Guitar Legend Les Paul, 1915-2009
Every single guitar in the pictures of Mike and Stoney in this post was made possible by Mr. Les Paul, who died today at age 94.
Every single guitar in the pictures of Mike and Stoney in this post was made possible by Mr. Les Paul, who died today at age 94.
A new Pearl Jam single, a trio of new entries on the Billboard charts.
Well, we’re now proud to offer you our very own official TwoFeetThick piece o the Backspacer download puzzle. Click the art below and you’ll be 1/9th closer to your 3:36 seconds of new PJ sonic goodness.
Official PJ forum moderator Sea got up bright and early this Friday before July 4 to hint about shows involving the lands of Vegemite (Australia) and Cheesesteak (Philadelphia) and to remind us all that we should make sure our fan club memberships are up to date.
Here’s what Sea wrote:
As the sun was setting in the [...]
Believe it or not, Michael Jackson, who the world is mourning after his sudden death yesterday, played a formative roll in both Eddie Vedder and Jeff Ament’s music life.
“At an early age, I realized music was a very powerful thing,” Jeff told Bass Player in 1994. “I’d hear Michael Jackson singing [1972's] “Ben” and it [...]
TwoFeetThick.com interviews Greg Prato, author of “Grunge is Dead”, an oral history of the Seattle music scene.
Stone Gossard was on MSNBC today talking turtles for Earth Week and dropping the knowledge that the new record’s due in September
Pearl Jam is confirmed to headline this year’s Outside Lands festival in Golden Gate Park, August 28-30, 2009.
My peeps at Billboard.com are reporting that Eddie will appear on a still-untitled song on Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Woods next solo album, “More Good News,” according to producer Bob Rock.
Walking home from a concert last night in lower Manhattan and posters for “Ten Redux” wheatpasted to the sides of foreclosed Soho boutiques jumped out at me. Ah, resessionomics. Like “Ten,” it’s so 1991. This tryptich was taken on Spring near the Bowery (that’s somewhat around the corner from CBGB for those of you not familiar with New York). Rock.