that he owes much of his iconic rock career to the nightclubs of his hometown of Washington D.C., and he’s now brought his Foo Fighters to o…
to open or relaunch three of them for local promoter I.M.P., playing venues much, much smaller than the band’s usual arena and festival stages. Over the past few years the band has played the opening gigs at the relaunched 9:30 Club, the legendary city venue where Grohl saw hundreds of bands as a teen; the Anthem; and, on Tuesday night, thebuilt to the almost identical specifications of the original 9:30 on F Street, which even has a rooftop bar filled with artifacts from the old club.
But for all the elation and nostalgia of the evening, everyone in attendance was aware that a very big shadow filled the room: It was just the fourth concert by the band since the sudden, tragic death of drummer Taylor Hawkins last year. He left very big shoes to fill, but there was never any question that the band would continue, and they have found a perfect new bandmate in veteran, versatile drummer Josh Freese.
“And I can honestly say that we wouldn’t be able to do it without you guys, so thank you very much for helping us heal,” he concluded. “Not a day goes by where we don’t think about him or talk about him. So this one’s for T.” The band then launched into “Aurora.” Grohl seemed to know approximately half of the people in the audience and talked directly to a lot of them during the set, dropping lots of local references and inside jokes throughout, and even brought I.M.P. founder/ longtime 9:30 owner Seth Hurwitz onstage to play drums for one song . But he summed up the spirit of the evening early in the show.
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