Johnny Marr – Have Guitar, Will Travel

Johnny Marr – Have Guitar, Will Travel

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Johnny Marr’s resume includes co-founding The Smiths, playing guitar with The Pretenders, Modest Mouse, Talking Heads and Electronic (among others), and fronting his own solo project. On Marr’s latest album, Call The Comet, he envisions a different type of end of the world scenario, one that’s uplifting and optimistic. Marr also shares stories about meeting Isaac Brock, writing “How Soon is Now,” and why he dismisses being called a hired gun.