Cut Me Some Slack

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“Cut Me Some Slack” is a song written by Paul McCartney and ex-members from Nirvana, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear.

Dave Grohl had the idea of creating a documentary about the history of the Sound City recording studio in Los Angeles (where Nirvana recorded its album Nevermind in 1991). He invited various artists to record the soundtrack, including Paul McCartney.

Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear wrote and recorded “Cut Me Some Slack” during a 3-hours jam.

Dave [Grohl] asked me to come along for a jam with some mates. Dave suggested maybe doing something like ‘Long Tall Sally’ but I thought maybe we should just make something up.

Paul McCartney – From For Whom The Bell Tells, December 31, 2012

We walked in; we jammed the song. It just came out of nowhere. The best songs happen that way. We recorded it live and put a vocal over it and that was it. It was three hours and it was perfect.

Dave Grohl – From NME, January 17, 2013

From For Whom The Bell Tells, December 31, 2012:

Along with Dave, Paul found himself jamming with Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear. “They were saying how good it felt to be back together. I said, ‘Whoa? You guys haven’t played together for all that time?’ Someone whispered to me, ‘That’s Nirvana’, I couldn’t believe it.”

Stuart Bell

Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear premiered the song during the Concert For Sandy Relief, on December 12, 2012. Two days after, on December 14, 2012, the studio version was published on YouTube.

At the 56th Grammy Awards held on January 26, 2014, “Cut Me Some Slack” won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song.

Last updated on December 8, 2020

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