The Rockfords were a Seattle project band formed by five friends who had already tasted success with their respective bands: Carrie Akre, Chris Friel and Danny Newcomb of Goodness; Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready; and Rick Friel of Jodie Watts. Formation The group had originally existed, minus Carrie Akre, as Shadow, during the mid 1980s in Seattle. After a couple of attempts at breaking into the Los Angeles scene, the group broke up and went their separate ways. Mike McCready would go on to co-form Pearl Jam in 1990, and sometime as early as June 20, 1998, Chris Friel and Danny Newcomb of Goodness would invite McCready to play with Goodness onstage prior to a Pearl Jam set. They soon decided to put the old band back together, adding Carrie Akre of Goodness as their new vocalist. Releases Their self-titled studio album was released on Epic in 2000. Produced by John Goodmanson, it featured Nancy Wilson (of Hear

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