Jack White ended his March 15th show in Tokyo by bringing out Pearl Jam‘s Eddie Vedder to help him cover the Neil Young classic, “Rockin in the Free World.”
This version the two performed together was loud and percussive and everything you want out a song with the world ‘rockin’ in it. It also featured a brief Jack White guitar solo at the end, and Eddie Vedder improvising one line in the last verse. (Before this, White had played The White Stripes songs “Hypnotize” and “Seven Nation Army” as part of the encore.)
White himself performed the song as part of the Saturday Night Live 50th concert last month and Vedder and Pearl Jam have ended many a show with the song and have played it with Young several times.
Jack White will be back in the US for the next leg of his tour, beginning April 3rd in St Louis. Meanwhile, Pearl Jam will be kicking off their next run of shows, starting April 24th in Hollywood, Florida.
