Vedder clings onto Johnson after boat disaster

Eddie Vedder and Jack Johnson survived an "ill-fated canoe trip" convinced the other would make sure they wouldn't die.

Eddie Vedder and Jack Johnson survived an "ill-fated canoe trip" convinced the other would make sure they wouldn't die.

Pearl Jam singer Vedder insists his high spirits kept him alive when the boat tipped them out in stormy seas - and he would have been too terrified to concentrate if his friend hadn't been there with him.

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