Mike McCready

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mike McCready
Occupation	Guitarist
Date Of Birth	Apr 5, 1966(1966-04-05)
Age	58
Birthplace	Pensacola
Country	United States
Birth City	Florida
Horoscope	Aries

Mike McCready Biography

Mike McCready is one of the most popular and richest Guitarist who was born on April 5, 1966 in Pensacola, Florida, United States. Musician who gained notoriety for his work as the lead guitarist with the alternative rock group Pearl Jam.

He has listed Jimi Hendrix as one of his influences.

A Fender Stratocaster has been used constantly and most often throughout his career. McCready has used many types of Stratocasters, vintage and modern, even including left-handed Stratocasters with reversed strings, so that the slanted bridge pickup would have more treble on the lower strings, as opposed to the intended higher strings. This was a common practice of Jimi Hendrix, who played right-handed guitars even though he was left-handed. His most prized model is a slab rosewood fretboard 1959 Stratocaster, the first in a series of 1959 modeled vintage guitars, inspired by Stevie Ray Vaughan’s “Number One” guitar.

Michael David McCready (born April 5, 1966) is an American musician who serves as the lead guitarist for the American rock band Pearl Jam. Along with Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, and Eddie Vedder, he is one of the founding members 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 married Ashley O’Connor.

Mike McCready Net Worth

Mike McCready is one of the richest Guitarist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mike McCready 's net worth $70 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He attended Roosevelt High School, during which he founded his first group, Shadow. Though Shadow was a cover band, he soon began writing original music.

He was also in the bands Temple of the Dog, Mad Season, and The Rockfords.

McCready’s second most used guitar is a Gibson Les Paul. He now uses it for live performances of “Alive”, “Brain of J.” (from Yield), and “Given to Fly”, among others. Among his collection, his most frequently used is his 1959 Standard, formerly owned by Jim Armstrong, guitarist for Van Morrison’s band, Them. He has only recently started to use the single pickup Gibson Les Paul Junior, which is a tv yellow 1959 model. He also has Gibson Les Paul Specials. He plays Fender Telecasters on live performances of “Save You” (from Riot Act), “World Wide Suicide” (from Pearl Jam), and “Marker in the Sand”, among others. A Gibson ES-335 is used for live performances of “Faithfull”. Mike has a large collection of guitars, but other notable models include a Gibson Flying V, “reverse” and “non-reverse” Gibson Firebirds and a Billy Zoom signature Gretsch Silver Jet.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Mike McCready Dating?

According to our records, Mike McCready married to Ashley O'Connor. As of December 1, 2023, Mike McCready’s is not dating anyone.

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The band started rehearsing songs that Cornell had written on tour prior to Wood’s death, as well as re-working some existing material from demos written by Gossard and Ament. This was McCready’s first recording studio experience, and he took a central role in the project. McCready performed an epic four- minute-plus solo for “Reach Down”. According to Cornell, McCready’s headphone monitors flew off halfway through the recording of the solo, and he played the rest without being able to hear the backing track. McCready considers this track to be one of his proudest moments. This project eventually featured vocalist Eddie Vedder, who had arrived in Seattle to audition to be the singer for Ament and Gossard’s next band, which later became Pearl Jam. Vedder sang a duet with Cornell on the song “Hunger Strike” and provided background vocals on several other songs. The band decided that it had enough material for an entire album and in April 1991 Temple of the Dog was released through A&M Records.

Facts & Trivia

Mike Ranked on the list of most popular Guitarist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Mike McCready celebrates birthday on April 5 of every year.

McCready has had two different bouts with substance abuse. The first came during the production of Pearl Jam’s 1994 album Vitalogy, when McCready was fighting drug and alcohol addiction:

Who was the original drummer for Pearl Jam?

Pearl Jam reunited with original drummer Dave Krusen and performed numerous tracks from the rock band’s 1991 debut album, Ten, during the group’s concert on Monday (May 16) at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, Calif.

Was Mike McCready in Temple of the Dog?

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 member of Pearl Jam on April 7, 2017.

What kind of guitar does Mike McCready play?

Mike McCready primarily plays Gibson Les Paul and Fender Stratocaster guitars. Over the years he’s played many different guitars live and in the studio, but the most notorious surely being his 1959/1960 Fender Stratocaster and his Honeyburst 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard.

How did McCready join Pearl Jam?

A few months after, McCready received a call from Gossard inquiring if he’d like to jam together. The pair immediately hit it off, and with another former MLB member on board, bassist Jeff Ament, as well as San Diego native Eddie Vedder on vocals (and various drummers), Pearl Jam was born in late 1990.

Who was the best Pearl Jam drummer?

Matt Cameron was admitted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Pearl Jam in 2017. However, he will not be remembered only as a Pearl Jam drummer. Matt has such a rich career and huge talent, making him one of the top drummers.