I was fortunate enough to see a stop on this tour (Athens, GA)... Amazing. Watt, Vedder, Grohl and Pat Smear. Foo Fighters opened the show - before they had a CD out. Anyone else out there witness one of these shows as well?
I was fortunate enough to see a stop on this tour (Athens, GA)... Amazing. Watt, Vedder, Grohl and Pat Smear. Foo Fighters opened the show - before they had a CD out. Anyone else out there witness one of these shows as well?
I saw the hovercraft/foo/watt show @ the Black Cat here in DC. Great stuff.
Post subject: Re: Vedder on the Mike Watt tour - 1995
Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 5:57 am
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WhatThe wrote:
I was fortunate enough to see a stop on this tour (Athens, GA)... Amazing. Watt, Vedder, Grohl and Pat Smear. Foo Fighters opened the show - before they had a CD out. Anyone else out there witness one of these shows as well?
St Andrew's in Detroit. Awesome fucking night. Seeing Watt play with 2 drum kits (Hurley and Grohl) for half his set was amazing.
I saw the show in Portland, Oregon, at a place called La Luna. I had had tickets and Mike Watt's album for a long time, but I was really going to see the Foo Fighters. Then I heard Eddie Vedder had joined the lineup, and I'd read a review of a previous show. By the time the Portland show came around word was out that Eddie Vedder would be there, and it sold out.
But Eddie jumped off the tour the night before in Seattle, and watching the show without him was probably the biggest musical disappointment of my entire life. There were a lot of people there with Pearl Jam T-shirts, and they were unhappy when Mike Watt launched into "Against the 70's" without Vedder.
I read later that Vedder thought his appearances were becoming a distraction, so he didn't complete the tour. Well, I'd say he was right.
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the youtube clips of performances from this tour show a very pensive vedder, almost to the extent of awkward. his departure from the tour for the reasons cited do make sense. but i bet the time in a van, with grohl was probably very therapeutic for him, in lieu of Cobain, and in lieu of Ticketmaster. It probably allowed him to get some safe distance from those things and focussed just on music.
Eddie Vedder and Dave Grohl Play Surprise Encore at Mike Watt Show by Seth Kolloen on April 27, 2011
Grunge lives! Eddie Vedder, Dave Grohl and Pat Smear joined Mike Watt and his band for an encore tonight at the Triple Door. It was the second encore. Confidential to the people who left at the end of Watt’s set of rock opera: You are bad at life.
I recognized Grohl first–wasn’t hard, he’s got that long hair and immediately stationed himself at the drums, where he began whacking away as only Dave Grohl can do. Next I noticed Smear, whose name I couldn’t recall, but whose face I remembered from early Foo Fighters, and from his brief time with Nirvana (he was present for Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged in New York show). Then there was this short dude in a baseball cap playing guitar and occasionally chiming in on backing vocals.
“Holy crap!,” I said suddenly to my lovely companion, “That’s Eddie Vedder!”
Watt, Vedder, Grohl and Smear played “Big Train,” the first track from Watt’s 1994 album Ball-Hog or Tugboat?, an album Grohl, Vedder and Smear (and Flea, and Henry Rollins, and Ad-Rock, and Thurston Moore) all appeared on.
In 1995, the quarter toured together: Grohl and Smear as part of the nascent Foo Fighters, Vedder appearing with then-wife Beth Liebling as art-rockers Hovercraft, and Watt playing songs from the aforementioned album.
I was lucky enough to see one of these shows at now-defunct Tramps in New York City, a Crocodile-Cafe-sized room where my Seattle transplant friends and I stood at the front of the stage and yelled “Lake City Way” and “Dick’s” and other Seattle-specific things until Nate Mendel acknowledged us. Also, my friend Stephanie somehow snuck backstage and hugged Vedder.
Enough reminiscing, let’s move ahead to today, sixteen years later. Vedder did a little soloing on guitar (after Watt’s guitarist Tom Watson plugged him in). Grohl whacked away aggressively. Smear stood off to the side like he does, occasionally firing off an awesome riff. When the song was finished, Vedder, Smear, Grohl and Watt joined in a group hug at the back of the stage. It was a cute moment, like one you’d see from groomsmen at a wedding reception. So here’s a toast: To grunge! To life!
Eddie Vedder and Dave Grohl Play Surprise Encore at Mike Watt Show by Seth Kolloen on April 27, 2011
Grunge lives! Eddie Vedder, Dave Grohl and Pat Smear joined Mike Watt and his band for an encore tonight at the Triple Door. It was the second encore. Confidential to the people who left at the end of Watt’s set of rock opera: You are bad at life.
I recognized Grohl first–wasn’t hard, he’s got that long hair and immediately stationed himself at the drums, where he began whacking away as only Dave Grohl can do. Next I noticed Smear, whose name I couldn’t recall, but whose face I remembered from early Foo Fighters, and from his brief time with Nirvana (he was present for Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged in New York show). Then there was this short dude in a baseball cap playing guitar and occasionally chiming in on backing vocals.
“Holy crap!,” I said suddenly to my lovely companion, “That’s Eddie Vedder!”
Watt, Vedder, Grohl and Smear played “Big Train,” the first track from Watt’s 1994 album Ball-Hog or Tugboat?, an album Grohl, Vedder and Smear (and Flea, and Henry Rollins, and Ad-Rock, and Thurston Moore) all appeared on.
In 1995, the quarter toured together: Grohl and Smear as part of the nascent Foo Fighters, Vedder appearing with then-wife Beth Liebling as art-rockers Hovercraft, and Watt playing songs from the aforementioned album.
I was lucky enough to see one of these shows at now-defunct Tramps in New York City, a Crocodile-Cafe-sized room where my Seattle transplant friends and I stood at the front of the stage and yelled “Lake City Way” and “Dick’s” and other Seattle-specific things until Nate Mendel acknowledged us. Also, my friend Stephanie somehow snuck backstage and hugged Vedder.
Enough reminiscing, let’s move ahead to today, sixteen years later. Vedder did a little soloing on guitar (after Watt’s guitarist Tom Watson plugged him in). Grohl whacked away aggressively. Smear stood off to the side like he does, occasionally firing off an awesome riff. When the song was finished, Vedder, Smear, Grohl and Watt joined in a group hug at the back of the stage. It was a cute moment, like one you’d see from groomsmen at a wedding reception. So here’s a toast: To grunge! To life!
wow, that's a surprise! I have a bunch of the 95 shows on cassette back home in storage somewhere. Fun times, huh.
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Post subject: Re: Vedder on the Mike Watt tour - 1995
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 2:21 am
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Mike Watt wrote:
last night's seattle gig was good one but maybe the furthest from the folks cuz of built-in tables of the pad so it was interesting test, like big distance between us and the gig-goers but the seattle gig-goers brought much spirit that bridged the physical gap, righteous! there was an air that was different for the piece. after had old friends ed, dave and pat come up and helped me remember...
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