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Eddie Vedder
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Eddie Vedder | |
Vedder on October 22, 2006
Background information | |
Birth name | Edward Louis Severson III |
Also known as | Edward Mueller, Jerome Turner, Wes C. Addle |
Born | Evanston, Illinois, United States |
December 23, 1964
Genres | Alternative rock, folk rock, grunge, hard rock |
Occupations | Musician, songwriter |
Instruments | Vocals, guitar, harmonica, tambourine, ukulele |
Years active | 1979–present |
Labels | Universal Republic, Republic, Monkeywrench, J Records |
Associated acts | Pearl Jam, Glen Hansard, Bad Radio, Temple of the Dog, Hovercraft, 7 Worlds Collide, C Average, Jimmy Fallon, Neil Young |
Notable instruments | |
Fender Telecaster Schecter PT Model Gibson SG Gibson SG Jr. Martin 0–18 Earnest Instruments Tululele, Custom Ukulele[1] |
Eddie Vedder (born Edward Louis Severson; December 23, 1964) is an American musician and singer-songwriter[2] who is best known for being the lead vocalist and one of three guitarists of the alternative rock band Pearl Jam. Known for his powerful vocals, he has been ranked at #7 on a list of "Best Lead Singers of All Time", compiled by Rolling Stone.[3] He is also involved in soundtrack work and contributes to albums by other artists. In 2007, Vedder released his first solo album as a soundtrack for the film Into the Wild (2007). His second album, Ukulele Songs, along with a live DVD titled Water on the Road, was released on 31 May 2011.[4]
Early life[edit]
Vedder was born Edward Louis Severson III in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois, on December 23, 1964, to Karen Lee Vedder and Edward Louis Severson, Jr.[5] His parents divorced in 1965, when Vedder was an infant. His mother soon remarried, to a man named Peter Mueller. Vedder was raised believing that Mueller was his biological father, and he went by the name Edward Mueller for a time.[6] Vedder's ancestry includes German and Danish.[5]
While living in Evanston, Vedder's family fostered seven younger children in a group home.[7] In the mid-1970s, the family, including Vedder's three younger half-brothers, moved to San Diego County, California. It was at this point that Vedder, who had received a guitar from his mother on his twelfth birthday, began turning to music (as well as surfing) as a source of comfort. He particularly found solace in The Who's 1973 album, Quadrophenia.[8] He said, "When I was around 15 or 16... I felt all alone... I was all alone—except for music."[9] His mother and Mueller divorced when Vedder was in his late teens. His mother and brothers moved back to the Chicago area, but Vedder remained with his stepfather in California so he would not have to change high schools.
After the divorce, Vedder learned the truth about his parentage: Mueller was really his stepfather. Vedder had met his biological father briefly as a child, but had believed that Severson was merely an old friend of his parents. By the time Vedder learned the truth, Severson had died of multiple sclerosis. By his senior year at San Dieguito High School, Vedder was on his own, living in an apartment and supporting himself with a nightly job at a drug store in Encinitas.[9] He eventually dropped out of high school in his senior year due to the pressures of balancing school with working.[9] He joined the rest of his family in Chicago, and it was at this time that he changed his name to Eddie Vedder, Vedder being his mother's maiden name.
In the early 1980s, as a waiter, Eddie earned his high school GED, and briefly attended a community college near Chicago.[6][10] In 1984, Vedder returned to San Diego, California, with his girlfriend, Beth Liebling. He kept busy recording demo tapes at his home and working various jobs, including a position as a contracted security guard at the La Valencia Hotel in La Jolla.[11] Vedder had several stints in San Diego area bands, including Surf and Destroy and The Butts.[7] One of those bands, called Indian Style,[12] included future Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave drummer Brad Wilk.[13] In 1988, Vedder became the vocalist for the San Diego progressive funk rock band Bad Radio. The music of the original incarnation of the band was influenced by Duran Duran; however, after Vedder joined Bad Radio, the band moved on to a more alternative rock sound influenced by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.[14]
Temple of the Dog[edit]
After leaving Bad Radio, Vedder was without a band, and for the rest of the 1980s he worked part-time as a night attendant at a local gas station.[15] Through the Southern California music scene, Vedder met former Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Jack Irons, who became a friend of Vedder and who would play basketball with him.[16] Later in 1990, Irons gave him a demo tape from a band in Seattle, Washington that was looking for a singer. He listened to the tape shortly before going surfing, where lyrics came to him.[17] Vedder wrote lyrics for three of the songs in what he later described as a "mini-opera" entitled Momma-Son. The songs tell the story of a young man who, like Vedder, learns that he had been lied to about his paternity and that his real father is dead, grows up to become a serial killer, and is eventually imprisoned and sentenced to death.[17] Vedder recorded vocals for the three songs, and mailed the demo tape back to Seattle. The three songs would later become Pearl Jam's "Alive", "Once", and "Footsteps".
After hearing Vedder's tape, former Mother Love Bone members Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament invited Vedder to come to Seattle to audition for their new band. They were instantly impressed with his unique sound. At the time, Gossard and Ament were working on the Temple of the Dog project founded by Soundgarden's Chris Cornell as a musical tribute to Mother Love Bone's frontman Andrew Wood, who died of a heroin overdose at age 24. Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron and newcomer Mike McCready were also a part of the project. The song "Hunger Strike" became a duet between Cornell and Vedder. Cornell was having trouble with the vocals at practice, when Vedder stepped in. Cornell later said of Vedder that "he sang half of that song not even knowing that I'd wanted the part to be there and he sang it exactly the way I was thinking about doing it, just instinctively."[18] Vedder would provide background vocals on several other songs as well. In April 1991, Temple of the Dog was released through A&M Records.
Pearl Jam[edit]
Pearl Jam was formed in 1990 by Ament, Gossard, and McCready,[17] who then recruited Vedder and three different drummers in sequence.[7][19][20] The band originally took the name Mookie Blaylock, but was forced to change it when the band signed to Epic Records in 1991, instead calling their debut album Ten, after Blaylock's jersey number.
Ten broke the band into the mainstream, and became one of the best selling alternative albums of the 1990s, being certified 13x Platinum. The band found itself amidst the sudden popularity and attention given to the Seattle music scene and the genre known as grunge. The single "Jeremy" received Grammy Award nominations for Best Rock Song and Best Hard Rock Performance in 1993.[21] Pearl Jam received four awards at the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards for its music video for "Jeremy", including Video of the Year and Best Group Video.[22] Ten ranks number 207 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time,[23] and "Jeremy" was ranked number 11 on VH1's list of the 100 greatest songs of the '90s.[24]
Following an intense touring schedule, the band went into the studio to record what would become its second studio album, Vs., released in 1993. Upon its release, Vs. set the record at the time for most copies of an album sold in a week,[26] and spent five weeks at number one on the Billboard 200. Vs. was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album in 1995.[27] From Vs., the song "Daughter" received a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and the song "Go" received a Grammy nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance.[28]
Feeling the pressures of success, with much of the burden of Pearl Jam's popularity falling on Vedder,[17] the band decided to decrease the level of promotion for its albums, including refusing to release music videos.[29] Vedder's issue with fame came from what he stated as "what happens when a lot of these people start thinking you can change their lives or save their lives or whatever and create these impossible fuckin' expectations that in the end just start tearing you apart."[30] In 1994, the band began a much-publicized boycott of Ticketmaster, which lasted for three years and limited the band's ability to tour in the United States.[31] During the mid-1990s, Vedder faced what he called a "pretty intense stalker problem."[32] Vedder would refer to the issue in the song "Lukin" from No Code.[33]
Later that same year the band released its third studio album, Vitalogy, which became the band's third straight album to reach multi-platinum status. It was at this time that Vedder began to be featured more on rhythm guitar, as well as on back up vocals and some drumming. Many of the songs on Vitalogy appear to be based by Vedder around the pressures of fame.[34] The album received Grammy nominations for Album of the Year and Best Rock Album in 1996.[35] Vitalogy was ranked number 492 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.[23] The lead single "Spin the Black Circle" won a Grammy Award in 1996 for Best Hard Rock Performance.[27] Although Dave Abbruzzese performed on the album Vitalogy, he was fired in August 1994, four months before the album was released.[32] The band cited political differences between Abbruzzese and the other members; for example, he disagreed with the Ticketmaster boycott.[32] He was replaced by Jack Irons, a close friend of Vedder and the former and original drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.[7]
Regarding the approach Pearl Jam took after its initial success, Vedder stated, "We've had the luxury of writing our own job description...and that description has basically been cut down to just one line: make music."[36] The band subsequently released No Code in 1996 and Yield in 1998. In 1998, prior to Pearl Jam's U.S. Yield Tour, Irons left the band due to dissatisfaction with touring.[37] Pearl Jam enlisted former Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron as Irons' replacement on an initially temporary basis,[37] but he soon became a permanent replacement for Irons. "Do the Evolution" (from Yield) received a Grammy nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance.[38] In 1998, Pearl Jam recorded "Last Kiss", a cover of a 1960s ballad made famous by J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers. It was released on the band's 1998 fan club Christmas single; however, by popular demand, the cover was released to the public as a single in 1999. "Last Kiss" peaked at number two on the Billboard charts and became the band's highest-charting single.
