*** Voices For Justice - West Memphis 3 Fanviews ***

Kat

Voices For Justice
Robinson Center Music Hall
Little Rock, Arkansas
8/28/10

Opening speeches from Rev. Thompson Murray, Capi Peck from Arkansas Take Action
Video from Damien Echols

Eddie Vedder:
Rise
It Rains On Me (Tom Waits)

Lisa Blount:
Mercedes Benz

Greeting from Lorri Davis

Bill Carter and Will Sexton:
Something Made Of Paper

Video from Henry Rollins

Johnny Depp reading from Damien Echols' journal

Eddie Vedder:
The Times They Are A Changin' (Bob Dylan)
Open All Night (Bruce Springsteen)

Fistful Of Mercy:
Fistful Of Mercy
Restore Me
My Father's Son

Natalie Maines:
Death's Got A Warrant
If I Had My Way
Free Life (Dan Wilson)
I Smell A Rat

Eddie Vedder and Natalie Maines:
Golden State (John Doe)
You Can Close Your Eyes (James Taylor)

Eddie Vedder with Johnny Depp on guitar:
Society (Jerry Hannan)

Patti Smith:
My Blakean Year
Wings
Dancing Barefoot

Finale:
People Have The Power

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pandora

Looks incredible, like history was made! Wish I could have been there :(
Cheers to all who enjoyed!

LukinFan

DE483

Looks and sounds like it was amazing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_8afXHfZoo

slabrown

Great show - very focused on the WM3. Ed was obviously the organizer & it's the first time I've ever seen him perform without drinking. He had water on stage with him!

Ed didn't perform songs that allowed his voice to fill the room - they were more meaningful. Again focused on the cause. Thought Natalie & Patty Smith did a phenomenal job of choosing music. Showed real power in their voice.

Great night, great show, heart wrenching cause.

Ignatius

Great show. Still can't believe we got a great show for such a great price. Row R. We could see very well and everyone was respectful and didn't talk during the show, so we were able to get a few videos.

Funny to hear someone in the back yell out, "Eddie, fix my problems!"

Loved Fistful of Mercy. Great performance.

Thank you, Eddie!

ARazorbackguy1

This is my 11th PJ related show. My friend's 1st. He was amazed at the power of Eddies voice and now see's why I love this band so much.

I met Ben earlier in the day and that was amazing.

Anarmyofpeace

Society w/ Johnny Depp on guitar...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDVdeQTtGBM

pandora

Anarmyofpeace wrote:

Society w/ Johnny Depp on guitar...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDVdeQTtGBM

great very pretty,
dying to put a zoom on that though and see the guys up close

Get_Right

that sounds like a great night of music

go johhny go

baldoallornone

I can not say enough how grateful I am that I attended this rally. Eddie really impressed me, at times he seemed to keep the rally moving. I felt very empowered when I left and if anyone knows if getting petitions signed in states other than Arkansas would help, I would love to do so. You know is 1,000 or how ever many thousand signatures enough. I mean how many peoples signatures does it take to save a persons life? I will from this day on be looking into ways I can help change this travesty, it so sad it's taken me 17 years to get there but I had a 6 1/2 hour drive home and it's all I thought about. We as a human race get so wrapped up in what makes us comfortable that we forget that this world is widely uncomfortable for others that also live in it. Sorry to get on a soap box but I had to share what last night did for me.

Thanks Ed for supporting this cause and using your status as a musician to influence others to fight for what they believe in!!!!

P.S.---Much love for Henry Rollins...that man could lead an army.

KathyDTFT

Thanks for sharing, everybody, hope to hear more detail about it! I don't post here nearly often enough, but I thought I would I posted a bunch of stuff about the event here as well:

http://www.twofeetthick.com/2010/08/voi ... -coverage/

Peace!
Kathy D

hopethatuchoke

pandora wrote:

like history was made!

In terms of what?

