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In a word: RAIN!!! We arrived at the venue about 11am and an hour later it started raining and continued steadily/off and on until about 9pm or so. The inventor of the poncho rests happily in his grave. Although daunting, there was too much good music going on all day to let that get us down. Luckily, my buddy Dahli (yeah, that’s how
I spell it) is a member of the Ten Club (PJ fan club) which comes with certain amenities like a huge tent to watch the side stages from. They also had PJ20 cornhole boards set up, private bathrooms, and even a cell phone charging dock for the 20
th anniversary of their debut album release. 20 years since
Ten hit the stores, how old does that make my generation feel? The main bands didn’t start until 6pm on the main stage. Mudhoney, Queens of the Stone Age, The Strokes, and then Pearl Jam respectively. All great performances and at least one member of each band came on and jammed with PJ at one time or another. Pj opened with “Release” and played a lot of rarities with "Better Man" being the most and maybe the only popular hit known by the occasional fan. The rumored appearance by Chris Cornell became reality about half way through and sang a handful of songs including a Mother Love Bone cover and Temple of the Dog hits “Say Hello to Heaven”, which was written about deceased MLB lead singer Andy Wood, and “Hunger Strike.” Tonight we will be in the seated section a lot closer than the lawn of the Alpine Valley Amphitheater that dwarfs Lakewood in Atlanta. Hopefully the weather will be more cooperative but if not, at least we will be under a roof for night number two. Who knows what guests might drop by…
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| Mike McCready |
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| Jeff Ament |
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| Chris Cornell with PJ |
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| Eddie with Liam Finn |
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| Eddie with Glen Hansard |
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