quick question-when pj opened for petty in 2006 i remember reading that some of the heartbreakers joined pj on stage for a couple tunes. who joined them and for what songs? gracias

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07/02/06 - Pepsi Center, Denver, CO, USA
opening for: Tom Petty
set: World Wide Suicide, Severed Hand, Hail Hail, Do The Evolution, Given To Fly, Even Flow, Present Tense, Jeremy, Army Reserve, Daughter, Bee Girl, Corduroy, Better Man/(Save It For Later), Black
encore: Comatose, Bushleaguer, Alive, So You Want To Be A Rock and Roll Star
Tom Petty set: The Waiting, American Girl
TFT Notes: Boom Gasper is absent at this show, returning to Hawaii after the passing of his mother. Tom Petty's keyboardist Benmont Tench sits in later in the show. Ed references being in Denver, the "Mile High City", saying that "I can just about guarantee you, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers will take you even higher than that - we're just getting you off the ground." "Given To Fly" has the modified lyric "Made it to the mountains had a smoke in the tree." Before "Even Flow", Ed says that the song was written "by some friends of ours that were homeless up in Seattle when we were making our first record, and I read today that Denver has the fond privilege in being first in having the least homeless people in our country, and that's a tremendous achievement and thank you to the people in charge that made that happen - good on ya!". "Bee Girl" is played "for the little ones" and Ed explains that it was written with Jeff "with the assistance of a bottle of wine." After "Bee Girl", Ed introduces the Heartbreakers' keyboardist Benmont Tench: "It's with a heavy heart that I announce the absence of our B3 player and our partner ... and over the weekend he lost his mom, so he went back to the islands to take care of her. There's still a few songs we wanted to play and helping out we got a member of the other team - actually we're all on the same team, 'human beings' - and here's a great human being and as far as the keys go and the piano, probably one of the greatest players ever. Please welcome to play with us, Mr. Benmont Tench of the Heartbreakers." Tench plays the B3 organ on "Corduroy" and "Better Man" and piano on "Black". "Better Man" even includes a solo by Tench, followed by a lone "Don't Let Me Down!!" by Ed. Pearl Jam breaks out "Bushleaguer" for the first time this tour, since the last time they were in Denver on April 1, 2003, there was a reported incident of fans leaving in protest to the song's playing. The performance is straightforard, nearly flawless and without comment. Ed does not play "Bushleaguer" with the George Bush mask. Ed thanks the fans after "Alive", "it's not just any time and it's not just anyone who can play for this many individuals, so from us as a group to you as invididuals, thanks so much to each and every one of you, it's not lost on us." The Heartbreakers' Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench join Pearl Jam for the finale "So You Want To Be A Rock and Roll Star". Ed later joined Tom Petty during his set with vocals on "The Waiting" and "American Girl."

awesome, i could kiss you right now

petty & the heart breakers were on tv last night and it reminded me this. ill have to check this out at pjlive.com when i get home