I think Peter had a great group of players around him. I saw him at the Fillmore West and I was stunned. He's one one of the greats. Saw him a few years ago, very sad his conditon, but he is stilll one of the great white blues guys. Don't ever doubt it!
I make Danny's lead breaks to be 2:20 - 3:02 and 3:43 - 4:03 he's got a hell of a tone going on too, sounds like a killer P90 Paul. PG's parts swing slightly better for me tho...
@kissyxander > Danny may have been playing his Telecaster. Not sure about P90's cuz all the pictures I've seen of Danny with a LP had humbuckers/PAFs.
@kissyxander > Just took a look at several DK videos and YES you are correct. He did have Gold top with P90s. There is also a picture of Danny on my Chicago Jam album with that guitar. My bad and poor eyesight. He has several Les Pauls. Damn I wish he would play again.
Peter Green is a better guitarist, singer and songwriter than Eric Clapton especially when you consider that Duane played that riff on Layla and most of the lead work on that album.
saw them with Peter Green at the Fillmore in S.F. late '69 unreal-------Danny Kerwin-Jeremy Spencer & Peter--WOW! Blue Suede Shoes was UNREAL--Oh Well--
All I can say is that back in the day I told ALL of my people they HAD to come out and her Fleetwood Mac(the real Fleetwood Mac) If they didnt like it I would pay reimburse them for all for all their troubles. These were some well known players in the Bay Area at the time. We went to the Fillmore for the Sunday night show....WHOA! they were blown away, and they were a tough crowd to please. It was a great time to hear the Mac. It was never the same after that. Peter Green, bless you.
can't you people just stop making such dumb ass comments and enjoy the music. My god you all talk like a bunch of old women but there again if the shoe fits..........
@stratoreverb How many times I've had to say that to ass holes at concerts talking instead of listening. In the 1950's, 1960's and 1970's, all the great guitar ledgend's mentioned here, and then some, were the top's___PERIOD!
1980's on guitar players copied their style. Please people, don't rage on this. Even Van Halen & Metallica (Black Sabbath in 1969), started their popularity in the 1970's. So there, 35 + years later, on today's metal sound.
The phrase @:51 is a whole lot like a phrase Duane Allman used to use quite a bit. I doubt either copied the other though, just similar backgrounds in music and both phenomenal soulful players
Peter's licks and phrasing are right on ythe money. An expert blues player with a huge vocabulary. He effortlessly churns out phrase after phrase. A most enjoyable performance.
All I can say is when Clapton left John Mayall, Mayall probably thought "Now who the hell is gonna fill those shoes". In the door walks Peter Green and Mayall says, "Eric, who?".......
Better? Who's better than whom? It's comparing apples to oranges. All of the guitarists mentioned here are good -- really good. But Peter Green and Danny Kirwan both had a beautiful and JOYOUS playing style. Green definitely was a disciple of Chicago Blues and managed to truly embody that vibe. Obviously it's a matter of taste. Go with the guys that make you feel something... and make you feel good!
first of all Peter Green is better. He is different, unlike Clapton, who is excellent at normal blues licks. But come on, we all know deep down that Hendrix tops them all. You can ask either of them. There is simply no one better.
With regards Green Vs Clapton, Clapton's a great guitarist, Green's a great musician.All of Clapton's best stuff is when he played with musicians above his ability, eg While My Guitar Gently Weeps with The Fab Four! Green sadly never got anything together with musicians of his ability! He needed Bruce/Baker or Cox/Mitchell rhythm section to allow him to be free. Mitch Mitchell said 'Peter Green was the only guitarist to give Jimi a run for his money' Praise indeed!
@sam19851 Hi sure I'll have a pint!!! Especially if it's at a pub where a Saxby01( check below) band is playing!!! Have you checked Peter Green & friends Cork 2010 The Stumble? Greeny's starting to recapture his ability! I jammed on the Brit Blues scene for 5 yrs til last year, No singer or guitarist has the musicality of Greeny, now it's all copy no invention, cowboy boots & Jack Daniels! Like Hendrix you can hear the influences he & Green have, but, there's that part which is purely them!
@NAZGELL I wouldnt say that the beatles [ a light pop group ] are above claptons ability since harrison asked him to play the guitar solo because he didnt feel he could do it himself they called them the cream for a reason each was the top of his instrument
@spacepatrolman Clapton's a great guitarist as I've said,but, his musicianship & compositional abilities aren't. That's why he called Harrison to help him write a song for Farewell 'Badge'. Peter Green's Guitar, musicianship & compositional abilities were far ahead of Clapton!!! Many guitarists have little understanding of rhythm, Hendrix, Green & Cropper played with the rhythm section, Clapton like many guitarists plays on top of them.
@spacepatrolman I disagree. I'm sure George could have come up with a solo if he'd wanted to I think he is one of the great unrecognised guitar players ,essentially because most of the time he had to fit an ace solo into 8 bars or 16 if he was very lucky yet make it count .no extended (indulgent? to my ears now ,but not at the time ) Crossroads extemporisations for Mr Harrison I saw Cream and Hendrix, play live but the Mac were ,better in my opinion, they were senstional 1 of 2
@spacepatrolman You say " they called them the cream for a reason- each was the top of his instrument" possibly true but being a virtuoso is not necessarilly best for the overall band sound . I would have to say Ginger Baker was a "better " drummer than Mick Fleetwood (though you'd be surprised as I once saw him let rip in a drum store in Walthamstow) I just can't imagine Baker or Mitch Mitchell doing such a sympathetic job as Mick on Need Your Love So Bad ,for example.Less is more sometimes!
@dot18 how can you disagree with what george harrison said when he is talking about himself he hired clapton for a reason to play the guitar solo that he couldnt play
@spacepatrolman I don't think he exactl hired him as they were close friends . I'd say he asked Clapton to do it as a mate cause it would produce a very different solo than if he himself had done it (he'd probably have opted for slide guitar and so he probably made a good decision !). but I'd be very interested if you can direct me to a quote where George said that he could'nt play it if you can find the time
@NAZGELL MIck Fleetwood And John Mcvie were one of the best rhythm players in England. Peter fit in perfectly. I would say It was Jeremy and Danny that had to try to play up to their ability. One thing is for sure. England at that time had some amazing musicians.
@jjaywill Have you ever heard Danny solo's?? Peter Green always said that Danny had way more talent than him... I don't agree, but Danny surely did have a lot of talent! Jeremy and Danny were as good as Peter or anyone!!
