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February 19, 2026 / 01:00:34

This episode features a conversation with Eddie Vedder, discussing his experiences with Pearl Jam, his documentary on EB, and the return of Scrubs.

Eddie Vedder shares insights about his time with Pearl Jam, including the Seattle music scene and the challenges faced by bands in the 90s. He reflects on the impact of ambition in Seattle's music culture and how it was often viewed negatively.

The discussion shifts to Vedder's documentary about epidermolysis bullosa (EB), a severe skin condition. He talks about the emotional journey of families dealing with EB and the importance of fundraising for research.

Additionally, the episode touches on the legacy of Katherine O'Hara, with Vedder and the hosts sharing their memories and the profound impact she had on those who knew her.

Finally, the conversation includes humorous anecdotes from Vedder's career, including his experiences on Saturday Night Live and his interactions with other musicians, showcasing a blend of humor and heartfelt moments.

TLDR

Eddie Vedder discusses Pearl Jam, his EB documentary, and memories of Katherine O'Hara.

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The Emmy-winning comedy Scrubs is back. The beloved original cast led by Zack Braph, Donald Faison, and Sarah Chalk
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have returned to Sacred Heart Hospital for all new hilarious and heartfelt stories.
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>> The new season of Scrubs, new Wednesdays at 87 central on ABC and stream on Hulu.
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>> To be honest, there was a real thing in Seattle where ambition was kind of
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looked down upon, you know. >> I I could see that. But the one at 10, I was pretty hammered.
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You know, that was a surprise. Well, they sent me the script. Dana, we were gonna We were going to
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>> Yeah. For a moment, >> I was excited for SNL. >> I couldn't even believe you were even
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possibly going to do that with me. I was >> And then next thing you know, they had
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me dressed up as a pirate. >> Oh, that's right. >> They didn't really agree to that.
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>> Edward Veter. You know him as Eddie Veter. I know him as Ed. >> Mhm.
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>> Very good friend. >> Singer songwriter. Was one of the original the Pearl Jam.
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>> Pearl Jam. Everybody Everybody knows >> Pearl Jam. One of the iconic bands out
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of Seattle in the 90s. And so we got to talk to Eddie Veter, which was really, really interesting.
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>> He's got a documentary out about EB, which is a skin condition, which is
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quite a rough ride. and he has spent 15 years along with his wife battling this disease with benefits
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that you and I have done to raise money for research and they're making >> scientists got everyone on board.
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Everyone on deck got >> on a lighter note when I was on SNL I remember that I did a joke where I go Stone
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Temple Pilots have a new album. I like these guys the first time I saw them when they were called Pearl Jam. It was
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one of those. >> Oh, really? So as if it was a total ripoff. >> Yeah. And then cuz he's like I feel
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ready to go raining in your bedroom and I see. So So then Stone Temple came on about four
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months later and then Marcy Klein comes up. She goes, "David Stone Temple wants
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you to come down rehearsal." And I go, "Oh." And then she goes, "Actually,
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wait, don't go. They the guy wants to kick the [ __ ] out of you." And I go,
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"Oh, >> oh, because okay, that's hit too close for home. A joke saying you're kind of
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like this band." That's Oh, that's >> bands don't want to hear that. Although
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Eddie Veter um has he's got the voice. He's got a voice that's instantly with
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its phrasing and his tenor is instantly recognizable. >> Yes. I take him through the top rock
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voices of all time. And uh I told him, I said, "I can't promise you're on it.
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It's whatever my list is. My list. Don't get me wrong." That was a tense moment
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in the interview >> and uh but Scott Wyland actually just to say as a caveat
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that did happen but I did run into him years later because I do like Stone Temple Pilots. Most of the people made
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fun of him. Great. And so he was uh changed his tune was very cool. >> Very cool.
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You know, you it's harder to explain that in that particular joke the triple name there's an official, you
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know, like your Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots. There was probably a reason that
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you picked that band because you could have picked >> Creed or, you know, whatever.
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>> You would have picked Helen Ready >> with eyes wide open. >> They're great. That's
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>> But anyway, back to Eddie Veter. Oh, right. We Eddie Veter is our guest.
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>> Lot of fun. We crack up um >> thoughtful and interesting interview.
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And we do laugh >> and for those deep dive fly on the wall frequent flyers, we do
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>> Yeah. >> Gervitz because he knows Gervitz. So, look for that. >> He's Mark Gervitz's very good friend and
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he's our manager. And so, we always do this. >> Well, David really started it.
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>> Make fun of Mark. >> It doesn't really sound like him, but it's it's funny. It's a It's a
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frequency. It's an exaggeration. >> It's funnier the way we do it than the
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real life. >> Yeah. Yeah. Well, that's I love impressions that go to an abstraction.
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>> All right. Here's our boy. >> Got to do it. >> Thanks for coming on.
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>> What you want to talk about? >> Hi, Eddie. >> Can you hear us?
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>> Hey, David. I can hear you. Great. >> Good. Good. >> You know, Eddie, I have a cool hat like
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that, too. >> We've traded hats before. Are you sure? >> Yeah. >> There it is. We still got it.
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>> Wow. >> It's a little It's a little sweaty cuz as you can see cuz I'm a bit of a rocker
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and sometimes I sweat when I'm working. >> We're kind of rockers too in a way. I
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mean, not in the way you are, but you know. >> Oh, I would say absolutely you are.
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>> No. No. Nope. were never were I guess that's the pinnacle in a way as a little
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kid of just in a band. I mean I was in a band with my brother you know I had a hardy boy book as a snare and a kick
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drum was a basket and you had a one string guitar. We all start out that way and then at some point we go um maybe
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not my >> when the money's not flowing >> when the money's no I got out of that in
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high school but what about like what do you want to talk about? Would you like to talk about your Netflix special
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first? You could do you can run this show any way you want. >> Yeah. >> And then we'll um
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>> Well, you know what I mean? The as heartbreaking as the the EB uh subject
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can be um though also hopeful. >> Uh another heartbreaking thing that that
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has been on my mind uh was the loss of Katherine O'Hara. And I just wanted to
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>> look I'm chills already. I'm uh >> you know really only having met her five
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different times over the years. >> Mhm. you know, and and compared to the way you know her, um,
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you know, I even I was just absolutely gutted and and I just I wished all the people that had never had the chance to
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to be in her presence and to have a laugh. And she was she was everything and more that
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you'd expect or dream of her being. She was just such a incredible energy and
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and that loss is is so profound and and that's why that's been on my mind
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>> for sure. Yeah. Over here too with me and Dana. >> Yeah. >> Dana spent more time with her than I
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did. But man, you can't find anyone that doesn't love Katherine out there.
