Dave Grohl to Release Eight Covers During Hanukkah

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl and producer Greg Kurstin announced today that they are releasing covers of eight songs by Jewish artists to celebrate Hanukkah.

Grohl, who is not Jewish explained that “This year, instead of doing a Christmas song, Greg and I decided to celebrate Hanukkah by recording eight songs by eight famous Jewish artists and releasing one song each night of Hanukkah.”

The Hanukkah Sessions starts today (December 10th) and runs through December 18th.

With all the mishegas of 2020, @GregKurstin & I were kibbitzing about how we could make Hannukah extra-special this year. Festival of Lights?! How about a festival of tasty LICKS! So hold on to your tuchuses… we’ve got something special coming for your shayna punims.

L’chaim!! pic.twitter.com/baTduQYdBW
— Foo Fighters (@foofighters) December 10, 2020

Night 1: Beastie Boys – Sabotage

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’s (and Abraham’s) finest…known by some as Shadrach, Meshach, and Abedenego known by their Imas & Abbas as @beastieboys!#HanukkahSessions pic.twitter.com/QbDSWNhXaO
— Foo Fighters (@foofighters) December 11, 2020

Night 2: Drake – Hotline Bling

You might be surprised to learn that this superstar is… Canadian. He’s never hidden the fact that he was M.O.T. so a generation of Jewish parents could tell their kids “if @Drake took the time to study for HIS Bar Mitzvah, you can too.” Twitterverse, challah at your boy! pic.twitter.com/eyMyuNs5WP
— Foo Fighters (@foofighters) December 12, 2020

Night 3: Mountain – Mississippi Queen

Talk about making a mountain out of a mohel … 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’s monolithic band, MOUNTAIN.#HappyHanukkah #HanukkahSessions pic.twitter.com/NlimF6QBgz
— Foo Fighters (@foofighters) December 13, 2020

Night 4: Peaches – Pain Away (NSFW)
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Night 5: Bob Dylan – Rainy Day Women

So now everybody must get stoned (not in the Law of Moses sense) as we put some blood on this track: Rainy Day Women 12&35 by the immortal @bobdylan!#hanukkahsessions #happyhanukkah pic.twitter.com/k6VtrThTCv
— Foo Fighters (@foofighters) December 15, 2020

Grohl and Kurstin have already released a Christmas song earlier this year.

Foo Fighters will be releasing their 10th studio album ‘Medicine at Midnight’ on February 5, 2021.