Peter Green - Heavy Heart

[MrMLD72MLD]

♥ .

[cptmainwaring]

What was he thinking at 1.16 - 1.20 I would pay money to find out

[clikityclak]

Very spiritual

[THELEXIS1983]

Now this is fucking music, please dont excuse my language.

[Hotpockets66]

fuck yeah

[BigWillieWillHom]

This Is A Really Cool & Different Kind Of Playing Performance From The Great Legendary Peter Green! I Like It Alot!! He Is Also A Fantastic Blues Guitarist!! His Really Great Guitar Playing Work With Early John Mayall & The Blues Breakers Are Legendary!!

- Big Will / The Blues Universe

[gva0917]

Unlike anything I have heard from Peter Green. It sounds as though it could be music for a ritual from an ancient culture. I would say it sounds nice, but first I would need to know what type of ritual it was! Thanks for a distinctive post.

[mariadpinto]

I am just now hearing him, just happened to hear him on You Tube, and I am not young. He is fantastic!

[gmu328]

this is actually pretty good ... End of the Game was a good exercise in guitar playing and music ...i quite enjoyed the album.. those who say otherwise have a limited mindset on what peter green should play ... the guy is who he is

[ReinhardtHendrix]

Kind of nice break from blues shuffles---but I do love most of his blues playing.

[kafram5]

as to "set2light" comments. while it is true that in 2011 we all have opinions about Mr. Green's musical career and his trails and tribulations, he was and still is a master musician. this current video illustrates clearly how musicianns had to mimic their songs to an over head audio track for an apprecitive audience. you would look like this if you too had to "pretend" to be performing as they had to do. such is the cost for getting airtime! please look closer and realize they had to "pretend"

[GodStarRevisited69]

I love Peter Green, but man that  is one long intro!

[set2light]

This makes me so angry. Green, with all his god given talent, threw away his career, fame and fortune for some stupid notions that did him no good at all. He clearly never recovered from his LSD overdose and threw away his genius as well. He's already looking here like the zombie that he is today. You can see it in the vacant look in his once beautiful eyes. Even more shameful, he's now paraded like some kind of freaky circus act

Bloody terrible, wrecks my day every time I think about it

[megafaded69]

Peter Green>the rest of Fleetwood Mac

[v4lasse]

This is "End Of The Game" era. Peter left Fleetwood Mac to evolve and do his own thing. Does anyone know if it's the same guys playing with him on this as on "End Of The Game" ? Alex Dmochowski on bass, Zoot Money on piano, Godfrey Maclean on drums& Nick Buck on keyboards?

Thanks for uploading this!!!

[NelsonMysterioso]

@v4lasse Hi! These people playing alongside Peter here are: Chris Kelly, Clifford Chewaluza (both on percussion) and Nigel Watson on bass (the same Nigel Watson who formed "Peter Green's Splinter Group" together with Green in mid. 90's).

[gsasko]

Wow what a find. The world's best blues singer and guitarist just decided to go a different direction about then. He takes the blues almost beyond its roots in this artful number. His soulful playing is on display in this song. What happened was tragic but he pulled out of it years later. Check him out now in 2010. He's the same humble guy, playful and happy playing and singing again.

[maida1982a]

Who is playing with Peter on this?

[snakespan]

@maida1982a Nigel Watson from the Splinter Group

[dvhlarson]

it's like he went back into the history of mankind where people would play music religiously.

[clean3]

Yes 'we will' Jimmy you f*****g nutter.

[bibleisfiction1]

looks v troubled, this was before he lost it properly ,thank god hes OK now,seeing him in a couple of months, beautiful song.

[harrythegrass]

u think uve seen everything on youtube and you dig a little deeper and shit theres more!cant stop listeining to the green god, what a sensitive soul, top class

[crookies]

@harrythegrass exactly what I wanted to say...you hit it on the nail. thanks.

[44MrOss44]

Wonderful Song !!!!

Thank you !

God bless you !!!!

[Hemulen40]

Heavy !

[chaircreature]

peter on acid

[Fr3derick]

Excellent!!!

Grandma Amary

[tomthefunky]

Greeny looked way better with short hair.

[ibbz]

dreamlike, beautiful!

[bizzle1783]

fuckin jimmy saville used to do the fun run every year where i live...now then,now then...tosser

[YoGroucho]

I prefer Peter Green as bluesman

[RensStella]

Visionary P.G. way ahead of his time with this sound in 1971, this is beautiful, magical

[TheTwistedGypsy]

damn that was boring......

[thebackendofabus]

Peter Green circa 1966-70 is my all time favourite guitarist. Such a shame that not more people are aware of his genius back then.

[alimonkey]

@thebackendofabus With respect mate- I think that most people were aware of him at the time given that they outsold the beatles and stones in 1969.