StillHere

Anarmyofpeace wrote:

Society w/ Johnny Depp on guitar...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDVdeQTtGBM

GORGEOUS! over the top beautiful
eddie AND johnny...my heart is about to explode with the sadness and beauty of this performance
perfect for wm3

StillHere

pandora wrote:

Anarmyofpeace wrote:

Society w/ Johnny Depp on guitar...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDVdeQTtGBM

great very pretty,
dying to put a zoom on that though and see the guys up close

you're not alone pandi..i would LOVE to see this up close...so beautiful, absolutely gorgeous song, every time, but this is just fantastic

pumpkinhead

Eddie always great. Ben's new group rocked the house. Johnny What can I say? He LOOKED GOOD and can play a mean guitar Patty and the group closed the house down. Natalie greeted fans after the show signing shirts, pieces of paper, anything we gave her. And Eddie. Beautiful Eddie. Greeted us all with open arms and hugs. Love you Eddie.

StillHere

pumpkinhead wrote:

Eddie always great. Ben's new group rocked the house. Johnny What can I say? He LOOKED GOOD and can play a mean guitar Patty and the group closed the house down. Natalie greeted fans after the show signing shirts, pieces of paper, anything we gave her. And Eddie. Beautiful Eddie. Greeted us all with open arms and hugs. Love you Eddie.

oh to have been there!
so happy that you got to experience all that

PJSEMPRE

Johnny Depp, Eddie Vedder, Ben Harper and Patti Smith :shock:
Incredible!

PJSEMPRE

Ed & Johnny

http://www.daylife.com/photo/07Mp6Q88Dc5kL

More pics

http://focus.arkansasonline.com/galleri ... ?id=344528

AmyMoore

StillHere wrote:

pandora wrote:

Anarmyofpeace wrote:

Society w/ Johnny Depp on guitar...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDVdeQTtGBM

great very pretty,
dying to put a zoom on that though and see the guys up close

you're not alone pandi..i would LOVE to see this up close...so beautiful, absolutely gorgeous song, every time, but this is just fantastic

Stay tuned.

maj4e

Was an awesome show. Worth every minute of the drive up there and back. Patti was amazing and may have stolen the show. Humility was everywhere.

strummers

pumpkinhead wrote:

Eddie always great. Ben's new group rocked the house. Johnny What can I say? He LOOKED GOOD and can play a mean guitar Patty and the group closed the house down. Natalie greeted fans after the show signing shirts, pieces of paper, anything we gave her. And Eddie. Beautiful Eddie. Greeted us all with open arms and hugs. Love you Eddie.

You got to go!!

We are sooo jealous - but at the same time really really happy for you!!

Sounds like it was an amazing night!

LS2668

This was an amazing night. From the very beginning at the preparty, there was a very supportive energy for this cause. At the actual event, the room was kind, energetic and supportive. Ed and all of the artists gave a lot of thought to their song selections and it made the night more special. My favorite part was when Ed read a part of a letter/journal entry by Damion about time. If anyone happened to catch that on video, please post.
so now is a very important time to make noise and spread the word about the West Memphis 3. Make you voice heard and help give these young men be able to prove that there were wrongly committed. Shout it on facebook, write letters and make calls. They deserve this chance.
thanks again to Ed and all of the amazing artists who gave their talent and energy to make this happen.

lisa

SPEEDY MCCREADY

LS2668 wrote:

This was an amazing night. From the very beginning at the preparty, there was a very supportive energy for this cause. At the actual event, the room was kind, energetic and supportive. Ed and all of the artists gave a lot of thought to their song selections and it made the night more special. My favorite part was when Ed read a part of a letter/journal entry by Damion about time. If anyone happened to catch that on video, please post.
so now is a very important time to make noise and spread the word about the West Memphis 3. Make you voice heard and help give these young men be able to prove that there were wrongly committed. Shout it on facebook, write letters and make calls. They deserve this chance.
thanks again to Ed and all of the amazing artists who gave their talent and energy to make this happen.

lisa

Yep...

This fine young man deserves a 2nd chance...

Echols admitted on cross-examination in the penalty phase of the trial that he had an altercation with his father in which a knife was involved and the police were called; where he admitted that he was hospitalized that same day and that when his father came to the hospital, “I told him I would eat him alive”; where headmitted that he tried “to claw the eyes out” of a student; and where a psychologist who testified for Echols admitted that Echols had “an all-powerful God-like image of himself,” that his parents were concerned with his satanism or devil worship, and that Echols’s medical records included notations of statements by Echols pertaining, among other things, to his rage and the drinking of the blood of others….