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>> Yeah. And just an effortless, brilliant performer. Always making the choice you
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don't expect. making her peers laugh and the whole world laugh and her presence
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just no apparent ego or whatever you call that. I mean, she knew who she was, but it's just I don't know if it's
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Canadian or what there's John Candy and others. They're just sort of extra extra
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>> um and um so >> Marty as well. >> Marty Short. Yeah, another
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>> Yeah, I home for I guess it's okay to say memorial at the Catholic church this
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past weekend >> and it was really really uh emotional and Marty gave the eulogy and he was um
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special. >> Yeah. >> Funny and and and >> yeah, they always got to make some jokes
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in because it's so heavy. It's so hard >> because you would want it that way. I
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mean, they, you know, comedians kind of, you know, want the the music to carry on
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really. Of course, we're all sad, but we have all this stuff of her brilliance to
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share for a long time, forever. >> I I heard her sister was uh in attendance obviously, but um Mary
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Margaret >> Yeah. >> Uh who's put out some great music that um affected me deeply. Oh, really?
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>> Yeah. She had a great album. Probably even in the late 80s, I think Michael
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Stipe helped with it. Um, it was called Miss America. Um, yeah, there's a If you watch David
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Sanborn used to have a show, was it? Uh, >> David Sanborn. Yeah. Yeah, I remember
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that show. >> Late Show and he'd get all these interesting musicians together and she
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um I think the song's called When You Know. But if you look up her on on that
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show, it's such a such a cool performance and you can see the sisterhood there.
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>> It is. It's kind of interesting. We have this in our world too because I was
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looking up some of, you know, the the bands of the 90s in Seattle and all that and and just I was just going to say and
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then it had a list of like 50 other what they were calling grunge which I want to
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ask you about the the names of rock over the years, you know, punk and grunch and
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you hard rock, alternative rock, you know, soft rock. >> So, you must have known and know so many
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bands that didn't break through quote unquote. And maybe that wasn't even
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their goal. I mean, the goal for me was always that this would be my job and I'll see how it goes, but that was the
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dream. What about you? >> Well, oh, and before I forget, Night Music was the name of the David
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>> David Samborg Night Music. Wherever you get your David Samborg night music, variety shows.
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Well, you know, I kind of my main after I graduated from things like Jackson 5 and Mottown when I was a kid and then I
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had kind of some older brothers um because I was in a a group home thing that my parents helped run.
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>> So then I was turned on to a lot of Sly family stone and James Brown and kind of
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more adult uh Mottown music and stacks and all that. And then and then there was, you know, kind of
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Beatles, but then it became The Who and the Kinks and >> to The Jam and so so the but the 60s
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British stuff um and Stones, etc. You know, that seemed like the most exciting time to be
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alive. you know, when I was 15, listening to uh enveloped and engrossed in all that British invasion stuff, um it
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seemed like Tuesday nights at the Marquee for The Who and you know, all those bands getting together or Hrix
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showing up and blowing everybody's minds. Yeah, >> that seemed like the coolest time to be
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alive and and you would read about it and >> and think if I what it would have been
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like to, you know, I was born too late, you know, if you could have and and then
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in the wrong place >> if you wanted to be part of what was kind of one of the most, if not the most
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extraordinary periods of music. And then kind of waking up one day, I I I remember almost to the day
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waking up and looking around and and all of a sudden being part of a a uh scene, a a legitimate
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scene that was a community and was all very supportive of each other. And so of all
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the bands of note, you know, Sound Garden and Alice and Chains, and then first there was Mother Love Bone, which
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turned into Pearl Jam, but was Green River before that. And then Green River, half of it turned into Mudhoney.
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>> Mud Honey. Yeah. >> It's like the Fastbacks and uh the human and you know, these groups
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that >> didn't quite >> uh >> different levels. >> Yeah. Well, and I and I Dana, you
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mentioned it. You know, maybe they that wasn't part of either their goal or their ambition.
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Uh because to be honest, there was a real thing in Seattle where ambition was kind of looked down upon, you know.
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>> I I could see that that's what the vibe was from afar. Like we're not trying to
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be cool or commercial. We got something to say. It's actually hurts us the bigger we get. I mean, it you guys took
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off. It seemed so fast. It probably was not as >> I don't know if anyone had a bigger
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first album. I mean, it's like sort of like just >> Was 91 that out? Because there was I
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looked up in ' 91 some monster albums came out in one year and I think you probably heard this, but it was like
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Nirvana, Pearl Jam, um I think it was maybe Metallica, Van Halen, Guns and Roses, Use Your Illusion. I was like
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shocked by how many bangers in a row in an eight-month period came out. And uh we tried to slurp them all over to SNL.
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We didn't didn't get everybody. But one of my early shows was you. >> We got Pearl.
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>> Sharon Stone show. >> Yeah. >> Sharon Stone. Phil was alive. Phil
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Hartman. >> Oh yeah. >> Uh I still have >> You had a good You had a good pocket
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there when you got on. >> Yeah. >> All right. Go ahead. You have something
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with Phil? You got a photo? uh Polaroid uh was Love It and Phil sitting at the end of the night and um I
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came across those recently and and it was powerful to see and you know not only having
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been like a devote of the show since staying up >> late when I was 12 or whatever it was.
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Um, it was uh just such a formidable uh yet completely enjoyable experience to actually,
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you know, uh be in those those hollowed halls. And I still remember making friends with a couple of the old dudes,
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you know, the crew guys or the guy who sits silver chair with the >> Saturday Night Live kind of
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calligraphied on the back. And >> yeah. >> Yeah. >> Um, you know, going back and seeing
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those people uh over the years was always uh real exciting, you know, or getting to meet Don Partardo or you
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know, all that stuff is >> you came once. >> You came on twice and I saw in my deep
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research even though I know you a little bit, but um I think the second time you
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came on you got three songs. That is so rare. Is that true? Cuz I think you had maybe Betterman or daughter something.
