Foo Fighters bring “Baker Street” to Jimmy Kimmel Live
Foo Fighters revisit Gerry Rafferty’s Baker Street on Jimmy Kimmel Live. The new television performance is distinct from their previously released recording.
Foo Fighters have brought Gerry Rafferty’s “Baker Street” to Jimmy Kimmel Live, with the show sharing an official performance video from the band’s week-long residency. The clip became available on October 30 in UTC, following its late-night October 29 publication time in California.
JamBase reports that the performance closed the band’s four-night run and aired on Thursday, October 29. The outlet dates the filming to October 26, so this was not a live broadcast of a performance happening that Thursday evening.
A familiar cover, not a newly discovered recording
There is an important distinction between the new television performance and the band’s existing recording. A separate RCA-supplied Foo Fighters audio upload carries a January 19, 1998 release date and credits Rafferty as the song’s writer. Its appearance on YouTube this October does not turn that recording into a new 2026 studio session.
That makes the Kimmel video the current news: a fresh performance of a song with an established place in the band’s recorded history, rather than a first-ever Foo Fighters release of “Baker Street.”
A question for guitar players
A cover also raises a useful arranging question: which parts of a familiar song do you preserve, and where do you make room for your own band’s identity? Watch the official Kimmel performance and decide where this version lands for you.
Want to dig deeper into Dave Grohl’s guitars and gear? Read our Dave Grohl guide.
Illustration: GuitarGangsters. Representative artwork of Dave Grohl with a guitar documented in his 2026 performances; not a still from the Kimmel performance.
