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I had a $1.50 from playing the ukulele after owning it seven minutes. I thought, Hmmm, this has some possibilities.

Eddie Vedder

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Eddie Vedder
Age: 59
Born: 1964
Born: December 23
Guitarist
Musician
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Chicago
Illinois
Eddie Jerome Vedder
Edward Louis Severson III
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Minutes
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Ukulele
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Possibilities
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Yeah, we'll play that. You want fries with that?
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