pearl jam first played at off ramp café in seattle.
pearl jam first played at off ramp café in seattle.
where did pearl jam first play in seattle?
off ramp café
with the addition of dave krusen on drums, the band took the name mookie blaylock, in reference to the then-active basketball player. the band played its first official show at the off ramp café in seattle on october 22, 1990. they opened for alice in chains at the moore theatre in seattle on december 22, 1990, and served as the opening act for the band's "facelift" tour in 1991. mookie blaylock soon signed to epic records and renamed themselves pearl jam. in an early promotional interview, vedder said that the name "pearl jam" was a reference to his great-grandmother pearl, who was married to a native american and had a special recipe for peyote-laced jam. in a 2006 "rolling stone" cover story however, vedder admitted that this story was "total bullshit", even though he indeed had a great-grandma named pearl. ament and mccready explained that ament came up with "pearl", and that the band later settled on "pearl jam" after attending a concert by neil young, in which he extended his songs as improvisations of 15–20 minutes in length.
pearl jam
section::::pearl jam version.:live performances.









































pearl jam first performed its cover of "last kiss" live at the band's may 7, 1998, concert in seattle, washington, at aro.space. live performances by pearl jam of "last kiss" can be found on various official bootlegs and the "live at the gorge 05/06" box set.









































section::::pearl jam version.:track listing.









































bullet::::1. "last kiss" (wayne cochran) – 3:15









































bullet::::2. "soldier of love" (buzz cason, tony moon) – 2:54









































bullet::::- recorded live on september 19, 1998 at constitution hall in washington, d.c.









































section::::other cover versions.









































the song has a long tradition in latin american popular music.
last kiss