story about Eddie's mother
Matt Lobegeiger
memory stick at JB HiFi today. There's an article about musciains mothers.
One of the featured artists is Eddie Vedder. Some of you have probably
already heard this story but I found it interesting so I thought I'd share.
"Eddie Vedder's mother pawned he wedding ring to get him his balck Fender
Stratocaster guitar. It was a symbolic gesture because that wedding ring had
quite a lot to do with the Eddie the rest of us would know in front of Pearl
Jam. Karen Lee Vedder married Edward Louis Severson III when they discovered
they were expecting a child. After three years they divorced and Karen
resumed her relationship with her original boyfriend Peter Mueller. They
married and Peter agreed to raise Eddie Severson as his own son aand adopt
him. But that marriage also ended in divorce and Eddie blamed his adopted
father. It was only when his real father was close to the end of his life
that Eddie learned of the real story. Swapping that ring for the start of
his music career wth his mother's maiden name seems a fitting outcome."
That's funny, I always thought our Eddie was Edward Louis Severson III.
Wouldn't that make his father II? Maybe I'm mistaken.
matt
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Jett Karma
>Picked up the latest issue of the Music Australia Guide while I was buying a
>memory stick at JB HiFi today. There's an article about musciains mothers.
>One of the featured artists is Eddie Vedder. Some of you have probably
>already heard this story but I found it interesting so I thought I'd share.
>
>"Eddie Vedder's mother pawned he wedding ring to get him his balck Fender
>Stratocaster guitar. It was a symbolic gesture because that wedding ring had
>quite a lot to do with the Eddie the rest of us would know in front of Pearl
>Jam. Karen Lee Vedder married Edward Louis Severson III when they discovered
>they were expecting a child. After three years they divorced and Karen
>resumed her relationship with her original boyfriend Peter Mueller. They
>married and Peter agreed to raise Eddie Severson as his own son aand adopt
>him. But that marriage also ended in divorce and Eddie blamed his adopted
>father. It was only when his real father was close to the end of his life
>that Eddie learned of the real story. Swapping that ring for the start of
>his music career wth his mother's maiden name seems a fitting outcome."
>
>That's funny, I always thought our Eddie was Edward Louis Severson III.
>Wouldn't that make his father II? Maybe I'm mistaken.
>
>matt
>
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I hadn't heard this story; thanks for posting.
--Jett