Episode 320: Ottawa, ONT, CAN - 9/3/2022

Want to hear one of the best Pearl Jam performances of the last ten years? This week's episode features a show from Ottawa that happened on the second North American leg of the Gigaton tour. One of the big storylines coming into leg 2 was how were they going to account for some damage Ed did to his voice over in Europe. The Amsterdam show presented a different way of opening up the show featuring five songs played acoustically while seated. They brought that same structure into Canada, which led to one of the absolute best performances of Garden that you'll ever hear. Garden played on acoustic not only introduced the crowd to a chilling rendition that took the band out of their comfort zone, but it had historical significance as well. Going back to a story told in the PJ20 documentary, a show from 1992 took place in Winterthur, Switzerland where the stage was so small that the band could not fit their equipment on it. Therefore, they elected to play the show fully acoustic. A very short time later, they got the call to be a part of MTV Unplugged, and the rest is history, but that version of Garden from that night in Switzerland is our most prominent piece of footage from that show. Unfortunately we did not get to see a version played at the official Unplugged show, but we'll talk about how 30 years later the band created a moment that should go down in their books as one of the best pure performances in their entire catalog. We'll also get to talking about a lot of songs played in dropped tuning, another factor in making sure Ed's voice would be in top shape for an entire tour. And we'll tell a great story about how a young woman named Ashley got brought down to the front and had her story told by Ed. We'll share Ashley's side of the story of how it felt to be a part of the show that created a heartwarming moment for the Ottawa crowd. Visit the Concertpedia - http://liveon4legs.com Contact the Show - [email protected] Donate to the Show - http://patreon.com/liveon4legs