21/11/2007 blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com
Fourteen years ago this week marks another key milestone on Seattle’s marvelous map of rock n’ roll music.
Nov. 18, 1993 was the seminal “MTV Unplugged” performance of Nirvana, one of the most moving and personal performances the band ever gave outside of the Emerald City, and arguably a performance that helped solidify Kurt Cobain’s legacy as both a songwriter and performer.
The acoustic set resulted in an amazing Grammy-winning, platinum-selling CD, set the stage for a host of “Unplugged” shows to follow by artists who wanted similar exposure, and showed Cobain in all his fine Seattle style back then: ratty lime-green sweater, unruly, unwashed hair, Chuck Taylor tennis shoes and self-deprecating, deadpan humor.