The trio were attempting to form their own band when they were invited to be part of the Temple of the Dog project founded by Soundgarden's Chris Cornell as a musical tribute to Mother Love Bone's frontman Andrew Wood, who died of a heroin overdose at age 24. After a few months of practicing together, McCready in turn encouraged Gossard to reconnect with his Mother Love Bone alum Jeff Ament. After the demise of Gossard's band Mother Love Bone, he asked McCready if he wanted to play music together with him. Gossard had known McCready from back before high school when the two would trade rock band pictures with each other. A childhood friend, Stone Gossard, went to one of the band's shows and appreciated McCready's work after hearing him perform Stevie Ray Vaughan's "Couldn't Stand the Weather". McCready gradually went back to playing guitar and finally joined another band called Love Chile. It lifted me out of the negative mindset I was in, and it got me playing again. When the song ended, the rain stopped! It was like a religious experience, and it changed me. McCready said:Īs soon as he started "Couldn't Stand the Weather", these huge clouds rolled in overhead, and rain began pouring down. He credits a friend named Russ Riedner for "getting me out of my college mode and back into playing guitar." McCready was inspired to pick up his guitar again after attending a Stevie Ray Vaughan concert at The Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington.
McCready lost interest in playing guitar for some time, stating that he "was so depressed about life." He cut his hair, enrolled in a local community college, and spent his nights working at a video store. In 1988, Shadow returned to Seattle and split up soon afterwards. I guess we lost our focus, got really bummed out and came back to Seattle. Basically, we weren't that good of a band, and we didn't realize it until we got down there. We played to a couple bartenders down there, but even though it was a bad scene, it was a good experience. In 1986, Shadow relocated to Los Angeles and attempted to cut a record deal. After high school, McCready worked at a pizza restaurant where he befriended musician Pete Droge.
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Originally a cover band playing during free periods at Roosevelt High School, the band eventually began writing original material and recording demo tapes. In eighth grade, McCready formed his first band, Warrior, whose name soon changed to Shadow. At the age of eleven, McCready purchased his first guitar and began taking lessons. When he was a child, his parents played Jimi Hendrix and Carlos Santana while his friends listened to Kiss and Aerosmith, McCready would frequently play bongo drums. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.McCready was born in Pensacola, Florida, but his family moved to Seattle, shortly after his birth. # Sung or performed by a character in the Only featured in the director's cut, Untitled Chart performance Album Year Stillwater: " Chance Upon You" Pete Droge and Elaine Summers : " Small Time Blues" # Portraying Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris at the Riot House Hotel.Neil Young: " Cortez the Killer" (live recording from the Paramount Theater in Oakland, California on 20 March 1999).Elton John: " Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters".Hook & The Medicine Show: " The Cover of The Rolling Stone" # Buddy Holly and The Crickets: " Peggy Sue" #.The Jimi Hendrix Experience: " Voodoo Child (Slight Return)".Neil Young and Crazy Horse: "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere".Alvin and the Chipmunks: " The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)".As with the songs in the released soundtrack, they are usually snippets of a minute or less. Other music used in the film did not appear on the soundtrack album. Mark Kozelek ("Larry Fellows") - bass guitar.John Fedevich ("Ed Vallencourt") - drums.Billy Crudup ("Russell Hammond") - lead guitar.William Armstrong, Marcus Lewis Daniel, Wilbur Terrell " I'm Waiting for the Man" (from Live Santa Monica '72) Elmore James, Marshall Sehorn, Sonny Boy Williamson II