Dave Grohl shared his first – and only – live performance of ‘Play’ with a 36-minute version featured on Gov’t Mule frontman Warren Haynes’ The Benefit Concert Volume 20. ‘Play’ was originally released on Grohl’s 2018 EP Play as a 23-minute instrumental.
The performance of ‘Play’ marked the first time Grohl played the song live and extended it another 13 minutes, along with Greg Kurstin on keyboards, former Jane’s Addiction bassist Chris Chaney, guitarists Jason Falkner, Alain Johannes, and Barrett Jones, and Drew Hester on percussion.
The Benefit Concert Volume 20 was originally recorded on December 7-8, 2018 in Asheville as a collection of performances from Haynes’ ’30th Annual Christmas Jam’, with proceeds going to Habitat for Humanity in the city. In addition to ‘Play, Grohl also performed Foo Fighters‘ “Times Like These” with Haynes, and “Everlong,” along with Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World” with Gov’t Mule.
The Benefit Concert Volume 20 is available as a double vinyl in four colors—purple, orange, blue, and red and in CD and DVD and CD and Blu-ray formats, In addition to Grohl and Haynes, other artists featured on the album include Eric Church, Joe Bonamassa, Tyler Ramsey, Scott Murawski, Ron Holloway, Mike Gordon, Marco Benevento, Jamey Johnson, Edwin McCain, and Kevn Kinney.
Take a listen to Grohl’s live version of ‘Play’ – here.
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