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The Enduring Myth Of Mookie Blaylock And Pearl Jam
Did a quick search and didn't see this posted, won't be a lot of new information here for many of you, but still a pretty good article. Doing a 2nd glance, it shows article was originally written in 2011, which is why it makes no mention of Mookie's legal troubles from a couple years ago. Of course, this article was posted on here in 2011, so if a mod wants to delete this, My apologies.
http://community.pearljam.com/discussion/171077/deadspin-article-mookie-blaylock-pearl-jam
The real story, according to a 2008 interview Montana native Jeff Ament gave to the The Missoulan, was even more incriminating. You can really see why alternate versions had to be invented and circulated.
"When we were recording our first record, we had a per diem of about $10. So when we got lunch at the store across the street, we'd always buy a pack of basketball cards. When we turned in our tape, we didn't have a name for the band yet so we put a Mookie Blaylock card in the case. We were about to go on a tour and still didn't have a name and needed one quickly. We were told it didn't need to be the name that we were going to use forever, just something for the tour. Someone saw the Mookie Blaylock card and said, ‘How about Mookie Blaylock?' We decided to go with it and did a 10-show tour with Alice in Chains as Mookie Blaylock. Mookie was cool about it, too—he didn't sue us. I actually got to meet him later on and shoot around a little bit. We also made a Pearl Jam T-shirt with a picture of him on it. I guess we owe Mookie a lot."
http://deadspin.com/5841829/the-enduring-myth-of-mookie-blaylock-and-pearl-jam
http://community.pearljam.com/discussion/171077/deadspin-article-mookie-blaylock-pearl-jam
The real story, according to a 2008 interview Montana native Jeff Ament gave to the The Missoulan, was even more incriminating. You can really see why alternate versions had to be invented and circulated.
"When we were recording our first record, we had a per diem of about $10. So when we got lunch at the store across the street, we'd always buy a pack of basketball cards. When we turned in our tape, we didn't have a name for the band yet so we put a Mookie Blaylock card in the case. We were about to go on a tour and still didn't have a name and needed one quickly. We were told it didn't need to be the name that we were going to use forever, just something for the tour. Someone saw the Mookie Blaylock card and said, ‘How about Mookie Blaylock?' We decided to go with it and did a 10-show tour with Alice in Chains as Mookie Blaylock. Mookie was cool about it, too—he didn't sue us. I actually got to meet him later on and shoot around a little bit. We also made a Pearl Jam T-shirt with a picture of him on it. I guess we owe Mookie a lot."
http://deadspin.com/5841829/the-enduring-myth-of-mookie-blaylock-and-pearl-jam
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