Interesting, it's the first time I hear that Peter Green said that Danny had more talent than him. I can't say I agree either, but I must admit that Danny Kirwan's tone and way of playing ((not only his vibrato) touches me more than Peter Green's style. Still, both were incredible gifted guitar players and their musical connection sometimes almost seemed telepathic.
@NAZGELL well thats foolish of mitchell to say and he probably truly didn't mean it. There are a ton of better guitarists of that era than green. I hate to compare guitarists, but green is nowhere near jimi, mike bloomfield for one would have mopped the floor with him
@johngoo343 Mitch wasn't joking! Green is the only guitarist to make BB KIng Sweat, or was he (BB King)just joking? Green composed some great music & that's why he leaves Bloomfield & others standing! Too many guitarists only listen to guitar players & have no understanding of music!!! Hendrix & Green were great bass players, most guitarist couldn't keep a composition together!!! I've jammed on the Brit blues scene for 5 yrs & I don't trust one guitarist as a musician!
Clapton played some great guitar with John Mayall and with Cream but that was all on a Les Paul. He switched to a Strat and has never, IMHO, hit the same heights again. It's like he has to keep the genie bottled or it will destroy him. I rate Clapton more as a songwriter and singer than as a guitarist now. Peter Green is an immortal genius in a class of his own as a guitarist, singer and songwriter.
@bobmango54 I absolutely agree Don't forget Danny though The big puzzle for me is that Peter seemingly out of the blue told their manager during a Swedish tour, that he was leaving FM because "the rest of the band just can't cut it any more" when I thought the band were at their absolute peak eg Green Manalishi flowing into a lenghty but interesting jam Obviously Peter wanted to take the music in this jamming direction(and did but his statement did a great injustice to the others
@bobmango54 Well, thats a matter of taste and opinoin. I think Jack Bruce is a hell of a bass player, next to Phil Lynott they are 2 of the best, but again, that is what I think about it.
@NAZGELL another unproveable "Internet quote" like the spurious Hendrix Rory Gallagher quote which was 'made up' about three years ago. Better to use the legitimate BB King quote.
Me and my brother and our friend Craig Fertel called teh Fillmore west in the summer of 70 to see if we could confirm rumours that Peter Green had just left the band and would not be playing that night at teh fillmore . We didn't go but should have anyway . Tho Peter Green remains to this day my all time favorite Blues Player - FMAC was stilll a smoking band with Danny Kirwin adn Co .
i met in 1995 very often peter green or "roger" like he like people call him down in twickenhamm in london, he had been every day do it a corner and play life like a tramp, if every one read that seriously , know what a talking about.
very offen we buy a coffe (at that time was a mcdonal on the corner)in twickenhamm main street.
Said they hadn't done Stop Messin for ages prior to kicking this off, probably the best version of it hands down. Testament to the genius, talent, ability, emotion, lungs and fingers of the Green God!
yeh he came back to play gigs just as a guitarist did he not?think he left of his own accord, and i think Mick's praise for him as a 'monster guitarist' is genuine
@harrythegrass Yeah he played rythym only, to get the band out of some contractual obligations after Jerry Spencer left, and he was pretty pissed off to have to do it too. But by all accounts he did a five hour version of BMW on that tour!! Man's a legend!
It is slanderous to the other members of FM to suggest they deliberately drove their driving force insane to write pop music. They were distraught at Green's departure and in 1970-71 Buckhingam/Nicks were not even close to being on the horizon.
@nang3 Well said Fleetwood and McVie know Peter Green was the best musican they ever played with because they keep on saying it over and over again. And because anyone who's picked up a guitar and tried to play the blues will tell you Peter Green is one of the greatest bluesmen and guitar players of all time. I'll leave it to BB King to sum up "Peter Green was the only player ever to give me cold sweats." Fleetwood and McVie were desperate to keep Green in the band.
Very true, where was a sense of panic when Peter left but he was noble and played concerts even though the news was already about as he was a loyal friend and band leader.
@stonerbudkap You should compare what they earned as a British blues band to what they raked in as an international pop pap group. Big difference. The drove Green out for a reason: money.
My father is a big fan of early Fleetwood Mac and he said he went crazy from too much acid. What a shame. I thought Fleetwood Mac was a crappy Adult Contemporary (spelling?) band
Since you brought it up, stoner, there has long been a rumour that members of the band secretly gave Green LSD to fry his brain so that they could get him and the blues out of the band. The pop F.M. was for awhile the biggest grossing act in show business. Clapton did the same in a way. From Mayall to "Lay Down Sally" and "Beautiful Tonight" is a pretty sad if very lucrative story. I don't recall Green ever producing junk.
I don't doubt you though the rumor exists and MIdsomer Murders actually had an episode built around the rumor. Do you know why he disbabnded Splinter?
1)they werent playing much blues prior to Peter quiting .
2) there manager said that Peter announced (to him only) he was quitting during a Swedish tour because the others wer not good enough players I love Peter but this was a big mistake andhe was wrong about their ability
3) they did not have a pop line up and find sucess (and earn these huge sums of money )till YEARS after Peter quit so it wasnt a very smart plan was it ?
@tallmunchkin They didn't drive PG anywhere man, he left of his own accord as he stated he couldn't take the band any further, they weren't in the same league musically anymore, not even Kirwan at the end.
Some of the stuff that Danny Kitwan did was very good also. He was no Peter Green perhaps, but had a unique style all his own, and his songs are kinda spooky, too. Anyway, Peter liked his playing a lot.
This was on the Fleetwood Mac Made in Chicago album, one of their greats. Young 21 year old white guys from England playing with the best black blues men from Chicago. Peter Green seems to have been influenced by Elmore James. Some of the best stuff ever recorded. Almost lost to history.
Blows my mind how many people need to make comparisons and competition between musicians, when the real musicians themselves don't think in that way. Enjoy what you enjoy and don't listen to what you don't enjoy - it's that damn simple. Peter Green is one of my personal favs...Bloomfield is/was great too. I'll take EITHER of them over any of the newer white "blues" guys around now - but I ain't going around slagging those other guys off, even though a lot of them might deserve it!
Quite agree...particularly at that point with so many great white guitarists to choose from with varying styles, that's apart from all the first generation black electric guitarists still around. I see a lot of this comparing and bitching on youtube...frankly it says more about the individual than anything else.