In 2000, the band released its sixth studio album, Binaural, and initiated a successful and ongoing series of official bootlegs. The band released seventy-two such live albums in 2000 and 2001, and set a record for most albums to debut in the Billboard 200 at the same time.[39] "Grievance" (from Binaural) received a Grammy nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance.[40] The band released its seventh studio album, Riot Act, in 2002. Pearl Jam's contribution to the 2003 film, Big Fish, "Man of the Hour", was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 2004.[41] The band's eighth studio album, the eponymous Pearl Jam, was released in 2006. The band released its ninth studio album, Backspacer, in 2009 and its tenth studio album, Lightning Bolt, in 2013.
On Pearl Jam records, Vedder uses the pseudonym "Jerome Turner" for his non-musical (usually design and artwork) contributions. He has also at times used the pseudonym of "Wes C. Addle" ("West Seattle").
Other musical projects[edit]
Soundtrack contributions[edit]
Vedder has contributed solo material to several soundtracks and compilations, including the soundtracks for the films Dead Man Walking (1995), I Am Sam (2001), A Brokedown Melody (2004), Body of War (2007), and Reign Over Me (2007). Vedder collaborated with Pakistani musician Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan for his contributions to the Dead Man Walking soundtrack. He covered The Beatles' "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" for the I Am Sam soundtrack. Vedder wrote "Man of the Hour" that Pearl Jam recorded for Tim Burton's Big Fish Soundtrack (2003). Vedder wrote two songs for the 2007 feature documentary, Body of War, produced by Ellen Spiro and Phil Donahue: "No More" (a song referring to the Iraq War) and "Long Nights". Vedder and the supergroup The Million Dollar Bashers, which includes members from Sonic Youth, Wilco, and Bob Dylan's band, covered Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower" for the biopic film, I'm Not There (2007). Pearl Jam recorded a cover version of The Who's song "Love, Reign o'er Me" for the film Reign Over Me, which takes its title from the song. In 2010, Vedder recorded a new song, "Better Days", which appeared on the soundtrack to the 2010 film Eat Pray Love.[42][43]
Into the Wild[edit]
Vedder contributed an album's worth of songs to the soundtrack for the 2007 film, Into the Wild. The soundtrack was released on September 18, 2007 through J Records. It includes covers of the Indio song "Hard Sun" and the Jerry Hannan song "Society".[44] Vedder said that having to write songs based on a narrative "simplified things." He said, "There were fewer choices. The story was there and the scenes were there."[45] Vedder's songs written for the film feature a folk sound. Thom Jurek of Allmusic called the soundtrack a "collection of folksy, rootsy tunes where rock & roll makes fleeting appearances."[46] Vedder won a 2008 Golden Globe Award for the song "Guaranteed" from Into the Wild.[47] He was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his contributions to the film's original score.[48] At the 2008 Grammy Awards, "Guaranteed" received a nomination for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.[49] "Guaranteed" was also nominated a 2008 World Soundtrack Award in the category of Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film.[50] At the 2009 Grammy Awards, "Rise" received a nomination for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo.[51]
Vedder promoted the Into the Wild soundtrack with his first solo tour, which began in April 2008. The April leg of the tour, dubbed the "April Fools Tour", began in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at The Centre on April 2, 2008 and was composed of ten dates focusing on the West Coast of the United States.[52][53] Vedder continued the tour with a second leg in August 2008 composed of fourteen dates focusing on the East Coast and Canada.[54] The second leg of the tour began in Boston, Massachusetts at the Boston Opera House and ended in Chicago, Illinois at the Auditorium Theatre.[55] In June 2009, Vedder followed his 2008 solo tour with another solo tour composed of fourteen dates focusing on the Eastern United States and Hawaii, which began in Albany, New York at the Palace Theatre and continued through to Honolulu at the Hawaii Theatre.[56]
Ukulele Songs[edit]
Vedder released his second solo album titled Ukulele Songs, a collection of original songs and covers performed on the ukulele, on May 31, 2011. The first single from the album, "Longing to Belong," was released through digital retailers on March 21. A live DVD titled Water on the Road, featuring live performances from two shows in Washington, D.C. during Vedder's 2008 solo tour, was released the same day as Ukulele Songs.
In addition to playing with Pearl Jam and Temple of the Dog, Vedder has performed or recorded with numerous well-known artists. He has appeared on albums by The Who, Ramones, Neil Young, R.E.M., Neil Finn, Bad Religion, Mark Seymour, Cat Power, Mike Watt, Fastbacks, Wellwater Conspiracy, Jack Irons, and John Doe, and has also recorded with The Strokes, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Supersuckers, Susan Sarandon, and Zeke. In the months of June and July 2006, Vedder made live performances jamming with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, singing on many tracks, including lead vocals on "The Waiting" and backing vocals on "American Girl". Vedder performed the songs "Break on Through (To the Other Side)", "Light My Fire" and "Roadhouse Blues" with the remaining members of The Doors at the 1993 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. He also performed with R.E.M. at the 2007 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. He also performed with The Stooges at the 2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Vedder made a guest appearance at the Ramones' last show on August 6, 1996 at the Palace in Hollywood.[57] Vedder has also performed live on stage with some of the biggest names in music and film including Pete Townshend, Paul McCartney, Rolling Stones, U2, Bruce Springsteen, Robert Plant, Roger Waters, Flea, Bryan Adams, Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, Roger Daltrey, Jay-Z, Kings of Leon, Dave Grohl, Perry Farrell, Beck, Sheryl Crow, Jerry Cantrell, Andrew Stockdale, Josh Homme, Mike Ness, Neil Young, Guided By Voices, Ace Frehley, Dave Matthews, Elvis Costello, Natalie Maines, Tim Robbins, Johnny Depp, Adam Sandler, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Glen Hansard and many others.
