“It’s a mixture of a jam band, me as a singer-songwriter, and programming with late ‘90s, early 2000s dance music technology of the day”: Johnny Marr on how “Moogs, Korg 101s and Space Echo” shared space with guitar to shape his sound with the Healers

Johnny Marr rests one hand on his hip as he performs onstage with a black Rickenbacker, circa 2003.

There was something old-school about the way Johnny Marr assembled the Healers. He met Zack Starky at a Who gig at Madison Square Garden. Noel Gallagher’s recommendation put him in touch with Alonza Bevan, ex-Kula Shaker, on bass guitar. Chemistry was what he was looking for.

Marr let the fickle finger of fate pick the players, recruiting Liz Bonney on percussion, Lee Spencer on synth, and Adam Gray on guitar to lend tracks like InBetweens a skronky, oily blues vibe. It just happened.