@Ukabumba See notes as words and a phrase as a sentence! His guitar playing is like a poet who put the words in the right order and in the right rhythm.. That's phrasing imho
mmandmm9,if you don;t dig Bloomfield ,that's your biz,but before he ever recorded he regularly jammed with most of the Chicago greats whose records the English cats learned from. Do you really think you know better than Muddy and Buddy and all the cats who has the blues feeling and who doesn't? Shit Sam Lay left Muddy's band to Play with Butterfied and Bloomfield. Forget who's better ,or best let music will feed your soul
Nice discussion boys, but methinks Bloomers was deeper, much deeper. Ever here the solo on Another Country, from "Long Time Comin'" LP the best solo in the era! Or Alberts' shuffle for that matter it builds and builts, then explodes! You know what I mean!
Bloomfield was lost. Did some great stuff, but did NOT have any blues feel...too many friggin' notes and way too big an ego. How can anyone say Mike Bloomfield was "deeper" than Peter Green?!
I saw Bloomfield at the Muddy Waters tribute that was the first "Soundstage" and he ruined the whole thing with is self indulgence...geez!
That isn't clapton on the second disc jam. Its Joe Walsh (who was in the James gang at the time) guaranteed. I dont think there is a recording of both these guys jamming together.
sorry didnt mean to sound hostile in any way your right joe walsh is on that recording but in the notes on the inside sleeve of fleetwood macs boston blues recorded at the boston tea party it states eric clapton was on the recording too
I did have 3 of the 4 cd's and i definitely remember hearing Peter Joe Walsh and Clapton jamming. Could hardly hear clapton, he was playing a really thin tone on a strat, some nice playing but he was somewhat subdued.
Juts to say, i do LOVE Eric Clapton and his playing and have nearly all of his greatest guitar work on record....i wouldn't want to come off like a Clapton hater haha.
Just i heard back in the day he turned down allot of invites for jams and appearances from the likes of Green and others. And i shouldn't presume to know why he chose not to.
That's fine man, I love (I hate when this word is used out of context, but I use it because I mean it) both, and I have all there studio recordings and a few bootlegs. I just didn't agree with how Bastonal was obviously defaming Slowhand, attacking even. I think were both (admittedly) very biased towards the subject. Me in Claptons side, ha I even have the same name as him, and you in Greens. But I hate that because I would be in Greeneys corner in a second if anyone ever tried to defame him.
So I think we should just let the music do the talking.Greeneys music that is ;) and cut the comments so there no more bickering, because you know there will be someone who eventually comes in and compares Greeney to satrianiand no one wants that, now do we?
I personally sway the Peter Green way but Clapton still makes me cry so i wouldn't dare to make a judgment. And when i said let peters music do the talking is was due to the video where the comments arose. Glad this live version has gotten so many views.
I'm sorry but i had to get involved in this comparision between Clapton and Greeny.First of all Greeny is one million times ''better'' than Clapton listen to him playin for God sakes!!!Clapton was and still is an egotistical asshole with more ego than talent.Rory Gallagher and Peter Green are two of the best blues musician ever !!!!!!!!!!
@saxby01 Lol first of all OBVIOUS TROLL ALERT!you are obviously a sad lurker with no life to reply to a message i wrote last year!!!also Clapton sucks balls its true i've seen him live more than once he's shit he had some good moments with Cream but its been a downward spiral since.this is the part where you give the retarded incoherent reply.:P
Doesn't matter if someone thinks that Clapton is better than Greeny, they're both great. But if someone loves the blues than how can you not love the way Greeny Plays?
True, i personally love them both....Clapton took me when i was young and though me into this world of blues i now love, Peter made me realise how i should be playing it though :D
Sam, I saw the FM in 1972 at Duke University, I went because I liked Traffic. By the time my friend and I got there it was sold out, we had to bribe the guy at the door to let us in. We missed Traffic, but got in to see the start of Mac's set. One of the best concerts I've ever seen. The guitarists they had at that time were Danny Kirwin and I believe the other guy was Bob Welsh, they were great!
I think its ridiculous to say there would be no Peter Green without Clapton, sure Pg was influenced by what he was doing in 67, who wasn't but Peter Greens influences range far more deeper than Eric and would have played the blues as he saw fit regardless.
Your right we will let the music do the talking.........peter's music that is.
I wouldn't want my comment to be misconstrued here, when i said " more deeper than Eric" i meant Eric wasn't Pg's only influence, not that he went deeper in his influences than Eric. You can clearly compare the two but what is ridiculous is saying who is better as they both proved to be greats.
Another way to get to the crux of the two players is through listening to those musos who play their songs.
We all love Clapton and his fluid blues and feel good about ourselves trying to capture some of it but I have yet to meet anyone playing a Greeny song or in his style that hasnt said it took them to an elevated place as a muso.
Peter somehow tapped into sensitivity which is harder to do with a few purposeful notes than a blistering Freddy King solo!All good though.
Yep, Clapton obviously rates Peter but considering the obvious connection between the two, I can only imagine petty jealousy and personality clashes to explain the lack of space afforded by Eric in the book.
Peter goes out of his way to remark gushingly about Clapton, but I guess Eric has more ego and more to lose!
100% Agree mate. Is what i have always believed, i mean 'On We Jam' Clapton purposefully plays low key, he isn't not meaning to be....he doesnt want to build a climax and not be number one in my honest opinion. He knows that Peter was a unique talent and probably thought of him as too much competition instead of a great fellow musician therefore chose to ignore him.
that's bullshit sam, and you know it. Maybe it's best if you just clear all the comments and just let the music do the talking. Without Clapton there would be no Greeney, Clapton's a anti-hero he down plays his talent because of this.
Maybe i was a bit harsh on the old Clapton there. I don't really agree with what your saying but i admit i was maybe a bit presumptuous about Eric. It's mainly because i heard alot about Clapton turning down jam opportunities with the likes of Green and others around that time when everyone wanted to jam and get something out of it. I can't say i know what Clapton's reasons were from withdrawing from those situations were.
Ok here's something to think about. Who would play for nothing on a street corner, just for the pleasure of playing. Thats why the green god is the best.
