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Written, sung, acoustic guitar by stone gossard
Background vocals Pete Droge and Elaine Summers
lead guitar Pete Droge
Piano, organ, bass Hans Teuber
Drums Greg Keplinger
Mixed by Barrett Jones
Executive produced Pete Droge
LIVE VIDEO VERSION:
Bass Keith Lowe
Piano and Bass Clarinet Hans Teuber
Vocals and Acoustic guitar stone
Vocals Barbara Ireland
Recorded by Barrett Jones
Directed, cinematography, editing by
Josh Taft and Tadd Sackville-west
October 1, 2008 Boston Wilbur Theatre
October 4, 2008 Brooklyn Warsaw Theater
October 11, 2008 Los Angeles Avalon Theatre
October 18, 2008 San Francisco Grand Ballroom
Tickets will be available for purchase beginning Wednesday, September 24
Stone Gossard, Vince Mira, and the Hank Khoir plus Special Guests to Perform at Eco-Themed Concerts in Boston, New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco in October
Pearl Jam’s Stone Gossard is set to release exclusive new music from forthcoming solo project online beginning today, September 17th at www.pearljam.com/stonegossard. Gossard’s digital release helps to kick-off Timberland’s DIG IT campaign; a multi-city initiative bringing together eco-minded, activists and artists for daylong re-greening efforts and a nightly musical celebration with Stone Gossard, Vince Mira, and the Hank Khoir (featuring notable Northwest artists Barbara Ireland and the Roy Kay Trio) along with special guests in Boston (October 1, 2008), New York (October 4, 2008), Los Angeles (October 11, 2008) and San Francisco (October 18, 2008).
Scheduled for release later this fall, Stone Gossard’s new music project marks his second solo effort following his 2001 debut album, Bayleaf. A founding member of Pearl Jam, Gossard has had a successful music career spanning two decades, during which he has been a part of numerous collaborations including Brad, Temple of the Dog, Mother Love Bone and the early alternative pioneers Green River.
A committed environmentalist, Gossard has also used his influence to effect change locally and internationally through direct involvement in many environmental and socially conscious issues. His work to this end has included support of such organizations as The Wild Salmon Center, The Cascade Land Conservancy, Conservation International and People for Puget Sound along with spearheading Pearl Jam’s Carbon Portfolio Strategy. Timberland’s DIG IT campaign allows Gossard the unique opportunity to combine his music and activism by sharing new material with eco-minded fans and raising awareness on these important re-greening efforts.
Going Digital
Beginning September 17th, streaming live music videos along with downloadable audio tracks of Gossard’s new music will be available online at www.pearljam.com/stonegossard, a newly launched site that will be an ongoing resource for Stone Gossard’s music and special projects. The initial release will include one live music video, a corresponding audio track and a studio track with subsequent live video and audio tracks added each week leading up to the October 1st kick-off of Timberland’s DIG IT. Additionally, streaming versions of both the videos and audio tracks will be available on Timberland’s EarthKeeper website (www.earthkeeper.com).
Banding Together: Timberland’s DIG IT Concerts
Following daylong re-greening events in each city, Stone Gossard will perform an exclusive Timberland DIG IT concert with special guests that include The Hank Khoir and Vince Mira.
In appreciation for their community service, tickets to Timberland’s DIG IT evening concerts will be offered to local volunteers from the daytime tree planting events. A limited number of tickets will also be provided to consumers who purchase products from the Timberland Apparel collection and Timberland’s new Earthkeepers line through Macy’s.
To aid in global conservation efforts, a limited number of tickets will be available for purchase via the Pearl Jam Ten Club (www.tenclub.net) with proceeds going to Conservation International. Conservation International’s mission is to conserve the Earth's living heritage, global biodiversity, and to demonstrate that human societies are able to live harmoniously with nature. Tickets will be available for purchase beginning Wednesday, September 24 at www.tenclub.net.
Community Re-Greening
For the daytime community greening events, Timberland will partner with American Forests, the non-profit organization focused on planting trees for environmental restoration and pioneering the science and practice of urban forestry. Timberland and American Forests will enlist approximately 200-300 volunteers to help plant trees in each city with the aid of local partners. Each organization will target an environmentally neglected area in their city and plant trees, clean sites, and educate neighbors about the importance of maintaining these new green spaces in their communities.
DIG IT Dates
Date... City... Venue... Re-Greening Partner
10/1/08... Boston... Wilbur Theatre... Earthworks
10/4/08... New York... Warsaw Theatre... New York Restoration Project
10/11/08... Los Angeles... Avalon Theatre... North East Trees
10/18/08... San Francisco... Grand Ballroom... Friends of the Urban Forest
LIVE VIDEO VERSION:
Bass Keith Lowe
Piano and Bass Clarinet Hans Teuber
Vocals and Acoustic guitar stone
Vocals Barbara Ireland
Recorded by Barrett Jones
Directed, cinematography, editing by
Josh Taft and Tadd Sackville-west
Stone Gossard lives with his wife and daughter in Seattle, Washington where he works and remains active in various philanthropic and artistic endeavors. A founding member of the internationally acclaimed band Pearl Jam, Gossard has been creating and performing music for well over 25 years. Highlights of Gossard’s music career follow:
Green River (1984 – 1987) – Known for helping kickstart the Seattle music scene, Green River released Come on Down in 1985 and then went on to help establish the Sub Pop label with the release of Dry as a Bone and Rehab Doll.