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You you had three >> and the first time it was alive and something else and I thought, "Holy
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[ __ ] look at this spoiled dude." You had three they roll in with. >> I forgot about that. Yeah.
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>> Yeah. It's a big deal. It was to us. We were like, "Shit, man."
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>> I don't think they told us until after the first rehearsal show, right? So, you do a a
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first show at 6 or something. >> Yeah. dresser. So yeah, >> in between they said,
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>> "Oh, >> do you want to do one more?" So >> got anything else.
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>> What that means is um one or two of the the skits or whatever. What? >> Yeah, Gap Girls got cut for you. Thank
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you. >> So I I don't think it was based on what we were offering. I think it was the l
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the lack of uh good response. >> Yeah, we bombed >> Nor doing news at that point. Was it
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Norm? >> Was Norm doing the news? It's a good question because it was 91 and 93. It
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was probably >> was Kevin Nean and then Norm. >> Oh, it might have been Kevin.
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>> Yeah, might have been the end of Dennis on the first one because 91 that was
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probably my first year. >> Yeah. And daddy and I are very close to the same age. We won't say any numbers
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out there, but >> yeah, >> you had you had a birthday recently and I was like, "Okay,
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>> I'm a I'm a half step up." >> I was It was fun. >> I'm a half step up. So, when I heard the
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90s sound come in and from Seattle, let's say it did feel like something new, a its own little mini renaissance.
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It It was different. You know, there were hair bands in the 80s and stuff. There was I don't know. It was a a
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different sound which I appreciated a lot. I just love hard rock. I love >> whatever you guys were doing. I mean,
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but >> Poison out of business. >> Poison. Well, what we don't want to pick
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on those bands, but you know what? It was sort of a shift. >> It was a It was a shift. It was very
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That's fo wg ns.co. There's only two things I wanted to ask you very quickly just about because I I
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heard about the Who and Neil Young. You maybe like them, but I thought of Roger Daltry and you and I I did connect the
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dots between there's some symmetry there with a big voice and also can go really
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soft. So, who's next? The the aside is maybe as good as anything that's ever
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been recorded in my mind. And then Neil Young was maybe the father of Grunge with Rust Never Sleeps. Um or Hey my my
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electric, you know. >> So I heard you love those two things. So I just wanted to cosign that.
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>> Well, yeah. I think Neil has been given the moniker of Godfather of Grunge. Not
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just because of the flannel, but because of the sound. >> Yeah. Um, and his sound up close.
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>> You know, one of the very fortunate things, uh, having worked with him and
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playing live is >> the sound of his amp, uh, up close. Um, it's like standing
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next to an erupting volcano, >> for sure. >> Or the biggest wave at Yamea Bay
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crashing under the shore. It's and then and then he seems to kind of lose himself
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in this way where he kind of starts shapeshifting and kind of turns into like a shaman and
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then >> then he seems like he's an old Indian and and and then he turns into like a
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young kid and and you're like in the cage with the lion. Um it's it's
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>> Yeah. uh it will vibrate your souls uh your cells. >> It it's unique because he he looks like
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he's almost struggling or sort of [ __ ] in a way when he gets into that trance and then when I listened to his
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solo on Cortez the Killer which I got to hang out with him a few times and told him what it meant to me how that song
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first of all it's like and then his solo in that and no one plays like Neil.
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There's others equally brilliant, but he has his own lane and it's this magic,
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you know, magic. >> Yeah. He he channels, you know, he really channels and and
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>> in order to do that, you have to be in tune to you know, the energy, the, you know,
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whatever's out there. Um, and that's a that's a skill in itself, you know,
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beyond, you know, the notes seem to come not from a scale. They seem to come from a
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>> Yeah. >> divine >> to stay a child or be in touch with that
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when your higher consciousness hadn't kicked in and you're just being playful
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>> like a four-year-old drawing and yet you're a human adult. And then when you
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get in touch with that that part of you, boy, it's a lot of a creative explosion.
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But Neil always felt like he he was there somehow. It's like a a child up there in a way in the purest form.
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>> Well, the way you just explained it, I I think of some of the stuff we watch you
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guys do. you know, there's still that playful and improvisational, you know, that's you could say it's from
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doing a lot of reps, >> but it's also I think it comes from uh you know the being
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still having maintained that freedom and flexibility. >> Sure. of, you know, because then that's
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what becomes, you know, so funny and and so spot-on or or so quick. >> Yeah. You can I think like music and
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standup as as you know, it's probably similar in the way that I could do a show and in
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three nights, same theater, and then they're all just a hair different and no
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one would really notice. But I can tell this crowd is a little like this. I was more like this. I kind of adapted to
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that. And it's funny how they can be a little different every night. And maybe
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it's not as noticeable to people, but maybe it is. But I think that's what
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music is. It's still the same set. I'm still doing what I'm doing. Like you're
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going to do the same set list, let's say. But you can tell some nights are a
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little different and you're just you're rolling with something a little harder.
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You're getting into something a little different that you have before. And that's kind of the fun of it. And it's
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not just a rubber stamping. It's it's it can be it can go almost anywhere.
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>> And do you get nervous >> before you play? >> Yeah, >> I still do. Dana doesn't get as nervous,
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but >> Well, uh when you're dancing for your donuts, like you're auditioning for Lauren
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Michaels and and you're 30 years old, that's a different kind of nervousness.
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But now I do feel responsibility for to I as comedians, we're supposed to kill quote unquote. We're supposed to
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destroy. We're supposed to levitate the room. This is >> slay. >> And I think that Yeah. I don't know if
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you have this, but you if a night's a little bit off, the voice in the back of
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your head is is still giving yourself notes a little bit while you're singing,
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while you're playing, >> you're doing pretty good. You're doing
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pretty good. That's not going well. When that goes dead quiet, >> then you're in the zone
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>> and nothing matters except expressing the rhythm of the words that you want to
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do in that moment. Or if it's non-verbal, which is even better. >> And yeah, you want to get to that
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playful state and you don't always get to it. That's why when it happens, have
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you had a moment like that in the studio or a live recording where you just went
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to another place and then you listen yourself back and you go, man, I was they call it being in the zone, you
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know, just it's fun. >> Yeah, there was there was a a vocal on the last uh not the last record, it was
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a solo record called Earthling, but um >> Yes. 2022 Andrew Wyatt, Ringo, Elton
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John, and Stevie Wonder. >> Andrew Yeah. Andrew Wyatt, he records every album.
