Weezer, That Dog Pay Tribute To Fans

There are some people who are special and then there are others who really make a mark in someone else's life.

At The Palace in Hollywood on Aug. 15, Weezer, That Dog and Black Market Flowers, jammed to a packed house of fans -- including Claire Danes, Jared Leto, Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day, Ben Lee, Spike Jonze, Sophia Coppola and members of No Doubt -- to pay homage to three sisters - Mykel, Carli and Trysta Allan -- who all died in a car crash following a Weezer concert on July 8 in Denver.

Why such a show? Mykel and Carli were co-presidents of the Weezer fan club, and also ran the clubs for That Dog and Black Market Flowers. The Allans were not only fond of the bands, but were also friends with the members. News of their deaths sparked widespread sadness among the Weezer community and it came as no surprise when the benefit show was announced.

During the show, the girls' father, Wayne Allan, joined Weezer on stage to thank everyone for showing their support and to say "they died doing what they loved." A benefit CD titled Hear You Me, which will include songs by Weezer, That Dog, Shufflepuck and others will be released this October.

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Song Stories

“All Along the Watchtower”

The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 1968

Jimi Hendrix got hold of Bob Dylan's early John Wesley Harding tapes and in late 1967 recorded a version of "All Along the Watchtower" with the Experience in London. Dissatisfied with that first development, Hendrix brought those tapes with him to New York in early 1968 when he began work on Electric Ladyland. Eddie Kramer, Hendrix's engineer at the time, told Rolling Stone that Hendrix "was still looked upon by his basically white audience as the mammoth black guitar hero. There was a constant fight within him to expand himself." Hendrix's successful take on Dylan's work has long been recognized by the songwriter. "I liked Jimi Hendrix's record of this and ever since he died I've been doing it that way," Dylan wrote in the liner notes to his Biograph box set. "Strange how when I sing it, I always feel it's a tribute to him in some kind of way."

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