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The Morning According to Us

By Chris Sprow

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

It's not hard to find truly awkward, generally lovely, or just versions of the National Anthem so mind-bendingly bad they could make the Britney stage voice seem ideal. But now and then you get a gem, which is what occurred yesterday when Mike McCready, the longtime guitarist for Pearl Jam, performed the National Anthem before the Mariners game in Seattle. It's not Hendrix, but that was also a wake-up call. Literally. We have a thing for Pearl Jam, and not just because there's some Washi ...

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