Photo Friday...Mike McCready / Shadow

Photo Friday....

I have a few fans working on some of

their personal photos....

so until they are ready

I thought I would give

Mike McCready a little plug here...

Today's photo is a self shot of Mike from his Twitter feed...

The story is...

Mike reunited with his 80's band

Shadow this week for a little

show at Easy Street Records in Seattle ...

The guys seemed to have a blast - old friends

having good fun and rocking out together.

I love that Mike always seems eager to help out

a friend with a cause, 

to take time to stop with fans,

 just loving life lately and so into his work.

He has talked about his struggles before

and of all the PJ members he was the only 

one I was surprised to hear he had so much

inner turmoil.

A song like Inside Job

(written by Mike)

that I featured in my personal photo

on Wednesday...

is a peek into the soul of someone

who is sharing their troubles and trying

to come out on the up side.

Here is the Shadow

show at Easy Street

I also want to give Mike my humble thanks for

trying to help shine a light on

Healthcare reform by sharing his story about Insurance 

coverage denial becasue of his Crohn's
I have had a similar experience with Healthcare
and it is scary and unfair.
I could tell a long story that would shock most
but we're all about music here - so we'll stow it for another time.

Mike has also lent his persona

to help friend Steve Gleason spread the word about

ALS.

I have written about my personal

experience with ALS on another blog

and I will share it here eventually.
(only because of Mike and Pearl Jam's involvement in the cause)
 

You can tell Mike has a big heart 

and his efforts

no matter how small he may think they are -

are greatly appreciated.

You can follow Mike on Twitter 

here

https://twitter.com/MikeMcCreadyPJ/media/grid

Have a Rockin' Day guys!