According to Eddie Vedder, Pearl Jam hasn’t played Florida very often. This made the fact that he was ending his 2012 solo tour with 8 shows in the state all the more special.
Down-to-earth better describes Jeff Ament than hero, a term he would shrug off with a hearty laugh. He was a music fan who became a music maker. That his music became one of the voices of a generation was a nice surprise that has enabled him to make even more music … and continue to skateboard and play basketball instead of punching a time clock every day of the week.
All Photos Credited To Barbara Sheridan Photography.
Now in its third year, the festival promises good times on a pristine white sand beach. Where else can you have your feet in the ocean whilst enjoying a rock show?
As much as an entertainer Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter is, it’s more so his skill as a businessman and entrepreneur that gave him the accessibility to curate the Budweiser Made In America celebration in Philadelphia this past Labor Day weekend.
Read about Pearl Jam’s first show of 2012, which took place at the MEN Arena in Manchester.
Ryan Adams is putting out a monster 15-LP, vinyl-only box set tomorrow.
Watch Willie Nelson and his sons cover a Pearl Jam tune for Willie’s Roadhouse.
Enter Brad, the musical child of Pearl Jam’s Stone Gossard and Satchel’s Shawn Smith and Regan Hagar, who also played drums for Malfunkshun during their tenure before Wood headed up Mother Love Bone with Gossard. With their new record United We Stand released last week, Brad is back with some 70’s-like grooves and a fresh-sounding energy with tunes such as “Diamond Blues”, “Needle And Thread”, “Miles Of Rope” and first single, “A Reason To Be In My Own Skin”. Regan Hagar recently called Glide to talk about the new album.
While Pearl Jam has always had a strong pop sensibility to its arena-ready hard rock sound, Brad, the side project co-founded by Pearl Jam rhythm guitarist Stone Gossard, delivers full-on pop music, albeit with an intelligent, psychedelic edg