Uhuh......I think your going to have to show me the evidence for this. I know B.B said Greeney had the sweetest tone he'd ever heard and he was the only one who gave him the cold sweats." But I'm not sure about what you said, ....I think you may be telling a porky. Either way Greeny is a legend (in the che guevara sought of way, not the common slangy mate way) :)
@delboyericosilacius get yourself a copy peter green the founder of fleetwood mac by martin celmins,that has all the ''evidence'' you'll need,Greeny was already playing guitar and base since a young lad,and clapton certainly wasn't his inspiration that is for sure
I heard about BB saying this but didnt realise it was directly to Eric and Gearge.
No wonder Clapton only mentions Peter once by name in his autobiography!
By far, Peter remains the most luminous blues guitarist of the UK and perhaps in the running for the most emotive and spiritually moving axeman of the electric guitar!
No, the word Clapton used was "brilliant" which is not much of a compliment, really, since Clapton often litters the same word to describe many other musicians through out his book, to appear oh-so-gracious...I mean when one of your goals (ego) is to prove you're truly star status, by obtaining the highest of goals, a Beatles wife...Does one really expect an ego like that to pay a true compliment to the likes of the great Peter Green?
The thing is Sam, Ive got a live performance of Sugar Mama on a small cassette, (poor quality, 1967 De Doelen, Rotterdam)but I havent found a way to convert it, see!
That's a helluva performance! I haven't heard much of Peter Green, but this recording has gotten me interested. Such a fine tone- does anyone know about his guitar and amp?
I think Peter had a great group of players around him. I saw him at the Fillmore West and I was stunned. He's one one of the greats. Saw him a few years ago, very sad his conditon, but he is stilll one of the great white blues guys. Don't ever doubt it!
529Reno 3 weeks ago
its true that Peter is plays the whole lead period.
Grovesgeo 1 month ago
Just to make it clear. This is Peter Green's lead guitar throughout, they do not alternate solos.
sam19851 2 months ago
I make Danny's lead breaks to be 2:20 - 3:02 and 3:43 - 4:03 he's got a hell of a tone going on too, sounds like a killer P90 Paul. PG's parts swing slightly better for me tho...
kissyxander 4 months ago
@kissyxander > Danny may have been playing his Telecaster. Not sure about P90's cuz all the pictures I've seen of Danny with a LP had humbuckers/PAFs.
MorroccoM13 3 months ago
@MorroccoM13
you may be right, but I think you may need to do a little more research regarding his P90 goldtop LP...
kissyxander 3 months ago
@kissyxander > Just saying - never seen it. I will be on the lookout for it. Thnx, MM
MorroccoM13 3 months ago
@kissyxander > Just took a look at several DK videos and YES you are correct. He did have Gold top with P90s. There is also a picture of Danny on my Chicago Jam album with that guitar. My bad and poor eyesight. He has several Les Pauls. Damn I wish he would play again.
Thanks, MM
MorroccoM13 3 months ago
THIS IS THE SHIT I CAN'T STOP LISTENING TO IT!
tbuddystrat 5 months ago
ill take this gang over all and im influenced by kings
tbuddystrat 5 months ago
Peter Green is a better guitarist, singer and songwriter than Eric Clapton especially when you consider that Duane played that riff on Layla and most of the lead work on that album.
angelangel3000 6 months ago
saw them with Peter Green at the Fillmore in S.F. late '69 unreal-------Danny Kerwin-Jeremy Spencer & Peter--WOW! Blue Suede Shoes was UNREAL--Oh Well--
farone100 7 months ago
This an really awsome piece of guitarplayin here better than the record this is the real blues
rockinrobbert 8 months ago
Where is the rest of this awesome show??
zanekmantis1 8 months ago
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PETER GREEN IS A GIANT!!!! BUT PLS DO NOT FORGET
DANNY KIRWAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Oh Well, Albatross, Like Crying etc.etc. almost on all really good songs after 1968, and mainly with the leading solo)....
harp94 9 months ago
PETER GREEN IS A GIANT!!!! BUT PLS DO NOT FORGET
DANNY KIRWAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Oh Well, Albatross, Like Crying etc.etc. almost on all really good songs after 1968, and mainly with the leading solo)....)
harp94 9 months ago
All I can say is that back in the day I told ALL of my people they HAD to come out and her Fleetwood Mac(the real Fleetwood Mac) If they didnt like it I would pay reimburse them for all for all their troubles. These were some well known players in the Bay Area at the time. We went to the Fillmore for the Sunday night show....WHOA! they were blown away, and they were a tough crowd to please. It was a great time to hear the Mac. It was never the same after that. Peter Green, bless you.
529Reno 10 months ago
can't you people just stop making such dumb ass comments and enjoy the music. My god you all talk like a bunch of old women but there again if the shoe fits..........
stratoreverb 11 months ago 3
@stratoreverb How many times I've had to say that to ass holes at concerts talking instead of listening. In the 1950's, 1960's and 1970's, all the great guitar ledgend's mentioned here, and then some, were the top's___PERIOD!
1980's on guitar players copied their style. Please people, don't rage on this. Even Van Halen & Metallica (Black Sabbath in 1969), started their popularity in the 1970's. So there, 35 + years later, on today's metal sound.
Now shut up and listen!
RadioCannedMusic 10 months ago
Easily the best blues guitarist to come out of the UK, and by a mile. Only Gary Moore, Stan Webb and Snowy White come close.
RosaLichtenstein01 11 months ago
The phrase @:51 is a whole lot like a phrase Duane Allman used to use quite a bit. I doubt either copied the other though, just similar backgrounds in music and both phenomenal soulful players
fpcrunner 1 year ago
Peter's licks and phrasing are right on ythe money. An expert blues player with a huge vocabulary. He effortlessly churns out phrase after phrase. A most enjoyable performance.
xavioronassis 1 year ago
All I can say is when Clapton left John Mayall, Mayall probably thought "Now who the hell is gonna fill those shoes". In the door walks Peter Green and Mayall says, "Eric, who?".......
karmabites1 1 year ago
Clapton was fantastic with "Cream",....also did great work with "Deric and the Dominoe's".. also his solo stuff is great.
It's not cool to compare great guitarist's (NO one like's camparisions to Hendrix). Period.
Peter Green...in his short time in the media lights was a great above greats, in my view, as he had such a short span of prolific output.
As BB king said:- "He was the only one to give me the cold sweats....." That is praise indeed, coming from one of the Blue's master's.
