Looking California, feeling Minnesota?

Chris Cornell circa 1989

Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell kicked off his solo acoustic tour in Aspen last night.

From Rolling Stone:

The tour comes midway through Soundgarden's sessions for their first studio album since 1996's Down On The Upside. The LP is being produced by Adam Kasper, who has worked with Pearl Jam, the Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age. "Everything's going very quickly," Cornell says. "We've been having a great time."

Sounds promising...