John Carter Cash talked about getting to know Chris when his father Johnny recorded “Rusty Cage”, how he could see that there was love inside. He led the crowd through an emotional “Everlong” on electric guitar. The band left the stage but Dave Grohl said he could not leave without playing one more song for Chris. They tore through Soundgarden’s “No Attention”, “Girl U Want” and “Earache My Eye”. Then things turned up several notches as Foo Fighters took the stage. Chris Stapleton played another Cornell song, “The Keeper”. Courtney Cox and Kaley Cuoco came out to speak about, the charity beneficiary of the evening. Nikka Costa and Alan Johannes performed “Disappearing One”, a Chris Cornell song. During large changes, videos of some of Cornell’s greatest performances were shown, including a live video of “Ritual”, a live acoustic rendition of Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean”, candid photos shown with his acoustic rendition of “I Am The Highway”, Soundgarden’s “My Wave”, and “Scar On The Sky” live. Nearly every song had a different ensemble of musicians, so this was no small feat. He was very busy throughout the night, as the crew worked hard to set the stage between acts. Jimmy Kimmel emerged as emcee of the evening and reminisced about moving to Los Angeles 25 years ago to work at KROQ radio, about the time when Spoonman came out. Pete Thorn played acoustic guitar, as Rita Wilson sang “The Promise”, from the movie of the same name, about the Armenian genocide. See and #keepthepromise for more details. The first video featured Cornell’s wife and children, along with many musicians and actors, who shared their love of Chris and vowed to keep the promise he made to protect the innocent and vulnerable. They also used videos on the large screens to help distract the viewers during transitions. ![]() The organizers used a rotating stage with a center barrier of lights, so that they could quickly break down and set up while performers were playing. They launched into a tight medley of grungy songs – “The Kicking Machine”, “With Yo’ Heart, Not Yo’ Hands”, “Leech”, “Let It All Be”, “Honey Bucket” and Soundgarden’s breakout hit “Spoonman”. The band featured Buzz Osbourne on vocals and guitar and Dale Crover on drums and vocals, along with 2 bass players, Jeff Pinkus and Steven Shane McDonald. He introduced the first performers of the evening, The Melvins, one of the founders of the Seattle sound. Matt Cameron spoke about the journey to this night, and how he gained the strength to put this together by listening to all of Chris’ music. The show began with an introduction by Soundgarden members Kim Thayil, Ben Shepherd and Matt Cameron. Fans braved the rain and Los Angeles traffic as they travelled from all around the globe to be part of this special night. Hollywood’s biggest stars showed up to introduce musical collaborations between members of Cornell’s family, his bands and admirers from the metal, rock, alternative, country, pop, reggae and R&B worlds. It also took an unprecedented combination of artists who crossed all artificial boundaries of music to offer their take on this classic material. The Chris Cornell songbook spans so many styles and contains so many well-loved songs that it took 5 hours to do it justice. While the Chester Bennington tribute concert touched long and often on the topics of suicide prevention and mental health awareness, the Chris Cornell tribute was focused on the music that Chris created over the course of 33 years. His friend Chester Bennington, lead singer of Linkin Park, also died by suicide 2 months later on what would have been Chris’ 53rd birthday, July 20, 2017. ![]() He also had a successful solo career, with memorable acoustic tours and soundtrack contributions. Chris Cornell died by suicide on May 18, 2017, after an extensive career with 3 bands that were worshipped by fans – Soundgarden, Temple Of The Dog and Audioslave. ![]() ![]() The I Am The Highway: A Tribute to Chris Cornell concert was held at The Fabulous Forum in Inglewood, California on January 16, 2019.
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