# Even Flow guitar solo

> Mike McCready's guitar solo on Even Flow by Pearl Jam (1991) starts at about 2:58. From the album Ten. Watch from the solo, with tab and lesson links.

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Pearl Jam, 1991, from *Ten*. Solo by *Mike McCready*.

McCready's wah-soaked break tumbles over the groove with loose, Stevie Ray Vaughan-style phrasing that sounds half improvised.

Even Flow is one of the big songs from Ten, and Mike McCready's solo is famous for how loose and alive it feels. Using a wah, he tumbles over the groove with bluesy, Stevie Ray Vaughan-style phrasing, bending and flicking notes as if he were improvising on the spot. The break sounds half improvised, and that looseness is its charm: it never settles into a neat pattern, instead riding the song's restless energy. It helped define the more classic-rock-rooted side of grunge guitar, closer to Hendrix and blues than to punk. Listen for how the wah sweeps shape each phrase, adding a vocal, crying quality to the rapid runs.

Even Flow by Pearl Jam is featured in our Grunge (#2) list. The solo is played by Mike McCready and the song was released in 1991.

## In our lists

- [Beyond the Canon](https://greatestsolos.com/list/beyond-the-canon/) — #11
- [The 25 Greatest Grunge Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/grunge/) — #2
- [Wah & Talk Box Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/wah/) — #21
- [The Best Pearl Jam Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/pearl-jam-guitar-solos/) — #3
- [The Greatest Wah Pedal Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/wah-pedal-solos/) — #10

## Sources

- [Far Out Magazine: The 10 greatest guitar solos of the 1990s](https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/10-greatest-guitar-solos-of-the-1990s/) — #1

### Who played the guitar solo on Even Flow?

Mike McCready played the solo on Pearl Jam's Even Flow (1991).

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