Eddie Vedder Added to 'Hot Stove, Cool Music' Lineup Saturday, April 29th

demetrios

Eddie Vedder reunites with local musicians for Hot Stove benefit
http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/2017/04/eddie_vedder_reunites_with_local_musicians_for_hot_stove_benefit

epie

I am pumped for this evening and hope that poster is available. That is awesome! Look forward to seeing some fellow 10C members tonight!

Fixer13

Heading in on the green line with my concert buddy. Time for a few brews and some good and then off to fenway! I heard that Eddie is doing a set list like none other tonight!

demetrios

https://instagram.com/p/BTcTb1egtjV/embed/

kayhanley - Rehearsing Golden State by John Doe with some guy j/k it's f*ing Eddie Vedder

demetrios

https://twitter.com/ftbnl/status/858448229318393856

The excitement (and the line) is building! @ParadiseRockClb https://t.co/9GgJ3pM31p

SandyRavage

*not my photo*

demetrios

Hot Stove Cool Music‏ @ftbnl Mr. Eddie Vedder has taken the stage @PearlJam @ParadiseRockClb pic.twitter.com/yiRdN1hFxS

tschav

Please keep posting pics/videos. Incredible night, I'll need to process everything later and write up some genuinely great moments.

demetrios

tschav said:

Please keep posting pics/videos. Incredible night, I'll need to process everything later and write up some genuinely great moments.

Here's some!!!

Watch Outside - https://youtu.be/Pn1F5_KcSM4
I Can't Explain - https://youtu.be/Sljmqf58AL8
Bobby Jean - https://youtu.be/vcPHcyWefSY
History Never Repeats - https://youtu.be/guPoGHVQh6s
Love, Building On Fire - https://youtu.be/IgBkKntIMGk
Golden State - https://youtu.be/xvmyy9BGucQ
Wishlist - https://youtu.be/cAGX9BLZIxc
Taillights - https://youtu.be/FeAZkdcVTVA
Waiting On A Friend - https://youtu.be/X6rmOd5M6O4
Another Nail In My Heart - https://youtu.be/WdRIdiL-Mxo
Draw The Line - https://youtu.be/zdemPs0nukA

jerseyjammer1

Incredible experience. I was 5th in GA line and was about 10 ppl deep stage right.

First off, if this place was 900 capacity, Im guessing 700 were VIP and let in early. Unfortunately, a lot of ppl felt the VIP necklace passes gave them access to barge in front of anyone they wanted. I've never seen this happen as much as last night. Not a typical PJ crowd. I saw 3 near fights as a result.

As for the show, it was an awesome experience. Eddie played for 2 hours. He came on at 11:10 and played until 1:10am so it was a late night. The Opener of Cordoroy into Not For You was pretty amazing. And then he called an audible and did Elderly Woman. I also got to hear songs which I never thought I'd hear live, such as History Repeats and Golden State. And Im a big Bruce fan so was pumped to hear Bobby Jean.

I thought Hard Sun was a perfect closing song so I was surprised when they came back for 2 more . The closing song RITFW was raucous. Theo Epstein was hammered and had a hard fall on stage earlier. Then during the song he body surfed into the crowd, and then when he got back to stage, Eddie jumped into us on his back too. Then Theo grabbed both the Cubs and Red Sox World Series trophies and passed them into the crowd. I got to hold each of them as I passed them back. Unfortunately the trophies started to get dismantled and security jumped in to take them back. Theo was in a bit of a panic regarding the trophies. A lot of the VIP paying customers were hammered bc it was so late and being idiots thanks to their free booze.

Such a great night with a lot of baeball banter. Earlier in the night, Mookie Betts and Andrew B of the sox played some karaoke type game with Sean Casey and Ryan Dempster. Bernie Williams and Peter Gammons also played well earlier in the night. Seth Myers was in the crowd.

Also, during the night Eddie was raving about the two shows at Fenway last summer and said he hopes to play there again!

Fixer13

Great review jerseyjammer1! Couple highlights for me...hearing some backstory to Theo with the Sox and Cubs and then watching them jam to Better Man together. As a life long Sox fan, that was pretty cool to see. I was also psyched to hear Golden State live. Eddie brought so much energy to the stage that night and played some rare tunes. I was surprised at how packed it was when we got in because we were near the front of the GA line. I wasn't expecting such a late start for Eddie either and my buddy and I had to leave before the end, which was a little bit of a bummer. Still had a blast and glad we packed in the game and the show...although I'll be in slow gear today. One other side note- man, there were lots of Cubs fans at Fenway yesterday!

cp3iverson

Eddie singing a Buffalo Tom song. Awesome

Vedder Vitamins

jerseyjammer1 said:

Incredible experience. I was 5th in GA line and was about 10 ppl deep stage right.

First off, if this place was 900 capacity, Im guessing 700 were VIP and let in early. Unfortunately, a lot of ppl felt the VIP necklace passes gave them access to barge in front of anyone they wanted. I've never seen this happen as much as last night. Not a typical PJ crowd. I saw 3 near fights as a result.

As for the show, it was an awesome experience. Eddie played for 1 hour and 50 minutes. He came on at about 11:15 so it was a late night The Opener of Cordoroy into Not For You was pretty amazing. And then he called an audible and did Elderly Woman. I also got to hear songs which I never thought I'd hear live, such as History Repeats and Golden State. And Im a big Bruce fan so was pumped to hear Bobby Jean.