Kristopful 1 year ago
Better? Who's better than whom? It's comparing apples to oranges. All of the guitarists mentioned here are good -- really good. But Peter Green and Danny Kirwan both had a beautiful and JOYOUS playing style. Green definitely was a disciple of Chicago Blues and managed to truly embody that vibe. Obviously it's a matter of taste. Go with the guys that make you feel something... and make you feel good!
torridscene 1 year ago 3
Absolutely AMAZING!!!! Thanks for posting this, never heard it before....
SpruceCreekTraders 1 year ago
first of all Peter Green is better. He is different, unlike Clapton, who is excellent at normal blues licks. But come on, we all know deep down that Hendrix tops them all. You can ask either of them. There is simply no one better.
joeRAND0M 1 year ago
My first time hearing Mr Green. not sure how i missed this but he is awsome.
Where is he now???
loveybells77 1 year ago
wow..he plays just like Freddie King on this tune!
TracyFClark 1 year ago
Primal and rockin blues jammin man!
HoraceLime 1 year ago
thanks for posting!
LateNotes 1 year ago
With regards Green Vs Clapton, Clapton's a great guitarist, Green's a great musician.All of Clapton's best stuff is when he played with musicians above his ability, eg While My Guitar Gently Weeps with The Fab Four! Green sadly never got anything together with musicians of his ability! He needed Bruce/Baker or Cox/Mitchell rhythm section to allow him to be free. Mitch Mitchell said 'Peter Green was the only guitarist to give Jimi a run for his money' Praise indeed!
NAZGELL 1 year ago 20
@NAZGELL Here here!!!
Thanks you for your comment :D.
Fancy a pint? haha
sam19851 1 year ago 4
@sam19851 Hi sure I'll have a pint!!! Especially if it's at a pub where a Saxby01( check below) band is playing!!! Have you checked Peter Green & friends Cork 2010 The Stumble? Greeny's starting to recapture his ability! I jammed on the Brit Blues scene for 5 yrs til last year, No singer or guitarist has the musicality of Greeny, now it's all copy no invention, cowboy boots & Jack Daniels! Like Hendrix you can hear the influences he & Green have, but, there's that part which is purely them!
NAZGELL 1 year ago
@NAZGELL I wouldnt say that the beatles [ a light pop group ] are above claptons ability since harrison asked him to play the guitar solo because he didnt feel he could do it himself they called them the cream for a reason each was the top of his instrument
spacepatrolman 1 year ago
@spacepatrolman Clapton's a great guitarist as I've said,but, his musicianship & compositional abilities aren't. That's why he called Harrison to help him write a song for Farewell 'Badge'. Peter Green's Guitar, musicianship & compositional abilities were far ahead of Clapton!!! Many guitarists have little understanding of rhythm, Hendrix, Green & Cropper played with the rhythm section, Clapton like many guitarists plays on top of them.
NAZGELL 1 year ago
@NAZGELL I'd like to add Duane Allman to your list of players with rhythm if you don't mind
athack014 1 year ago
@spacepatrolman : Clapton named Cream. He is egotistical as mentioned above.
MorroccoM13 1 year ago
@spacepatrolman I disagree. I'm sure George could have come up with a solo if he'd wanted to I think he is one of the great unrecognised guitar players ,essentially because most of the time he had to fit an ace solo into 8 bars or 16 if he was very lucky yet make it count .no extended (indulgent? to my ears now ,but not at the time ) Crossroads extemporisations for Mr Harrison I saw Cream and Hendrix, play live but the Mac were ,better in my opinion, they were senstional 1 of 2
dot18 11 months ago
@spacepatrolman You say " they called them the cream for a reason- each was the top of his instrument" possibly true but being a virtuoso is not necessarilly best for the overall band sound . I would have to say Ginger Baker was a "better " drummer than Mick Fleetwood (though you'd be surprised as I once saw him let rip in a drum store in Walthamstow) I just can't imagine Baker or Mitch Mitchell doing such a sympathetic job as Mick on Need Your Love So Bad ,for example.Less is more sometimes!
dot18 11 months ago
@dot18 how can you disagree with what george harrison said when he is talking about himself he hired clapton for a reason to play the guitar solo that he couldnt play
spacepatrolman 11 months ago
@spacepatrolman I don't think he exactl hired him as they were close friends . I'd say he asked Clapton to do it as a mate cause it would produce a very different solo than if he himself had done it (he'd probably have opted for slide guitar and so he probably made a good decision !). but I'd be very interested if you can direct me to a quote where George said that he could'nt play it if you can find the time
dot18 11 months ago
@NAZGELL MIck Fleetwood And John Mcvie were one of the best rhythm players in England. Peter fit in perfectly. I would say It was Jeremy and Danny that had to try to play up to their ability. One thing is for sure. England at that time had some amazing musicians.
jjaywill 1 year ago
@jjaywill Have you ever heard Danny solo's?? Peter Green always said that Danny had way more talent than him... I don't agree, but Danny surely did have a lot of talent! Jeremy and Danny were as good as Peter or anyone!!
yoursatan 1 year ago
@yoursatan jigsaw puzzle blues is good evidence of Danny's talent.
DirtyDeck 1 year ago
@yoursatan,
Interesting, it's the first time I hear that Peter Green said that Danny had more talent than him. I can't say I agree either, but I must admit that Danny Kirwan's tone and way of playing ((not only his vibrato) touches me more than Peter Green's style. Still, both were incredible gifted guitar players and their musical connection sometimes almost seemed telepathic.
MsOndine 5 months ago
@NAZGELL well thats foolish of mitchell to say and he probably truly didn't mean it. There are a ton of better guitarists of that era than green. I hate to compare guitarists, but green is nowhere near jimi, mike bloomfield for one would have mopped the floor with him
johngoo343 1 year ago
@johngoo343 Mitch wasn't joking! Green is the only guitarist to make BB KIng Sweat, or was he (BB King)just joking? Green composed some great music & that's why he leaves Bloomfield & others standing! Too many guitarists only listen to guitar players & have no understanding of music!!! Hendrix & Green were great bass players, most guitarist couldn't keep a composition together!!! I've jammed on the Brit blues scene for 5 yrs & I don't trust one guitarist as a musician!
NAZGELL 1 year ago
@NAZGELL thats cool then green's a better musician fine, but not a better guitarist
johngoo343 1 year ago
@johngoo343 Well, having seen all the players you mentioned, I can only say you must be dreaming. All were great, so why compare?
