Dave Grohl Tells The Story Of Jamming With Prince In An Empty Arena: 'It Was Awesome!'

Dave Grohl tells the larger-than-life story of jamming with Prince during soundcheck in an empty arena. Can you guess which Led Zeppelin song they played? Foo Fighters' tribute to the Purple One, plus many more, can be seen as part of "Let's Go Crazy: The GRAMMY Salute To Prince." airing on Tuesday, April 21 from 9–11PM ET/PT on CBS and streaming on CBS All Access.

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[elizabethshort]

Prince just “appearing” out of nowhere is the most Prince thing I’ve ever heard lol

[KCMasterpiece]

Dave Grohl, member of Nirvana and Foo Fighters, jams with Prince once:
"Oh god, this is the best band I've ever been in in my life."

[tpstrato]

It's been said that Prince appeared like Houdini, played like Hendrix, did the splits like James Brown and strutted off stage like George Jefferson.

[LambentLark]

Dave is the boy next door that found the golden ticket. No matter how old he gets, he is just a 12 year old boy, living the dream.

[bethadams]

You know Prince had respect for Dave when he covered the Foo Fighters during the Superbowl.

[ikon]

Dude, Imagine seeing Dave and Prince playing,
"whole lotta love",
they were a few lucky techs in the arena that day.

[itsacarolbthing]

Dave Grohl seems endlessly thrilled with whatever happens to him.

[ipuya]

Prince was a genius. I was lucky enough to see him in concert 4 times. My friend was working in security for one of the concerts. He told me that on one of the days of the concert he arrived at the venue early. He was experimenting with a riff he had in mind and gradually expanded the melody, created an awesome solo, added in other instruments, and the lyrics and by the end of the afternoon he had a completed song which he then played at that evening's concert. That's how easy it was for him.

[musicfreak]

Broke my heart when he said “And I never saw him again...” But still an awesome story!

[judithslivinski]

Saw Prince play Whole Lotta Love at an after party in Winnipeg on his birthday in the mid 90s. Probably the single best cover of anything I’ve ever heard.

[ryankenyon]

I could listen to Dave tell stories all day.

[rangerwhite]

Prince was a musical genius. Seriously, what a catalogue of work. Just unbelievable. What a loss.

[josephgus]

That’s bad ass that Prince said Dave had a heavy foot. Then started playing Whole lotta love. That’s a Bonham compliment if I’ve ever heard one.

[troubleondemand]

Nothing humanizes a rock-star more than watching them fangirl over someone else.

[ifmbmb]

I sat a couple seats away from Dave at that Forum Concert series performance that night- in the front row of the risers. I remember Dave just standing around at the end of that concert kind of stunned by the whole thing he just saw- I think you could see he was really kind of blown away by the performance.


Everyone waited forever for Prince to come back out for an encore because rumor had it the night before he had played like an hour after the end of the concert and he just kept playing. So this night, nobody went home at the end. Nobody. The applause went on for a very long time and he never came out.. ... like a half hour or so and eventually when people finally gave up and after the cameramen came down from the overhead rigs and after the lights went back on Prince rode out on a bicycle and tooled around the main floor for a few minutes with a big smile on his face and he quickly left. I won't forget that one anytime soon.


All seats for all 19 Forum concerts were the same low price. ALL SEATS. My front row seat that night was 25 dollars. So I went like two more times later that week. No two nights had the same setlist. Amazing concert series. I loved the fact that he priced the concerts cheap enough that everyone in town could afford to go.


Real music by real musicians.

[dynamicphotography_]

Whenever somebody tells a great Prince story, they just light up. It's awesome.

[JoeHuman]

"You've got a heavy foot, man."


LEGEND 💜

[madmaxmedia]

Howard Stern: "Do you think Prince is a better musician than you?"
Dave Grohl: "Dude, Prince is a better DRUMMER than I am."

[cesarbaca]

I love Prince stories. They’re always crazy and unbelievable.

[kondirecs]

Dave Grohl is the most humble superstar of the music industry. That guy everyone wanna share a beer with and just cheer out enjoying the best stories in the world.