Four years ago, Johnny Marr joined Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam for a "fire and brimstone whirl" through 'All Along The Watchtower' at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland, Oregon for a special benefit show on 20 July 2006.
I love how well the styles all combine here. Stone Gossard's assured rythm guitar, Mike McCready's lightning leads and Johnny Marr's one-man-orchestra all combining for a huge melody filled symphony of a rock song. I love all three guitarists as all have made an indellible mark on post 1970s rock. Johnny Marr shows here that you dont need to ry and emulate Hendrix or Clapton and gives the sound the makes the moment. There's a reason why many great guitarists struggle Johnny Marr's guitar parts.
A fascinating blend.... Pearl Jam and Johnny Marr combining to do a song which was already an interesting cocktail of Hendrix and Dylan! Sounded great!
I love the Smiths, so the whole Morrissey v Marr thing is really not a nice thing to fixate upon. However, one important point is that Marr would write the music, work on it with Rourke and Joyce, record the entire music track and then ask Morrissey to sing vocals over the top. So to say Marr woult be nothing without Morrissey isn't accurate. The music was primarily Marr's work.
strange guy deathfromheaven. stipe and eddie are my two favourite frontmen. they both have natural fuckin talent and at same time blessed with beautiful singing tone.
Notice that Johnny's all about the OTHER musicians... he just naturally thinks ORCHESTRAL. Doing solos? Thats' somebody else's thing. Johnny Marr is an architect of SOUND. Totally underrated musician, despite all the kudos people have showered on him.
@19babyjack55 Completely agree. He had fun, I'm sure doing the tune but his genius is in the composition of his parts, very often multi-tracked, more akin to guitar quartets performed via recording by a single guy.
Interesting how Morrisey/Marr weren't a good match! Just stuck together, kinda. Marr&Pearl Jam is cool ! Playing Hendrix songs too. Its sad how so many people just listen to top 40 or classic rock. So many artists influence so many artists! Everything old influences something new !!
Johnny Marr on stage with Puke Jam, I mean Pearl Jam? He does get around. Johnny Marr and Pearl Jam, never thought they'd be in the same sentence together. Love Marr, love The Smiths, hate Pearl Jam. The brothers Gallagher are right about Puke Jam.
BirthdayBoy ! Dude, I grew up in the smiths and fucking hated them. My sister was a huge fan and I mean huge. We used to take the piss out of her and morrisey who had just been on top of the pops with a flower in his pocket. Only in the 90s I got into them and only recently admitted this to my sister !
