One of the greatest TV show hosts of the last 30 years is going to induct one of the best rock bands of the last 30 years into the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame. Late NIght comedy icon David Letterman is set to induct Pearl Jam into the Rock HoF on Friday in Brooklyn with the news confirmed yesterday after rock legend Neil Young had to back out due to illness. Pearl Jam and Letterman have had a long love affair with the band appearing on his CBS show several times. The induction ceremony this year will be broadcast on HBO and their streaming channels

Pearl Jam certainly is deserving of the honor with millions of albums sold, thousands of impressions felt at countless shows, and numerous songs that will outlive the band itself. That magic was present when I caught their transcendent shows last August which had some very memorable moments like this certain Chicago Bulls legends making an appearance. 

Check out PJ’s Eddie Vedder playing with the Late NIght band on during Letterman’s final run of shows.

PJ played ‘Why Go’ on Letterman in 2006 from the famed Ed Sullivan Theater, made famous by the Beatles.