Holiday Randomness: Johnny Marr

Mr. Shakes and I just watched this interview with Johnny Marr, former Smiths' guitarist and songwriting partner of Morrissey and current guitarist for Modest Mouse and leader of The Healers, in which he talks about his guitar preferences and his various roles over his career. If you're kind of a huge music nerd, like I am, you'll probably quite dig this interview, as Marr is not only one of the most influential figures in music in the last 30 years, but he's also just an interesting guy.

Embedding on that video is disabled, so you'll have to travel over to YouTube to watch. And if you enjoy, also check out Oasis' Noel Gallagher waxing worshipful of Marr here.

Although the magic Marr worked during The Smiths' years is probably more closely associated with the amazing How Soon Is Now? than any other song—and rightly so—I'm going to honor him with The Queen Is Dead today instead.



We can go for a walk where it's quiet and dry
And talk about precious things
Like love and law and poverty
Oh, these are the things that kill me…