In film[edit]
Vedder had a brief acting cameo in the 1992 movie, Singles, along with Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam. He appeared as himself, playing drums in lead actor Matt Dillon's backing band, Citizen Dick.[58] He was also interviewed for the 1996 grunge documentary, Hype! He appears in the 2003 Ramones documentary, End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones. In 2007, he made a cameo as himself in the comedy film, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. He appears in the 2007 Tom Petty documentary, Runnin' Down a Dream, the 2008 political documentary, Slacker Uprising, and the 2009 Howard Zinn documentary, The People Speak. He had a one-scene cameo in the second episode of the second season of the IFC (U.S. TV channel) television show Portlandia (TV series). In 2009, Vedder performed in The People Speak, a documentary feature film that uses dramatic and musical performances of the letters, diaries, and speeches of everyday Americans, based on historian Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States".[59]
Vedder is known for his social and political views. Discussing his views on current issues in the United States, Vedder said, "People on death row, the treatment of animals, women's right to choose. So much in America is based on religious fundamentalist Christianity. Grow up! This is the modern world!"[60] In 1992, Spin printed an article by Vedder, entitled "Reclamation", which detailed his views on abortion.[61] Vedder and Pearl Jam have consistently supported abortion rights and performed at Rock for Choice in 1994.[62] Vedder was outspoken in support of Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader in 2000,[63] and Pearl Jam played a series of concerts on the 2004 Vote for Change tour, supporting the candidacy of John Kerry for U.S. President. Vedder told Rolling Stone magazine, "I supported Ralph Nader in 2000, but it's a time of crisis. We have to get a new administration in."[64] In 2005, during Pearl Jam's first South American tour, Vedder stated, to the immediate and effusive support from the crowd in Rio de Janeiro, that "next time we come to Brazil, the world will be a better place to live, as George Bush will no longer be the President of the United States." Vedder supported the candidacy of Barack Obama in 2008.[65]
In his spare time, Vedder is a surfer and active in surf-related conservation efforts, most notably The Surfrider Foundation.[66] Vedder shows his support for environmental activism by sporting an Earth First! tattoo on his right calf. The logo is of a monkey wrench crossed with a stone hammer. Vedder was vegetarian,[67] but enjoys eating ham, as he mentioned on the Jimmy Fallon show in 2013.[68]
Vedder was a longtime and outspoken supporter for the Free the West Memphis 3 movement, a cause that advocated the release of three young men who were convicted in 1994 of the gruesome murders of three boys in West Memphis, Arkansas. In an interview with Larry King on December 19, 2007, Damien Echols, who was then on death row for the murders, said that Vedder had been the "greatest friend a person could have" and that he had collaborated with him while in prison.[69] The song "Army Reserve" on Pearl Jam's 2006 self-titled album features a lyrical collaboration between Vedder and Echols. On August 19, 2011, Vedder and Natalie Maines attended the release hearing and arranged a celebration party for them afterwards.
Musical style and influences[edit]
Critic Jim DeRogatis describes Vedder's vocals as a "Jim Morrison-like vocal growl."[70] Greg Prato of Allmusic said, "With his hard-hitting and often confessional lyrical style and Jim Morrison-esque baritone, Vedder also became one of the most copied lead singers in all of rock."[71] Vedder has inducted The Doors, Neil Young, the Ramones, and R.E.M. into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and in his induction speeches he has cited them all as influences. Other influences that Vedder has cited include Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, U2, The Who, Pink Floyd, The Jackson 5, The Beatles, Frank Zappa, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Elvis Costello, Talking Heads, Sonic Youth, Fugazi, Tom Waits, Huey Lewis, Bob Dylan, and the Pixies.[33][72]
Vedder's lyrical topics range from personal ("Alive", from Ten; "Better Man", from Vitalogy) to social and political concerns ("Even Flow", from Ten; "World Wide Suicide", from Pearl Jam). His lyrics have often invoked the use of storytelling and have included themes of freedom, individualism, and sympathy for troubled individuals.[73] Other recurring themes include the use of water metaphors,[74] as well as the idea of leaving everything behind to start again (featured in such songs as "Rearviewmirror", from Vs.; "MFC", from Yield; "Evacuation", from Binaural; and "Gone", from Pearl Jam).
Although best known as a vocalist, Vedder also plays guitar on many Pearl Jam songs, beginning with the Vs. songs "Rearviewmirror" and "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town". When the band started, Gossard and McCready were clearly designated as rhythm and lead guitarists, respectively. The dynamic began to change when Vedder started to play more rhythm guitar during the Vitalogy era. McCready said in 2006, "Even though there are three guitars, I think there's maybe more room now. Stone will pull back and play a two-note line and Ed will do a power chord thing, and I fit into all that."[75] Vedder's guitar playing helped the band's sound progress toward a more stripped-down style; the songs "Rearviewmirror" and "Corduroy" (from Vitalogy) feature Vedder's raw, punk-influenced guitar playing. As he had more influence on the band's sound, Vedder sought to make the band's musical output less catchy. He said, "I felt that with more popularity, we were going to be crushed, our heads were going to pop like grapes."[33] He has also contributed performances on the ukulele, harmonica, accordion, and electric sitar to various Pearl Jam recordings. In 2012 his popular black Fender Telecaster was featured in a painting by modern artist Karl Haglund.
'Weird Al' Yankovic wrote the song "My Baby's in Love with Eddie Vedder" for his album Running with Scissors. Local H also wrote a song involving Eddie simply named "Eddie Vedder" which appeared on their 1996 album As Good As Dead.
Live performances[edit]
Throughout Pearl Jam's career, Vedder has interacted with the crowd during the band's concerts. Early in Pearl Jam's existence, Vedder and the band became known for their intense live performances. Vedder participated in stage diving as well as crowd surfing. During the early part of Pearl Jam's career, Vedder was known to climb the stage lighting rig and hang from the stage roof. Looking back at this time, Vedder said, "It's hard for us to watch early performances, even though that's when people think we were on fire and young. Playing music for as long as I had been playing music and then getting a shot at making a record and at having an audience and stuff, it's just like an untamed force...a different kind of energy. And I find it kind of hard to watch those early performances because it's so just fucking, semi-testosterone-fueled or whatever. But it didn't come from jock mentality. It came from just being let out of the gates."[76]
Vedder began incorporating social commentary and political criticism into his lyrics and performances early in his career with Pearl Jam. He usually comments on politics between songs, often to criticize U.S. foreign policy. During Pearl Jam's 1992 appearance on MTV Unplugged, Vedder stood atop his stool, took out a marker pen, and wrote "PRO-CHOICE" down his arm in large letters when the band performed the song "Porch". During Pearl Jam's 2007 Lollapalooza headlining show, Vedder and the band played a song telling the crowd in Chicago to boycott the oil company B.P. Amoco because they had been polluting Lake Michigan.[77]
Guitar Rig & Signal Flow[edit]
A detailed gear diagram of Eddie Vedder's 1997 Pearl Jam guitar rig is well-documented.[78]
Personal life[edit]
Vedder attended San Dieguito High School, now called San Dieguito Academy. Vedder donated proceeds from a 2006 Pearl Jam concert in San Diego toward the construction of a theater for the school in the name of his former drama teacher, Clayton E. Liggett. Liggett was Vedder's mentor in high school. Vedder wrote the song "Long Road" (from Merkin Ball) upon hearing of Liggett's death in 1995.[79]
In 1994, Vedder married his long time girlfriend, Beth Liebling. The couple divorced in 2000. Vedder's music style transformed around this same period with more focus on ukulele and deeper lyrics.[80]
