Watch: Soundgarden's Chris Cornell performs 'I Will Always Love You' for Whitney Houston
Soundgarden singer busts out the tune at a solo gig Thursday night
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Well, who knew? It turns out Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell is a Whitney Houston fan. Last night, as his encore at his show at the Masonic Hall in SanFrancisco, Cornell sung a version of “I Will Always Love You,” accompanied himself on acoustic guitar.
It’s ragged and wooly, and we can’t tell if Cornell is reading the lyrics off a crib sheet on the floor, but it’s a lovely tribute. He never mentions Houston (or the song’s writer, Dolly Parton, by name), but there’s no mistaking to whom he is paying homage.
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Houston fans can stream her private funeral tomorrow starting at 12 pm ET/9 a.m. PT here
What do you think of Cornell's version of "I Will Always Love You?"
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February 18, 2012 at 1:15AM EST Reply to CommentBrilliant! Go Chris! Kind of full circle a member of a grunge band from the heydey of the competition between R'n'B and Grunge singing in tritube to a fellow solider of the era. A pioneer, really.
Ritchard Mckie
February 18, 2012 at 6:04PM EST Reply to CommentGood for him to salute THE VOICE. R.I.P. Whitney.
CK
February 19, 2012 at 6:34AM EST Reply to CommentI believe he's listed Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin as "primary influences" to his vocal style.. the greatest male singer of all time covering the greatest female singer of all time. Stupendous!