What happened to guitar tone over the past 40 years? You turn on the radio and all you hear is Line6 bullshit. None of this overdriven tube tone where the amp sounds like it's being stretched to point of almost breaking and a badass Les Paul showing it who's boss.
@NeedlessKane You get it...yes, you get it. There is nothing more satisfying than to hear tone gurus like Green, West, early Clapton, Beck, Blackmore etc. push a humbucker through a cable to an overdriven Marshall--no master volume, please. It fucking talks. Today, you have no credibility unless you roll in an effects rack the size of a Viking range...and 99% of the time, it sounds like shit. Give me this tone forever. Amen.
hey man, any way you could share where you got those pics from? those are great! i haven't been able to find any good Bluesbreakers with Peter Green pics...
i was hearing this song in my head for years and it wasn,t till recently i realized i wasn,t going nuts there realy was a song that had this beat so while looking over cd,s in BESTBUY there it was JOHN MAYALL HANGING ON THE BACK OF A TRAIN AND THE TITLED ALBUM LOOKING BACK NOW I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST HEARD IT ON 8 TRACK IN 1978 AT WHO KNOWS HOUSE THATS A LONG TIME TO CARRY AROUND A SONG YOU COULDNOT REMEMBER WHO OR WHAT GROUP PLAYED IT
i had this song in my head for at least 15to 20 years and one day i started to sing it to myself and then i went to best by and there it was now i play it looking back john mayall
All of you Clapton fans need to expand your blues.HE IS OVERRATED! At least to serious listeners.There are many blues players that are not well known but are much better..........
@littlequeen64 Serious listeners? LOL! Why do you feel the need to be critical of Clapton? The guy has been a student of blues since the mid 60's and is highly regarded as an excellent blues guitarist by the greats. Not to mention he is responsible for the resurgence in the popularity of blues during the late 60's. Eric is not overrated, he is simply just Eric. It's not a competition. I've played for 45 years and admire many guitar players. I do not feel the need to be critical of any of them.
@spyguys Responsible for the resurgence of blues during the late 60's?What?First of all, the blues always were.Many bands were playing the blues......He is not a pioneer.
@littlequeen64 Wow, you should really do a bit of reading. In the mid 60's Clapton joined John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. This was before forming Cream. Clapton did a lot of Muddy Waters, Freddy King, Lightning Hopkins, Willie Dixon etc. At that time in the USA, blues was at an all time low in popularity. The success of Clapton's groups in the USA led to a renewed appreciation of blues. Hell, he even became friends with Muddy, BB King and others because they appreciated his efforts.
GreenyMcFleetwood is spot on. Mayall wanted Green to sound like Clapton, so he did. And did it quite well. But then ---- he went beyond Clapton in my opinion. Clapton peaked the next two years with Cream and meanwhile Green crashed. Page and Beck took it from there. Oh, and Bloomfield crashed too around 1970.
Unless i'm missing something this is not from Hard Road and isn't actually Peter G but in fact Mick T - it appeared on an album called Looking Back which was a kind of collection of stuff after Crusade ... all great stuff though and i can't stand the "who was better" discussion ... all great still after 30 years .... cheers Allan
Well I supposed it depends what we think I meant when I said "from Hard Road" ... it was on the rereleased CD however I was referring to the original vinyl which is where I first heard Hard Road ... yes to Peter Green playing I was mistaken I was thinking of Suspicions (Part 2) which also appeared on the Looking Back vinyl ... cheers Allan
Yep, on the Looking Back vinyl. It was this track that convinced me of Green's wicked skill. Not just his ideas, but that crackerjack resolution of his solo with the move into the 5th. That was a Clapton classic move but Green snaps it into place in a way that still makes me laugh. Oh, and it certainly isn't easy to get those upper fret screamy notes on that constricted-access Les Paul!
hahahaaa the green vs clapton will always exisit....and peter allan greenbaum got stuff that clapton could only dream of having!!!!...and maybe..im sayin maybe cuz im a green fan but a cream fan as well.... so maybe just maybe it works vice versa as well...maybe i dunu
Its like saying who the 10 or 20 best guitarists of all time were. It is ludicrous. Clapton could not dupicate "The Supernatural". However, Green could not have duplicated many of Clapton's songs. Clapton, IMHO, had better technique, but Green had more. There was a sense of soul, bleeding every note with a trill, tremolo, gliss, etc., in his best, not heard as much in Clapton's. Listen to Bandit, Apostle, Green Manalishi, Albatross, Man of the World and more. Just me 2 pennies.
Sorry guys----Green is great, but he wouldn't have done a THING without Clapton to pave the way.
They have two very different styles, but you can't listen to this and deny that Clapton was influential on Green. It's a bleeding ripoff fer christsake.
