November 5, 2019: Jack White and Pearl Jam (Read on the Porch, Episode 35)

Hi Jessi and Kate,

I wanted to follow up from the last email I sent regarding Jack White and find some crossover between him and Pearl Jam.

I found a handful of things, ones that you may have already heard of. I was going around on the Ten Club message boards and found a quote from Mike in 2008 before their show at the Bonnaroo Festival in Tennessee regarding who he would like to jam with:

"I'd love to have Jack White up. I just, I think he's just a phenomenal guitar player and I'd love to see him play up close. I've seen The White Stripes in Europe, but it was kind of far away. But I'd love to have him up there and jam because he's got a killer voice and he's a great lead player too. So that would be exciting to me."

I'm not sure if there was an instance before this, but Mike got his wish 10 years later in Portugal at the NOS Alive Festival, where Jack joined the guys on stage for "Rockin in the Free World." Rather than Mike shredding during most of the song, it's Jack instead.

The last example I've been able to find is August 2018, where Jack covers "Daughter." I really like it toward the end, because the piano and I believe a violin are used in the outro.

Thank you for the suggestion on Consolers of the Lonely! Great listen, I remember hearing the first two tracks on the radio, but the rest of the album is awesome. If you know of any other ties between Jack and the guys, I would love to learn more!

Forced to endure, what I could not forgive,

Chris

Comments

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