Pete Townsend and Eddie Vedder on Letterman

Cool little diddy with EV singing with Pete. Don't know the year.

[@francesbarrineau4045]

Another example of how Eddie Vedder is so good at singing other people's songs. He doesn't try to hog the limelight but really gets into the music. And the long blonde hair gives him an angelic look to go with that beautiful face.

[@nrundell]

PJ is my favorite band. The Who is Eddie Vedder's favorite. This would be the equivalent of me of being a singer in a band that made it really big and then being asked by Eddie Vedder to come sing with Pearl Jam. What an honor.

[@mike8610]

Ed has one of the best voices in rock ever in my opinion. I love Ed, PJ, The Who. It's just real music people...real good music

[@giuliasantucci9275]

really....i can't explain how much i love them.

[@wEiSmAn5446]

Eddie's mind must be frickin' blowin' when this is going down. Playing with Pete from the Who? This is great. Thanks ElDud...

[@odgeUK]

Working with his Heroes like this must be AMAZING for Eddie Vedder. And a bonus for them too. Him and Chris Cornell are the best Rock vocalists since the 70's.

[@TaylorTDT]

They sound great! I wish I was born 30 years earlier in order to live during the era of such great music!

[@troopmonkey]

They both did great for their eras. Beautiful to see such innovators together.

[@tonelar415]

wow... that was great. The live CD Letterman introduces came out summer of '99.

[@saborranchero]

pffff ... pete's amazing. Ed said once that pete was like a father to him... how wonderful would it be to actually meet one of your idols..- let alone share a stage in several ocasions with him

[@dwellercoc]

Vedder rules, great performance!!! I like Pete too

[@laurawatters914]

Wow Eddie got to sing his idol Pete Townsend a dream come true!!! Awesome ♥️♥️🤘🤘

[@TandemRapper]

Love these two guys so much!

[@sethprice1536]

This song brings tears to my eyes...

[@lifehouse57]

heart to hang onto.... from rough mix album pete did w/ ronnie lane

[@blade0954]

superb musician,one of the best.

[@Prad18]

Two of the greatest legends of all time. What more could anyone ask.

[@dkjazzz]

eddies great , he doesn't hold a candle to Pete Townsend . Just look at him when Pete's playen , He is in total awe that he's on stage with such a legend.

[@dkjazzz]

Just listen to the arrangements on this song,awesome. The way he use to do with The Who songs. Amazing !! Genius !

[@BIGBADMARKO]

Pete is also twice as old as Eddie. Pete is one of the best singer/songwriters EVER!

[@Inspector711]

and one of the all time great songwriters.

[@123ThisIsMe]

Wonderfully nice / nicely wonderful

[@steviebkhall]

Bam ! what professionals. what baeuty !! Thanks for posting !

[@corngrohlio]

Damn, forgot what a great voice Pete Townsend has!

[@SleightOfHand07]

Love this performance. Thanks

[@emiliamota]

So pretty beautiful song & touching guys... Lovely...

[@iliveintimbuktoo]

Pete is my hero.. I adore eV but gosh, pete's voice gives me goosebumps. Empty Glass, my fave album of all time. Thanks for posting this!!!!!!!!!!!!!! xoxo

[@iwastherepj]

I love this video. Has been a favorite of mine for some time.

[@hockeyzan]

Wow !! two great together..Wonderful!!!

[@pochoxito]

Pete Townsend such a nice guitar player one ont he best of the history

[@ecSee]

This song is from the album "rough Mix" a co wrote collaberation with Pete and Ronnie Lane. Truly a great album great lyrics and guitar riffs.

[@toddhehl]

Pete is the MAN...and this is sweet!!

[@sapdaddy4]

very nice. thx for sharing

[@VideoClubRandom]

"Heart to hang on to" Great!

[@barbaracaroll]

Vedder loves the who and Pete and I love this song from rough mix

[@davefan16]

Im almost positive this is 1999.

[@LukaaaasMusic]

lucky eddie playing with this legend

[@ringmeista25]

awesome song.."Heart to hang on to"..and wish I know when this show was on...cool clip!

[@itzjoeymac]

Wow! Great song!

[@michaelbaxter3532]

SUPERB VERY CLASSY

[@dkjazzz]

Amen !

[@PearlJamgirl]

both were great.

[@jjudijo]

Love them both. What talent. 24 hours to superbowl halftime. sigh. Whogasm coming soon. :)

[@chiefashley56]

I AIN'T NO BIG MUSIC CRITIC, LIKE EVERYONE ELSE I KNOW, THEY KNOW WHAT THEY LIKE. I BELIEVE THIS IS A HANDING OFF TO THE NEXT GENERATION. 'GREW UP LISTENING TO THE WHO AND THE MORE I HEAR EV, THE BETTER HE SEEMS TO GET .

[@inthes]

eddie was never forgoten

[@FilmBros]

It's from Ronnie Lane and Townshend's album Rough Mix 1977

[@ARShadduck]

Had to be Fall 1999 or Early 2000. Eddie dyed his hair that color at the 1999 Bridge School Concert. I was there. Just before Binaural dropped in the Spring/summer of 2000.

[@CROSS355]

never seen it before but it's cool ......!!!!!!

[@sorayabulgarim5528]

Maravilhoso!

[@cowguitar]

I love Eddie Vedder since a long time, but I didn't know he did an audition for the Backstreet Boys.

[@gackstacker]

vedder's voice sounds luxurious-great cut

[@quogir1]

really really hard to ignore

[@sheridangmail1277]

For all of you out there that spell his name Townsend, please check their first singles and albums and you'll see he's always spelt it TOWNSHEND :). I'm surprised if you love him so much that you don't know how to spell his name :(

[@wadems]

Wow, this is good stuff. Two real pros.

