Chester Bennington’s widow shares his ‘talented’ son’s music

Chester Bennington’s widow has shared snippets of original music recorded by her late husband’s eldest son Jaime.
The Linkin Park frontman took his own life in July (17) following an ongoing battle with depression and previous addictions.
His death shocked the world, with his wife Talinda, who he married in 2006, issued a statement a week later sharing how her soul was “shattered” by his passing and thanking fans for their support.
Now, almost a month on, she’s taken to Twitter to share material recorded by Chester’s eldest son Jaime, who he had with ex-girlfriend Elka Brand, and praised the 21-year-old’s musical skills.
“Our son Jaime is as talented as his father @ChesterBe . Here’s a bit of his original work. #legacy,” Talinda, who had son Tyler and twin daughters Lilly and Lila with Chester, wrote alongside a link to Jaime’s WordPress blog featuring the songs from his new EP Reveries 4.
She also shared Jaime’s Twitter handle, noting, “For those of you who like Jaime… tweet him at @fargodidit”.
Fans were quick to post compliments, with one describing Jaime as “such a talent” and dubbing Talinda a “great mom”. Another follower tweeted, “There’s something hauntingly beautiful about the piano. You can tell there is a lot of feeling behind him playing it. He’s very talented.”
Jaime’s blog post was uploaded just a few days before Chester’s suicide, with four SoundCloud tracks attached, simply titled as numbers, each a different, soothing piano instrumental.
In the text he tells readers the music was fuelled by his love of Russian composer and pianist Dmitri Shostakovich, who is still regarded as one of the most talented composers of the 20th century since his death in 1975.
“I decided to sit down with my piano and have a conversation about what we wanted out of music,” Jaime wrote. “That conversation ended with the subsequent decision to write music that simply SOUNDED good. I purposely forced myself to stray away from any of the hard-wired academic prejudices that I had the tendency to fall back on.”