Pearl Jam at Golden 1 Center, May 13, 2024

AEG Live presents Pearl Jam, with opener, Deep Sea Diver
Golden 1 Center
500 David J Stern Walk, Sacramento, CA 95814 USA
7:30 PM, Monday, May 13, 2024

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[7:3n PM] {the band begins playing as we're circling the concourse to get to our seats, dang!}
* Flustered from our late entrance, I don't bother trying to make a setlist.
* Jess introduces Shovel as one of a number of new tunes during the set.
[8:14 PM] {set ends}

Deep Sea Diver

• Jessica Dobson: guitar, keyboards, vox;
• Elliot Jackson: guitar, synthesizer;
• Patti King: keyboards, percussion, harmony vox;
• Peter Mansen: drums;
• Yuuki Matthews: bass.

[8:45 PM] {lights down, PA intro music, performers out}

1. [8:47 PM] Pendulum
2. [8:50 PM] I'm Open » Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town + sing-along chorus
   [8:55 PM] {EV guitar off; good evening Sacramento
3. [8:58 PM] Faithfull » [9:02 PM] {spacey interlude} »
4. [9:03 PM] Scared of Fear
5. [9:07 PM] React, Respond
   [9:11 PM] {pause EV: everybody good in the back there? One word song titles}
6. [9:12 PM] Wreckage
7. [9:17 PM] Dark Matter
8. [9:20 PM] Garden
   [9:26 PM] {pause; EV+guitar; story about 90s Sacto venue: kennel club?}
   [9:28 PM] It Ain't Like That tease (Alice in Chains) {EV: “I'm the man wearing Crocs”; Steve Buscemi sucker punch story}
9. [9:30 PM] Lukin
10. [9:31 PM] Corduroy
    [9:37 PM] {EV guitar off}
11. [9:38 PM] Dance of the Clairvoyants
    [9:43 PM] {EV introduces MM}
12. [9:44 PM] Even Flow
    [9:50 PM] {EV +g; lauds MM, MC}
13. [9:50 PM] Upper Hand
    [9:56 PM] {EV: guitar off; Happy BD song singalong for Stevie Wonder}
14. [9:57 PM] Waiting for Stevie
    [10:02 PM] {EV: Jeff got chased in a dream}
15. [10:03 PM] Running
    [10:08 PM] {EV +g; EV disjointed dedication of next tune to the memory of Tom Pugh, PJ mega fan and founder of Given to Live}
16. [10:08 PM] Light Years
17. [10:13 PM] Better Man
    [10:21 PM] {set ends}
    
    Encore
    [10:24 PM] {EV OH projector jokes}
    [10:27 PM] {EV back out front alone with guitar, dedicates the tune to his newly engaged pals Margaret & Daniel}
18. [10:29 PM] Picture in a Frame (Tom Waits)
    [10:33 PM] {Band back; EV no g}
19. [10:33 PM] Jeremy
20. [10:38 PM] Black
    [10:46 PM] {EV lauds MM, SG; then JA
21. [10:48 PM] Do the Evolution
22. [10:52 PM] Alive
    [10:59 PM] {band intro; thx to a bunch of people; EV +g, then takes it off pretty much right away – as hoc song change?}
23. [11:03 PM] Porch
    [11:09 PM] {thx all, false ending}
24. [11:10 PM] Setting Sun
    [11:16 PM] {now we're done; all off, no bow}

Pearl Jam

• Jeff Ament: bass;
• Matt Cameron: drums, harmony vox;
• Stone Gossard: guitar, harmony vox;
• Mike McCready: guitar, harmony vox;
• Eddie Vedder: guitar, percussion, vox;
  - with additional help from –
• Kenneth E. “Boom” Gaspar: keyboards, guitar, harmony vox;
• Josh Klinghoffer: guitar, keyboards, harmony vox.

Sadly, I wasn't up to the task of keeping track of the setlist for Deep Sea Diver. As we were still walking in to our seats when their set started, I made no attempt. Did I like 'em? Yeah! Jessica Dobson can wail on the guitar, and I really enjoyed it when the band got 'out there' on a few of the less pop-py tunes.

Props to the PJ fans who had the setlist ready for me to review this morning … it mostly matched up to my crappy notes! It's always a hoot to see how badly I've mangled the lyrics when trying to jot something down that can help match my timing info the actual song titles later on.

While frightfully expensive, tonight's show was pretty darn fun, and I'm glad that my buddy Garth rallied us to go! My memory – no longer trustworthy! – is that I'd seen them a few times over the past few decades, but this seems to be the only page in my wiki right now. Yet another reminder that my record for the 1990's is entirely absent right now: someday baby!

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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