With musical shades of “Wildflowers”-era Tom Petty, the strident, guitar-driven “Long Way” finds Vedder narrating a tale of a man haunted by a lost love who “left but never went away,” as he attempts “not to awaken the voice of regret in his ear.”
as a 7-inch vinyl single backed by another new song, “The Haves.”
Accentuating the Petty vibes, former Heartbreakers member Benmont Tench contributes Hammond B3 organ. The track is rounded out by accompaniment from Watt on guitar and bass, former Red Hot Chili Peppers member Josh Klinghoffer on guitar and piano and the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith on drums. Vedder and Watt have built a friendship over the past decade, and when Vedder was in Los Angeles for a benefit concert this spring, he stopped by Watt’s home studio to catch up. At one point, Vedder began strumming some chords on guitar, and before anyone knew it, “we just started messing around,” Watt tells. “There was something there right away that I wanted to chase and finish. It was just the right place and the right time and it all happened very organically.
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