Eddie Vedder 6/23-24/09

I wasn't sure what to expect from the front-man of Pearl Jam on his own.  What I got was 2 nights of him almost completely by himself playin a Hell of a guitar.  I knew he could play but I didn't know he could play that well.  He ranged from solo work to PJ tunes to an array of covers from various artists from Pink Floyd to Springsteen to Dylan and more.  He even pulled off "Lukin" by himself - not kidding, he really did.  There was a minimal stage set-up with different back drops throughout the night and a small, thin, wooden box that was amped up to use for percussion with his heavy boot.  Probably the strangest thing was a chair that looked like the bottoms of two feet with the heels arched forward making up the surface on which to sit.  No one sat in it until on the second night as he was walking off stage for the first encore break, he tried to jump on and over it.  His surfer balance failed him and he went reeling.  He made up for it when he came back out on stage and did the reverse and ended up violently sitting upright in a very sinister pose, all while smokin a cig.  The witty banter with the crowd was entertaining, seeing as how a handful of people were very annoying hollering out ridiculous requests and over all just being rude.  Even "Freebird."  I guess there's one in every crowd, huh?  But Eddie answered back "Hey, I don't walk into Kinko's and tell you how to do your fuckin job!"  Nailed 'em!  After his roadies, adorned all night in lab coats, brought out opener Liam Finn's drum set with his female counter part Eliza Jane, the three ended both nights with "Hard Sun."  Now he just needs to end the excruciating drought and bring Pearl Jam back to Atlanta.