Vedder is a friend of The Who guitarist Pete Townshend and former Audioslave and current Soundgarden frontman, Chris Cornell. Townshend discouraged Vedder from retiring in 1993.[81] In late 2007, Vedder wrote the foreword to a new Pete Townshend biography, Who Are You: The Life of Pete Townshend. The book was published in the UK in March 2008 and in the U.S. in October 2008. Vedder was a close friend of the late Ramones guitarist Johnny Ramone, with Vedder being at his side when he died. Since Ramone's death, Vedder and Pearl Jam have played the Ramones' "I Believe in Miracles" regularly at live shows. While driving home from Ramone's funeral, Vedder wrote the lyrics for the Pearl Jam song "Life Wasted" (from Pearl Jam).[33] He is also a friend of famed surfers Kelly Slater, Laird Hamilton, and fellow musicians Jack Johnson and Ben Harper. He was featured with Laird Hamilton in an episode of the documentary series Iconoclasts in 2006. While surfing with Tim Finn in New Zealand on March 25, 1995,[82] Vedder was carried 250 feet (76 m) off the coast and had to be rescued by lifeguards.[83] He also has paddled outrigger canoes on occasion and in 2005 was nearly lost at sea trying to paddle from Moloka'i to Oahu.[84]
Vedder is a Chicago Bulls and Chicago Bears fan and a long-time, die-hard fan of the Chicago Cubs.[85] Vedder also became a fan of the Seattle SuperSonics while he was living in Seattle, and could be spotted at KeyArena many nights attending Sonics games. He is friends with several Chicago sports figures, including former White Sox pitcher Jack McDowell, former Bulls player Dennis Rodman, former Blackhawks player Chris Chelios, Cubs GM Theo Epstein and former Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood. Vedder occasionally wears a Walter Payton jersey while performing onstage. Vedder was wearing a White Sox hat given to him by McDowell during Pearl Jam's 1992 Saturday Night Live and MTV Unplugged appearances. In November 1993, Vedder and McDowell were involved in a bar room brawl in New Orleans, Louisiana that resulted in Vedder being arrested for public drunkenness and disturbing the peace.[86] The Pearl Jam song "Black, Red, Yellow" (from the "Hail, Hail" single) is about the Rodman/Michael Jordan/Phil Jackson-era Chicago Bulls teams.[87] The middle of the song features a voice-mail message Rodman left for Vedder asking Vedder to return his call. Vedder sang the national anthem before the third game of the 1998 NBA Finals in Chicago,[88] and has sung "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" at five Cubs games since 1998. In 2007, a few days before performing with Pearl Jam in Chicago for Lollapalooza, he threw out the first pitch at Wrigley Field, the home of the Cubs. Vedder wrote a song at the request of former Cubs shortstop and first baseman Ernie Banks paying tribute to the Cubs called "All the Way".[89][90] On September 18, 2008, the song was made available for digital download via Pearl Jam's official website for US$0.99.[91]
Vedder married his longtime girlfriend, model Jill McCormick on September 18, 2010.[92][93][94] They have two daughters, Olivia (born June 11, 2004) and Harper (born September 23, 2008).[95]
Solo discography[edit]
Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||
2007 | Into the Wild | 11 | 39 | 28 | 89 | 31 | 68 | 6 | 30 | 34 | 183 | ||
2011 | Ukulele Songs
4 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 64 | 18 | 6 | 13 | 32 | 49 | ||
"—" denotes a release that did not chart. |
Temple of the Dog discography[edit]
Year | Title | Label | Track(s) |
1991 | Temple of the Dog | A&M | "Hunger Strike", "Wooden Jesus", "Pushin Forward Back", "Your Saviour", and "Four Walled World" |
Pearl Jam discography[edit]
- Ten (1991)
- Vs. (1993)
- Vitalogy (1994)
- No Code (1996)
- Yield (1998)
- Binaural (2000)
- Riot Act (2002)
- Pearl Jam (2006)
- Backspacer (2009)
- Lightning Bolt (2013)
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
US Adult [106] |
US Alt. [107] |
US Main. [108] |
2001 | "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" | 28 | 30 | 40 | — | I Am Sam soundtrack | |
2007 | "Hard Sun" | — | 13 | — | 23 | Into the Wild soundtrack | |
2010 | "Better Days" | — | — | — | — | Eat Pray Love soundtrack | |
2011 | "Longing to Belong" | — | — | — | — | Ukulele Songs | |
"Can't Keep" | — | — | — | — | |||
"Without You" | — | — | — | — | |||
"—" denotes a release that did not chart. |
Contributions and collaborations[edit]
Year | Group | Title | Label | Track(s) |
1993 | Eddie Vedder and Mike McCready with G. E. Smith | The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration | Sony | "Masters of War" (live) |
Bad Religion | Recipe for Hate | Epitaph/Atlantic | "American Jesus" and Watch It Die | |
1995 | Mike Watt | Ball-Hog or Tugboat? | Columbia | "Big Train" and "Against the 70's" |
Neil Young | Mirror Ball | Reprise | "Peace and Love" | |
1996 | Eddie Vedder with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan | Dead Man Walking: Music from and Inspired By the Motion Picture | Sony | "Face of Love" and "Long Road" |
Eddie Vedder with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan | Dead Man Walking: The Score | Sony | "Face of Love" and "Long Road" | |
Fastbacks | New Mansions in Sound | Sub Pop | "Girl's Eyes" | |
Gary Heffern | Painful Days | Y-records | "Passin' Thru'" | |
Crowded House | Recurring Dream | Capitol | "Everything Is Good for You" | |
1997 | Eddie Vedder with Hovercraft | Kerouac – kicks joy darkness | Rykodisc | "Hymn" |
Eddie Vedder and Mike McCready | Tibetan Freedom Concert | Capitol | "Yellow Ledbetter" (live) | |
Ramones | We're Outta Here! | MCA | "Any Way You Want It" | |
1999 | Pete Townshend | Pete Townshend Live: A Benefit for Maryville Academy | Intersound | "Magic Bus" (live) and "Heart to Hang Onto" (live) |
Eddie Vedder and Susan Sarandon | Cradle Will Rock: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack | RCA | "Croon Spoon" | |
2000 | Supersuckers with Eddie Vedder | Free the West Memphis 3 | Koch | "Poor Girl" |
2001 | Wellwater Conspiracy | The Scroll and Its Combinations | TVT | "Felicity's Surprise" |
Eddie Vedder and Mike McCready with Neil Young | America: A Tribute to Heroes | Interscope | "Long Road" (live) | |
2002 | Eddie Vedder | I Am Sam: Music from and Inspired By the Motion Picture | V2 Ada | "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" |
Neil Finn | 7 Worlds Collide | Nettwerk | "Take a Walk" (live), "Stuff and Nonsense" (live), "I See Red" (live), and "Parting Ways" (live) | |
2003 | Eddie Vedder & Zeke | We're a Happy Family - A Tribute to Ramones | Columbia | "I Believe in Miracles" and "Daytime Dilemma (Dangers of Love)" |
Cat Power | You Are Free | Matador | "Good Woman" and "Evolution" | |
The Who | The Who Live at the Royal Albert Hall | Steamhammer US | "I'm One" (live), "Gettin' in Tune" (live), "Let's See Action" (live), and "See Me, Feel Me" (live) (with Bryan Adams) | |
2004 | Pete Townshend | Magic Bus – Live from Chicago | Compendia | "Magic Bus" (live) and "Heart to Hang Onto" (live) |
Jack Irons | Attention Dimension | Breaching Whale | "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" | |
Red Whyte with Eddie Vedder | The 5th Symphony Document: Soundtrack | Folklore | "Lucky Country" | |
2005 | Eddie Vedder and the Walmer High School Choir | The Molo Sessions | Ten Club | "Long Road", "Love Boat Captain" and "Better Man" |
2006 | Eddie Vedder | Dead Man Walking: Dead Man Walking: Music from and Inspired By the Motion Picture: Legacy Edition | Sony | "Face of Love" (with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan), "Long Road" (with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan), and "Dead Man" |
Eddie Vedder | A Brokedown Melody: Music from and Inspired By the Film | Brushfire | "Goodbye" | |
Eddie Vedder with The Strokes & Josh Homme | You Only Live Once single | RCA | "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" | |
2007 | Eddie Vedder & The Million Dollar Bashers | I'm Not There: Original Soundtrack | Columbia | "All Along the Watchtower" |
Crowded House | Seattle, WA 09/01/2007 | Kufala | "World Where You Live" and "Something So Strong" | |
2008 | Eddie Vedder with Ben Harper | Body of War: Songs that Inspired an Iraq War Veteran | Sire | "No More" (live) |
John Doe | The Golden State | Independent | "The Golden State Remix" (with Corin Tucker) | |
Crowded House | Surf Aid – The Music | Loop | "World Where You Live" | |
2010 | Eddie Vedder | Eat Pray Love | Monkeywrench Records | "The Long Road" (with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan) and "Better Days" |
2011 | R.E.M. | Collapse Into Now | Warner Bros. | "It Happened Today" |
2012 | Jimmy Fallon | Blow Your Pants Off[110][111] | Warner Bros. | "Balls In Your Mouth" |
- Performer and actor
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Original air date |
1992 | The Late Show | performer* | song: "Alive" (season 4, episode 2) | February 4, 1992 |
Saturday Night Live | performer* | songs: "Alive" and "Porch" ("Sharon Stone/Pearl Jam"; season 17, episode 17)[112] | April 11, 1992 | |
MTV Unplugged: Pearl Jam | performer* | (season 3, episode 4)[113] | May 13, 1992 | |
MTV Video Music Awards | performer* | song: "Jeremy"[114][115] | September 9, 1992 | |