Greeny was great.......but shortlived. Clapton gets major points for diversity and longevity.
yea well the only reason this is a ripoff is because he was made to sound like clapton, its what the people wanted. Besides if the drugs hadnt killed his brain he would have had the chance to do more inovative things than clapton. Granted no one rock musician has a track record like Eric.
"[H]e was made to sound like clapton, its what the people wanted" Huh? It couldn't be that he voluntarily emulated Clapton because he loved his playing? Made him shave his sideburns like Clapton, too, I suppose. Strange paranoia infects this topic.
It's a fantastic solo in its own right, but he's obviously standing on Clapton's shoulders. His sound derives from Clapton's work with the Blues Breakers -- or maybe even the solo from YB I Ain't Got You. I love it, it's tasty -- maybe even tastier than most of what is on BB w/ EC, but to claim Clapton "couldn't" play this seems a lot less likely than the idea that Peter Green couldn't have played this without Clapton happening first. Who did Green say influenced him? Great video!
I dont feel clapton has the soul to play it like that. Clapton is god but he definatly can not do Peter Green at his best. Peter Green has the blues clapton only plays them. That swhat seperates these two.
@kunafoot I read Clapton's autobiography, and he seemed like he had some kind of blues, maybe not quite like Green. I know what u mean, playing wise. U can feel the short bursts of feel in Green's playing. Its subtle but punchy at the same time.
@kunafoot You think playing music is some sort of competition? Peter Green is an excellent guitarist, so is Eric Clapton. They are not in competition with each other. BTW, BB King and just about every other blues guitarist in the world knows that Clapton plays and sings with plenty of feeling from the depths of his soul.
Green's early musical influences were Hank B. Marvin of the Shadows, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Freddie King, and traditional Jewish music. And of course, Elmore James ...
@socrates1818 It is nice blues guitar playing however certainly not "surprising" or "amazing". Not sure why some people feel the need to compare guitarists to each other as though it is a fucking competition. Clapton is a very good blues guitarist, as are the Kings. Green, Bishop, Taylor, Bloomfield etc. Whether you like a certain guitarist's style is a matter of personal taste. BTW, as a guitarist myself, I have no doubt that old Eric could nail that solo note for note if he wanted to.
Call me a dumb ass, but that sounds alot more like clapton than greeny! If it is peter green he's doing a mighty fine impression of him. They're both ace anyway!!!
Hes very commanding in this song. His solo is outstanding.
fieldfullofthistles 3 months ago
What happened to guitar tone over the past 40 years? You turn on the radio and all you hear is Line6 bullshit. None of this overdriven tube tone where the amp sounds like it's being stretched to point of almost breaking and a badass Les Paul showing it who's boss.
NeedlessKane 10 months ago 3
@NeedlessKane You get it...yes, you get it. There is nothing more satisfying than to hear tone gurus like Green, West, early Clapton, Beck, Blackmore etc. push a humbucker through a cable to an overdriven Marshall--no master volume, please. It fucking talks. Today, you have no credibility unless you roll in an effects rack the size of a Viking range...and 99% of the time, it sounds like shit. Give me this tone forever. Amen.
Moshpith 7 months ago 2
dannykirwan>>>Why is your avatar picture of Peter Green and not Danny?
Just curious.
MorroccoM13 10 months ago
hey man, any way you could share where you got those pics from? those are great! i haven't been able to find any good Bluesbreakers with Peter Green pics...
metart93 11 months ago
i was hearing this song in my head for years and it wasn,t till recently i realized i wasn,t going nuts there realy was a song that had this beat so while looking over cd,s in BESTBUY there it was JOHN MAYALL HANGING ON THE BACK OF A TRAIN AND THE TITLED ALBUM LOOKING BACK NOW I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST HEARD IT ON 8 TRACK IN 1978 AT WHO KNOWS HOUSE THATS A LONG TIME TO CARRY AROUND A SONG YOU COULDNOT REMEMBER WHO OR WHAT GROUP PLAYED IT
sheddski 1 year ago
Hot!
xYxBlackCatBluesxYx 1 year ago
i had this song in my head for at least 15to 20 years and one day i started to sing it to myself and then i went to best by and there it was now i play it looking back john mayall
sheddski 1 year ago
All of you Clapton fans need to expand your blues.HE IS OVERRATED! At least to serious listeners.There are many blues players that are not well known but are much better..........
littlequeen64 1 year ago
@littlequeen64 Serious listeners? LOL! Why do you feel the need to be critical of Clapton? The guy has been a student of blues since the mid 60's and is highly regarded as an excellent blues guitarist by the greats. Not to mention he is responsible for the resurgence in the popularity of blues during the late 60's. Eric is not overrated, he is simply just Eric. It's not a competition. I've played for 45 years and admire many guitar players. I do not feel the need to be critical of any of them.
spyguys 1 year ago
@spyguys Responsible for the resurgence of blues during the late 60's?What?First of all, the blues always were.Many bands were playing the blues......He is not a pioneer.
littlequeen64 1 year ago
@littlequeen64 Wow, you should really do a bit of reading. In the mid 60's Clapton joined John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. This was before forming Cream. Clapton did a lot of Muddy Waters, Freddy King, Lightning Hopkins, Willie Dixon etc. At that time in the USA, blues was at an all time low in popularity. The success of Clapton's groups in the USA led to a renewed appreciation of blues. Hell, he even became friends with Muddy, BB King and others because they appreciated his efforts.
spyguys 1 year ago
Good cover of the old Johnny Guitar Watson song.
