Eddie and Dave Matthews
rjbukowski
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Does anyone know when Eddie and Dave Matthews (or the band) either played live or did a studio song together? The MTV article claimed they did. I guess they could mean at the Bridge School Benefit, but I am sure that was a group song.
Happy Birthday, Eddie Vedder!
Posted 12/23/10 10:00 am ET by Kyle Anderson in Music
Christmas gives plenty of people a number of reasons to celebrate, but Eddie Vedder has one extra thing to raise a glass to today, as it is his birthday. The Pearl Jam frontman is now 46 years old, and though he has been an integral component of the rock world for most of two decades, in many respects it seems like he's just getting warmed up.
Of course, Vedder is best known as the singer for Pearl Jam, the band he joined following the end of about-to-break Seattle band Mother Love Bone. Vedder was something of an outsider in the beginning, as he was living in San Diego and not really considering a music career (he was content to surf). But a friend sent him a tape of some demos put together by guitarist Stone Gossard and bassist Jeff Ament, and Vedder paired the with his deeply personal lyrics and signature baritone croon. The rest is rock history.
And while Vedder could have easily cashed checks on Pearl Jam for the rest of his life, his anxious artistic spirit has kept him in an experimental mood for most of his career. He has become as well-known as a collaborator and a solo artist as he has for his Pearl Jam duties. Not long after he joined Pearl Jam, he dropped in on a short-lived supergroup called Temple of the Dog that also featured members of Soundgarden and acted as a tribute to late Mother Love Bone singer Andrew Wood. Along the way, he has also shared stage or studio space with the Who, R.E.M., Neil Young, the Rolling Stones, the Strokes, Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews and countless others
Vedder has also proved himself a valuable asset in the film world, providing soundtrack work for classic films like "Dead Man Walking" and "I'm Not There." For the 2007 film "Into the Wild," Vedder performed an entire album's worth of songs for the movie (including original compositions and a cover of Indio's "Hard Sun," which became something of a hit), which lent it another level of gritty majesty.
Of course, Vedder has always prided himself on his social activism as well, and that passion collided with the film world for the 2007 documentary "Body of War," which featured a Vedder solo song called "No More," which is one of the finest protest tunes against the war in Iraq.
Happy Birthday, Eddie Vedder!
Posted 12/23/10 10:00 am ET by Kyle Anderson in Music
Christmas gives plenty of people a number of reasons to celebrate, but Eddie Vedder has one extra thing to raise a glass to today, as it is his birthday. The Pearl Jam frontman is now 46 years old, and though he has been an integral component of the rock world for most of two decades, in many respects it seems like he's just getting warmed up.
Of course, Vedder is best known as the singer for Pearl Jam, the band he joined following the end of about-to-break Seattle band Mother Love Bone. Vedder was something of an outsider in the beginning, as he was living in San Diego and not really considering a music career (he was content to surf). But a friend sent him a tape of some demos put together by guitarist Stone Gossard and bassist Jeff Ament, and Vedder paired the with his deeply personal lyrics and signature baritone croon. The rest is rock history.
And while Vedder could have easily cashed checks on Pearl Jam for the rest of his life, his anxious artistic spirit has kept him in an experimental mood for most of his career. He has become as well-known as a collaborator and a solo artist as he has for his Pearl Jam duties. Not long after he joined Pearl Jam, he dropped in on a short-lived supergroup called Temple of the Dog that also featured members of Soundgarden and acted as a tribute to late Mother Love Bone singer Andrew Wood. Along the way, he has also shared stage or studio space with the Who, R.E.M., Neil Young, the Rolling Stones, the Strokes, Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews and countless others
Vedder has also proved himself a valuable asset in the film world, providing soundtrack work for classic films like "Dead Man Walking" and "I'm Not There." For the 2007 film "Into the Wild," Vedder performed an entire album's worth of songs for the movie (including original compositions and a cover of Indio's "Hard Sun," which became something of a hit), which lent it another level of gritty majesty.
Of course, Vedder has always prided himself on his social activism as well, and that passion collided with the film world for the 2007 documentary "Body of War," which featured a Vedder solo song called "No More," which is one of the finest protest tunes against the war in Iraq.
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Boston 10/17/10, East Troy 9/3/11, East Troy 9/4/11, Missoula 9/30/12, Worcester 10/15/13, Hartford 10/25/13, Charlottesville 10/29/13,
St. Paul 10/19/14, New York 9/26/15, Quebec City 5/5/16, Boston 8/5/16, Boston 9/2/18, Boston 9/4/18, Quebec City 9/1/22, Camden 9/14/22, Oklahoma City 9/20/22
BTW, I know Eddie is in PJ. I just copy and pasted sentence from Dave's site as I was unsure if they played a show for Glaser and or Bill Gates. I knew it was a corporate gig.