Mother Love Bone (1987 – 1990) – Within two years of forming, Mother Love Bone manages to incite a major label bidding war, get signed, tour the U.S., release an EP and record a much anticipated debut album. Sadly, lead singer Andy Wood passes away less than a month shy of the intended release of Mother Love Bone's debut.
Pearl Jam (1991 – Current) – Seventeen years later with over 60 million records sold worldwide and numerous awards and accolades, Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder and Matt Cameron continue to break new ground through music and innovative business practices. With nine studio releases, four concert DVDs, hundreds of cd and digital bootlegs and live recordings, Pearl Jam is going strong towards its 20th year.
Brad (1992 – Current) - Stone Gossard along with Shawn Smith, Regan Hagar, and Jeremy Toback form the band Brad. Subsequent releases include Shame, Interiors, Welcome to Discovery Park and Brad vs. Satchel. A new release is planned for 2008.
Solo Projects (2001, 2008) – Stone Gossard’s first true solo album, Bayleaf, was released on Epic records in 2001. Selections from his second solo effort are being released digitally Sept. 2008.
PHILANTHROPIC EFFORTS
A committed environmentalist, Gossard has quietly worked to use this influence to effect change locally and internationally through direct involvement in many environmental and socially conscious issues. A brief snapshot of Stone Gossard’s philanthropy and activism follows:
Wild Salmon Center
Stone Gossard is an active board member of the Portland based non-profit, The Wild Salmon Center, which works to identify, understand and protect the best wild salmon ecosystems of the Pacific Rim. Wild Salmon devises and implements practical strategies, based on the best science, to protect forever these extraordinary places and their biodiversity.
Conservation International
Stone Gossard has personally remained involved with Conservation International (CI) whose mission is to conserve the Earth's living heritage, global biodiversity, and to demonstrate that human societies are able to live harmoniously with nature. CI applies innovations in science, economics, policy and community participation to protect the Earth's richest regions of plant and animal diversity in the biodiversity hotspots, high-biodiversity wilderness areas as well as important marine regions around the globe. With headquarters near Washington, D.C., CI works in more than 40 countries on four continents.
Carbon Portfolio Strategy
Spearheaded by Stone Gossard, the Carbon Portfolio Strategy is part of Pearl Jam’s ongoing efforts to advance clean renewable energy and carbon mitigation. Through this Strategy, the band has donated more than $150,000 to nine organizations doing innovative work around climate change, renewable energy, and the environment. Pearl Jam’s donations went to: American Solar Energy Society, Bonneville Environmental Foundation, Conservation International, Green Empowerment, Honor the Earth, Cascade Land Conservancy, IslandWood, EarthCorps and the Washington Clean Energy Initiative. By working with these groups and others to mitigate carbon emissions, Pearl Jam ultimately hopes to become 0% net emissions for all tours and band businesses.
Cascade Land Conservancy
Recognized for their ongoing contributions to not only the Cascade Land Conservancy, but other worthwhile environmentally philanthropic endeavors, Stone Gossard accepted the 2007 Conservation Creativity Award on behalf of Pearl Jam at CLC’s 12th Annual Conservation Award Breakfast. As Washington’s largest independent land conservation and stewardship organization, CLS has over the past decade led the conservation of more than 140,000 acres ranging broadly from the recent expansion of Tacoma’s popular Snake Lake park to conserving vast forested areas in the Snoqualmie Forest.
New Apollo Energy Project
Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard has been meeting with Washington State Representative Jay Inslee regularly for the past three years in support of the "New Apollo Energy Project". Inslee’s legislation will use new and innovative tax incentives and market-based assistance, along with energy performance standards to address three challenges in America: creating clean energy manufacturing jobs, decreasing dependence on foreign oil, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. As the most comprehensive and technologically visionary energy program proposed in Congress, New Apollo seeks to solve America’s energy problems and high-energy costs through technological innovation.
Honor the Earth
Pearl Jam supports Honor the Earth's goal is to provide funding and public support for Native environmental initiatives and to create a stronger voice for the earth. Honor the Earth's focus is on grant making and political advocacy in the areas of environmental justice and indigenous wisdom.
Through Gossard’s involvement with Honor the Earth and Red Feather Development, he was introduced to, and has remained active with, the people of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Currently, Gossard is exploring ways to support the installation of a wind turbine on the Rez, which will ultimately provide an alternative energy resource and employment opportunities to this impoverished community.
Vote or Change Tour Alternative Energy Projects
Pearl Jam spearheaded an effort on the 2004 Vote for Change tour, encouraging VFC artists to fund small-scale alternative energy projects in the states they toured through. VFC artists partnered with Bonneville Environmental Foundation to help select the alternative energy projects that the artists supported. Pearl Jam contributed $25,000 toward these efforts and received matching grants from fellow artists like Dave Matthews.
An example of VFC’s local impact:
In Wisconsin, the Vote for Change performers funded the installation of a solar hot water system and a solar electric power system as part of a facility renovation and expansion project at the Family Centers in Madison, WI.
Arts Corps
Stone Gossard is a founding advisor to Seattle’s Arts Corps, which leads the way in offering free arts education classes to kids in grades K-12. Through this unique program, Arts Corps places experienced teaching artists in education facilities all over King County, fostering our greatest resource: young people.
And More
Stone Gossard’s philanthropy has extended to a host of other important organizations including Doctors without Borders, Northwest School, Green Empowerment, Seattle Alliance for Education, Youthcare, Punkvoter, Choice USA, Future of Music Coalition, CARE, Red Feather Development Group, Partners in Health, People for Puget Sound and Northwest Harvest.