"Footsteps of Trouble" is the smash-up of two great songs - "Footsteps" by Eddie Vedder/PJ, and "Times of Trouble" by Temple of the Dog. The vocal tracks of both songs were recorded at different times, at different places by Ed Vedder and Chris Cornell, respectively.
Guitarist Stone Gossard wrote the music as part of an instrumental demo, calling the song "Troubled Times." Gossard and Jeff Ament were in a promising band called Mother Love Bone, which disbanded when their lead singer, Andrew Wood died in March 1990. Teaming with Mike McCready, they asked Jack Irons to join on drums, and although he couldn't do it, he thought Vedder might make a great lead singer for the group and delivered the demo tape to him. "Footsteps" is the last song in what Eddie Vedder calls the "Momma-Son" trilogy. It continues the story that begins with "Alive," where a boy learns his dad is actually his stepfather, and continues with "Once," where the boy goes crazy. In "Footsteps," the boy is looking back at his wasted life from a jail cell.
Chris Cornell from Soundgarden recorded his own vocals over the instrumental track for this song, which became the Temple of the Dog song "Times Of Trouble." Temple of the Dog was formed by Cornell, Gossard, Ament, Matt Cameron and Mike McCready as a tribute to Andrew Wood.
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"Footsteps of Trouble" is the smash-up of two great songs - "Footsteps" by Eddie Vedder/PJ, and "Times of Trouble" by Temple of the Dog. The vocal tracks of both songs were recorded at different times, at different places by Ed Vedder and Chris Cornell, respectively.
Guitarist Stone Gossard wrote the music as part of an instrumental demo, calling the song "Troubled Times." Gossard and Jeff Ament were in a promising band called Mother Love Bone, which disbanded when their lead singer, Andrew Wood died in March 1990. Teaming with Mike McCready, they asked Jack Irons to join on drums, and although he couldn't do it, he thought Vedder might make a great lead singer for the group and delivered the demo tape to him. "Footsteps" is the last song in what Eddie Vedder calls the "Momma-Son" trilogy. It continues the story that begins with "Alive," where a boy learns his dad is actually his stepfather, and continues with "Once," where the boy goes crazy. In "Footsteps," the boy is looking back at his wasted life from a jail cell.
Chris Cornell from Soundgarden recorded his own vocals over the instrumental track for this song, which became the Temple of the Dog song "Times Of Trouble." Temple of the Dog was formed by Cornell, Gossard, Ament, Matt Cameron and Mike McCready as a tribute to Andrew Wood.