1onemojo 1 year ago
@NAZGELL Green also has far more emotion and better phrasing.
nintendonut100 1 year ago
@NAZGELL Peter Green is a far better guitarist than Eric Clapton.
benroo89 1 year ago
@NAZGELL
Clapton played some great guitar with John Mayall and with Cream but that was all on a Les Paul. He switched to a Strat and has never, IMHO, hit the same heights again. It's like he has to keep the genie bottled or it will destroy him. I rate Clapton more as a songwriter and singer than as a guitarist now. Peter Green is an immortal genius in a class of his own as a guitarist, singer and songwriter.
billbear99 1 year ago
@NAZGELL baker and bruce are not above Green's ability, they're not even above McVie and Fleetwood. Green had plenty of freedom.
bobmango54 1 year ago
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dot18 11 months ago
@bobmango54 I absolutely agree Don't forget Danny though The big puzzle for me is that Peter seemingly out of the blue told their manager during a Swedish tour, that he was leaving FM because "the rest of the band just can't cut it any more" when I thought the band were at their absolute peak eg Green Manalishi flowing into a lenghty but interesting jam Obviously Peter wanted to take the music in this jamming direction(and did but his statement did a great injustice to the others
dot18 11 months ago
@bobmango54 Well, thats a matter of taste and opinoin. I think Jack Bruce is a hell of a bass player, next to Phil Lynott they are 2 of the best, but again, that is what I think about it.
DirkjeA 8 months ago
@NAZGELL Thats a good point because Jimi and Peter was the pushing his rhythms section but for Clapton it was the opposite, especialy for Cream.
wantrice 1 year ago
@NAZGELL Yeah ignoramuses like you are always good for a laugh idiots that don't realize it lol !
faustfood 6 months ago
@NAZGELL another unproveable "Internet quote" like the spurious Hendrix Rory Gallagher quote which was 'made up' about three years ago. Better to use the legitimate BB King quote.
mcleanartists 6 months ago in playlist Peter's Green Fleetwood Mac
@NAZGELL To me Spencer and Kerwin were right up there with him. There will never be another blues band their equal. Ever.
deathtofacists 6 months ago 2
Sounds like a pub band.
saxby01 1 year ago
Me and my brother and our friend Craig Fertel called teh Fillmore west in the summer of 70 to see if we could confirm rumours that Peter Green had just left the band and would not be playing that night at teh fillmore . We didn't go but should have anyway . Tho Peter Green remains to this day my all time favorite Blues Player - FMAC was stilll a smoking band with Danny Kirwin adn Co .
bigbuzman 1 year ago
God , please Danny and Peter again tomorrow
batalion666 1 year ago
What will happen when these geniuses are no longer with us?
Poor music
YoGroucho 1 year ago
What will happen when these geniuses are no longer with us?
Poor music
YoGroucho 1 year ago
i met in 1995 very often peter green or "roger" like he like people call him down in twickenhamm in london, he had been every day do it a corner and play life like a tramp, if every one read that seriously , know what a talking about.
very offen we buy a coffe (at that time was a mcdonal on the corner)in twickenhamm main street.
cheers
chopper3a 1 year ago
Said they hadn't done Stop Messin for ages prior to kicking this off, probably the best version of it hands down. Testament to the genius, talent, ability, emotion, lungs and fingers of the Green God!
Jmaccxx 1 year ago
yeh he came back to play gigs just as a guitarist did he not?think he left of his own accord, and i think Mick's praise for him as a 'monster guitarist' is genuine
harrythegrass 1 year ago
@harrythegrass Yeah he played rythym only, to get the band out of some contractual obligations after Jerry Spencer left, and he was pretty pissed off to have to do it too. But by all accounts he did a five hour version of BMW on that tour!! Man's a legend!
Jmaccxx 1 year ago
Stop messin around ?????
Check out Screamin Jay Hawkins....... I PUT THE SPELL ON YOU !!!!!!
DoctoriOrdi 1 year ago
Of course, watched that many a time about a year back now! :) He's great.
sam19851 1 year ago
Good! thanks, ...wordofgord
thewordofgord 1 year ago
It is slanderous to the other members of FM to suggest they deliberately drove their driving force insane to write pop music. They were distraught at Green's departure and in 1970-71 Buckhingam/Nicks were not even close to being on the horizon.
nang3 2 years ago 3
@nang3 - that's true about the later ine-up not being as good as the peter green days but they were quite good anyway.
aewd1980 2 years ago
@nang3 Well said Fleetwood and McVie know Peter Green was the best musican they ever played with because they keep on saying it over and over again. And because anyone who's picked up a guitar and tried to play the blues will tell you Peter Green is one of the greatest bluesmen and guitar players of all time. I'll leave it to BB King to sum up "Peter Green was the only player ever to give me cold sweats." Fleetwood and McVie were desperate to keep Green in the band.
Selecta88 1 year ago 2
Very true, where was a sense of panic when Peter left but he was noble and played concerts even though the news was already about as he was a loyal friend and band leader.
sam19851 1 year ago 2
Thats what a 335 is suppose to sound like!
tdfeims 1 year ago
How come Fleetwood Mac put out such crap in later years. This stuff is great!
stonerbudkap 2 years ago
cuz peter green left and women joined the band
Flerg3 2 years ago
@stonerbudkap You should compare what they earned as a British blues band to what they raked in as an international pop pap group. Big difference. The drove Green out for a reason: money.
tallmunchkin 2 years ago
My father is a big fan of early Fleetwood Mac and he said he went crazy from too much acid. What a shame. I thought Fleetwood Mac was a crappy Adult Contemporary (spelling?) band
stonerbudkap 2 years ago
Since you brought it up, stoner, there has long been a rumour that members of the band secretly gave Green LSD to fry his brain so that they could get him and the blues out of the band. The pop F.M. was for awhile the biggest grossing act in show business. Clapton did the same in a way. From Mayall to "Lay Down Sally" and "Beautiful Tonight" is a pretty sad if very lucrative story. I don't recall Green ever producing junk.
tallmunchkin 2 years ago
Very well said.
stonerbudkap 2 years ago
@tallmunchkin Haha, what a load of baloney, man, I wish folk would actually do some research before they post tripe like this, jeez!
Jmaccxx 1 year ago
they did not drive him out. what gave you that impression?
nang3 2 years ago
nang3, If you actually read what I wrote, I wrote there were rumours. There were rumours.
