How I met Mike McCready
My friend Joe and I were in Cleveland to see Pearl Jam and were heading toward the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame, when Joe thought he noticed Mike McCready. Sure enough, it was him! We told him how we were going to see 4 PJ shows this year and would really love to hear “All Night” played at the Gorge Amphitheatre. We also congratulated him on such a killer album, and told him where we were heading. He said it wasn’t a very good exhibit, and that (along with the price) was enough for us. He was with some guy I think was the interviewer for the Rolling Stone article on Pearl Jam. If I ever am fortunate enough to meet him again, I want to tell him how important I think his work with the CCF is, I wish I had thought of it then. He was very cool. And YES, my eyes are closed, how lame, I know. I’ve learned it’s just something that happens once in a while, can’t be helped. Unless you get those eye clamp thingies from A Clockwork Orange.