LeatherMosquitoMan

baldoallornone wrote:

I can not say enough how grateful I am that I attended this rally. Eddie really impressed me, at times he seemed to keep the rally moving. I felt very empowered when I left and if anyone knows if getting petitions signed in states other than Arkansas would help, I would love to do so. You know is 1,000 or how ever many thousand signatures enough. I mean how many peoples signatures does it take to save a persons life? I will from this day on be looking into ways I can help change this travesty, it so sad it's taken me 17 years to get there but I had a 6 1/2 hour drive home and it's all I thought about. We as a human race get so wrapped up in what makes us comfortable that we forget that this world is widely uncomfortable for others that also live in it. Sorry to get on a soap box but I had to share what last night did for me.

Thanks Ed for supporting this cause and using your status as a musician to influence others to fight for what they believe in!!!!

P.S.---Much love for Henry Rollins...that man could lead an army.

Glad you enjoyed it

maj4e

Yep...

This fine young man deserves a 2nd chance...

Echols admitted on cross-examination in the penalty phase of the trial that he had an altercation with his father in which a knife was involved and the police were called; where he admitted that he was hospitalized that same day and that when his father came to the hospital, “I told him I would eat him alive”; where headmitted that he tried “to claw the eyes out” of a student; and where a psychologist who testified for Echols admitted that Echols had “an all-powerful God-like image of himself,” that his parents were concerned with his satanism or devil worship, and that Echols’s medical records included notations of statements by Echols pertaining, among other things, to his rage and the drinking of the blood of others….

Does that automatically mean he committed the other crimes? You've never been in a fight? You've never said anything that would be embarrassing if the public found out?

gecko

LS2668 wrote:

This was an amazing night. From the very beginning at the preparty, there was a very supportive energy for this cause. At the actual event, the room was kind, energetic and supportive. Ed and all of the artists gave a lot of thought to their song selections and it made the night more special. My favorite part was when Ed read a part of a letter/journal entry by Damion about time. If anyone happened to catch that on video, please post.
so now is a very important time to make noise and spread the word about the West Memphis 3. Make you voice heard and help give these young men be able to prove that there were wrongly committed. Shout it on facebook, write letters and make calls. They deserve this chance.
thanks again to Ed and all of the amazing artists who gave their talent and energy to make this happen.

lisa

Thanks.
I saw the video of Ed reading journal entry last night, thought: that's it, perfection, and went to sleep. Didn't post it because it is a little shaky. Here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tudwxxPAQu0

gecko

So many videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obn1GTSctDI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGj-gM56EqI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhLS6mrr_WY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPVQiZ9uGHI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg42u-5p7vk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr2zMzq8L08
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjgtjuXUZJ0

Ed. to add Arkansas Times article. I love this paper.
http://www.arktimes.com/RockCandy/archives/2010/08/29/last-night-voices-for-justice

ericwaller20

Great show last night. Setlist was awesome with songs that i have never got to hear live. Met some good people and Ed was generous enough after the show to come out and shake hands and say hi to everyone. Overall great time.

els

Thanks for all the videos...looks like it was a great night of music!

gearboy

Ben's new band was the shit! wow!!! they were amazing!
I can't believe I'm saying this but - They were best act on stage last night

Ed was great!! could of played a couple more songs but what we got kicked ass! Rise was my fav.
And he's FUNNY too - he told a story about how his voice sounds like bruce springsteen's when he calls his dog and that his neighbor probably think it's bruce's dog that shits in their yard. then he made a crack about johnny being a pirate.... funny stuff

Natalie's voice was so powerful, Free Life was amazing!!
again, I would of liked to here more

Johnny Depp did a damn good job on guitar, I must say I was impressed

I wasn't feelin' patti smith at all, sorry

the room had a Very strange vibe to it, I can't descibe it but was sort of ...... i don't know, just odd

overall it was a good night, glad I decided to go!