[hyperboogie]

@alimonkey actually, between 67-70, they sold more than the Beatles and the Stones COMBINED!!!

[rokanje76]

@thebackendofabus Fleetwood Mac in 1970, he sold more records than the Beatles and the Stones along.I think people were aware of,at least those who loved music and not the image that sells music industry.I apologize for any spelling mistakes.I am not from English speaking countries.Just music lover :))

[kuei1248]

Is that JJ (Jimmy Walker) from "Good Times" on the drums? Man, I sure would like to see Thelma doing a belly dance to this tune.

[Tzaosirus7]

who is he with? did this make an album? Simply amazing.

[buysometrysome]

it was released only as a single. But the album is called End of The Game and (contrary to what you'll read on the internet) it kicks ass.

[greentomguitar]

peter green he is one of the most greatest guitarist ever! fuckin amazing

[Ibadou64]

Peter Green without fleetwood mac ? humm, it's sad...

I liked so much the bass of John mac Vie

[lesburst]

Yeaaah!! Jimmy Saville, "hows about that then, guys and gals?"

"now then, now then"

AaAaAaaAA""" ( rattles cigar in suggestive way!!)

[droogless]

He guested on tusk but i dont know how much he did.. as he wasn't credited.

storms and brown eyes.??

The Green god.

[ozmeister1000]

What an amazing track! Pure heart and soul in that playing - you can't help but immerse yourself in that sea of sound

[cacklemegladys]

Thanks so much for posting this - i've been listening to it on repeat

[BossMannDoomCrush]

Peter Green...Legend! what else to say?

he knows how to reach one's subconsciousness with his haunting sound

[BlackLove1121]

Ah Peter, where are you now?

I'm 55 but you were my boyhood hero (still are!) along with Duane Allman.

Missing the Splinter Group.

Take care and know you are loved.

Best wishes, Neil

[TapeMeasureandhair]

They're back Neil

[MRMITCHELLZ]

where are they back????where can i see peter play?

[LukasFin]

Now I'm feeling better. Thanks!

[riseandshine75]

jimmy saville in da house!!!!!!

[riseandshine75]

jimmy saville's a twat!

[moveonupcb]

this would sound great round a red indian fire!

[dljone9]

i met peter in NYC in '89 - very quiet guy, was just standing there backstage at MSG with stevie ray vaughn. very quiet guy, that night anyway. i wonder who the personnel is here on stage with him - anyone know?? brilliant guitarist, old peter - god bless 'em...

[strangeones4]

I thought around that time ('89) Peter Green was living at his parents house (the one he bought while in Fleetwood Mac) with six inch fingernails. He grew them long to prevent him from playing the guitar. I'd like to think he was able to go to NYC and talk with SRV, so I hope the story is true. However, Green himself claims he was mentally ill during this period.

[dljone9]

i had heard peter was in a situation like that, but i could not speak to the time frame. in addition to the double trouble guys being able to confirm, one other fellow who was there with me was a long time friend, rock photographer robert knight - november of '89 it was. producer jonathon king was there with us as well, i think he left before the end of the show though.

[themi90]

No he went on a three day acid binge and developed schitzophrenia

[sam19851]

You tool.

[sam19851]

was a response to themi90

[themi90]

this after Green lost his mind you can tell

[joealanouf]

he didnt louse his mind. he just desided to change direchions.

[sam19851]

Some people really need to educate themselves on Pg before making ignorant comments like that...and by this i don't just mean Wikipedia.

[dreamlovertje]

simply beautiful!

[Tzaosirus7]

Gorgous...

[wilsparky]

In the days when men were free to express themselves.

[jonnywhizzzz]

is that nigel watson from splinter group on bass?

[NelsonMysterioso]

Yes. That's him.

[Burchsong]

Personally I think this is incredible. And on TOTP !

[strangeones4]

What's stark is that the Peter Green on the

Blue Horizon recordings 1967-69 (box set, complete with alt. takes, false starts, and studio chatter)is a very animated, and driven person. He seemed to enjoy sparring with Mike Vernon behind the glass. (and Mick Fleetwood for tempo problems) The Peter Green in this video(while excellent music) is not the same person. Green has said he left FM to play music like this. The real ? is would the rest of FM said no to Green had he chosen to stay??

[wailin1967]

They did play this sort of stuff after he left ! You've heard 'Dragonfly' ?

[conor30000]

I agree , i love listening to those false starts on that song, the one that starts with, i packed up my clothes?

what a dude!

[vsvaa]

uno de los mejores blusistas blancos

[AD1533256]

I don't think he looks too bad here. He doesn't look washed up, or at least no more than he did just before he left Fleetwood Mac. He has a stubbly beard, which is actually an improvement on his previously sported full beard, IMO, and he has cut his hair. His playing at this point shows that he's still "got it" like on the solo album The End of The Game. His tone here sounds the same as that album, never would have figured it was a Strat. That doesn't bother me too much, I like Fenders too.