Boston 10/17/10, East Troy 9/3/11, East Troy 9/4/11, Missoula 9/30/12, Worcester 10/15/13, Hartford 10/25/13, Charlottesville 10/29/13,
St. Paul 10/19/14, New York 9/26/15, Quebec City 5/5/16, Boston 8/5/16, Boston 9/2/18, Boston 9/4/18, Quebec City 9/1/22, Camden 9/14/22, Oklahoma City 9/20/22
I agree on the DMB thing...saw him a couple times live to see what the fuss was all about and still don't get it but The Dead!!! I definitely get that. I have listened to hundreds and hundreds of their live shows (too young to have seen them live) and Jerry hardly ever missed a note and his style in and out of the band was so diverse and the mythology behind most of their songs makes for the second most compelling catalog of any band (behind Pearl Jam of course) in my opinion. Sorry if this is the wrong place to get on a soapbox but gotta defend Jerry.
PJ * 10/21/00 - Phx * 6/7/03 - Phx * 6/29/06 - Milwaukee * 6/30/06 - Milwaukee * 11/19/13 - Phx *
EV * 11/4/12 - Phx, AZ *
It's cool to defend Jerry, he seemed really cool and very into the rock thing, so much respect of course, I just never got their music much like the other bands I mentioned and I like everything. Maybe someday I will get into them. Maybe I need a documentary or something and just learn more about them and where they were coming from.
8/28/98- Camden, NJ
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly
Sammi: Wanna just break up?
Thats kinda funny im the opposite. I love DMB they are pretty amazing, i like em as much as pj. My dad is a hgue dead fan but i really cant get into them.
Seattle Key Arena 9-21-2009
Seattle Key Arena 9-22-2009
airplane too. as for the poster wanting to get into some dead, i'd check out some live stuff from 70-72. europe 72 is a great album. i prefer 71, as it seems a bit more raw, and pigpen was still with it, but ask 10 different fans and you will probably get 10 different answers. good luck
dicks picks is how i get into the dead
Sammi: Wanna just break up?
Dick's Picks 4 is a total masterpiece
Virginia Beach outside in the grass 2008
Philly Spectrum night 2 2009
New York MSG night 2 2010
Montreal Bell Centre 2011
PJ * 10/21/00 - Phx * 6/7/03 - Phx * 6/29/06 - Milwaukee * 6/30/06 - Milwaukee * 11/19/13 - Phx *
EV * 11/4/12 - Phx, AZ *
I know people here are often down on Dave Matthews, and I get the contempt, particularly relating back to the mid-90s with Pearl Jam's mainstream popularity tapering off and in many ways having that same demographic that Pearl Jam seemed to intentionally purge suddenly get into Dave Matthews...
But I enjoy Dave Matthews. Granted, I much much prefer Pearl Jam. And it frustrates me how amazingly hit or miss DMB shows are (I would say half the shows I have seen have been really good, and the other half really boring and awful)...but I think the songwriting, especially early on in their career and on the most recent album, is very strong. They might not be everyone's cup of tea, but I think they've definitely had a more than respectable career in terms of their output, continuous touring (even if the shows are uneven from night to night), etc. etc. But outside of what I've already mentioned, I've never understood the Dave Matthews vitriol since there's nothing particularly offensive about them other than becoming the next big thing after Pearl Jam had its 15 minutes in the spotlight as the biggest band in the universe (hard to remember, but there was a time when they were just that).
http://dmbalmanac.com/TourShowSet.aspx?id=453056220&tid=79&where=2004
Watched him explode over the next few years. Went to a few shows as the venues got larger.
My last show was RFK stadium summer '99. I knew I was done when I turned to my friend at some point during a very long jam and asked her what song it was when it started and she had no idea either.
Plus it was the most bruised I had ever been after a show from defending our seats in the 18th row from the drunk ass frat bros. who felt they were entitled to our seats. And I used to go to a lot of DC punk shows.
I much prefer a PJ style show with more songs and less jams and noodling.
But seeing an acoustic show with Eddie and Dave would be great.
In '96 and later in '00 when PJ and DMB were both touring the east coast at the same time, I had great roadtrips meeting up with friends in multiple cities for multiple shows. In '96 I went to 7 shows in 8 days / 3 cities (incl NYC twice): 3 PJ (incl 2 Randall's Island), 3 DMB (including 2 MSG), & 1 Ben Harper in a club. And only missed ONE day of work, because PJ's Hartford show was on same day as a conference I was attending (so I had a free hotel in Hartford) and set up meetings in NYC on days of DMB's Madison Sq. Garden shows.
And the kicker... I didn't know how to drive then, so all travel between NYC, Hartford & Boston was by GREYHOUND BUS.
Aaaaaaah... youth!
Most bizarre Randall's Island memory: No, not Ed wrapping himself in duct tape although that was both awesome and intense. It was standing behind Mariah Carey & Sony boss Tommy Mattola and overhearing Carey explain to her friend? Assistant? with true genuine horror that she actually had to use a porta-potty and how traumatic it was. Definitely surreal.