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It runs in the family!
For the fourth night of Hanukkah,Dave Grohl’s 16-year-old daughter Violet joined him and bandmate producer Greg Kurstin on stage at this year’s “The Hanukkah Sessions,” as they shared a touching performance ofJanis Ian’s 1975 track “At Seventeen.”
Violet took on guitar and vocal duties as she sat center stage, with her dad sitting behind the kit the whole way through.
The teen is no stranger to performing alongside her music icon of a father, as the two previously covered X’s 1980 anthem “Nausea” in his 2021 documentaryWhat Drives Us. They also performed Amy Winehouse’s “Take the Box” forlast year’s"Hanukkah Sessions."
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The “At Seventeen” cover impressed several fans this week, though, including Ian herself, who commented on the performance’s YouTube clip in support of their cover. She also shared some words on herFacebook pageWednesday.
At the end of the performance, Grohl gave his daughter a big hug, put down his drumsticks and waved his fists in the air in support of the teen.
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This year’s event, which benefits the Anti-Defamation League, featuresJudd Apatowtaking on hosting duties as Grohl and Kurstin invited a variety of guests out at the Largo at Coronet in Los Angeles for the show, which was recorded on Dec. 5. One of this year’s guests wasP!nk, who shared a rendition of her 2001 smash “Get the Party Started.”
Grohl and Kurstin started the “Hanukkah Sessions” in 2020, announcing on Foo Fighters' YouTube channel that instead of singing a Christmas song, they were going to perform for the days-long Jewish holiday.
source: people.com