1993 | MTV Video Music Awards | performer** | songs: "Animal" and "Rockin' in the Free World" with Neil Young[116] | September 2, 1993 |
Bob Dylan: 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration | performer | songs: "Masters of War" with Mike McCready and "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" with entire ensemble (tribute concert for Bob Dylan)[117] | October 16, 1993 | |
1994 | 24 Hours in Rock and Roll | himself | MTV documentary about one day in the life of rock and roll[118] | March 13, 1994 |
Headbangers Ball | himself | "Kurt Cobain Tribute Special" (season 8, episode 3)[119] | April ?, 1994 | |
Saturday Night Live | performer* | songs: "Not for You", "Rearviewmirror" and "Daughter" ("Emilio Estevez/Pearl Jam"; season 19, episode 18)[120] | April 16, 1994 | |
1996 | Late Show with David Letterman | performer | song: chorus to "Black" with Paul Shaffer & the CBS Orchestra[121] | February 27, 1996 |
38th Grammy Awards | himself | Pearl Jam won Best Hard Rock Performance for the song, "Spin the Black Circle"^[121] | February 28, 1996 | |
Late Show with David Letterman | performer* | songs: "Hail, Hail" and "Leaving Here"[121] | September 20, 1996 | |
1998 | Late Show with David Letterman | performer* | song: "Wishlist"[121] | May 1, 1998 |
Late Show with David Letterman | himself | Behind the Music parody about Paul Shaffer[121] | May 21, 1998 | |
1999 | Late Show with David Letterman | performer | songs: "Heart to Hang Onto" and "Magic Bus" with Pete Townshend[121][122] | July 28, 1999 |
2000 | Late Show with David Letterman | performer* | song: "Grievance"[121] | April 12, 2000 |
2001 | America: A Tribute to Heroes | performer | songs: "Long Road" with Mike McCready & Neil Young and "America the Beautiful" with Willie Nelson, et al. (benefit concert for the victims of the September 11 attacks)[123][124] | September 21, 2001 |
2002 | Late Show with David Letterman | performer* | song: "I Am Mine"[121] | November 14, 2002 |
Late Show with David Letterman | performer* | song: "Save You"[121] | November 15, 2002 | |
2004 | Late Show with David Letterman | performer* | song: "Masters of War"[121] | September 30, 2004 |
National Anthem: Inside the Vote for Change Concert Tour | performer* | Vote for Change finale concert and tour documentary[125] | October 11, 2004 | |
2006 | Saturday Night Live | performer* | song: "World Wide Suicide" and "Severed Hand" ("Lindsay Lohan/Pearl Jam"; season 31, episode 16)[126] | April 15, 2006 |
Late Show with David Letterman | performer* | song: "Life Wasted"[121] | May 4, 2006 | |
Later with Jools Holland | performer* | songs: "Severed Hand", "World Wide Suicide" & "Alive" (season 27, episode 1) | May 5, 2006 | |
VH1 Storytellers: Pearl Jam | performer* | (season 9, episode 1)[127] | July 1, 2006 | |
Iconoclasts | himself | "Eddie Vedder & Laird Hamilton" (season 2, episode 1)[128] | October 26, 2006 | |
2008 | VH1 Rock Honors: The Who | performer* | songs: "Love, Reign o'er Me" and "The Real Me" (tribute ceremony for The Who)[129] | July 17, 2008 |
2009 | Pearl Jam: Ten Revisited | himself | VH1 Classic documentary about Pearl Jam's debut album, Ten[130][131] | March 22, 2009 |
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | performer | song: "My City of Ruins" with gospel choir (tribute ceremony for Bruce Springsteen)[132] | December 29, 2009 | |
2010 | Saturday Night Live | performer* | songs: "Just Breathe" & "Unthought Known" ("Jude Law/Pearl Jam"; season 35, episode 17) | March 13, 2010 |
2011 | True Crime with Aphrodite Jones | himself | "West Memphis Three" (season 2, episode 6) | May 5, 2011 |
Late Show with David Letterman | performer | song: "Without You"[133] | June 20, 2011 | |
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | performer | song: "Balls in Your Mouth" with Jimmy Fallon & The Roots[134] | September 8, 2011 | |
2012 | Portlandia | himself | "One Moore Episode" (season 2, episode 2)[135] | January 13, 2012 |
Change Begins Within | performer | songs: "Rise" (solo) / "Under Pressure" with Ben Harper and Relentless7 / "It Don't Come Easy" and "Boys" with Ben Harper and Relentless7 & Ringo Starr / "Yellow Submarine" with Ben Harper and Relentless7, Ringo Starr & Sheryl Crow (benefit concert founded by David Lynch for the promotion of Transcendental Meditation)[136][137] | April 29, 2012 |
- Performer and actor
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1992 | Singles | himself – Citizen Dick drummer (uncredited) | acting debut |
1996 | Hype! | himself | documentary about the popularity of the grunge movement |
1997 | We're Outta Here! | performer | song: "Any Way You Want It" with the Ramones (documentary and concert film of the Ramones) |
1998 | Not in Our Name: Dead Man Walking - The Concert | performer | songs: "Face of Love" and "Long Road" with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (benefit concert film for the Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation) |
Pearl Jam: Single Video Theory | himself | documentary about the making of Pearl Jam's Yield album | |
2000 | The Who & Special Guests: Live at the Royal Albert Hall | performer | songs: "I'm One" & "Let's See Action" with The Who^^ and "See Me, Feel Me"/"Listening to You" with Bryan Adams & The Who (concert film of The Who with musical guests at the Royal Albert Hall) |
2001 | 7 Worlds Collide: Neil Finn & Friends Live at the St. James | performer | songs: "Take a Walk", "Stuff and Nonsense", "I See Red" & "Parting Ways" with 7 Worlds Collide (concert film of 7 Worlds Collide in Auckland, New Zealand) |
Pearl Jam: Touring Band 2000 | performer* | concert film of Pearl Jam's Binaural Tour | |
Last Party 2000 | himself | documentary about the last six months of the 2000 presidential election | |
2003 | End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones | himself | documentary about the Ramones |
Brian Wilson: On Tour | performer | concert film of Brian Wilson with musical guests | |
Pearl Jam: Live at the Showbox | performer* | concert film of Pearl Jam's Showbox Theatre show | |
Pearl Jam: Live at the Garden | performer* | concert film of Pearl Jam's Madison Square Garden show | |
2004 | Ramones: Raw | himself (deleted scenes) | documentary about the Ramones |
2006 | Too Tough to Die: A Tribute to Johnny Ramone | performer | songs: "I Believe in Miracles" & "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" (tribute/benefit concert film for Johnny Ramone and cancer research) |
2007 | Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who | himself | documentary about The Who |
Pearl Jam: Immagine in Cornice – Live in Italy 2006 | performer* | concert film of Pearl Jam's Italian leg of their 2006 World Tour | |
Slacker Uprising | himself | footage from Michael Moore's 60-city college campus tour | |
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story | himself | ||
2008 | Song Sung Blue | himself | documentary about Mike Sardina and Claire Sardina (Neil Diamond and Patsy Cline impersonators) |
Into the Wild: The Experience | himself | documentary short film about the making of Into the Wild | |
Into the Wild: The Story, the Characters | himself | documentary short film about the making of Into the Wild | |
2009 | Kôkua 2008: 5 Years of Change | performer | song: "Constellations" with Jack Johnson & Kawika Kahiapo (concert film of the Kôkua Festival)[138] |
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: Whole Lotta Shakin' | himself | collection of some of the best speeches, performances and backstage moments of the annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremonies | |
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: Come Together | himself | collection of some of the best speeches, performances and backstage moments of the annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremonies | |
The People Speak | performer | song: "Masters of War" (documentary about America's struggles with war, class, race and women's rights) | |
2011 | Conan O'Brien Can't Stop | himself | Conan O'Brien's comedy tour footage and documentary |
Water on the Road | performer | concert film of Vedder's Ukulele Songs tour | |
Off the Boulevard | himself | documentary about the journey and struggle of seven different artists | |
Pearl Jam Twenty | himself/performer* | documentary about the first twenty years of Pearl Jam | |
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory | himself | documentary about the West Memphis Three | |
2013 | Cosmic Psychos: Blokes You Can Trust | himself (rumored) | documentary about the band Cosmic Psychos |
Jay-Z: Made in America | himself/performer* | Ron Howard documentary which follows the musical acts at the Jay-Z founded Budweiser Made in America Festival held on Labor Day weekend in Philadelphia of 2012 |
- *denotes performance with Pearl Jam
- **note: "Animal" performed with Pearl Jam and "Rockin' in the Free World" performed with Neil Young & Pearl Jam
- ^note: In the acceptance speech, Eddie notoriously states, "I don't know what this means, I don't think it means anything."
