Eddie Vedder to appear at Chicago Benefit...

[Strat]

Did he play with a band?

Didn't think Ed was that good on piano. Did he play and sing the entire song himself?

[Monkey_Driven]

Not a bad looking list; more than I was expecting. Bet it would have been fun to have been there.

LBC solo acoustic sounds surprisingly awesome.

Yeah, it is great.

[Biff Pocoroba]

LBC solo acoustic sounds surprisingly awesome.

Yeah, it is great.

I love nearly all the Ed solo versions of the full band songs.

[Monkey_Driven]

LBC solo acoustic sounds surprisingly awesome.

Yeah, it is great.

I love nearly of the Ed solo versions of the full band songs.

Me too. Immortality and Sometimes are both very good.

[Coach]

Did people who paid the $1,500 VIP package get to meet Vedder? I was seriously considering dropping that $$ and flying out, but it didn't look like you could count on meeting Vedder, just the other musicians.

Disclaimer: The kind of work I do means that I interact with about 3-4 celebrities (from the D-list to A-list) per year and I never ask for autographs or even a photo (primarily because I think it's unprofessional and I typically just don't care). The only celebrity I'd make an exception for is Vedder. I guess you could call that a bucket list item if I had a list.

[given2fly23]

Everything after LBC was with a band and guests, including Len Kasper and Theo Epstein. I believe it was Rick Nielsen's son (Dax) on drums for the whole set. Word is that EV said a few pre-show words to the VIPs before GA opened and then played piano while Theo, Gammons and others spoke.

Couple of auction notes:

EV autographed pic of him on stage at Wrigley went for $8k.
2 EV autographed guitars for $17.5k each (I think they added a pic with EV to that)
EV autographed poster was only other EV item.

[Strat]

anonymouse

[Strat]

Nice. "Watch Outside" love his cover of it.

not too different than his versions with C Average

[Strat]

Ed sounds so much better when he's not with pearl jam.

[Strat]

comfortably numb

Ed on Piano (who knew) some backup vocals and very minor percussion

[CopperTom]

Link?

[Strat]

Pretty cool sax solo over the bridge chords then a nasty outro with wailing guitar and saxaphone. actually sounds super great.

[tooch]

google "anonymouse" and a band name

[TouringReg]

comfortably numb

Ed on Piano (who knew) some backup vocals and very minor percussion

Wouldn't an era of Pearl Jam with some subtle piano by Ed be interesting and a nice change from having Steak Paws (Boom) clunking and clanking over every song?

And I agree, over the last five years or so most of the stuff Ed has done has sounded awesome as opposed to his work with Pearl Jam (alough I thought the2013/ 2014 PJ tours were improved).

[CopperTom]

comfortably numb

Ed on Piano (who knew) some backup vocals and very minor percussion

Wouldn't an era of Pearl Jam with some subtle piano by Ed be interesting and a nice change from having Steak Paws (Boom) clunking and clanking over every song?

And I agree, over the last five years or so most of the stuff Ed has done has sounded awesome as opposed to his work with Pearl Jam (alough I thought the2013/ 2014 PJ tours were improved).

I thought Uke Songs sucked. Piano playing Ed would need to be in a side project, not PJ.

[Leatherhead]

Everything after LBC was with a band and guests, including Len Kasper and Theo Epstein. I believe it was Rick Nielsen's son (Dax) on drums for the whole set. Word is that EV said a few pre-show words to the VIPs before GA opened and then played piano while Theo, Gammons and others spoke.

Couple of auction notes:

EV autographed pic of him on stage at Wrigley went for $8k.
2 EV autographed guitars for $17.5k each (I think they added a pic with EV to that)
EV autographed poster was only other EV item.

Damn that's a lot of money for a couple pictures and a couple guitars.

[spike]

[Birds in Hell]

I'm not sure I really understand Ed's current look on an aesthetic level.

[Lament]

That's not Ed, that's the "I surflaced" dude.

[Birds in Hell]

When life imitates art.