Last updated: Tuesday, January 20, 2009
GROHL + VEDDER LEAD DRAKE TRIBUTE
Rockers DAVE GROHL and EDDIE VEDDER are among the stars fronting a new tribute album to late singer/songwriter NICK DRAKE.
Dave Grohl at the 31st annual Kennedy Center Honors - arrivals at the Kennedy Centre, Washington DC, USA - 07.12.08
The untitled covers album will also feature Drake fans Norah Jones and Jack Johnson and Heath Ledger's version of the singer's Black Eyed Dog, which he recorded for an art exhibit but never released.
The album will be released on Johnson's Brushfire Records.
The recording sessions have been filmed for a DVD release.
Brit Drake was 26 when he died in 1974.
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Source: WENN
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