- ^^note: Vedder also performed the songs: "Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand" & "Getting in Tune" with The Who, but they were not released on the DVD.
Awards and nominations[edit]
Award | Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | 2008 | "Guaranteed" from Into the Wild | Best Song[139] | Nominated |
SIMA Waterman's Honorees | 2007 | Eddie Vedder | Environmentalist of the Year[140] | Won |
Golden Globe Awards | 2008 | "Guaranteed" from Into the Wild | Best Original Song[47] | Won |
Into the Wild (with Michael Brook and Kaki King) | Best Original Score[47] | Nominated | ||
Grammy Awards | 2008 | "Guaranteed" from Into the Wild | Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media[141] | Nominated |
2009 | "Rise" | Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo[51] | Nominated | |
mtvU Woodie Awards | 2008 | Eddie Vedder | The Good Woodie[142] | Nominated |
Satellite Awards | 2007 | "Rise" from Into the Wild | Best Original Song[143] | Nominated |
Online Film Critics Society Awards | 2008 | Into the Wild (with Michael Brook and Kaki King) | Best Original Score[144] | Nominated |
World Soundtrack Awards | 2008 | "Guaranteed" from Into the Wild | Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film[50] | Nominated |
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Participants of Phase II of the General Studies Roundtable have completed a proposed General Studies program and forwarded it to the Faculty Senate for review. The proposed new program is described as a "liberal studies" program, "in that it is gathered around the concept of a 'curriculum for educated citizenship in a free, equitable, and just society'" (from the preamble of the Roundtable Proposal available on the General Studies website). The proposed program categories are Fundamentals (12 hours), Historical Sources (3 hours), Portal course (3 hours), Modes of Inquiry (12 hours), Disciplinary Focus (13 hours), and Capstone course (2 hours).
The proposed courses are described in detail in the Roundtable Proposal. The Faculty Senate will now review and discuss the proposal, make changes, and eventually vote on whether to endorse it. If it is endorsed, the proposal will go to the General Studies Council for review, modification, and development. The General Studies Council will also send the proposal to the college educational policy committees for their input. Ultimately, the General Studies Council would submit a completed full proposal to the general faculty for a ratifying vote. The complete renewal process is outlined on the General Studies website.
The University of Nebraska and Nebraska State College campuses are in the process of selecting new student information systems to replace the systems implemented in the early 1990s. The current vendor has decided to stop supporting the existing software at the end of 2011. Because implementation is a multi-year project, immediate action is necessary in order to have new systems in place by that time.
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In 2007, both the University of Nebraska and the Nebraska State Colleges began independent efforts to replace the administrative systems for their respective institutions. At the request of the governor, and for purposes of reaching efficiency and cost savings goals for the state, the two campus systems began discussions in December of 2007 to collaborate on software acquisition efforts. The outcome of those discussions led to a combined procurement effort which has been labeled the NeSIS project, and the project organization consists of all University of Nebraska and Nebraska State College stakeholders, Functional and Technical Decision Teams, a Core Team, and a Steering Committee.
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The University of Nebraska Board of Regents and Nebraska's Coordinating Commission of Postsecondary Education (CCPE) recently approved a new major for UNK – the Athletic Training Comprehensive Bachelor of Science. The department of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Leisure Studies (HPERLS) previously offered an Athletic Training Education Program as an option of the Exercise Science Comprehensive Bachelor of Science. In November of 2006, the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training (CAATE) conducted a review of the HPERLS Department and made a recommendation to the department to convert the Athletic Training Education Program to a Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training. The department initiated the process in January of 2007, altering the Exercise Science Comprehensive and requesting the creation of the Athletic Training Comprehensive Bachelor of Science. The requests were approved by Academic Affairs and the Faculty Senate at the end of the spring semester and then forwarded to the Board of Regents and the CCPE. The major will be effective with the Fall 2008 catalog.
Five staff members from Shandong University at Weihai in China will visit UNK from February 14-19. While here, these individuals will shadow UNK staff members who have responsibilities similar to theirs and compare the organization of our activities and offices to theirs. During their visit they will talk with UNK personnel and visit Kearney and the surrounding area.
The participants in the program are: Sun Wuan, Director of Sociology Teaching Department; Zhou Huiru, Director of Human Resources Department; Zhu Guihua, Director of Laboratory and Facility Office; Huang Jianjun, Vice Dean of Marine School; and Yin Chuanbo, Officer of International Office.
In the fall, General Studies and Assessment personnel administered the Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency (CAAP) Critical Thinking and Writing tests in several classes on campus. Instructors from all four colleges agreed to give up a class period to allow the testing of freshmen and seniors: 198 freshmen and 169 seniors took the CAAP Critical Thinking test, and 196 freshmen and 191 seniors took the CAAP Writing test. The testing company returned the results to UNK at the beginning of the spring semester. The institutional reports are posted on the assessment website, and further analysis will be available in the Volume 4, Issue 2 version of the Office of Assessment newsletter.
Mahabir Pun - UNK alumnus and 2007 recipient of the Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership - delivered the commencement address at the 2007 winter ceremony. If you were unable to attend the ceremony and missed his speech, a transcript is posted on the Academic Affairs and Student Life website.
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Grand Valley added three more points to their lead with an 8-5 second quarter and a 25-15 halftime lead.
