Mad Season / Seattle Symphony: Sonic Evolution / January 30, 2015 / Benaroya Hall is a live album by Mad Season, released on August 28, 2015 via Monkeywrench Records.
On January 30, 2015, surviving Mad Season members Mike McCready and Barrett Martin performed selections from the band’s repertoire at the Seattle Symphony’s Sonic Evolution concert, with conductor Ludovic Morlot and guest artists including Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell (filling in for the late Layne Staley), Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron and Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan (filling in for the late John Baker Saunders).
The Mad Season performance also included artists Jeff Angell, Kim Virant, Sean Kinney (Alice In Chains), Skerik and Tim Dijulio. Additionally, Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard from Pearl Jam guest starred that evening and alongside Cornell, McCready, and Cameron, performed songs as Temple Of The Dog. Sonic Evolution was the result of a year long artistic collaboration between Mike McCready and Seattle Symphony Music Director Ludovic Morlot. The performance has been immortalized by Monkeywrench Records in Mad Season / Seattle Symphony: Sonic Evolution / January 30, 2015 / Benaroya Hall.
Proceeds from album sales will benefit the Seattle Symphony and Vitalogy Foundation.
Tracklist:
Side 1
Waking The Horizon
Side 2
Long Gone Day
River Of Deceit
I Don’t Know Anything
Side 3
Wake Up
Lifeless Dead
I’m Above
Side 4
Call Me A Dog
Reach Down
All Alone
Credits:
Ludovic Morlot (Seattle Symphony Music Director)
Chris Cornell (Soundgarden)
Mike McCready (Mad Season, Pearl Jam)
Barrett Martin (Mad Season, Screaming Trees)
Duff McKagan (Guns N’ Roses)
Matt Cameron (Soundgarden, Pearl Jam)
Sean Kinney (Alice in Chains)
Skerik: saxophone, percussion (Mad Season)
Jeff Angell: vocals
Kim Virant: vocals
Tim Dijulio: guitar
Vocalpoint! Seattle
John Baker Saunders (September 23, 1954 – January 15, 1999)
Layne Staley (August 22, 1967 – April 5, 2002)
Chris Cornell (July 20, 1964 – May 18, 2017)
Mark Lanegan (November 25, 1964 – February 22, 2022).
