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Mike McCready

マイク・マクレディ　/　まいく・まくれでぃ

American guitarist

April 5, 1966 (age 60)　・　Pensacola, Florida, United States

Florida
guitarist
songwriter
lyricist

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.

Overview

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.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: guitarist / songwriter / lyricist

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Roosevelt High School
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

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

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