Live at Farm Aid. In September,
hosted his annual Farm Aid benefit show, this time at Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, New York. Of course, Willie’s Family Band joined him onstage and helped play through many of his hits. Willie just released his 76th solo studio album
on Friday, and the 91-year-old year old has been going pretty much all year on tour and working on the new record. It’s amazing that he’s still to active in the music business, and at Farm Aid, he sat center stage with his trusty guitar, Trigger, and held the audience in the palm of his hand. One of my favorite moments was when Willie and his son,
, performed Pearl Jam’s “Just Breathe,” which was originally released in 2009 as the second single from their ninth studio album,
Backspacer.
A solo write by frontman Eddie Vedder, it peaked at #6 on the U.S. Billboard Alternative chart, which makes it the band’s highest-charting follow-up single since “Wishlist” in 1998. The father/son duo initially recorded the duet in 2012 for Willie’s