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Does this sound familiar? You?re so fanatical
about a band that you quit your job to follow its
tour; you have all 200-plus recordings they?ve
issued; after each performance, whether you were
there or not, you check the night?s setlist; you
spend way too much time on message boards discussing
the merits of one bootleg over another. No, silly,
it?s not the Grateful Dead, it?s Pearl Jam! And as
Eddie Vedder tells
Relix about the band?s legion of Dead-like fans,
?We?re humbled by the fact that things take place
outside of the actual concert. Fans are becoming
friends. They?re getting married, having kids,
participating in their communities? Beyond any song
I can be proud of writing, that?s the stuff we can
be most proud of.? Likewise, we?re proud to feature
Pearl Jam on this month?s cover. Check out our
excerpt below.
Stay tuned,
Aeve Baldwin, Editor-in-Chief
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ON THE COVER: PEARL JAM
By Tim Donnelly
 The
house lights in Washington D.C.'s MCI Center have
been on for almost 15 minutes when Pearl Jam bassist
Jeff Ament takes a seat at the foot of drummer Matt
Cameron's kit and cracks open three beers for
himself, Cameron and guitarist Stone Gossard.
With beers in hand, sweat dripping, they stare at
guitarist Mike McCready, who is finishing his solo
on the band's seminal show-closer, "Yellow
Ledbetter."
Meanwhile, Eddie Vedder is
offstage, taking a drag off a smoke, swigging from
his bottle of wine, looking out at the crowd.
McCready holds the last note for a second or three.
Then, with his eyes closed, his right hand strikes
the opening riff of "The Star Spangled Banner."
The audience of 20,000 is shocked
into a "Holy shit, this is going to be a special
moment" awareness. People stop dead in their tracks
on the exit stairs. Even the doughy, cantankerous
front row security guards are drawn in.
McCready, one of the most
underrated yet copied guitarists of the modern-rock
era, is taking on one of the most listened-to songs
in the world. It's a move that could be audacious-or
misconstrued. Capping a show during a week in which
the war in Iraq raged on, McCready's improvisational
"Star-Spangled Banner" reclaimed the majesty of the
anthem for the people. Fans in the crowd openly
wept.
Vedder and his friend, political
punk-rock governor Ian MacKaye (Minor Threat, Fugazi,
The Evens) peer out from side stage at the crowd,
which is now fully involved as one. Ament, Cameron
and Gossard put down their beers to applaud McCready
home to the anthemic, uproarious ending. The entire
band then joins a happily dazed McCready at center
stage for one last, triumphant bow.
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