Last week I posted about my second favorite Seattle band, Brad. They announced an upcoming show with special guests from a long ago Seattle band called Mother Love Bone. For the hardcore Seattle music fan this is a huge deal. I want to go so bad, but our current financial situation will not allow it. There have been a buttload three shows I've wanted to go to since being laid off. It's really sad.
Pearl Jam was born after the tragic and untimely death of lead singer Andy Wood. Guitarist Stone Gossard and bassist Jeff Ament, who were first members of a band called Green River, decided to move forward after Andy's death and went on to form Pearl Jam.
It's hard to say how big Mother Love Bone would have become, but I'm guessing they would have been pretty successful. Andy Wood was a very charismatic lead man that drew people in.
This is the first of a three part series of a home video by Mother Love Bone called The Love Bone Earth Affair, which features live footage and interviews covering the bands formation to the eventual disbandment caused by the death of Andy Wood.
I'll be posting the series one part at a time over the next couple weeks. The segments are a little long but I know there are a couple of you out there who will enjoy them.
Very cool. My husband and I were first exposed to Mother Love Bone through "Singles." Jim became fascinated with Andy Wood and bought a CD or two from them. I called him into the study to check out this video ... and will be sharing all others in your series. Very cool.
Yeah, it sucks not having the money to see shows. We actually didn't buy tickets when Black Crowes came to Denver -- the first time since the early 90s, when we saw them in little dives. We only saw ONE show last year (well, I did go to Projekt Revolution with my daughter, but I'm talking with Jim). I'm hoping this year will be better.
Posted by: Lisa | March 06, 2010 at 08:34 AM
Thanks tammy, I haven't seen these before.
Posted by: Julie | March 08, 2010 at 12:19 PM