Taylor Hawkins: One of his last interviews before he died at 50

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A clip from one of Taylor Hawkins' final interviews was shared on Thursday morning.In the video posted by The Daily Beast, which was taken from the upcoming documentary Let There Be Drums!, the late drummer for the Foo Fighters spoke about his admiration for The Grateful Dead and explained how they changed his musical outlook.The performer passed away at the age of 50 in Bogota, Colombia this past March.

Speaking out: A clip from one of Taylor Hawkins' final interviews was shared by The Daily Beast on Thursday morningHawkins began the interview by sharing that he was initially put off by the open-ended nature of a Grateful Dead show.'At first I was like, what's going on?...They're, like, jamming.

Is everyone on stage yet? Everyone's throwing energy,' he recalled. The drummer then expressed that, once he came to understand the way that the Grateful Dead performed, he was particularly impressed. 'I'm like, oh OK, they don't know how they're going to start this song.

They just do this improvisational-jazz thing. That got me good,' he stated. Apprehensive: Hawkins began the interview by remarking that he was initially put off by the open-ended nature of a Grateful Dead show; Grateful Dead members Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart are seen performing in 2002 Realization: The drummer then expressed that, once he came to understand the way that the Grateful Dead performed, he was particularly impressed; he is seen in 2021Hawkins went on to state that the performance left a lasting impression on him that revealed itself during a subsequent set of concert dates. 'Three days after that show, I had to go to Europe for a two-week tour with the Foo Fighters, and I just started taking a lot more chances and I had.