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Soundgarden, Chris Cornell - Photo By Ros O'Gorman

Soundgarden, Chris Cornell - Photo By Ros O'Gorman

Chris Cornell Plays Whitney Houston Song At Obama Rally

by Paul Cashmere on February 19, 2012

in News

Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell has performed Whitney Houston’s ‘I Will Always Love You’ at a rally for President Obama in San Francisco.

Soundgarden, Chris Cornell - Photo By Ros O'Gorman

Soundgarden, Chris Cornell - Photo By Ros O'Gorman

Cornell sang the song at the Nob Hill Masonic Center in San Francisco in front of 2500 Obama supporters who paid from $100 to $7500 each to be at the event. (For 7.5 grand you got your photo with Obama).

Cornell’s set includes acoustic versions of Soundgarden’s ‘Black Hole Sun’, John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’, Nick Lowe’s ‘What’s So Funny About Peace Love and Understanding’ and then finally ‘I Will Always Love You’ “for Whitney”.

Whitney Houston was laid to rest in her hometown of Newark, New Jersey today (Saturday, February 18, 2012).

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