There have been bluegrass versions of Van Halen, Me tallica, Black Sabbath and beyond by the Iron H orse band, and this time, the team of Ricky Rogers/b, Vance Henry/g, Brian Robertson/pec, Tony Robertson/mand and Andy Richardson/banj-dob take Pearl Jam to the Cumberland Gap. The idea works amazingly well, with the gents creating rich and upbeat vocal harmonies on pieces like “Once” and “Nothingman” while Rogers, Henry and Robertson take turns in the lead. Robertson
S mandolin is a joy on “Cordurooy” and Richardson stums and finerpicks his way thorugh “Given to Fly” and Yellow Ledbetter”. This is what jazz artists used to do, “jazz” up a song-these guys puree modern music like a Champion Juicer.