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Indian Name (Beside the Long Tidal River) Quinnehtukqut State Motto: Qui Transtulit Sustinet--He Who Transplanted Still Sustains.The emblems of the State are as follows: The State Seal was provided for in the Constitution, 1818.The State Flag was adopted by Act of the Legislature, 1897.The State Flower, the Mountain Laurel, was adopted by Act of the Legislature, 1907.The State Bird, the Robin, was adopted by Act of the Legislature, 1943.The State Tree, the White Oak, was adopted by Act of the Legislature, 1947.The State Animal, the Sperm Whale, Physeter Catodon, was adopted by Act of the Legislature, 1975.The State Insect, the Praying Mantis, Mantis Religiosa, was adopted by Act of the Legislature, 1977.The State Mineral, the Garnet, was adopted by Act of the Legislature, 1977.The State Song, "Yankee Doodle," was adopted by Act of the Legislature, 1978.The State Ship, USS Nautilus, was adopted by Act of the Legislature, 1983.The State Hero, Nathan Hale, was adopted by Act of the Legislature, 1985.The State Shellfish, the Eastern Oyster, was adopted by Act of the Legislature, 1989.The State Composer, Charles Edward Ives, was adopted by Act of the Legislature, 1991.The State Fossil, Eubrontes Giganteus, was adopted by Act of the Legislature, 1991.The State Heroine, Prudence Crandall, was adopted by Act of the Legislature, 1995.The State Tartan (see C.G.S., Sec. 3-110j for a description), was adopted by Act of the Legislature, 1995.The State Folk Dance, Square Dance, was adopted by Act of the Legislature, 1995.The State Flagship and Tall Ship Ambassador, the Freedom Schooner Amistad, was adopted by Act of the Legislature, 2003.The State Cantata, "The Nutmeg" by Stanley L. Ralph, was adopted by Act of the Legislature, 2003.The State Fish, American Shad, was adopted by Act of the Legislature, 2003.The State Aircraft, F4U Corsair, was adopted by Act of the Legislature, 2005. Hartford has been the sole Capital City since 1875 Population, 2011, estimated 3,580,709 Cities with largest population (2011, est.): 1. Bridgeport, 145,638 2. New Haven, 129,585 3. Hartford, 124,867 4. Stamford, 123,868 5. Waterbury, 110,189 Counties .......8 Towns .......169 Cities .......21 Boroughs .........9 Grand List of Taxable Property (2011) est. $385,070,991,837 Average rate of taxation (2011) est. 25.27 mills Birth Rate (2011-per 1,000 pop.) 10.4 Death Rate (2011-per 1,000 pop.) 8.1 Area of State approx. 5,565 square miles; 3,561,886 acres Land Area of State approx. 5,565 square miles; 3,561,886 acres Length of Boundary approx. 330 miles (including boundary with New York and Rhode Island in Long Island Sound and Fishers Island Sound) Length of Shoreline approx. 332 miles (including bays and coves) Highest Altitude approx. 2,380 ft. above sea level (slope of Mt. Frissell in Salisbury) Mileage of Rivers and Streams approx. 9,700 Number of Lakes and Ponds approx. 3,900 State Parks 107 State Forests 32 National Historic Landmarks 60 Miles on State Highway System 4,155.73 State Maintained Access Roads and Ramps 424.82 State Maintained Routes 3,730.91 Miles of Divided Lane Highways in System 729.41 Receipts of State Government for the fiscal year July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012 $31,409,199,443 Disbursements of State Government for the fiscal year July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012 $34,289,538,198 GOVERNMENT STATISTICS Elective State Officers Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of the State, Treasurer, Comptroller, Attorney General 6 United States Senators from Connecticut 2 United States Representatives 5 State Senators in the General Assembly 36 Representatives in the General Assembly 151 STATE EMPLOYEES IN EXECUTIVE BRANCH Number of full-time state positions 31,272 JUDICIAL STATISTICS (2013) Justices of Supreme Court 8 Judges of Appellate Court 9 Judges of Superior Court 170 Senior Judges 19 Probate Courts 54 Regional Children's Probate Courts 6 LAW ENFORCEMENT Dept. of Emergency Services & Public Protection 1 State Police Troops 11 Correctional Centers 4 Number of Inmates, May 31, 2013 4,667 Correctional Institutions 10 Number of Inmates, May 31, 2013 11,768 Youth Institution 1 Number of Inmates, May 31, 2013 422 HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS University of Connecticut's John N. Dempsey Hospital (State, General) 1 Number of in-patient beds - Licensed General Hospital Beds 224 Bassinets (well born) 10 State Inpatient Facilities for Mental Health and Addiction Services 3 Number of patients on books, Jan. 1, 2012 652 State Training School for persons with intellectual disability 1 Regions 3 Number of clients in residential settings and with DDS funded residential supports*, December 31, 2012 8,002 *Residential settings include: Southbury Training School, DDS Regional Centers, Community Living Arrangements (CLAs), Continuous Residential Supports (CRS), and Community Training Homes (CTHs). DDS funded residential supports includes those that are provided to people living in their own or family home. EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS (2012) Number Full-Time Employees* Students University of Connecticut (Including the UConn Health Center) 1 8,233 30,256 Connecticut State University 4 3,123 34,824 Community Colleges 12 2,197 58,228 Charter Oak State College 1 63 1,644 Independent Colleges and Universities 25 21,441 76,956 U.S. Coast Guard Academy 1 405 967 *Totals as of 2012. Excludes colleges that do not participate in federal financial aid programs. (2012-2013) Number Full-Time Equivalent Professional Staff Students Local Public Schools 1,029 47,542.7 517,845 Charter Schools 17 578.3 6,518 Academies 3 344.1 3,824 State Technical High Schools 1-Technical Education Center, Bristol 2-Satellites: Connecticut Aero Tech School, Hartford Stratford School for Aviation Maintenance (Mechanics) Technicians, Stratford 16 1,245.8 10,651 State or State-Aided Schools 19 279.8 810 Regional Educational Service Centers 49 1,499.1 11,339 Nonpublic Schools 380 7,907.0 65,269 AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS (2012) Number of Farms 4,900 Agricultural Land Resources (acres) Farmland 400,000 Commercially viable forest land 1,689,000 Shellfish grounds 70,000 Total Agricultural Acreage 2,159,000 Total Agricultural Employment 20,000 Value of Agricultural Products produced: $652,627,000 Greenhouse/Nursery* $273,840,000 Eggs $60,116,000 Dairy $72,720,000 Poultry $5,447,000 Livestock $8,473,000 Aquaculture ## $27,600,000 All Other Livestock** $13,497,000 Tobacco (Broadleaf) $20,026,000 Fruits and Vegetables $63,449,000 Field Crops (Hay & Silage) $39,012,000 Forestry $22,600,000 Maple Syrup $1,170,000 Other Crops*** $44,677,000 Numbers of Farmers Markets 125 Total Number of WIC and Senior Farmers' Market Participants 83,388 *Includes Christmas trees.**Includes sheep and lambs.***Includes shade tobacco. ##Includes data as 2010. MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS Connecticut Businesses (as of June 3, 2013) approx. 356,303 Foreign Businesses (as of June 3, 2013) approx. 57,047 Corporation Taxes, including Corporation Business Tax, Business Entity Tax, and Unrelated Business Income Tax, July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012 $715,237,587.39 Personal Income Tax, July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012 $8,309,391,926.00 Sales and Use Tax, July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012 $3,885,744,824.42 Fees received by Office of Secretary of the State from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012 $31,982,730.00 Notaries Public approx. 50,321 Water Companies - Investor owned 15 Water Companies - Municipal 46 Gas Companies - Investor owned 3 Gas Companies - Municipal 1 Water and Sewer Investor Companies 1 Sewer Companies 0 Electric Companies - Investor 2 Electric Companies - Municipal 6 Number of Railroads 12 Route miles of active trackage 629 Track miles of active trackage (includes multi-track commuter mainline and Amtrak lines; excludes yard tracks) 843 Domestic Telephone Companies providing service in Conn. 2 Number of Access Lines 1,169,934 Community Antenna Television 25 Number of Bus Companies, 9 Intrastate, 6 Interstate, 8 urban, 4 Rural Transit Districts operating own systems and 1 operating both urban and rural, plus 8 divisions of Conn. Transit - 3 operated by HNS Management and 5 state-owned privately operated. Number of Taxi Companies 111 Banks and Thrifts 81 National Banks 21 State Banks and Trust Companies 12 State Savings Banks 22 Federal Savings Banks 13 State Savings and Loan Associations 0 Federal Savings and Loan Associations 1 Out of State Banks (operating branches in CT) 6 Foreign Banks (operating branches in CT) 5 State Credit Unions 30 Federal Credit Unions 94 Out of State Credit Unions (operating branches in CT) 11 Check Cashers 149 Debt Adjusters 52 Money Transmitters and Issuers of Money Orders and Travelers' Checks 80 Small Loan Licensees 9 Sales Finance Licensees 142 Consumer Collection Agencies 961 Mortgage Lenders 241 Mortgage Brokers 216 Mortgage Originators 5,129 Mortgage Correspondent Lenders 118 Securities Broker-Dealers Registered 2,318 Securities Broker-Dealer Agents Registered 151,390 Securities Broker-Dealer Branch Offices Registered 2,675 Agents of Issuer Registered 21 SEC Registered Advisors Filing Notice 1,916 Investment Advisers Registered 555 Investment Adviser Agents Registered 11,197 Insurance Companies with Home Office Headquarters in Connecticut, June 30, 2012 97 All Active Motor Vehicle Registrations as of January 2013 2,996,662 Total Number of Valid Driver's Licenses as of January 2013 2,544,614 Gasoline Tax and Special Motor Fuel Tax Receipts, including Motor Carrier Road Tax, July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012 $492,777,001.34 Newspapers published in State (daily, Sunday, weekly and monthly approx. 