Well worth the 15-year wait

The essentials...

7.20.06, Pearl Jam @ the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland, playing a benefit show for the Northwest Chapter of the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America. David Cross and Sleater Kinney opened.

Thanks to Mike for the set list. And thanks again to Micah for turning up tickets to what is one of the best concerts I've ever seen.

Pre-set, Eddie Vedder solo: You've Got to Hide Your Love Away (The Beatles)

1st set: World Wide Suicide, Severed Hand, Corduroy, Brain Of J., Do The Evolution, Even Flow, Love Boat Captain, Low Light, Sad, Not For You/(Modern Girl by Sleater Kinney), Wishlist, Parachutes, Satan's Bed, Why Go, Blood/(Atomic Dog by George Clinton)

2nd set: Inside Job, Soon Forget, Happy Birthday To You Stone Gossard, Don't Gimme No Lip, Harvest Moon with guest Sleater Kinney (by Neil Young), Wasted Reprise, Life Wasted

Encore: All Along The Watchtower with guest guitarist Johnny Marr (by Bob Dylan), Rockin' in the Free World with guest musicians Sleater Kinney/Johnny Marr/ David Cross (by Neil Young)

2nd encore: Yellow Ledbetter/(Star Spangled Banner)

Mike McCready, the man of the night. He's coped with
Crohn's disease for years and he got the band to play this show.

Ed

All Along The Watchtower with guest guitarist Johnny Marr (far right).

Just rockin'

We were about 20 rows back, but I struggled to get super-sharp pics.
So I tried to watch for good light. This one came close.

Bathed in blue, Ed takes another sip from his bottle of red.
As Micah said, why can we do that at our jobs?
We know our creative output would rise exponentially.

Goodnight, Portland. Headed home, soon, to Seattle.

"There's my church, I sing in the choir
Hallelujah, hallelujah."
- Do The Evolution

More to come...