Pearl Jam & Their Fans Buy A Home For Andrew Wood’s Mother

This Just In From Seattle Music History!!!                                                                          The Kitsap Sun has a great new article up on Pearl Jam and their fans buying a new home for Mother Love Bone/Malfunkshun frontman Andrew Wood’s mother Toni Wood.

“The part of the house I like best is the love that got it for me,” she said.Wood had been living in a broken down mobile home with tarps on the roof, working as a part-time caregiver. When Stone Gossard learned of Toni’s living situation, he called her.“He said, ‘Why don’t we see about getting you a new house,’” she said. “Him saying that — it was magic to me. It took my breath away.”On the band’s website, Gossard said he and Jeff Ament felt they had to help, “The more (Ament) and I learned about her situation, the more we felt we couldn’t ignore it. We decided to go for it and get her a new trailer.”Fans donated more than $36,000, while the members of Pearl Jam and Mother Love Bone’s former manager chipped in $40,000.A few days ago, Wood got a nice surprise when she visited her bank.“I always go and whisper to my teller, ‘How much do I have left?’ because my account’s always verging on setting off all kinds of bells and whistles,” Wood said. “And she came back and said ‘I don’t think you have to worry.’” The money has covered a full replacement of Wood’s home, and some for landscaping, which Wood will use for a garden.