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"Eddie Vedder is running the shop today": the time the Pearl Jam frontman reported for duty at his local record store
https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-time-eddie-vedder-hopped-behind-the-counter-at-his-local-record-storeIt was 1995 and Pearl Jam were at the height of their fame. Vedder had been having a torrid time of it, struggling with the glare of the limelight, but it hadn’t put him off going crate-digging in his favourite record store, West Seattle’s Easy Street Records. It was a slow Sunday and Vedder was in the shop scrolling through records when it was announced that the city’s baseball team the Seattle Mariners would be involved in a pivotal play-off game against the California Angels, a first play-off appearance for the Seattle team.
Easy Street, West Seattle’s sole Ticketmaster agent at the time, was the only place in the neighbourhood to get tickets and its staff was one was struggling to handle the influx of customers. Enter Vedder.
Store owner Matt Vaughan was away at the time and, when he saw the news, sensed the staff might be in trouble. He tried to call, the phone ringing and ringing until eventually someone picked up. “This is Matt, who is this?” said Vaughan. “This is Ed. Eddie, I come in here all the time, Eddie from Pearl Jam. I got it covered… it’s really busy, I have the day off, I’ll help out. The cash register you have is the same I had at a gas station I worked at a while back, gotta go!”
The call ended, and a stunned Vaughan said to his girlfriend, “Eddie Vedder is running the shop today.” The day, Easy Street’s employee said afterwards, was a resounding success, with the queuing fans getting their tickets until the event sold out in the afternoon. Vedder reportedly took control of the shop stereo, playing Sonic Youth, Fugazi, Cat Power, Sleater-Kinney, Billy Childish and more.
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Easy Street, West Seattle’s sole Ticketmaster agent at the time, was the only place in the neighbourhood to get tickets and its staff was one was struggling to handle the influx of customers. Enter Vedder.
Store owner Matt Vaughan was away at the time and, when he saw the news, sensed the staff might be in trouble. He tried to call, the phone ringing and ringing until eventually someone picked up. “This is Matt, who is this?” said Vaughan. “This is Ed. Eddie, I come in here all the time, Eddie from Pearl Jam. I got it covered… it’s really busy, I have the day off, I’ll help out. The cash register you have is the same I had at a gas station I worked at a while back, gotta go!”
The call ended, and a stunned Vaughan said to his girlfriend, “Eddie Vedder is running the shop today.” The day, Easy Street’s employee said afterwards, was a resounding success, with the queuing fans getting their tickets until the event sold out in the afternoon. Vedder reportedly took control of the shop stereo, playing Sonic Youth, Fugazi, Cat Power, Sleater-Kinney, Billy Childish and more.
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