Was Yellow Ledbetter Stolen from Kenny Wayne Shepherd?

Section 1: Background 00:00 Intro 05:25 Sources Section 2: Pearl Jam Timeline 05:47 Cast Of Characters 06:55 Pearl Jam Timeline 26:27 Important Questions Section 3: Kenny Wayne Shepherd Timeline 27:50 Kenny Wayne Shepherd Timeline 35:12 Important Points Section 4: Possible Scenarios 36:02 Scenario #1: Kenny Was First 37:23 Scenario 2: Pearl Jam Was First 38:36 Scenario 3: Forgottoe Inspiration 40:51 Scenario 4: Parallel Thinking / Simultaneous Invention 42:30 Final Thoughts Someone told me that Pearl Jam stole the idea for Yellow Ledbetter from Kenny Wayne Shepherd, directly contradicting what I had always assumed. Naturally, I had to spend a week digging through newspaper articles, books, interviews, and archived websites to find out for myself. This is what I found. Links (Some affiliate links) Five Against One Book by Kim Neely https://amzn.to/46x4TcG Rick Beato Interviews Mike McCready & Jeff Ament    • In the Room With Pearl Jam: Mike McCready ...   Ledbetter Heights Album: https://amzn.to/461yxXn Yellow Ledbetter Track: https://amzn.to/4eMdFWE Pearl Jam "Ten" Album: https://amzn.to/4llePeb Pearl Jam Website: https://pearljam.com/ Kenny Wayne Shepherd Website: https://www.kennywayneshepherd.net/ Newspaper Research: https://www.newspapers.com/