{"id":3261,"date":"2019-05-22T19:51:07","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T19:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/doktorjohn.com\/?p=3261"},"modified":"2019-12-28T02:35:30","modified_gmt":"2019-12-28T02:35:30","slug":"new-dark-age-may-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doktorjohn.com\/?p=3261","title":{"rendered":"New Dark Age May 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/doktorjohn.com\/?attachment_id=3268\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3268\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/doktorjohn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AquarianMay2019-p.11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"490\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/doktorjohn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AquarianMay2019-p.11.jpg 520w, https:\/\/doktorjohn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AquarianMay2019-p.11-300x283.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Johnny Marr at the Wellmont<\/p>\n<p>May 1, 2019<\/p>\n<p>Prolific singer-songwriter Johnny Marr is was born John Maher to Irish Catholic parents and raised in Manchester England where he began his musical career at age 13. The area surrounding Manchester is dotted with numerous American and British Army and Air Force bases that were established during and active after the Second World War.  The exposure to American blues, rock and country &#038; western music had an intense influence on the young people growing up in that vicinity, and the number of world-renowned bands coming from the area is legion. Opening with the unbelievably rousing anthem,  \u201cTracers\u201d from his third solo album, the \u201cCall the Comet\u201d (2018) Marr set the stage for an emotionally intense and enthusiastic show. He followed with the Smiths\u2019 \u201cBig Mouth Strikes Again\u201d with characteristic 80s sound from the Smiths\u2019 album \u201cThe Queen Is Dead.\u201d Next came the brand new composition \u201cArmatopia\u201d then he returned to \u201cCall the Comet\u201d for \u201cDay In and Day Out,\u201d which Marr described as a dealing with the issue of obsession.  Several more tracks from that new album were interspersed with Smiths songs, most especially the revered \u201cHow Soon Is Now?\u201d <\/p>\n<p>So it went, alternating between more from \u201cCall the Comet\u201d and iconic Smiths songs, right through the encores which were represented by two from each category, concluding with the powerful \u201cYou Just Haven\u2019t Earned It Yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Besides Marr\u2019s famous work with Morrisey and the Smiths, he has played and collaborated with such well-known bands as The Pretenders, the Crib, Modest Mouse and the supergroup, 7 Worlds Collide. Marr\u2019s jangly and unique guitar style has had incalculable influence in the alternative music scene.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/doktorjohn.com\/?attachment_id=3274\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3274\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/doktorjohn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AquarianMay2019-p.12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"466\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/doktorjohn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AquarianMay2019-p.12.jpg 520w, https:\/\/doktorjohn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AquarianMay2019-p.12-300x269.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/doktorjohn.com\/?attachment_id=3279\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3279\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/doktorjohn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AquarianMay2019-p.13-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"321\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/doktorjohn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AquarianMay2019-p.13-1.jpg 520w, https:\/\/doktorjohn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AquarianMay2019-p.13-1-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/doktorjohn.com\/?attachment_id=3272\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3272\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/doktorjohn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AquarianMay2019p.21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"1358\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/doktorjohn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AquarianMay2019p.21.jpg 520w, https:\/\/doktorjohn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AquarianMay2019p.21-115x300.jpg 115w, https:\/\/doktorjohn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AquarianMay2019p.21-392x1024.jpg 392w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/doktorjohn.com\/?attachment_id=3281\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3281\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/doktorjohn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AquarianMay2019p.22.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"1369\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/doktorjohn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AquarianMay2019p.22.jpg 520w, https:\/\/doktorjohn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AquarianMay2019p.22-114x300.jpg 114w, https:\/\/doktorjohn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AquarianMay2019p.22-389x1024.jpg 389w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johnny Marr at the Wellmont May 1, 2019 Prolific singer-songwriter Johnny Marr is was born John Maher to Irish Catholic parents and raised in Manchester England where he began his musical career at age 13. 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