Carson Daly Remembers Smash Mouth Frontman Steve Harwell: ‘I Always Rooted and Prayed for Him’
Television host Carson Daly paid tribute to the late Smash Mouth frontman Steve Harwell. On Tuesday, Daly, 50, took to his Instagram page to honor Harwell whom he met while working as a DJ in 1995 in California when the…
Television host Carson Daly paid tribute to the late Smash Mouth frontman Steve Harwell.
On Tuesday, Daly, 50, took to his Instagram page to honor Harwell whom he met while working as a DJ in 1995 in California when the band was unsigned.
“In an attempt to help support our local band (and new party pals) we played their song ‘Nervous In The Alley’ 1 billion times. Things started really happening for them. Our friendship grew tighter,” the former MTV’s “Total Request Live” host explained.
The band signed to Interscope Records and Daly said, “They were on their way.”
“I always kept track of their success as I moved onto MTV & NBC. They had a great run & wrote (and covered) some timeless pop songs,” he continued.
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In a separate post, Daly opened up about Harwell’s “darker days” battling addiction and the loss of his infant son, Presley, from complications from acute lymphocytic leukemia.