Tremolux59 1 year ago
Clapton can't light a candle to Peter Green when coming to play the blues.
jmsbk12345 1 year ago
Bei diesen Klängen sieht man gern zurück!
TheRenamay 1 year ago
Thank you DK!
MrAmptech 1 year ago
Man these pictures are incredible. Where did you them ?
Bluesdirections 1 year ago
Pretty good cover of Watson's 1961 recording.
Tremolux59 2 years ago
excellent thanks for posting 5*********
1wiesehoefer1 2 years ago
GreenyMcFleetwood is spot on. Mayall wanted Green to sound like Clapton, so he did. And did it quite well. But then ---- he went beyond Clapton in my opinion. Clapton peaked the next two years with Cream and meanwhile Green crashed. Page and Beck took it from there. Oh, and Bloomfield crashed too around 1970.
soltisimba 2 years ago
Unless i'm missing something this is not from Hard Road and isn't actually Peter G but in fact Mick T - it appeared on an album called Looking Back which was a kind of collection of stuff after Crusade ... all great stuff though and i can't stand the "who was better" discussion ... all great still after 30 years .... cheers Allan
RABobson 2 years ago
@RABobson Sorry, RAB but this is Peter Green and this song is on the Hard Road disc 2 first song.
rwm48 2 years ago
Well I supposed it depends what we think I meant when I said "from Hard Road" ... it was on the rereleased CD however I was referring to the original vinyl which is where I first heard Hard Road ... yes to Peter Green playing I was mistaken I was thinking of Suspicions (Part 2) which also appeared on the Looking Back vinyl ... cheers Allan
RABobson 2 years ago
Yep, on the Looking Back vinyl. It was this track that convinced me of Green's wicked skill. Not just his ideas, but that crackerjack resolution of his solo with the move into the 5th. That was a Clapton classic move but Green snaps it into place in a way that still makes me laugh. Oh, and it certainly isn't easy to get those upper fret screamy notes on that constricted-access Les Paul!
OspreyD40 1 year ago
Green or Clapton ? Aw...let´s put an end to dis ´argument ´. Ye can NEVVA rank genius .
Hemulen40 2 years ago
hahahaaa the green vs clapton will always exisit....and peter allan greenbaum got stuff that clapton could only dream of having!!!!...and maybe..im sayin maybe cuz im a green fan but a cream fan as well.... so maybe just maybe it works vice versa as well...maybe i dunu
MRMITCHELLZ 2 years ago 2
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Hemulen40 2 years ago
Agreeeed !
Hemulen40 2 years ago
Its like saying who the 10 or 20 best guitarists of all time were. It is ludicrous. Clapton could not dupicate "The Supernatural". However, Green could not have duplicated many of Clapton's songs. Clapton, IMHO, had better technique, but Green had more. There was a sense of soul, bleeding every note with a trill, tremolo, gliss, etc., in his best, not heard as much in Clapton's. Listen to Bandit, Apostle, Green Manalishi, Albatross, Man of the World and more. Just me 2 pennies.
whitato1 2 years ago 2
will you listen to yourselves!!! PGis beter than Clapton, clapton is better than PG........its not a sschool playground ffs..
who cares whis it "best"? just listen to both and apreciate the talent and style of real life "guitar heroes"
byt the way ...............pg is best :)
jonboyuk 2 years ago
My favorite lead guitar break ,ever !!
Gregparkerblues 2 years ago
Sorry guys----Green is great, but he wouldn't have done a THING without Clapton to pave the way.
They have two very different styles, but you can't listen to this and deny that Clapton was influential on Green. It's a bleeding ripoff fer christsake.
Greeny was great.......but shortlived. Clapton gets major points for diversity and longevity.
Whicol2 2 years ago
Had it not been for his illness I'm sure Peters career would have probably surpassed Claptons
twoslices 2 years ago 2
yea well the only reason this is a ripoff is because he was made to sound like clapton, its what the people wanted. Besides if the drugs hadnt killed his brain he would have had the chance to do more inovative things than clapton. Granted no one rock musician has a track record like Eric.
GreenyMcFleetwood 2 years ago
"[H]e was made to sound like clapton, its what the people wanted" Huh? It couldn't be that he voluntarily emulated Clapton because he loved his playing? Made him shave his sideburns like Clapton, too, I suppose. Strange paranoia infects this topic.