Now you say they did not drive him out. Fine, but how do you KNOW that. What gives you THAT impression?
tallmunchkin 2 years ago
Peter quit, its a fact mate.
sam19851 1 year ago
@sam19851
I don't doubt you though the rumor exists and MIdsomer Murders actually had an episode built around the rumor. Do you know why he disbabnded Splinter?
tallmunchkin 1 year ago
@tallmunchkin
1)they werent playing much blues prior to Peter quiting .
2) there manager said that Peter announced (to him only) he was quitting during a Swedish tour because the others wer not good enough players I love Peter but this was a big mistake andhe was wrong about their ability
3) they did not have a pop line up and find sucess (and earn these huge sums of money )till YEARS after Peter quit so it wasnt a very smart plan was it ?
dot18 11 months ago
This is one of the stupidest comments I've ever seen...you must be a 'birther'....
carcariden 1 year ago
You should read your oen comment.
You can't read!
tallmunchkin 1 year ago
@tallmunchkin They didn't drive PG anywhere man, he left of his own accord as he stated he couldn't take the band any further, they weren't in the same league musically anymore, not even Kirwan at the end.
Jmaccxx 1 year ago
@stonerbudkap
Some of the stuff that Danny Kitwan did was very good also. He was no Peter Green perhaps, but had a unique style all his own, and his songs are kinda spooky, too. Anyway, Peter liked his playing a lot.
j0eX 1 year ago
@j0eX danny was a great player and i think peter thought when he left danny would take his place
tony671 1 year ago 2
@j0eX He ( Danny ) seems to be playing the last solo? Sounds like his tone....
j0eX 5 months ago
great post
shredmunga 2 years ago
It doesnt get any better than Greeny and FM
MorroccoM13 2 years ago
This was on the Fleetwood Mac Made in Chicago album, one of their greats. Young 21 year old white guys from England playing with the best black blues men from Chicago. Peter Green seems to have been influenced by Elmore James. Some of the best stuff ever recorded. Almost lost to history.
ringmansos 2 years ago
Actually,ringmansos, Greeny was most influenced by BB King. It was Jeremy Spencer that was the Elmore James fanatic.
tomthefunky 2 years ago
Blows my mind how many people need to make comparisons and competition between musicians, when the real musicians themselves don't think in that way. Enjoy what you enjoy and don't listen to what you don't enjoy - it's that damn simple. Peter Green is one of my personal favs...Bloomfield is/was great too. I'll take EITHER of them over any of the newer white "blues" guys around now - but I ain't going around slagging those other guys off, even though a lot of them might deserve it!
muddy2 2 years ago 3
Quite agree...particularly at that point with so many great white guitarists to choose from with varying styles, that's apart from all the first generation black electric guitarists still around. I see a lot of this comparing and bitching on youtube...frankly it says more about the individual than anything else.
clean3 2 years ago
@clean3 Your right. Not a black and white issue. It's a soul, spirit, and talent issue only. PG was one of the greats.
seandeyoung01 2 years ago
Gotta Love It!
Thanks
jdldtw 2 years ago
His phrasing is stupidly amazing lol... makes that guitar sing!!
MrReginald89 2 years ago 16
You said it mate! Thanks
sam19851 2 years ago
@MrReginald89 whats phrasing?
Ukabumba 1 year ago
@Ukabumba See notes as words and a phrase as a sentence! His guitar playing is like a poet who put the words in the right order and in the right rhythm.. That's phrasing imho
deKadt15 1 year ago
@deKadt15 yeah peter really does do that
Ukabumba 1 year ago
mmandmm9,if you don;t dig Bloomfield ,that's your biz,but before he ever recorded he regularly jammed with most of the Chicago greats whose records the English cats learned from. Do you really think you know better than Muddy and Buddy and all the cats who has the blues feeling and who doesn't? Shit Sam Lay left Muddy's band to Play with Butterfied and Bloomfield. Forget who's better ,or best let music will feed your soul
Cometsamba 2 years ago 3
Nice discussion boys, but methinks Bloomers was deeper, much deeper. Ever here the solo on Another Country, from "Long Time Comin'" LP the best solo in the era! Or Alberts' shuffle for that matter it builds and builts, then explodes! You know what I mean!
socrates1818 2 years ago
Bloomfield was lost. Did some great stuff, but did NOT have any blues feel...too many friggin' notes and way too big an ego. How can anyone say Mike Bloomfield was "deeper" than Peter Green?!
I saw Bloomfield at the Muddy Waters tribute that was the first "Soundstage" and he ruined the whole thing with is self indulgence...geez!
mmandmm9 2 years ago
Wow you two are plonkers! :D
sam19851 2 years ago
clapton stepped on stage with green at the boston tea party its on a double cd boston blues 2nd disc last track just named encore jam
seminalspunksacks 2 years ago
Yeah i have that copy. Is nice :)
sam19851 2 years ago
That isn't clapton on the second disc jam. Its Joe Walsh (who was in the James gang at the time) guaranteed. I dont think there is a recording of both these guys jamming together.
MadJohnEscapes 2 years ago
do you have this cd because i do and in the notes in the sleeve it states eric clapton my friend check it out
seminalspunksacks 2 years ago
sorry didnt mean to sound hostile in any way your right joe walsh is on that recording but in the notes on the inside sleeve of fleetwood macs boston blues recorded at the boston tea party it states eric clapton was on the recording too
seminalspunksacks 2 years ago
I did have 3 of the 4 cd's and i definitely remember hearing Peter Joe Walsh and Clapton jamming. Could hardly hear clapton, he was playing a really thin tone on a strat, some nice playing but he was somewhat subdued.
sam19851 2 years ago
Juts to say, i do LOVE Eric Clapton and his playing and have nearly all of his greatest guitar work on record....i wouldn't want to come off like a Clapton hater haha.