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>> Chad Smith and >> Chad. >> Jesus. >> But it was funny. I found out later
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there was uh one of the vocals, it was put together of two vocals and one was at about 5 in the afternoon or evening
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and then the other one was at 10. Once we got it put together. >> Mhm. You can't tell the difference,
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but the one at 10, I was pretty hammered, you know, listen. >> Well, yeah, we get that.
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>> And um it was kind of amazing to and and I was in a different form of being in the
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zone, you know, I was just feeling it and and by that time the words and the phrasing had come together. Um, but I
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was just uh so I remember that or I remember not remembering that. >> Yeah, that's good.
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>> And then hearing it back, I thought, wow, that's that's pretty cool. And
00:27:15
didn't realize that the vocal that they had been five hours apart, but they they
00:27:21
actually sounded >> Did you tell the difference in listening to it? >> No, I couldn't. I I I was surprised to
00:27:27
hear >> that it was the >> second, you know, listening to your speaking voice. It's kind of uh your
00:27:35
singing voice. I I wonder when the first time you went, "Holy [ __ ] I can sing
00:27:39
like because it it is a voice. You're one of the voices." >> Yeah. Yeah.
00:27:44
>> You know, it must happen. >> It hasn't happened yet. >> That's also good. We all think
00:27:49
everything is >> still blossoming. >> This is This is very nice to hear.
00:27:54
I'll take that. >> I have some more. >> You're the voice. I mean, you could just
00:27:58
go on a Google and Google your name. Who are the >> I was I was guessing top rock voices and
00:28:05
I scribbled some down, but I don't know if you'll agree, but I was like, mine
00:28:10
are right, so you guys can agree or not. >> I hope Betty's on the list.
00:28:14
>> I mean, I don't know. We'll see. >> Start with >> Tiny Tim.
00:28:19
>> We're going back. >> And then I got a shot. If you start with
00:28:22
Tiny Tim, I think I might >> Tiny Tim got mentioned on the podcast. That is a first.
00:28:28
>> Tiny Tim was the >> very happy >> carrot top of his. >> Yeah.
00:28:32
>> No, I uh I you know what one I know the ones that get mentioned a lot. I mean
00:28:36
Axel's got a very unique voice. Uh Robert Plant of course the basics. But >> Bon Scott, would you give it up for Bon
00:28:44
Scott? >> Oh yeah, absolutely. >> Sickening Dana. I love Bon Scott and it
00:28:48
was so hard to replace. AC/DC still crushed it after, but god dang. >> Mhm.
00:28:53
>> Bon Scott was so interesting. There's Bowie, Steve Perry, curveball, but Steve
00:28:58
Perry was the notes that that guy hit. Yeah. >> Right. >> Pretty impressive,
00:29:05
>> Eddie. You agree? >> Um, even I'm not saying even uh Sting has a very unique voice.
00:29:11
>> Oh, yeah. Yeah. No, Sting's voice is >> Sting's voice can cut through the
00:29:16
clouds. Um, and you know, he he does some early stuff. Sometimes friends will come over
00:29:23
and I'll I'll play him stuff they have never heard. Uh, he worked with this
00:29:27
German guy called Eberhard Shoner >> and he just does some insane stuff with
00:29:33
his it at one point he basically sings the phone book, meaning an article in a San Francisco paper or something.
00:29:40
>> Yeah. >> And what he does with it is >> so extraordinary. when you look at
00:29:45
>> um not to mention he's incredible bass player. >> Yeah, because he's always in the pocket.
00:29:50
He's not outside of it. He's not he's just it's he's simple for himself. He
00:29:54
says that. But I when I listen to synchronicity and the police and I hear Stuart Copelan and I'm going they're
00:30:02
doing reggae, rock, jazz. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. and just Copelan, you know, and of course Sting where
00:30:09
>> very casual drummer that was I think he was there then very I I think I was a
00:30:13
little starruck because I was like oh [ __ ] is that Stuart Copelan I never see >> wasn't Ringo and Steuart Copeland there
00:30:19
you told me and I was so jealous at one of the EV events >> actually that was my that was uh my
00:30:25
birthday was your birthday >> last year >> were they your birthday gift
00:30:31
I'm gonna hang out with Ringo it was quite peppered with musicians that were
00:30:35
okay. Lots of >> head turners. But by the way, back to EB events. I think you know a lot of great
00:30:41
people play these uh events for uh EB, which you work tirelessly with and it's
00:30:47
such a great event and it and it's such an important uh uh you know uh thing to to help and and
00:30:55
and we meet the kids and um they always the performances are great. The kids are
00:31:00
always so friendly and sweet. they're having the toughest time out there. Um,
00:31:05
which we can talk about. Um, but some of those nights I even think, um, I think I
00:31:10
did it once. I think Dana might have done it. Zack Alfanakis. Uh, always good. There's always like comedy and
00:31:16
music. I think Chris Cornell maybe one night uh, in the old days. So, we are very blessed with those parties, but
00:31:24
they're very, very actually important events, which ties into this documentary
00:31:29
about EB that Dana and I are watching. It's very very strong stuff and it's
00:31:34
very pulls at the heartstrings. I will say that. >> Well, we're really
00:31:41
feeling fortunate that it was that it's now out there um on Netflix. I think you
00:31:47
mentioned uh >> Netflix matter of time. That's all you have to >> matter of time.
00:31:54
Yeah, it will serve as a uh education on you know anybody who asks uh has curiosity, anybody who asks us about you
00:32:06
know what is epidermalis blossa, what is this EB um >> this can forever serve as the answer to
00:32:14
all the questions and you really get to know not only the kids and their families and the challenges, but you you
00:32:26
get to meet these, you know, uh, incredible people working on this whole community's behalf,
00:32:36
meaning the researchers and the genetic scientists, genetic researchers. >> Um,
00:32:43
you know, they they say this thing about heroes, something like, you know, heroes
00:32:46
aren't made. It's more uh people faced with um you know incredible circumstances or or
00:32:58
>> facing difficult consequence um and that is where these heroes are born and this this film is it's it's
00:33:09
really full of them um because you see how heroic and courageous these kids are.
