02/25/2012 - Dogfish Head Pearl Jam Twenty Faithful Ale (Dogfish Head Craft Brewery - Milton, Delaware) I’ve been looking for, then found, then held on to this limited release beer from the adventurous brewers at Dogfish Head to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of Pearl Jam’s album and to coincide with the release of the PJ20 documentary directed by Cameron Crowe.  The beer itself is a deliciously crafted “Belgian-style ale” to which is added black currants in a series of 10 increments. The result is a clean and crisp beer with a hint of dark fruit upon the finish. The closest thing I can compare it to would be Long Trail’s Blackbeary Wheat, a favorite of mine in an iced glass on a hot and humid summer day.

02/25/2012 - Dogfish Head Pearl Jam Twenty Faithful Ale (Dogfish Head Craft Brewery - Milton, Delaware)

I’ve been looking for, then found, then held on to this limited release beer from the adventurous brewers at Dogfish Head to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of Pearl Jam’s album and to coincide with the release of the PJ20 documentary directed by Cameron Crowe. 

The beer itself is a deliciously crafted “Belgian-style ale” to which is added black currants in a series of 10 increments. The result is a clean and crisp beer with a hint of dark fruit upon the finish. The closest thing I can compare it to would be Long Trail’s Blackbeary Wheat, a favorite of mine in an iced glass on a hot and humid summer day.

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PJ20Without mixing any words, this was fucking amazing. Written, directed and narrated by musical journalist and film director Cameron Crowe (Singles, Almost Famous), PJ20 shows the evolution of the band from the beginnings with Green River and Mother Love Bone through Temple of the Dog and Mookie Blaylock and eventually coming out as Pearl Jam. Crowe incorporates so much outstanding archival footage in telling this story, that, even though the film commemorates the 20th Anniversary of Pearl Jam’s debut album Ten, there’s a feeling that Crowe has been making this documentary for well over 20 years. I am continually Impressed by what great music fans the guys in the band are. And when you throw in other members of the Seattle sound into the mix (like Dave Grohl) it really makes you think about what a great musical city Seattle is. These guys always seem like fans who got into a band, made the decisions a fan would make (whether it’s in the songs or in decisions like breaking away from Ticketmaster in order to keep ticket prices down), and ended up getting huge. Despite their success, the guys always seem humbled by the attention they get and twenty years later still work with the idea that it could disappear at any moment. Perhaps that’s why the band works with an urgency which comes through in the music.On a side note, the documentary made me want to punch Andy Rooney in the face. He makes some incredibly disparaging and ignorant comments about the teens of “the grunge generation” after Kurt Cobain’s suicide.

PJ20

Without mixing any words, this was fucking amazing. Written, directed and narrated by musical journalist and film director Cameron Crowe (Singles, Almost Famous), PJ20 shows the evolution of the band from the beginnings with Green River and Mother Love Bone through Temple of the Dog and Mookie Blaylock and eventually coming out as Pearl Jam. Crowe incorporates so much outstanding archival footage in telling this story, that, even though the film commemorates the 20th Anniversary of Pearl Jam’s debut album Ten, there’s a feeling that Crowe has been making this documentary for well over 20 years.

I am continually Impressed by what great music fans the guys in the band are. And when you throw in other members of the Seattle sound into the mix (like Dave Grohl) it really makes you think about what a great musical city Seattle is. These guys always seem like fans who got into a band, made the decisions a fan would make (whether it’s in the songs or in decisions like breaking away from Ticketmaster in order to keep ticket prices down), and ended up getting huge. Despite their success, the guys always seem humbled by the attention they get and twenty years later still work with the idea that it could disappear at any moment. Perhaps that’s why the band works with an urgency which comes through in the music.

On a side note, the documentary made me want to punch Andy Rooney in the face. He makes some incredibly disparaging and ignorant comments about the teens of “the grunge generation” after Kurt Cobain’s suicide.

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Pearl Jam remembers the Roskilde tragedy (from PJ20)

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“Keep On Rocking in the Free World” by Neil Young with Pearl Jam (live from the MTV Music Awards)

I remember the first time I saw this. I thought it was such an odd mix, with a new alternative band and some old school rock guy on stage together. But as I watched, they had a tremendous chemistry on stage. Going forward, the reverence the members of the Seattle sound bands had for Neil Young seemed perfectly placed. Young was a do-it-yourself musician who did not make decisions based on financial success or for a need of increased celebrity. Basically, he was not only a good pairing with Pearl Jam, he was, indeed, the godfather of grunge.

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“Release” by Pearl Jam (from PJ20)

Oustanding clips of this song live with Eddie Vedder talking about his relationship with his father and reminiscing about the first time the band played the song together.

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