Ronda & I went to the Eddie Vedder solo shows last Saturday & Monday in Santa Cruz & Berkeley. They were both fantastic. We had no real expectations going in except that we are not familiar with his solo album, the Into The Wild soundtrack, & well, we may get bored. We were wrong. Great mix of Pearl Jam songs, Into The Wild songs, & cool covers. He sounded great, was talkative, funny, told stories, & appeared to be having a great time. We've been fans since Pearl Jam started. I think we've seen them over 30 times together.
Before the Santa Cruz show we went to Red, which is the upstairs bar in the Santa Cruz Hotel. My favorite new place. They have an AWESOME selection of beers on tap including Alesmith Speedway Stout! & Nut Brown, Bear Republic Racer 5 & Racer X, Moonlight Death/Taxes & Bombay By Boat, Flying Dog Gonzo Imperial Porter, Chimay Triple, and more I can't remember. Great bottle list too with Lost Abbey, Stone, Alesmith, Chimay, Pizza Port, etc. They have Rochefort 10 for 8$, it may be as good as Westvleteren. Don't think yopu can find selection like that south of San Francisco & North of So Cal.
Go there. Now. We'll be back soon for sure.
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