00:33:16
>> Oh my god. You see what the families go through, what the siblings go through,
00:33:22
>> and and you also see that these, you know, genetic researchers going at it day after day with the
00:33:33
funding that's provided to them through these fundraisers. It is. It's such a
00:33:44
I'm so glad you get to know these people on a personal level because you see it's
00:33:48
not just uh you know people in lab coats, you know, punching the clock. This is this is their life's work.
00:33:57
They're they're dreaming about it. They're coming to work each day thinking
00:34:01
about the new approach. Um trial and error. They feel so close. you know, it's a a monogenic condition, meaning
00:34:11
it's just one mutated gene >> uh in the DNA. They've isolated that
00:34:17
gene. So, now they're just trying to, you know, be able to fix that. And you
00:34:25
know, the the hope on the horizon is not only would it that process when they figured out how to unlock this key,
00:34:35
it would not only, you know, we're on the forefront, you know, we're like on the runway
00:34:42
uh at this time of um genetic research, uh EB in particular. But once that lifts
00:34:49
off, it'll help thousands and thousands of other uh genetic skin disorders. >> Sure. Yeah. Yeah. Be
00:34:57
>> because s the half the the kids, first of all, when I see them, I'd see a lot
00:35:00
of the same ones every year at the event and um and always upbeat, always cool kids, always fun, um up for having a
00:35:10
good time. I know they don't get to do that much fun stuff. Just even some of
00:35:13
the scientists and doctors are saying when they get stuck they go we have these breakthroughs then and then when
00:35:19
it's stuck you're just really helping with the pain. It's not really helping
00:35:25
them. You're just like they have to take bandages off put them back. It's just
00:35:28
pain and it's just so hard to be a parent to watch that and I can't imagine. So you're doing a good thing
00:35:34
and and everyone over there obviously Jill your wife is working hard and just to be a part of it and we get to go just
00:35:42
once a year and help or different little events you have but man I'm telling you
00:35:46
they deserve a break that's for sure. >> Well and this film is about uh it was
00:35:51
two years ago we um we really wanted to get the whole community together uh in Seattle. Uh it was a whole uh day full
00:36:01
of uh symposiums. It was basically an EB summit with doctors, donors, families. Um and then the music was just supposed
00:36:12
to be kind of a reason to get together around the campfire at the end of the night.
00:36:18
>> And I will say it was it was um it was difficult. It just the the songs had more weight
00:36:30
looking out in the crowd and seeing my friends, the doctors, seeing my friends, the families and the kids.
00:36:38
>> Um, it was it was it became very emotional and they they filmed it really not
00:36:46
thinking, you know, we were just kind of trying to document it. Mhm. >> Um but then the more we saw
00:36:53
and then this great filmmaker Matt Finland who we were working with another great Canadian
00:37:00
uh he was able to and I can't think of anybody else who could have done this
00:37:07
really because he had been working with EB stuff and with us for probably about 5 years at that point but at that point
00:37:16
knowing the sensibilities the families knowing them personally. And he was able to kind of ask them to be part of their
00:37:25
lives and and film some things that were uncomfortable and film some instances that would take courage
00:37:37
to allow it to be filmed and and it's really a great test. >> It's a wakeup call for people to watch
00:37:46
it, you know. So, I think it's necessary sometimes to say this is really what's
00:37:51
going on here. >> Yeah. Because I don't, you know, even uh a few of the folks that came to have
00:37:58
come to the events over the years, the ones at uh Gervit's house in California,
00:38:04
they >> they didn't really understand it until the film. So that kind of reminds you
00:38:13
that there's uh there was a lot of education that was um that seems to be welcome now that people are seeing it.
00:38:23
We're we're getting so much good feedback already. >> For sure. It's very interesting that
00:38:29
it's one one gene, you know, because I'm sort of casually know a cardiac
00:38:34
cardiologist PK Shaw at Cedar Sinai and he's in their research labs and a lot of
00:38:40
times it's like 20 different genes, 30 different genes, but just one gene. >> Um, I'm very hopeful. I'm hoping that AI
00:38:49
for whatever monstrosity it may bring to us is also going to go, >> you know, make these
00:38:56
>> good Yeah. >> leap forward. And I'm hoping that within five or 10 years, cancer is pretty much
00:39:02
>> fixed. And I pray that this one is too. >> Yeah. >> You know, and many others, scaraderma,
00:39:08
which is an autoimmune disease primarily, but it reminds me of that because David and I I went to a few of
00:39:16
those with Bob Saget. Saget. Yeah. >> And when you see a child, pretty little
00:39:21
girl in a wheelchair and then she has a pink bow in her hair and you just it's
00:39:26
very it's so I mean I had hard both Bob Seagan and I God rest his soul. We were
00:39:32
just done after that. We we had to go out and do comedy but it was just like >> Yeah.
00:39:37
>> So the the documentary I'm sure is just completely heart-wrenching. But you
00:39:42
can't ever bang the drum hard enough for the amount of suffering that happens ad
00:39:46
hoc around the world. You know, these parents just this just happened. And so I couldn't respect you more for taking
00:39:54
this on, not for a day or a week. >> I think it's been 15 years of this
00:40:00
foundation. And so kudos to you. Thank you. >> Well, thank it's a good team. It's a
00:40:07
great board. uh we do something called venture philanthropy um which is a newer model. So if we fund
00:40:14
research and something happens because of the research positive um and for example you talked about pain
00:40:22
earlier David um you know we've been able to come out with now three um FDA approved treatments not cures but
00:40:34
just treatments for the pain for the wounds. >> Yeah. Great. >> Um, it's gene therapy which is a a newer
00:40:42
thing and you know what you said we might be in that that perfect you know there is a
00:40:50
wave of technology even going back five seven years you know computing power really helped you know uh map the human
00:41:00
genome etc. So, you know, it being a single single mutation, um, you know, we're we're lucky in that
00:41:11
way because think of all the variables with the the 20 >> as you mentioned. Yeah.
00:41:16
>> Um, but this hopefully would be >> um well, it is the start to >> um cracking these codes.
