Pearl Jam will be inducted for the 2017 Rock and Roll Hall of fame. Big Sandy native and 1981 Big Sandy graduate Jeff Ament is the bass player and co-founder of the band.

Pearl Jam with Big Sandy native Jeff Ament playing the bass for the super group will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 7, at Barclay's in Brooklyn New York.

This is a great honor bestowed upon the band and an incredible epic journey the band has been on since it was formed in 1990.

Ament began finding headway as an artist and musician in the 1980's. Prior to Jeff being in Pearl Jam Jeff was a member...