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Being Mike McMcready

HiloHilo Posts: 12
edited September 2008 in Given To Fly (live)
Saratoga-2000-Black solo

Mike may not be the most technically proficient, or the fastest-fingered guitarist to ever roam the confines, but just listening to him is proof enough; the emotion is unfettered live; the interpretaion ever-evolving.....

:-D

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  • TheDecline13TheDecline13 Posts: 990
    that dude is a fucking machine!
    Tour with fucking NOFX
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    TheDecline13 wrote:
    that dude is a fucking machine!

    agreed! mccready is extremely under-rated
    the dude's a beast. end of story.
  • HiloHilo Posts: 12
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTT0167pDdw&feature=PlayList&p=106FBCF0A8A89192&index=20
  • a5pja5pj Hershey PA Posts: 3,924
    amazing how often the saratoga 00 show comes up, cuz it was awesome. And my first show :) what a way to kick off my touring career.

    In My Tree from saratoga 00 arguably one of the best versions ever.
    Wouldn't it be funny if the world ended in 2010, with lots of fire?



  • HiloHilo Posts: 12
    a5pj wrote:
    amazing how often the saratoga 00 show comes up, cuz it was awesome. And my first show :) what a way to kick off my touring career.

    In My Tree from saratoga 00 arguably one of the best versions ever.

    Yeah, it's fucking awe-inspiring in my book; wish I could have been there.
  • vital5vital5 Posts: 5,486
    He plays better than me ;)
  • Piper At The GatesPiper At The Gates Posts: 460
    Mike M. is one of the most exciting guitar players I have ever seen. One thing that is often overlooked about him is just how well he plays with and plays off of Stone. Playing with another guitar player in the band, and sometime two, when Eddie plays, is not always simple. Stone is not a strict 'rhythm guitarist', either. He does a lot of interesting riffs and one and two note things instead of straight chords that are a challenge to play off of. Mike is always up to that challenge. Being a vintage guitar freak myself, I also love the great guitars he has on hand to play at every show. I find that part of the fun. We are lucky, as PJ fans to have Mike around.
  • fiddyfootromanfiddyfootroman Posts: 96
    i was just reading an old RS at the dentist and its a travesty that he didn't even make the rolling stone 100 greatest guitarists, when the guitarist from my bloody valentine did. but then again all rolling stone lists are chock full of similar travesties
    Music for Rhinos
  • MakeMeCry43MakeMeCry43 Posts: 355
    Amen to that Piper at the gates! Mike is an unbelievable guitarist, just gives me goosebumps all the time! We are indeed damn lucky people to listen and see Mike perofm master-pieces everytime! He really is the "MAN" :D

    bloody valentine's guitarist on the RS list and NOT Mike? Wow and I thought I've seen everything! Anyway RS is bullshit....
    "Does anyone remember laughter?"

    "Where's Mike McCready? My god he's been ate!"

    "If you're an Elvis fan, there's no explanation necessary; if you're not, there's no explanation possible."

    "Sometimes God makes perfect people and Paul Newman was one of them." - RIP Paul Newman
  • CitizenRickCitizenRick Posts: 1,079
    The solo from Black on Live on two Legs is mezmerizing...just unbelievable!
    "Had my eyes peeled both wide open, and I got a glimpse...of my innocense, got back my inner sence, baby got it...still got it"
  • 2LightYears2LightYears Posts: 69
    fiddyfootroman wrote:
    i was just reading an old RS at the dentist and its a travesty that he didn't even make the rolling stone 100 greatest guitarists, when the guitarist from my bloody valentine did. but then again all rolling stone lists are chock full of similar travesties

    They acknowledged this in the Pearl Jam album review, and in February of this year or last, when they did their living "Guitar Gods" list, they called Mike and Stone "Pearl Jam's Four Armed Monster."
    Cincinnati, Columbus 2000
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