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Johnny Marr: Guitarist, Now a Professor
LONDON, Fri Oct 19, 02:11 PM


Johnny Marr, the co-founder and guitarist of 1980s icons The Smiths, is turning to academia as a visiting professor of music.

Marr, whose distinctive guitar style propelled hits by The Smiths including "How Soon Is Now," "Panic" and "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now," has been appointed to teach undergraduates at Salford University.

The university in Manchester, northwest England, said Thursday that Marr would deliver a series of workshops and master classes to students in its popular music and recording course.

"Salford University is offering some fantastic opportunities to students in music," said Marr, 43. "It is an honor to be appointed as a professor and I'm excited at the prospect of being able to make a contribution."

The Smiths, formed in Manchester in 1982 by Marr and singer Morrissey, have close ties to Salford, a working-class district of the city. They posed in front of the Salford Lads Club for the sleeve of their 1986 album, "The Queen Is Dead."

The band split up in 1987. Marr went on to form the band Electronic and now plays with U.S. indie kings Modest Mouse.

He should be a professor! First he is a great musician and could teach the kids. Second he was smart enough to get away from
Morrissey!

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Hey Philly, what are you doing over here? [;)]

The Morrissey / Marr relationship was an artistic team of supreme musical genius second only perhaps to the Lennon / McCartney relationship.

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His body of work speaks for itself. He not only can talk the talk but walk the walk. he already has.
Now...my understanding is that he resides in the U.S. How long is this gig in Salford? Is it for a single semester?




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I don't know how long he will be there, but how cool would is it to be a student in one of those workshops!

I'm just visiting![:D] Oh and Simon and Garfunkle!

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Dude, that "666" in your post count is making me nervous [;)]

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I better make the next two count! oops...next one count.[:I]

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[quote][i]Originally posted by marie3[/i]
<br>I don't know how long he will be there, but how cool would is it to be a student in one of those workshops!
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Incredibly cool!




We didn't sell a lot of records, but somehow we left an impression.
-Johnny Ramone-

Will Johnny be teaching "How to Ruin a Perfectly-Good Band in 10 Easy Steps?" If not, I'll be glad to.


Step 1: Hire Morrissey
Steps 2 Through 10: Repeat Step 1

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Cool! He has the best taste in the world when it comes to guitar arrangements. Imagine to get a bit of that.

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Marr's Smiths stuff was of course, awesome....but why has everything else he has touched been so mediocre? Still, would love to get a lesson from the dude...<center><a href="http://www.skamu.com/icons/animated/"><img src="http://www.skamu.com/icons/animated/images/icon66.gif" alt="Skamu.com -

It's true. What he did with the Smiths was never duplicated. In a way, it's like he became a different guitarist when he left. That said, I would try and get my hands on a copy of Johnny Marr & the Healers' Boomslang album for some really good guitar based indie rock. I think you'll recognize some signature Marr strumming and lead guitars.

Pretty cheap on eBay and a definite must have for the Johnny Marr fan IMHO:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Boomslang-Johnny-Th ... dZViewItem

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