[renodavid]

Well, hard to say what he used on the actual recording because they aren't playing live here. The tone on the recording sounds like his LP to me, but I'm sure he could have gotten a similar sound on a Strat. The guy has/had magic fingers...

[PMCMANIS]

peter claimed that albatross was all strat. if thats true, it sort of shakes the foundation doesnt it? even gary moore thinks that song was done on the les paul, and short of peter or the other mac members, there is no one I would trust more than him on the matter.

[renodavid]

Well, there's a lot of guitar overdubs on Albatross so it's certainly possible that there could be some Strat in there. But, if you listen to the version of Albatross on the live Shrine '69 album, the guitar there (certainly an LP) sounds very much like the studio version. Actually, I always thought Albatross sounded like it was done on a large, hollow-body electric like an L-5CES. But who knows, everyone knows Hendrix only used a Flying V in the studio. (Kidding!!!!)

[carroj9]

Peter green les Paul

Danny Kirwan Les Paul

Jeremy Spencer Stratocaster w slide

[50sResearchCenter]

I saw FM live in the fall of 1968:

Peter Green - sunburst Fender Stratocaster with maple neck (from 1950s)

Danny Kirwan - white Fender Stratocaster with rosewood neck (early 1960s model)

Jeremy Spencer (playing slide) - sunburst Gibson ES-175-D

Not one Les Paul in sight.

[carroj9]

Just proves the point, PG sounds the same on any guitar, thats why he is PG. thanks for the info.

Take a listen to Stan Webb and Chickenshack he was one of the four guitar gods of qual status

[blueice0170]

According to a very good *source* Danny Kirwan was at that time playing a recent model (60s) white Fender Telecaster with maple neck.

[blueice0170]

(this is response to 50sResearchCenter below)

[JRR951]

How was the show??? I know it's a rhetorical question...

[krahsnif]

@renodavid

Peter Green says on his DVD Man of the World he recorded Albatross on a strat played flat on his knee.



[carroj9]

I have seen Albatross live

PG on Les Paul

Danny Kirwan on Les Paul playing in sync at times with PG, so two guitar sound

Jeremy Spencer doing slide on Strat

I have never seen him play Albatross on a strat during that era, it is possible though i have done it myself through totally different amp etc and nowhere near as good as Peter green nobody can, the man is a diamond among diamonds

[dbrokensha]

he couldn't get his sound on a strat, he came across his sound accidently by revercing something in one of his pickups in his les paul, both guitars are different which is why hendrix used a gibson in one of his solos for a particular sound

[retardedjoe12]

Peter sent his Les paul to be seviced forgot the guys name who seviced it but he accidently put the pickups out of phase peter like the sound and left it that way,this is true as i met him once and i asked him about it

[carroj9]

If you look at his Les Paul you will notice that the adjustable pole pieces are both towards the neck whereas normally they are opposite to each other so that the pickup is reversed, and it sounds different because the adjustable pole side is at a different position on the string. Adjustment of those poles set up for a normal bass to treble setting across the strings, so if you turn the pickup round you have bass settings on the treble side and treble settings on the bass side,.

[shaffege]

uhh....Hendrix used Gibsons on lots of solos in lots of songs (SGs, Vs). And he also used fender amps in the studio to record many of those great "Marshall" tones.

And Jimmy Page used a Telecaster to record many of his great classic "Les Paul" Tones (Stairway to Heaven for example).

Don't be so quick to say someone CAN'T get a particular sound with a particular guitar. Most tone lives in the fingers.

[carroj9]

I was told that this is not actually correct because you would have to totally reverse the coils.

You can wire them up with a switch to give in phase/ out of phase sounds on any Les Paul to get similar but it also depends on the windings the wire in the pickup and number of turns of wire on the pickup and the magnet used. I wired up a Rockwood by Hohner LP with 2 humbuckers and a central single coil, and tose switches to get magnificent sounds like PG.

[delboyericosilacius]

What solo would that be then?

[Babyhowdy233]

WOW!!!

Where did you get this?!

THANKS so much for posting this!!! :)

[mcddtlc]

ajengland -not quite -Peter left after he took too much LSD one weekend and was never the same, but it was a while later. and this was after he left, one of the last times he played until the late 70's.. too bad - MLC

[crazytrain24]

yo check out my song I wrote which is a tribute to this guy. he is my favourite guitarist

[dubiousjo]

'Heavy Heart' was released as a single in '71. It probably summed up what Peter Green felt back then. The B side was called 'No Way Out'.

[Bluezking]

From which LP/Ep.havent heard before.After listening this tune i ended up with heavy heart.He shows the feel of each individual note.There is no word for me to express the feeling i get.Greeny is the best.

