Slash Premieres Cover of "Where Do I Begin?," the Theme from 'Love Story'

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The Guns N' Roses guitarist recorded the cover as a tribute to his late friend Robert Evans, who produced the 1970 film.

Slash has released a cover of "Where Do I Begin?," the theme from the 1970 drama, Love Story.

The Guns N' Roses guitarist recorded the instrumental cover as a tribute to his close friend Robert Evans, who produced the film, and passed away last year.

You can hear the cover in the clip above, and see a clip of Slash recording the tune in the studio below. 

Of course, "Speak Softly Love," the theme from The Godfather – another film that Evans worked on – has been part of Slash's live solo spot with Guns N' Roses for decades. 

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Jackson is an Associate Editor at GuitarWorld.com and GuitarPlayer.com. He’s been writing and editing stories about new gear, technique and guitar-driven music both old and new since 2014, and has also written extensively on the same topics for Guitar Player. Elsewhere, his album reviews and essays have appeared in Louder and Unrecorded. Though open to music of all kinds, his greatest love has always been indie, and everything that falls under its massive umbrella. To that end, you can find him on Twitter crowing about whatever great new guitar band you need to drop everything to hear right now.

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