There's Life In The Old Dog Yet...

As the 20th Anniversary of the release of Temple Of The Dog creeps ever closer with each passing year, many of us thought that there was little chance we would get to experience the record live.

After all, the band played only a handful of shows in 1990, and other than Chris Cornell turning up during a Pearl Jam set at the tail end of Lollapalooza '92, and again at a Santa Barbara benefit in '03, the closest we have gotten have been some questionable PJ performances of Hunger Strike with Corin from Sleater-Kinney and Andrew Stockdale from Wolfmother. Similarly, back in 2005 Audioslave covered the song with drummer Brad Wilk taking over vocal duties from EV.

But Chris Cornell has changed all that. Since he kicked off a World Tour in support of his new solo album Carry On earlier this year, Temple songs have been working their way into heavy rotation in the CC setlist. Ranging from solo acoustic versions of Call Me A Dog to epic full band versions of Say Hello To Heaven, these songs have never sounded better.

And thanks to the joys of Youtube, you can see for yourself. Now all we need is the announcement of the long overdue CC/PJ tour...









And one for old times sake...