The Name Change That Created Eddie Vedder — Pearl Jam | 5K Day 357

5K EVERY DAY – Day #357

(Opening clip — acoustic intro of “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town”)

On this date back in 1964, Eddie Vedder was born in Evanston, Illinois —
named Edward Louis Severson III.

(Clip — “Alive” opening riff)

But the name we know?
Vedder — taken from his mom’s maiden name.

A small change…
that became a whole new identity.

(Clip — “Animal”)

Pearl Jam never chased trends.
Eddie never chased shortcuts.
They built something real — on their own terms.

You don’t need to be who you started as —
you just need to keep becoming.

So today, I kept moving it all forward – I ran.

(Video Slide of Day #357)

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
I know I was born and I know that I’ll die. The in-between is mine.”
— Eddie Vedder

It’s actually a lyric from “I Am Mine”

Happy 61st!

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