I thought Hard Sun was a perfect closing song so I was surprised when they came back for 2 more . The closing song RITFW was raucous. Theo Epstein was hammered and had a hard fall on stage earlier. Then during the song he body surfed into the crowd, and then when he got back to stage, Eddie jumped into us on his back too. Then Theo grabbed both the Cubs and Red Sox World Series trophies and passed them into the crowd. I got to hold each of them as I passed them back. Unfortunately the trophies started to get dismantled and security jumped in to take them back. Theo was in a bit of a panic regarding the trophies. A lot of the VIP pay8ing customers. We're hammered bc it was so late and being idiots.

Such a great night with a lot of baeball banter. Earlier in the night, Mookie Betts and Andrew B of the sox played some karaoke type game with Sean Casey and Ryan Dempster. Bernie Williams and Peter Gammons also played well earlier in the night. Seth Myers was in the crowd.

Also, during the night Eddie was raving about the two shows at Fenway last summer and said he hopes to play there again!

Nice write up!

hamma

cp3iverson said:

Eddie singing a Buffalo Tom song. Awesome

This was the highlight of the night for me. Eddie's into about listening to taillight's fade over and over was great and you tell Bill was choked up. Buffalo Tom is my other favorite band and this was a dream come true. All the feels!

cp3iverson

Pretty surreal to watch that video. Taillights Fade is a classic

SandyRavage

Corduroy w/ Horns!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1KgUblWLBY#t=0.604218

RITFW:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPEepHucBqQ

tschav

Running on little sleep since I had an early AM flight a few hours after the show, but here goes...

I was front row at Hot Stove in 2015 and this one blew it out of the water. Met some great PJ fans and enjoyed another day of waiting in line to grab a good spot. Saw Eddie enter the venue from his ride and he said a quick hello to us as he passed by. Got in and held a spot throughout the show front and center. Great small venue like the Metro in Chicago, stage is low and was positioned real close.

The Hot Stove bands were all on point and did a great job. The MCs did a good job improvising while bands were setting up, including the "Name that Tune" game someone else mentioned. They auctioned off a cowbell signed by Will Ferrell and the winner got on stage and played "Don't Fear the Reaper" for a little bit. It's all in good fun.

Eddie comes out on stage with a "Who the fuck is Theo Epstein" shirt, and you can tell how solid of a relationship he has with the guy. When they jammed together it was no different than any other musician. Theo was buzzed, and he tried a few rockstar moves with little success, and you can see Eddie just shaking his head at times. The crowd surfing of Theo, then Eddie, then the two curse-busting World Series trophies was epic. Bonus points for watching Theo get really concerned that the trophies weren't coming back to the stage.

Eddie treats these shows as professionally as any other show. He added "Small Town" on the fly because the crowd was already singing along. The covers were fantastic, Comfortably Numb was the strongest I've seen it yet, and Hard Sun/Garden State were so good to see live. Getting a view of the setlist and lyric sheets in front of him showed an appreciation for being prepared. Being close enough to hear him call changes to songs was an added bonus.

As for crowd interaction up front, Eddie was gracious as always. He tossed his coat to the person to my right (although security took it 5+ songs later). A kid to my left managed to thank Eddie after "Comfortably Numb" for a few seconds and later on got a PJ/Red Sox cap. I was the fortunate guy who Eddie sought out a beer between songs and handed it to me. I turned around and showed him my "All the Way" jersey and he gave a sign of approval.

Man, what else, so many good little moments:

• Late in the set Eddie realized he had his name on the screen behind him the whole time and was all WTF. A few songs later it comes up again and he jokingly gives the screen a quick middle finger.
  
• When Eddie gave me the beer he implied I was Ben Zobrist. A few people said hi to me after the show but I didn't piece everything together until someone asked for my autograph
  
• Eddie's improvisation of lyrics on Wishlist to talk about Theo and the Cubs/Sox championships was incredible
  
• Eddie's more in depth explanation of his Fenway rant about Red Sox fans booing the Cubs was pretty funny. He compared it to two friends on death row, and when one gets released from prison he's like "fuck that other guy"
  
• Bernie
  

Williams and Peter Gammons can play a mean guitar







More pics from the night here: https://goo.gl/photos/mPkbiLgqpgwZyMadA

tschav

"While fans watched Pearl Jam's induction into the Rock Hall on HBO, Eddie Vedder performed a covers-filled set featuring tracks by Talking Heads, the Rolling Stones and the Who – as well as familiar renditions of Bruce Springsteen, Pink Floyd and Neil Young songs – at the annual Hot Stove Cool Music benefit concert at Boston's Paradise Club."

Rolling Stone writeup w/videos:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/eddie-vedder-covers-talking-heads-the-who-at-boston-benefit-w479648

RunIntoTheRain

@tschav Great write up and thanks for all the pics. One hell of a great experience you had!

Fixer13

More pics from the night here: https://goo.gl/photos/mPkbiLgqpgwZyMadA

Thank you very much for sharing these! Awesome pics! Now, if only there is an audience recording somewhere, life would be complete...