Mike McCready on Pearl Jam's "Sirens"
In our first exclusive video with Pearl Jam's Mike McCready, the guitarist recounts writing the music for "Sirens," a single off of the band's 2013 Lightning Bolt album. McCready describes being influenced by a Roger Waters show in Seattle and shows how the various song parts came together. For this video, McCready is playing his 1974 Martin D-28. In our next video, he'll walk us through the three 1959 guitars in the background, including his 1959 Gibson 'Burst on the far right. The Fretboard Journal is doing a big feature on McCready, out in early 2014. Check us out at fretboardjournal.com. And don't forget to pick up our 24th issue, featuring a lengthy interview with PJ's Eddie Vedder.
About Mike McCready
Michael David McCready (born April 5, 1966) is an American musician known for being a founding member and lead guitarist of Pearl Jam. McCready was also a member of the side project bands Flight to Mars, Temple of the Dog, Mad Season, and The Rockfords. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a part of Pearl Jam in 2017 alongside the four other founding members (Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Dave Krusen, and Eddie Vedder), and former member Matt Cameron.
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