Last night (16 February), Soundgarden vocalist Chris Cornell paid tribute to the late Whitney Houston with a stirring rendition of I Will Always Love You at a fundraiser for President Barack Obama in San Francisco.
During his performance, Cornell also performed Bob Marley's Redemption Song: a couple of numbers from his ex-band Audioslave, Ground Zero and Wide Awake; John Lennon's Imagine; and Nick Lowe's (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding.
But it was with his finale that Cornell truly floored the audience, belting out the Dolly Parton-penned song that Houston turned into a classic when she sang it in the 1992 film The Bodyguard.
Cornell and Soundgarden recently completed a tour of Australia. The band, reunited two years ago, is currently working on a new studio album, their first studio effort since 1996's Down On The Upside.
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