Chris Cornell would have turned 60 years old on Saturday (July 20th). To honor the late artist’s memory, his wife Vicky shared a snippet of him covering Tracy Chapman’s classic “Fast Car” in an Instagram post. Check it out below.
In the accompanying caption, Vicky paid tribute to her husband while also teasing more unearthed music. “Although everyone that loved him is sad that he’s no longer here, it’s all of you, the fans who made him, whose love has continued to keep his legacy alive,” she wrote. “I’m so grateful to you all for that. While I remember him best as the wonderful husband, father, and human being he was — I’d like to celebrate his whole life and everything he gave us.”
She continued, “On his 60th we can all celebrate his genius as an artist who redefined music, but also the incredible man who touched and changed lives. He’s an icon, and he gave us all so much — his unique voice, his poetry, his creativity… his life was a gift to so many. And as you can hear — there’s more to come!!!”
Following Cornell’s death in 2017, the Soundgarden singer’s estate released a 2020 covers album called No One Sings Like You Anymore. Originally recorded in 2016, the 10-song collection featured his renditions of songs by John Lennon, Prince, and Janis Joplin. It seems like the second volume Vicky previously teased is imminent.
Last year, Vicky and Soundgarden announced they had reached an “amicable out-of-court resolution” resolving their legal disputes, along with plans to release the band’s final songs.
Originally released by Chapman in 1988, “Fast Car” saw a resurgence earlier this year after she made a rare public performance at the Grammys, where she performed the song alongside Luke Combs. Last summer, Combs’ hit cover of “Fast Car” made Chapman the first Black woman to be the sole writer on a No. 1 country song.
Vicky wasn’t the only person to share a Cornell cover this weekend. Heart’s Nancy Wilson unearthed previously unseen footage of him joining the Heart acoustic side project the Lovemongers to take on Rolling Stones’ “Wild Horses” at a concert in Seattle on September 22nd, 1991. Watch the clip below.