00:41:27
>> Yeah. It's it's a hopeful time in medicine for sure. >> Yeah.
00:41:30
>> It's we're in a with all this new stuff >> shift. >> Well, those those parties at Gervitzes,
00:41:37
the fundraisers are great. Everyone has a good time and in spite of what's going
00:41:40
on, but we hope the kids come and get a breather. I know there's a lot of celebrities. We don't have to name them
00:41:46
all, but there's a lot of people that really show up and help out and and uh I
00:41:51
think it's fun for everybody. >> So, people watch the documentary. Everyone documentary
00:41:57
>> watch the documentary and they'll know if they want to make a donation. Is it
00:42:01
there or we can also put it in our intro or talk about it now? >> You know.
00:42:06
>> Yeah. I'm not sure if the information I think it's more if you look it up. It's
00:42:09
just it stands as a film on its own. And um EBRP, >> excuse me, >> EBRP
00:42:18
is the name of the organization. And like I said, we have >> we've we've been able to streamline the
00:42:23
book, you know, all the all the things that that u you want in an organization, including I I will say
00:42:32
these angel donors that come in and just take care of all the administrative costs for every year,
00:42:40
>> which means all of these funds that are raised go direct to research. Um, you
00:42:45
know, we're we have so many reasons to be proud of this and and now to be able
00:42:50
to be proud of the film. Um, uh, it's it it feels, you know, we're making more progress
00:42:59
than getting setbacks. So, we're in a good space. >> Nice. >> And and really being here with you guys
00:43:06
and talking about it, it means a lot to us. So, on behalf of everybody, we thank
00:43:10
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at 87 central on ABC and stream on Hulu. >> I have another question before I get rid
00:43:56
of you, is um uh Song Blue. Look who's in it. Not really Eddie Veter, but uh better
00:44:07
Eddie. >> Incredible simulation. >> Yeah. >> Did you see it yet, Eddie?
00:44:12
>> That was a surprise. Well, they sent me the script. >> That was surprise.
00:44:16
>> Yeah, that is. Yeah. >> But it was really They were really sweet people to know and a story worth
00:44:23
telling. And you know, you talk about going from playing drums on your mom's
00:44:31
cookbook to >> uh you know, this guy um uh he uh lightning. >> He he had a dream and he he wasn't going to
00:44:46
let it go. And it was again very you know what I what I will say is that to think that years after he passed you
00:44:58
know his spirit has to be out there somewhere knowing and just inflated with pride knowing that not just they
00:45:10
made a film but [ __ ] Hugh Jackman plays him. That's >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Pretty amazing. And the
00:45:17
>> Couldn't imagine. Couldn't imagine. Yeah, for sure. >> And Kate Hudson's amazing as um as
00:45:23
Claire. She's she's really amazing. >> Yeah. I'm in the middle of it. I didn't
00:45:25
even know it was real. I'm in the middle of it just thinking it's I like Neil
00:45:28
Diamond. I sang one of his songs in one of my movies. I I went and saw him in concert and I was like, "Oh, this sounds
00:45:34
like it's up my alley." Just on the peripher calling him, but I didn't know that was
00:45:40
real either. So I I found out later it was real. you did call. >> Yeah, they they they were uh I knew this
00:45:49
other >> someone you heard about. You just heard that they were out there and it was kind
00:45:53
of funny and they were doing some and you're like, let's bring them out.
00:45:57
>> Well, Milwaukee had this interesting u little scene of of odd acts. Uh,
00:46:05
another one was called The Frogs, which was a a twoman uh, two brothers, um, that would play songs like Adam and
00:46:16
Steve. Um, you know, drink, dress up in pink sailor suits. It was a thing. But Nirvana loved
00:46:26
them. Uh, this friend of ours, Bob Whitaker, Mudhoney, we loved them. Um, and I think they turned us on to
00:46:35
Lightning and Thunder. >> Lightning. >> And you just wanted them to, you know,
00:46:41
another guy, Wesley Willis Willis out of Chicago. You know, you had an opportunity cuz the light was shining on
00:46:48
you to to share that light. >> Yeah. >> With some very cool >> folks that you thought deserved it. Um,
00:46:56
and you know, it wasn't always easy. Uh because then they might think like, "Oh,
00:47:04
you know, here we go." And it's not, >> you know, it's hard. You you uh
00:47:14
you know, you hope they can handle it, >> right? It's so nutty. I mean, you called
00:47:19
them. That's a big deal. Then Hugh Jackman plays him down the line, but you just never know. It's such an odd
00:47:24
business and they're in front of a big crowd for you guys. And you did he call
00:47:28
you to did he ask you to sing with him? Is that what it was? And that was real >> uh backstage. Yeah, I think he asked. Um
00:47:36
and >> that's how it's depicted. Something like that. And then you go out there and sing
00:47:39
with him, which is what a blast. >> Yeah. Yeah, they were they were very sweet and it was a big crowd for them.
00:47:46
And um and that was that was nice. Their their their cup was filled for a little
00:47:53
bit there. Um and then that that movie is filled with uh you know there's some
00:48:00
combustion you know accidents happen in their lives and and uh they have to deal
00:48:04
with that and >> it's a real story. >> Yeah. Very interesting. >> Dana you don't know
00:48:11
>> we were gonna we were gonna >> Yeah. For a moment >> I was excited for SNL.
00:48:16
>> I couldn't even believe you were even possibly going to do that with me. I was
00:48:21
>> Eddie Veter. >> I want to see it. chopping broccoli and I was trying to think of how to do it
00:48:27
you know because it's at you know there w it wasn't it wasn't within a sketch I used to do it in my
00:48:35
standup act just solo with a little piano if there was one available but yeah I guess you were maybe I was going
00:48:42
to start and then you were going to come out and she'd chop and then kind of wail
00:48:46
she chop with your pipes chopping broccoli man >> hysterical >> yeah we we'll get to it
00:48:52
>> maybe one early. >> Yeah. >> You know, but yeah, that would have been
00:48:56
a blast. Well, I I can't sing. I mean, I'm a comedian. I can fake sing, >> you know.
