John McEnroe sings and plays Jimi Hendrix
Most people probably remember 48-year-old former number 1 ranked professional tennis player and multiple Grand Slam winner John McEnroe for his tirades of terror / anger explosions. He is less known for his other passion, playing rock guitar.
McEnroe, a left-handed tennis AND guitar player, surprised the crowd at the BlackRock Tour of Champions event in Belfast (24/02/2007) performing on stage with Pat Cash, Wayne Ferreira, Henri Leconte and Anders Jarryd with local rock band ‘Ed Zealous’.
Check out this clip / picture slide show. The music is all live, with McEnroe singing and playing Jimi Hendrix’ classic “Foxy Lady” :
This funny short clip is John McEnroe singing live karaoke style :
June 18th, 2008 at 11:09 am
I believe you also need to include Yannick Noah who has actually had a very successful music career and also Mats Wilander who has also enjoyed jamming from time to time.
August 25th, 2008 at 8:33 am
[...] the years. He’s learned to laugh at himself and has developed other interests, from art and music to remaining a fixture in the media, both tennis and non-tennis [...]