The Day Johnny Marr Was The Head of the Class

It's not often in rock and roll that super-street-cred rock icons get to turn themselves into university professors, even temporarily. On this day in 2007, Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr was made a visiting professor of music at the University of Salford with the idea of having the "Panic" and "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" guitar stylist deliver a series of educational workshops to undergraduate students.

Salford University's John Sweeney told Musicradar.com, that Marr was "a revered guitarist and composer" who was held "in the highest esteem by many of his fellow performers."