00:49:02
>> No, you could sing. >> Um, >> I think you can sing. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
00:49:07
>> No, I can sing a little like Neil because just because for whatever reason, but a lot of people can. But,
00:49:14
um, but I can't. When you see a real singer, you know, >> it's like a real drummer. I I fake it at
00:49:22
a lot of things, but when you see a real talent in in music, kind of like, okay,
00:49:26
that was not my calling. But but thank you. But we would have rocked it and I would have blown you away. But my point
00:49:32
is this, Eddie. >> Well, the thing is, I agreed to to work with you. >> Mhm.
00:49:44
>> And then next thing you know, they had me dressed up as a pirate. >> Oh, that's right. Were you in the New
00:49:49
York? No. Were you in the Broadway show? >> You were on the Friday night show. Uh,
00:49:53
was it at Radio City Music Hall or where was it? I went to that. >> Yeah. >> Yeah, it was Radio City.
00:49:58
>> You were in the pirate sketch. >> Uh, well, they had a few a few band Lady
00:50:04
Gaga and >> Yeah, people in there. I remember that. >> Yeah, >> Lady Gaga.
00:50:11
>> I was at that show. It was [ __ ] great. That one they should have aired.
00:50:15
I guess they probably couldn't because all the music, but it was cool as [ __ ]
00:50:20
>> That was good. And we were going to do Tom Petty at one of the shows. Uh
00:50:24
>> Oh, we were >> Oh, maybe Bill show. >> Yeah. >> No, at your at your birthday.
00:50:31
I was I said or Bill Maher ruined it because he said, "Hey, are you going to
00:50:37
stick around?" I said, "Yeah, I think we're all going to sing."
00:50:41
>> And then and then he said, "And Adam And he goes, "No, Eddie's not going to
00:50:47
sing." He said, "You shouldn't stick around because he's not going to sing.
00:50:52
We're wrapping up." Cuz so the cake came up. And then he goes, "Everyone's taking
00:50:57
off. Why is he sabotaging me? We were going to sing Tom Petty." And so I left.
00:51:02
And then honestly, an hour later, Adam called and said, "Hey, where are you?
00:51:05
You're up." And I go, "I thought everyone left." And then who got to
00:51:10
steal my Tom Petty song with you? Was it Adam? Uh, you know, I think because you
00:51:15
weren't there, we just didn't do it. >> Oh, good. You know what? It's not the
00:51:18
same. >> Yeah. >> Adam can sing, though. Adam's good. >> Eddie can play guitar.
00:51:24
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> He's life is all green lights. My god. >> And he can write. Yeah. Yeah.
00:51:33
>> He can write. >> I know. >> But no, he can really play. >> Yeah. That's a fun thing. We all I think
00:51:38
we all I think we were in Seattle doing a gig. Was Norm there when you came out to see Sandler's tour in Seattle? Do you
00:51:45
remember that? I think >> Norm was there. Tony Hawk, >> there's been a couple, but Norm Yeah,
00:51:49
>> Eddie came out and did some Who song and then we're like, "Okay, here's a real
00:51:53
singer. Here we go." >> Oh, I forgot about that. >> We did Can't Explain, I think.
00:51:57
>> Oh, yeah. I forgot about that. >> Maybe. Hard to cover. >> I think so. I
00:52:01
>> think that's where I snake that hat. >> I think it is. Where is it? We could be
00:52:06
twinning right now. >> It's so similar to that. It's the exact same, but mine doesn't have the writing.
00:52:10
M >> yeah, yours looks a little newer. You gave me the cheap one, but uh anyway,
00:52:17
Dana, you'll have to you'll have to come out with me and Eddie one day. It's It's
00:52:21
complicated. >> I'd like to be a fly on the wall and that >> or just listen to music. I' I'd love to
00:52:28
listen to the Beatles with with Dana. >> Oh, are you kidding? I that would be a
00:52:32
dream. I'm so uh I'm not alone in this, but I'm equally as possessed as Conan
00:52:38
O'Brien or JJ Abrams or my brothers. Um >> how do you how can you do it? How can
00:52:47
you be around Paul? It's just too crazy. >> I I just think that what happened in
00:52:52
that Renaissance decade and I I love their early stuff because they people say, "Well, later on they got better." I
00:52:58
go, "No, no, no. for they were the best twominute pop band in history. Then then
00:53:03
those guys extrapolated into Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane as a a a double A side single. So I I can't ever wrap my
00:53:13
mind around. Don't even get me started on the Beatles, but but crazy. >> I I just you know I
00:53:20
>> Did you Did you um just by random chance, did you hear the Ringo was nice
00:53:26
enough to come play? We were talking about that solo record a minute ago. >> Earthlings and Ringo came. We were
00:53:33
thinking, well, this really needs like a Ringo type thing. And then Andrew Watt,
00:53:38
next thing you know, had him >> on the phone. We're going over to his house to have him play it. And um it was
00:53:46
>> it was it was so crazy because it >> literally right before our eyes and he's
00:53:52
such a young presence and energy anyway. >> But he he looked like he was 25 years
00:53:59
old. You know >> style certain style and you go oh my god un unmistakable.
00:54:04
>> Yeah. Got that shoulder roll and >> he didn't always go for the splash. He
00:54:10
loves the toms and he gets in the pocket and this I don't even know this is true
00:54:15
but you maybe you tell me. So Andrew Wyatt was at the SNO party and Jimmy Fallon's there name drops you know and
00:54:22
they're going we're big Bele fans. We're talking about Abby Road you know and
00:54:25
they're like oh yeah we're big Beetle fans Abby Road. I go have you heard
00:54:29
Revolver and I think both of them said I'm not really familiar you know and Android too. I go, you guys haven't
00:54:35
heard Revolver and you're Beatle fans. But anyway, um that that blew my mind.
00:54:41
But um I don't have a favorite. I think every album is just something magical,
00:54:47
you know. >> You know, my uncle had a a Memorex tape, you know, those strange little cassettes
00:54:53
that was like an L and it said >> it just said Revolver White Album and that was one of my like first foray into
00:55:02
the heavy stuff. Oh, just to hear it over and over, >> over and over. And I thought it was all
00:55:07
one album. All the, you know, white album and revolver. That's that's some
00:55:13
that's a heavy listen as a 12-year-old. >> Yeah. Obviously, tomorrow never knows,
00:55:18
but sexy sad happiness is a warm gun. These are kind of these leny just what do you what every call them?
