Still ‘Alive’: The Story of a Solo

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Pearl Jam, Mike McCready and the continuing evolution of a rock-guitar epic.
By Jessica Letkemann





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  • TinaE
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    Great report, thanks for sharing!
    Mike is one of the best guitar players IMO. He always manages to make the same songs sound new through his solos at the concerts.
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  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 98,322
    TinaE said:
    Great report, thanks for sharing!
    Mike is one of the best guitar players IMO. He always manages to make the same songs sound new through his solos at the concerts.

    No problemo!

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    After all these years, Pearl Jam’s signature song remains a staple of their live show that fans can count on — taken from painful origins, reclaimed after tragedy, and transformed into pure joie de vivre. But when Mike McCready takes over in the homestretch, it’s a moment of both total familiarity and the excitement of a participatory, one-of-a-kind musical revelation. In a lot of ways, that duality is one of the reasons Pearl Jam still means so much to so many.

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    Jessica Letkemann is a music journalist who previously worked as an editor at Billboard and Spin. A Pearl Jam specialist, she has written liner notes for the band’s special-edition releases, researched for Cameron Crowe’s ‘Pearl Jam Twenty’ film and book and edited PJ fan publications.
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