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My Take
To me, Mike McCready is the player who keeps Pearl Jam human. As their founding lead guitarist, he never settles for clean, careerist solos; his playing has a frayed, blues-soaked urgency that sounds like it could fall apart and somehow never does. What I admire most is his restlessness outside the band, whether it's Mad Season, Temple of the Dog, or The Rockfords. That tells me he plays because he genuinely needs to, not because a stadium is waiting. A Pensacola kid who became one of the defining guitar voices of the 1990s, he still feels like a fan with a Stratocaster to me.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Mike McCready
- Name (Japanese)
- マイク・マクレディ
- Reading
- まいく・まくれでぃ
- Born
- April 5, 1966 (age 60)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Horse
- Origin
- Pensacola, Florida, United States
- Occupation
- guitarist / songwriter / lyricist
2. Background
- High school
- Roosevelt High School
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://pearljam.com/
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AC%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3
Frequently asked questions
When was Mike McCready born?
Born April 5, 1966 (age 60).
Where is Mike McCready from?
Mike McCready is from Pensacola, Florida, United States.
What does Mike McCready do?
Mike McCready works as guitarist, songwriter, lyricist.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.