00:55:26
>> Bungalow Bill. >> Bungalow Bill. Yeah. Yeah. Um uh it never dear prudence. Uh Ellen Rip
00:55:35
>> incredible. >> Um and your bird can sing. Two minutes of brilliance, you know, in harmony.
00:55:43
>> Julia, I think in Yeah, there's another lenon. It's uh you know.
00:55:52
Um >> All right, let's let Eddie go. He seems like a nice guy. >> Do you have any last words for us?
00:55:58
>> Yeah. Anything you want to tell us, Eddie, before you >> sum up? Here he comes. Pearl.
00:56:02
>> Oh, shoot. >> Well, you know, I will cuz we I was thinking about Marty and uh
00:56:12
Martin Short. you >> and and I know it's um I heard I heard he was uh magnificent at the service and
00:56:24
>> um but I was going to share with you this it this funny thing that happened
00:56:29
during co um but this is how quick we were talking about how quick people are and but
00:56:37
>> um so present company me excluded but then Marty Marty calls up about 4 months
00:56:45
into CO just out of the blue and he says, "Well, hello Eddie. I I was just I
00:56:52
was just checking in to see how my young friend is doing." And uh he said, "How
00:56:59
are you, young man?" And I said, you know, I'm actually a little frustrated
00:57:04
with myself because what had happened when COVID hit and I smoke and drank and >> and I thought, oh, Jesus Christ, you
00:57:13
know, this is it. It's a lung thing. It's a respiratory thing. Like, I got to
00:57:18
drop this quick. Like, I'm going to die from this some crazy [ __ ] So, totally quit. Feeling pretty good.
00:57:27
And then about four or five months in, something started happening. I stressed out. Now I'm having a couple smokes and
00:57:34
now I'm having >> So Marty said I said, "Well, I'm I'm frustrated with myself.
00:57:40
I'm smoking again. You know, I'd quit because of CO." He said, "Oh, what are
00:57:44
you are you smoking? Are you talking pot or cigarettes?" I said I said, "Cigarettes."
00:57:50
He said, "Oh, are you still waiting for more literature on that? And that and that was the last time I
00:58:03
ever had a cigarette. >> Really? >> Yeah. Just like that. >> Oh, what a great
00:58:09
>> I mean, maybe not really, but it makes for it makes for a better story.
00:58:12
>> You should never talk to him again because he ended on such a hit. That's a
00:58:16
great one. >> Oh, no. He's full of them. >> That is true. He's full of them.
00:58:22
>> One talk show appearance. He's got about 30 of those. He's he was on my idol
00:58:26
list. Him and Steve Martin in the 70s. I was influenced and still >> so in awe.
00:58:31
>> They're still out there doing shows. >> I know. Between the two of them, you're
00:58:34
like, >> "Yeah, I got I put them out there." I go, "Mark, they're a little old. I don't
00:58:38
care. 100 dates a year. >> Gonna love Eddie Va. Eddie Vice his money. I'd throw mine away.
00:58:48
>> That's some good Mark Gervich right there. >> We went snorkeling. He's my friend.
00:58:54
Who's better than you? Who's better than you? You're handsome. He sat with me on
00:58:57
a canoe. >> This is the thanks he gets. This is the thanks he gets for hosting all these
00:59:08
backyard parties. He He gets >> I know he get and having all comedians and we all just make fun of his client.
00:59:14
He wants us to make fun of him. >> Yeah, it's circle. >> All right, Eddie. Thanks, buddy.
00:59:19
>> Thank you. It's been a pleasure, an absolute honor, and hope we run into
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Episode Highlights

  • Eddie Vedder's Documentary
    Eddie Vedder discusses his documentary about a skin condition he and his wife battle.
    “He has spent 15 years battling this disease with benefits.”
    @ 01m 21s
    February 19, 2026
  • Heartfelt Tribute to Katherine O'Hara
    A touching moment reflecting on the loss of Katherine O'Hara and her impact.
    “She was everything and more that you’d expect or dream of her being.”
    @ 06m 31s
    February 19, 2026
  • The Godfather of Grunge
    Discussing Neil Young's influence on the grunge music scene.
    “Neil has been given the moniker of Godfather of Grunge.”
    @ 20m 35s
    February 19, 2026
  • The Power of Music
    Music can vibrate your souls and cells, creating a unique experience.
    “It will vibrate your souls, your cells.”
    @ 21m 37s
    February 19, 2026
  • The Emotional Impact of EB
    The documentary highlights the courage of kids facing EB and the dedication of researchers.
    “You see how heroic and courageous these kids are.”
    @ 33m 15s
    February 19, 2026
  • Hope in Genetic Research
    The hope on the horizon is to unlock the key to genetic skin disorders.
    “We're on the forefront of genetic research, especially EB.”
    @ 34m 39s
    February 19, 2026
  • Documentary Impact
    People are encouraged to watch the documentary and consider making donations.
    “Watch the documentary and they'll know if they want to make a donation.”
    @ 41m 57s
    February 19, 2026
  • EBRP's Achievements
    The organization has streamlined operations, ensuring funds go directly to research.
    “All of these funds raised go direct to research.”
    @ 42m 40s
    February 19, 2026
  • Eddie's Transformation
    Eddie shares a humorous yet poignant story about quitting smoking.
    “Oh, are you still waiting for more literature on that?”
    @ 57m 53s
    February 19, 2026

Episode Quotes

  • That loss is so profound.
    Martin Short Got Eddie Vedder to Quit Smoking??
  • It was a shift.
    Martin Short Got Eddie Vedder to Quit Smoking??
  • It's a creative explosion.
    Martin Short Got Eddie Vedder to Quit Smoking??
  • You see how heroic and courageous these kids are.
    Martin Short Got Eddie Vedder to Quit Smoking??
  • It feels like we're making more progress than setbacks.
    Martin Short Got Eddie Vedder to Quit Smoking??
  • I mean, maybe not really, but it makes for a better story.
    Martin Short Got Eddie Vedder to Quit Smoking??

Key Moments

  • Eddie Vedder's journey01:21
  • Neil Young's influence20:35
  • Shaman Transformation21:23
  • Creative Explosion22:55
  • Courageous Kids33:15
  • Hopeful Medicine41:28
  • EBRP Overview42:18
  • Eddie's Story57:52

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