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From the StarTribune in Minneapolis describing the St Paul show on Thursday, 6/5
"With eight numbers from that politicized album dominating the generous 27-song set, the guitars, not Stipe, were the star of the show. Peter Buck never cut loose with any solos that would have landed him on the cover of Rolling Stone with rock’s greatest guitarists, but his fluid, slashing riffs and sideman Scott McCaughey’s relentless rhythmic strumming drove the sound. Buck’s Rickenbacker guitar was stinging on 'Man-Sized Wreath,' and the unshowy guitarist found a giddy Who-like groove on 'Supernatural Superserious.' Buck finally stepped forward a bit on the encore of the dreamy 'Fall on Me' as British guitar hero Johnny Marr, now with opening act Modest Mouse, joined him."
I knew it was only a matter of time before Johnny would be playing on stage with REM.
"With eight numbers from that politicized album dominating the generous 27-song set, the guitars, not Stipe, were the star of the show. Peter Buck never cut loose with any solos that would have landed him on the cover of Rolling Stone with rock’s greatest guitarists, but his fluid, slashing riffs and sideman Scott McCaughey’s relentless rhythmic strumming drove the sound. Buck’s Rickenbacker guitar was stinging on 'Man-Sized Wreath,' and the unshowy guitarist found a giddy Who-like groove on 'Supernatural Superserious.' Buck finally stepped forward a bit on the encore of the dreamy 'Fall on Me' as British guitar hero Johnny Marr, now with opening act Modest Mouse, joined him."
I knew it was only a matter of time before Johnny would be playing on stage with REM.
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