ITryNot2Crash 2 years ago
Love this, thanks!
RensStella 2 years ago
Love the solo,one of the best in the Bluesbreakers history!
theodorus45 2 years ago 2
Clapton couldn't do this solo- it's too rhythmic, too surprising. amazing staccato phrasing
socrates1818 2 years ago 9
It's a fantastic solo in its own right, but he's obviously standing on Clapton's shoulders. His sound derives from Clapton's work with the Blues Breakers -- or maybe even the solo from YB I Ain't Got You. I love it, it's tasty -- maybe even tastier than most of what is on BB w/ EC, but to claim Clapton "couldn't" play this seems a lot less likely than the idea that Peter Green couldn't have played this without Clapton happening first. Who did Green say influenced him? Great video!
TimorTubbies 2 years ago 2
I dont feel clapton has the soul to play it like that. Clapton is god but he definatly can not do Peter Green at his best. Peter Green has the blues clapton only plays them. That swhat seperates these two.
kunafoot 2 years ago 14
well, you can't say Clapton didn't have the blues, but he lacked something Green was born with... He may be white, but has a true black soul...
ConradLaeyan 2 years ago
@kunafoot " Peter Green has the blues clapton only plays them." Exactly! Well put!
harryf200 1 year ago
@kunafoot I read Clapton's autobiography, and he seemed like he had some kind of blues, maybe not quite like Green. I know what u mean, playing wise. U can feel the short bursts of feel in Green's playing. Its subtle but punchy at the same time.
theShowStopper321 1 year ago
@kunafoot You think playing music is some sort of competition? Peter Green is an excellent guitarist, so is Eric Clapton. They are not in competition with each other. BTW, BB King and just about every other blues guitarist in the world knows that Clapton plays and sings with plenty of feeling from the depths of his soul.
spyguys 1 year ago
Clapton sucks, Peter Green is GOD! :)
Green's early musical influences were Hank B. Marvin of the Shadows, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Freddie King, and traditional Jewish music. And of course, Elmore James ...
ConradLaeyan 2 years ago
they all take a back seat to Jeff beck wat he is doin now no one comes close
ithinki8dirt 2 years ago
@socrates1818 It is nice blues guitar playing however certainly not "surprising" or "amazing". Not sure why some people feel the need to compare guitarists to each other as though it is a fucking competition. Clapton is a very good blues guitarist, as are the Kings. Green, Bishop, Taylor, Bloomfield etc. Whether you like a certain guitarist's style is a matter of personal taste. BTW, as a guitarist myself, I have no doubt that old Eric could nail that solo note for note if he wanted to.
spyguys 1 year ago
Great video DK well done
Great track too
Bleadbelly1 2 years ago 3
Thank you :)
QSQCaito 2 years ago
Call me a dumb ass, but that sounds alot more like clapton than greeny! If it is peter green he's doing a mighty fine impression of him. They're both ace anyway!!!
kennycube 2 years ago
Kenny - Nah, It is Greeny, but I had to do a double-take myself. lol
syr1811 2 years ago
You said it yourself Kenny. It's Peter Green from September 1966. First single after he joined the band. What a genius!
panthercap 2 years ago 2
killer guitar tone! thanks Greg
mizzissippiblues 2 years ago
always a great song !
thanks to Gregparkerblues for sharing.
roby62gtr 2 years ago
classic blues with soul!
MrCaribbean 2 years ago
All -time Blues guitar 'lead-break' Best of Best category. Thanks so much for posting.5*****+++++
Gregparkerblues 2 years ago
I love this song,great solo!
theodorus45 2 years ago
Thanks Danny! A VERY STRONG SONG!!!!!!!!
jeffwins 2 years ago
Tx. Killer photos.
mikemckv 3 years ago
Those were the days....Thanks for sharing!
plattform5163 3 years ago
killer solo....glad i got to see Fleetwood Mac at Fillmore West in '69...Peter Green;brilliant....
tonfan 3 years ago
John Mayall has always had the best musicians & Peter green is one of the best.
Baddoggone 3 years ago 2
These early pics of Greeny are PRICELESS..he was such a CUTIE!
Babyhowdy233 3 years ago 2
That's it.That's what it is.Great pics too.
fendermac 3 years ago
thanks fender.
dannykirwan 3 years ago 2
kick ass blues! :-D
petequintin 3 years ago
lo d peter green sigue en pie ehh
SAIKOPAINT 3 years ago
la musica esta increible y q buenas fotos!
SAIKOPAINT 3 years ago
thanks for sharing !
eightycargo100 3 years ago
Très très bon ... Merci DK
reineroro 3 years ago
Excellent !!!
Merci beaucoup ...
abe084 3 years ago