[crazytrain24]

sweet song

[kadkid19]

Peter was amazing! He could sure make that guitar cry!

[twoslices]

Yes.The ONLY guy that could.

[kennoshannon]

hey can somebody please tell me if this is off any album? if not can you get it on cd?

[mcddtlc]

You got that right - Thang!!!

MLC

[BigStankinThang]

This is fuckin' gold!

[DongKyung]

He plays not only guartar but also his soul..

[kennoshannon]

amazing best song!

[stoffe2]

Very rare. So melodic and soulful !!! I'm not fond of guitar players who think the instrument is about how fast they can play scales. It's dull and boring. Without feeling, timing and emotion it doesn't matter how fast you play.

[FLUSEM666]

Yes, I agree. It's often what they choose not to play that makes the end product so compelling. Green is not alone, there are others such as Gilmore from Floyd and the traditional blues men such as the late John Lee Hooker. That heart beat rythm adds something too. Great!

[smithwick1710]

there are also good players who played their solos rather fast, such as jimmy page and also jimi hendrix and i wouldnt call them "soulless"

but i think you reffer to guitarists like malmsteen,vai & co and agree that they are very boring to listen to.

[sniperkneupper]

Really? I'm a blues guitarist and while Malmsteen plays really fast I find the melodies in his guitar playing very beautiful. Also I love Satriani's playing and he's a sort of shredder too. I guess everyone has different taste.

[bluesgunner]

This song is the realisation of something Peter admired in others: the idea of a 'contemporary blues'. It's not a strict blues form, but it's so heartbreakingly beautiful.

[MRMITCHELLZ]

zol zien gebenched..reb allan greenbaum

[fasima]

As good as anything 2ith Mac. Couldn't care less what guitar he plays..

[NEABALDO]

expected something better

[kennoshannon]

couldn't get any better!

[northwest500]

This is really hard to watch,he looks a shadow of his former self.......looks like that last tab was the straw that broke the camels back. At least he is still with us unlike some stars that shone bright and burned out too soon.

[aabbccddeeff1000]

Hi thanks for sharing is there any album this song is on or any where i can get it cheers

[slowmusicproject]

hi. i looked around on the internet today for this song.i could only find it as a 45 which is too bad because i loved it. very minimal but with a lot of soul. i would love to hear the flipside of the single.

[abbysalweapon]

daniell daniell Peter Peter Peter Peter Peter

[MRMITCHELLZ]

whos daniel?

[abbysalweapon]

amazin

[skydog46]

I love Peter Green...but this...is just sad IMO. He looks like a ghost...very far away. Too bad.

[zapspace]

I think this is impressing, minimalistic, great ...

[sbyrne1]

This brought tears to my eyes. When a song makes you think of absolutely nothing but the moment of existing. Utter genious

[slowmusicproject]

I agree. I loved the minimal approach. I want to find the single of this tune and check out the b-side.

[beachhutblues]

Barry Jenkins told me that he went around Peter Greens house in the late 60's and it was REALLY weird.

Apparently there were all these black guys doing voodoo and LSD. No wonder he got so fucked up.

[kennoshannon]

oh it's beautiful!

[llamov]

Beautiful. He's trying to move beyond the same blues riffs he played when he was 19.

[MrReindeer]

Unrivalled touch.

[acstrick]

Can anyone identify the other musicions? This was just

after "The End of the Game" solo LP was released, I believe.

acstrick

[bluesgunner]

I believe that the bassist is Alex Dmochowski, aka Frank Zappa's Erroneus, and that the black percussionist may well be Reg Isadore. Other than that, I'm unsure.

This is a wonderful clip!

[guellguell]

a rare piece of gold!!!

[GreenyMcFleetwood]

Yea, strats suck! Les Paul Forever Bitches!

[woodjoewood]

oi none of that

[dutiger09]

dude... just look at him he is beyond fucked up at this point. hes walking the line between sanity and whatever the hell is on the other side right in front of everyones eyes

[pekoe67]

Maybe he was seeing the 'angel holding the starving biafran baby'.

To see the other side and see this side and not to be able to reconcile them is hell itself.

Words are useless, they're wasted.

I'd so love to hear him speak about his journey.

[finnmccool]

some things don't improve the way see, they just blind you and you stubble into the gutter... journeys like that, I'd rather not take...

[dep1353]

Beautiful piece, beautifully presented (wish it were longer).

[mcleanartists]

He played a Strat on the first FM album. I love this TOTP stuff and his wah wah work is so tasty.

[masterfurniture]

holy shit is right. really sad. greeny is charcoal broiled at this point. playing a strat!!!

[GreenyMcFleetwood]

HOLY SHIT!, where did you find this