Music Midtown Seattle's best!

Rockman was at both nites of  Music Midtown (of course) and what a show!  Friday nite was blown away by the Avett Brothers, what a great mixture of bluegrass and rock!

Then the Foo Fighters came on and tore it up.  What a drummer Taylor is!  And Dave and the boys played a high octane set for their deveoted fans:

A real highlight came at the end when Dave's hero Joan Jett came on and blistered through "Bad Reputation" with the Foos!

The next day was a marathon day of music leading up to the reason Rockman was there, Pearl Jam.  Kicked it off with a suprising performance from LP.  The girl can really sing and it was a fun set before we got down to the heavy stuff:

Garbage came on next and Shirley and the boys all dressed in black slayed it.  A sonic treat of old and new songs that really got you sweating in the heat:

After that over to the smaller stage for a raucous set from MTV stalwart Adam Ant.  He had a fabulous band with two drummers and festive backup singers.  The indian garb has been replace by the Johnny Depp/Pirate look and the old were young again this afternoon.

My man Sneppisito and I rested , fed and port-a-pottied during Ludacris and Neon Trees sets and moved down to the big stage for the amazing performance of Florence and the Machine.

The banshee and her heavy duty band played a marvelous 75 minutes with the sun setting on the big stage and the clouds floating behind her art deco stage.

After some fun mashups by Girl Talk we were ready to finally see Pearl Jam!

What a great show!  It was like the Beatles at the Cavern Club, 24 songs in 2 hours.  There was no time for the long jams, this was getting in as many faves as possible and what a setlist!

Why Go
Save You
Animal
Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town
Corduroy
Got Some
Amongst The Waves
Wishlist
Better Man
Do The Evolution
Even Flow
Know Your Rights Clash Cover
Nothingman
Supersonic
Jeremy
Porch

Crazy Mary

Given To Fly
The Fixer
Rearviewmirror
Unthought Known
Black
Alive
Rockin' in the Free World Neil Young Cover

The only sad thing is the band ran out of time, with Eddie begging for 10 more minutes so they could play Yellow Ledbetter, but the curfew won out.  Eddie ruled, McCready was insane playing the solo from Alive behind his back, Jeff rocked the bass, Stone the guitar and Boom the keys.  And of course the engine driving it all, the incredible Matt Cameron!

We love ya Pearl Jam!  Thanks for finally coming back to the ATL!