124 Broadcasting Stations (AM) approx. 34 Broadcasting Stations (FM) approx. 39 Television Stations in State approx. 11 OCCUPATIONAL STATISTICS (2012) Acupuncturists 343 Advanced Ankle Surgery Permittees 6 Advanced Practice Registered Nurses 3,841 Athletic Trainers 619 Audiologists 271 Barbers 1,623 Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselors 281 Chiropractors 993 Dental Anesthesia/Conscious Sedation Permittees 150 Dental Conscious Sedation Permittees 20 Dental Hygienists 3,682 Dentists 3,443 Dieticians/Nutritionists 807 Electrologists 160 Embalmers 821 Funeral Directors 53 Hairdressers/Cosmeticians 23,991 Hearing Instrument Specialists 119 Homeopathic Physicians 9 Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors 779 Licensed Clinical Social Workers 5,828 Licensed Nurse Midwives 219 Licensed Practical Nurses 13,836 Marital and Family Therapists 1,125 Massage Therapists 4,793 Naturopathic Physicians 280 Nursing Home Administrators 767 Occupational Therapists 2,140 Occupational Therapist Assistants 719 Opticians 702 Optician Apprentices 271 Optometrists 654 Perfusionists 69 Physical Therapists 4,634 Physical Therapist Assistants 684 Physicians Assistants 1,911 Physicians/Surgeons 17,130 Podiatrists 305 Professional Counselors 1,932 Provisional Faculty Dentists 33 Psychologists 1,912 Radiographers 4,159 Registered Nurses 60,263 Respiratory Care Practitioners 1,731 Speech and Language Pathologists 2,500 Standard Ankle Surgery Permittees 12 Veterinarians 1,357 AVIATION & PORTS (2012) State-owned Airports: Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks; Groton-New London Airport, Groton; Hartford-Brainard Airport, Hartford; Danielson Airport, Killingly; Waterbury-Oxford Airport, Oxford; Windham Airport, Windham. Commercial Airports 22* Commercial Heliports 8 Private Heliports 53** Private Seaplane Bases 7 Commercial Seaplane Bases 0 Private Airports 29*** * Includes state-owned and municipally owned. **Includes state heliport. ***Includes 2 restricted military airports. Major seaports: Bridgeport, New Haven, New London (State piers). CONNECTICUT INDIANS Number of Indian Reservations in Connecticut 6 Number of residents Golden Hill Paugussett Reservation, Trumbull (1/4 acre) 6 Golden Hill Paugussett Reservation, Colchester (106 acres) 3 Paucatuck Eastern Pequot Reservation, North Stonington (225 acres) 25 Mashantucket Pequot Reservation, Ledyard (1,500 acres federal trust land) 388 Mohegan Reservation, Uncasville (240 acres)(409 acres federal trust land) 123 Schaghticoke Reservation, Kent (400 acres) 4 LEGAL HOLIDAYS IN THE STATE January 1 New Year's Day First Monday on or after January 15 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day February 12 Lincoln Day Third Monday in February Washington's Birthday Last Monday in May Memorial Day July 4 Independence Day First Monday in September Labor Day Second Monday in October Columbus Day November 11 Veterans' Day December 25 ChristmasWhenever any of such days occurs upon a Sunday, the Monday next following such day shall be a legal holiday and whenever any of such days occurs upon a Saturday, the Friday immediately preceding such day shall be a legal holiday. (Sec. 1-4 CT. Gen. Stat.) *The Friday before Easter Sunday Good Friday *The Fourth Thursday in November Thanksgiving Day*These days are designated by the Governor.


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Ava Anissipour's mission might seem odd to some.
The 12-year-old is intelligent, articulate and can put together a PowerPoint presentation that would put a lot of adults to shame. She's going into eighth grade at a Montessori school.
She certainly caught the attention of the Federal Way City Council and the mayor.
Ava wants to change this city's codes so pygmy goats – which are considered livestock animals and allowed only on property larger than 1.6 acres – are reclassified as household pets.
Ava and her mother, Kelly Anissipour, live in a planned-housing development with tiny lots less than one-tenth that size.
Ava has one goat, which a pediatrician classified as a companion animal for what
Ava says are her anxieties. She wants the return of a second goat, now boarded with a friend after the city issued a $100 citation.
The neighbors on either side of the Anissipour home are not happy with what one describes in an animal-service complaint as noise and smell that "has become unbearable ... We can't even enjoy our backyard for the smell of hers."
The Anissipours also have three dogs, a small one and a Saint Bernard they're fostering but might keep, and a mastiff. The latter two weigh 130 pounds each. The dogs and goats live both inside and outside the house.
At the Aug. 6 City Council meeting, Jim Ferrell, a council member and deputy mayor, heard Ava make her case and said it was "most thorough" and "well-presented," and for good measure added that, "You have a future in some sort of government role."
By October, a staff report is expected on whether the regulations should be changed, said city spokesman Chris Carrel. Federal Way then can decide whether to join Seattle, Portland, San Diego, Raleigh, N.C., and other cities in saying hello to goats.
One problem is the neighbors on either side of the Anissipour home in the 108-residence Brittany Lane at Regency Woods private community, which describes itself as "a quiet neighborhood where pride of homeownership is apparent."
Said Pamela Maas, "I have lived next to them almost 11 years, and it has been a battle with them I'd say for nine of them. Let me put it this way. She's the only neighbor I think about daily, because I'm reminded of her animals."
With the second goat gone, Maas said, "It still smells out there, but not as bad. The smell was really bad, flies, urine, feces. It smells like the barnyard at the Puyallup Fair."
Said Giselle Blanton, the neighbor on the other side of the Anissipour house, "I don't feel she should have the right to chase me away from home and neighborhood.
"I don't feel I can sell my home because she has brought down property values. If somebody went to our master suite and saw her backyard, they'd turn and run."
On a recent visit to their home, Ava and Kelly Anissipour showed off their home, backyard and pets.
The home and backyard are cleaned up, although the lawn showed burn spots from pet urine. The home was tidy and had a faint odor of the enzyme used for pet cleanups.
Yes, they cleaned that morning, but if the smell was so prevalent, one cleanup wouldn't get rid of it all, Kelly said.
The mom was a stockbroker, then started a massage school so she could have better hours after her divorce when Ava was 3.
Kelly tears up when talking about the complaints from her next-door neighbors and visit from animal services.
"I'm done. I wish I could sell my property and get property where no one would bother us," she says, but she is underwater on her house.
About having pygmy goats as pets, the mom says, "Believe me, this was not my idea. I'm allergic to goats. I paid $2,000 to a naturopath to get over allergies to goats."
She tells of asthma attacks and puffed-up eyes. Kelly says she can tolerate the pygmy goats they own because they're bathed frequently.
But when she takes her daughter to a goat show, Kelly says, she takes an inhaler.
Ava is asked why she'd keep goats, knowing her mother's allergic reaction.
"I love them too much," she says.
Says the mom, "Her passion is goats."
Ava says that since she was 3, when she saw her first goats on a family trip, she wanted one. The mom promised one when Ava turned 9 and kept her word.
Lillypad is the goat still in the home. She weighs 40 pounds and sleeps with Ava, resting her head on Ava's leg.
At 4 each morning, Ava says, she wakes up and takes Lillypad outside to do her business.
Lillypad got classified as a companion animal because the mom says two things happened in her daughter's life. Ava's grandfather, "a father figure," died. Plus there was the divorce.
"She had a hard time," Kelly says about Ava. The goat calmed her down, she says.
The second goat, Juju, arrived as a foster goat baby in February. She now weighs 15 pounds.
The mom and daughter say they couldn't let Juju go because Lillypad "really loved her."
And so Ava's quest to change the Federal Way code ensued.
If she does get to have two goats?
Says neighbor Giselle Blanton, "I hope rational people are the ones making decisions. We just want our neighbors to be law-abiding citizens and be good citizens. They're not right now."


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