Former drummer Dave Abbruzzese reflects on the tour cancellation

KV4053

HughFreakingDillon said:

there's some crazy Uncle Rico vibes on this board sometimes.

did Dave A ever go to State?

does he own a llama?

GOSH

Yep.

mookeywrench

I bet Dave's favorite movie is Rashomon

SOLAT319

BF25394 said:

cp3iverson said:

BF25394 said:

According to Ed, Matt remained in Arizona after testing positive.  That implies that he tested positive on Tuesday.  The first Oakland show was Friday.  They had time to scramble to figure out how to replace him.  In all likelihood, they found out about Jeff's positive test late Wednesday morning (or Jeff had tested negative but started feeling poorly on Wednesday morning).  That did not give them much time to figure out how to replace him.

One thing I want to point out here, and I do intend to imply any disrespect to Matt, whose absence was clearly felt in Oakland and Fresno as exciting as those shows were, but there are four things that every Pearl Jam show in history have in common: Eddie Vedder, Mike McCready, Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament.  Even the infamous San Francisco show in 1995 had Eddie for seven songs.  They have played many shows without Matt.  They have never played a show without Jeff.  If there were a show without Jeff, would it be a Pearl Jam show?

They played a show without Stone

I stand corrected.  What were the circumstances?  I don't remember this.

Yeah when did they play a show without Stone? 

Dave A needs to go cry in the corner. My God! How long will a butt hurt last??? 

Ledbetterman10

SOLAT319 said:

BF25394 said:

cp3iverson said:

BF25394 said:

According to Ed, Matt remained in Arizona after testing positive.  That implies that he tested positive on Tuesday.  The first Oakland show was Friday.  They had time to scramble to figure out how to replace him.  In all likelihood, they found out about Jeff's positive test late Wednesday morning (or Jeff had tested negative but started feeling poorly on Wednesday morning).  That did not give them much time to figure out how to replace him.

One thing I want to point out here, and I do intend to imply any disrespect to Matt, whose absence was clearly felt in Oakland and Fresno as exciting as those shows were, but there are four things that every Pearl Jam show in history have in common: Eddie Vedder, Mike McCready, Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament.  Even the infamous San Francisco show in 1995 had Eddie for seven songs.  They have played many shows without Matt.  They have never played a show without Jeff.  If there were a show without Jeff, would it be a Pearl Jam show?

They played a show without Stone

I stand corrected.  What were the circumstances?  I don't remember this.

Yeah when did they play a show without Stone? 

Dave A needs to go cry in the corner. My God! How long will a butt hurt last??? 

From the concert chronology. Only show without Stone and also the first show with Boom on keys. 

09/23/02 - House of Blues, Chicago, IL (benefit for the Maryville Academy; opening for The Who) [47m]

soundcheck (previous day): Better Man, Insignificance, Grievance, You Are, Save You, I Am Mine, Not For You, Leaving Here, Yellow Ledbetter, Can't Keep, Green Disease, Love Boat Captain, one other new song (9/22/02 soundcheck not in correct order)

soundcheck: Last Kiss, Grievance (2X), Green Disease, Insignificance, Leaving Here 

set: Last Kiss, Insignificance, Grievance, I Am Mine, Love Boat Captain, Green Disease, Not For You, Better Man, Leaving Here, Yellow Ledbetter 

notes: Originally this benefit was to feature Ed plus C-Average opening for The Who, but PJ (minus Stone, who had a prior commitment with Conservation International) opened. In a funny twist, a near life-sized cardboard cutout of Stone wearing a gold glittery jacket and holding Pete's Gibson is brought out on the stage. (Ed quips about Stone being very "one dimensional" tonight.) Boom, a native Hawaiian friend of Ed's (who plays on some of the forthcoming Riot Act tracks), fills in on keyboards. Jeff, in an obvious nod to the late John Entwistle, wears a skeleton t-shirt. Ed notes at one point during the show that Boom flew in from the islands just for this show. 'Leaving Here' is nailed and a a hit with The Who fans. 'Yellow Ledbetter,' with modified lyrics (referencing Entwistle), closes the set with Ed noting it “takes a lot of balls” to play on the stage that The Who are about to come out on. A quick set with the band cheerful and a mix of songs to play to that particular crowd, de-emphasize Stone's absence and introduce a few new ones.

NewJPage

Blood with Dave can't be touched