[@hudsonja]

Wow, Eddie Vedder with blond hair? who would have ever thought.. Still sounded great, song sounds awesome

[@jagkorps]

Both Eddie and Pete are great in this. Yes, Eddie is president of the PT fan club.

[@sasybee]

omg, how i'd love to be in Eddie's shoes!

[@thelistmaker7000]

Shit I would do the same thing if I was playing with Pete Townshend. I grew up watching these guys and if I was on stage with them, I think I would do more than just jump around.

[@sheridangmail1277]

Spell his last name correctly, at least you should know that!

[@YannickHupp]

The song is called "Heart to hang onto" an can be found e.g. on the CD Letterman is talking about in the beginning of the video. The year must be 1999 or so - in this year the cd was published in Germany.

[@demoballa]

@LunaEsence There was reason for this as blusk0 previously stated, Eddie dyed it blonde in tribute to Layne Staley after his death. Circa summer 2002

[@illistas]

@demravager this show was on Wednesday July 28th, 1999. Stanley was still alive.

[@GradysMusic]

Eddie is an awesome dude...just loves to play. I like all of his guest performances. If only Layne Staley could have done some guest stuff with eddie. Awesome combo there. But great vid, Pete still rocks for his age. Thanks

[@romisandoval]

Love them both. BTW, Eddie looks like Julian Casablancas from the stokes in this vid.

[@dalegrett]

Roger does sing it on Who Are You, but there is a Pete version available too, at least as a bootleg.

[@drewskitoo]

This is from a July, 1999 Letterman show.

[@kevgh3869]

I'm just amazed at how great Pete's voice is, even up against some one like Eddie. not that they are against each other but you know what I mean.

[@aintnoloser1]

great eddie. me too i was blonde from 1999 to 2001. and i was really cool, imo...

[@ernieleitch3347]

Originally came out on an album called Rough Mix featuring Pete and Ronnie Lane rated 4 stars by Rolling Stone

[@hokuto29]

eddie is singing with the heart here.

[@FilmBros]

I was at the House of Blues Chicago show in '99. There were only 100 people there. Incredible performance. Vedder opened for The Who. He played guitar. Towards the end of the lackluster set, Vedder says "In about 10 minutes you're gonna see a "real" guitar player." The crowd went nuts. I thought that was pretty cool for him to admit he was out of his league as fer as guitar. Vedder has one of the best voices in the biz.

[@ROCKNINJA777]

really works for him

[@WLDATHRT]

Original Airdate: Wednesday July 28th, 1999

[@SjTSail]

That was an awesome performance from everyone. I don't understand all the negative comments about hair colors and wanting to hear oldies. Vedder added a great dimension to Townshend's song.

[@kovajo]

Totally, it's weird hearing him on a reedy Fender.

[@MaddenManification]

A Heart To Hang Onto

[@Hansprivate]

If I had to take a guess, I'd say it's probably 1999 or 2000. Townshend did a benefit concert for that charity in 1999, and he's been working with Eddie Vedder off and on since then.

[@honved1]

ITS CALLED A HEART TO HANG TO FROM PETES ALBUM ROUGH MIX,HE RECORDED IT WITH RONNY LANE FROM THE SMALL FACES

[@EyesLikeHoles]

Well said Lloyd, it kills me that people typecast PJ. These poor assholes are missing out on a truly special band.

[@slimshady22248202]

Pete Townshend is the creator of playing the guitar like a bowling ball.

[@dunskie]

Paul on the Rhodes. Nice.

[@bitterbastard80]

@MsCuyahoga The blond was a tribute to Robert Plant, and when he cut his hair is was cause he cut it int a mowhawk for The Ramones Rock HOF ceremony

[@RAWRxItzReggie]

EDDIES BLONDE!!!! O.O cool...

[@trarcomavaglio1]

Classe da vendere..

[@ydor]

Townshend and Vedder should record together like Townshend and Lane it would fucking kill !!!

[@hfb17]

LOL, NICE COMEBACK :)

[@fka322]

Heart to Hang Onto

[@tony671]

@malabargold well said great album

[@DougWJ]

Wow

[@WertzuHun]

@blusk0 so I guess the earring (around 1:14) is a tribute to Layne as well...

[@BryanSwagerty]

But you live in it now. With songs by Pete and Eddie.

[@Annonymus121]

This year would be 2003 because I have live at benaroya hall and the PJ vids I've seen from that time he had blond

[@karinkolpa1041]

wow

[@f16pilot1]

the Pete Townsend duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh

[@MikeHunt90731]

Townshend duuuuuuuh

[@soulscanner66]

Here's the original: v=ykJl23znhpE&feature=related The original duet is with Ronnie Lane of the Small Faces on album "Rough Mix". Great album. Vedder mixes up the lyrics at 1:17 and 2:37. I listened to this album a lot :-)

[@skippy1uk]

fuckin hell vedder and townsend!!!!! when did this happen. love it when rock legends colaberate. but wtf was eddie thinkin wiv the hair!

[@whygodrums10]

anyone who thinks ed is a bad singer should listen to this

[@simonmosca514]

I started listening to The Who because of Pearl Jam...I know to some people that makes me an idiot because The Who was around wayyy before PJ but I don't give a rat's ass...I love The Who & it doesn't matter when or why I started listening,I still consider myself a huge Who fan and love Pete Tounsend's solo stuff as well.I'm proud that my favorite band introduced me to my second favorite.

[@pkaiseler]

heheh... man u made me laugh!

[@MetroidFan621]

Another interesting thing is that if you play "Pry To" backwards it says, "Pete Townsend, oh how you saved my live". Eddie claims that wasn't done on purpose though.

[@Jangwajangle]

I want Eddie's hair