Just i heard back in the day he turned down allot of invites for jams and appearances from the likes of Green and others. And i shouldn't presume to know why he chose not to.
sam19851 2 years ago
That's fine man, I love (I hate when this word is used out of context, but I use it because I mean it) both, and I have all there studio recordings and a few bootlegs. I just didn't agree with how Bastonal was obviously defaming Slowhand, attacking even. I think were both (admittedly) very biased towards the subject. Me in Claptons side, ha I even have the same name as him, and you in Greens. But I hate that because I would be in Greeneys corner in a second if anyone ever tried to defame him.
delboyericosilacius 2 years ago
So I think we should just let the music do the talking.Greeneys music that is ;) and cut the comments so there no more bickering, because you know there will be someone who eventually comes in and compares Greeney to satrianiand no one wants that, now do we?
delboyericosilacius 2 years ago
haha indeed!
sam19851 2 years ago
can you please post more from this concert !! The sound is very good. I like a dry sound without echo
bifi34 2 years ago
I personally sway the Peter Green way but Clapton still makes me cry so i wouldn't dare to make a judgment. And when i said let peters music do the talking is was due to the video where the comments arose. Glad this live version has gotten so many views.
sam19851 2 years ago
You cant compare musicians of that genius! Its not a sport! You wouldnt compare Bach and Mozart would you? Different sound.
johnglenn8535 2 years ago
Can we all stop competing and just listen-comparing on the other hand is fine, just don't say one is better than the other.
TapeMeasureandhair 2 years ago
Which is better Greeny or Clapton? That's like asking which is my favorite eye right or left!
Antarblue 2 years ago
right eye
TapeMeasureandhair 2 years ago
lol
sam19851 2 years ago
I'm sorry but i had to get involved in this comparision between Clapton and Greeny.First of all Greeny is one million times ''better'' than Clapton listen to him playin for God sakes!!!Clapton was and still is an egotistical asshole with more ego than talent.Rory Gallagher and Peter Green are two of the best blues musician ever !!!!!!!!!!
hunglikeayak 2 years ago 18
I'm afraid I'm going to have to agree with you. Green is a complete legend for me.
TapeMeasureandhair 2 years ago 2
Thats a bit unfair. Clapton has earnt his place in Britsh Blues history, although admittedly he shouldn't be as high as he is.
stratocastermojo 2 years ago
@hunglikeayak Tosser.
saxby01 1 year ago
@saxby01 Lol first of all OBVIOUS TROLL ALERT!you are obviously a sad lurker with no life to reply to a message i wrote last year!!!also Clapton sucks balls its true i've seen him live more than once he's shit he had some good moments with Cream but its been a downward spiral since.this is the part where you give the retarded incoherent reply.:P
hunglikeayak 1 year ago
Doesn't matter if someone thinks that Clapton is better than Greeny, they're both great. But if someone loves the blues than how can you not love the way Greeny Plays?
dezern8 2 years ago
True, i personally love them both....Clapton took me when i was young and though me into this world of blues i now love, Peter made me realise how i should be playing it though :D
From the heart baby!!!
sam19851 2 years ago
Sam, I saw the FM in 1972 at Duke University, I went because I liked Traffic. By the time my friend and I got there it was sold out, we had to bribe the guy at the door to let us in. We missed Traffic, but got in to see the start of Mac's set. One of the best concerts I've ever seen. The guitarists they had at that time were Danny Kirwin and I believe the other guy was Bob Welsh, they were great!
dezern8 2 years ago
Your entitled to your opinion.
I think its ridiculous to say there would be no Peter Green without Clapton, sure Pg was influenced by what he was doing in 67, who wasn't but Peter Greens influences range far more deeper than Eric and would have played the blues as he saw fit regardless.
Your right we will let the music do the talking.........peter's music that is.
sam19851 2 years ago
I wouldn't want my comment to be misconstrued here, when i said " more deeper than Eric" i meant Eric wasn't Pg's only influence, not that he went deeper in his influences than Eric. You can clearly compare the two but what is ridiculous is saying who is better as they both proved to be greats.
sam19851 2 years ago
Thanks for that, Sam.
Another way to get to the crux of the two players is through listening to those musos who play their songs.
We all love Clapton and his fluid blues and feel good about ourselves trying to capture some of it but I have yet to meet anyone playing a Greeny song or in his style that hasnt said it took them to an elevated place as a muso.
Peter somehow tapped into sensitivity which is harder to do with a few purposeful notes than a blistering Freddy King solo!All good though.
SHEMAMAN 2 years ago
Hi Sam,
Yep, Clapton obviously rates Peter but considering the obvious connection between the two, I can only imagine petty jealousy and personality clashes to explain the lack of space afforded by Eric in the book.
Peter goes out of his way to remark gushingly about Clapton, but I guess Eric has more ego and more to lose!
Jeff Makor
SHEMAMAN 2 years ago
100% Agree mate. Is what i have always believed, i mean 'On We Jam' Clapton purposefully plays low key, he isn't not meaning to be....he doesnt want to build a climax and not be number one in my honest opinion. He knows that Peter was a unique talent and probably thought of him as too much competition instead of a great fellow musician therefore chose to ignore him.
sam19851 2 years ago
that's bullshit sam, and you know it. Maybe it's best if you just clear all the comments and just let the music do the talking. Without Clapton there would be no Greeney, Clapton's a anti-hero he down plays his talent because of this.
delboyericosilacius 2 years ago
Maybe i was a bit harsh on the old Clapton there. I don't really agree with what your saying but i admit i was maybe a bit presumptuous about Eric. It's mainly because i heard alot about Clapton turning down jam opportunities with the likes of Green and others around that time when everyone wanted to jam and get something out of it. I can't say i know what Clapton's reasons were from withdrawing from those situations were.
sam19851 2 years ago
Ok here's something to think about. Who would play for nothing on a street corner, just for the pleasure of playing. Thats why the green god is the best.
robsdad 2 years ago 2
did you guys heard the story about a BB King show in the 60's - London
E. Clapton & G. Harrison were in the front row and BB said to them: Sorry guys but Peter Green is the best player in England!
MLC
mcddtlc 2 years ago 4
I have not heard of that situation, but i do not doubt it for a second!!!
sam19851 2 years ago
sam - relayed by Carlos Santana in a VH1
interview about Peter G.
MLC
mcddtlc 2 years ago
Give me a link then...
delboyericosilacius 2 years ago
Can't remember when i saw it, just
remember Carlos's statement..
Shoot him an E-Mail see if he responds.
But trust me he said it - MLC
mcddtlc 2 years ago
Enough said!!
I am not one to talk on who is ' best ' but who am i to argue with BB King! xD
Cheers MLC
sam19851 2 years ago
Uhuh......I think your going to have to show me the evidence for this. I know B.B said Greeney had the sweetest tone he'd ever heard and he was the only one who gave him the cold sweats." But I'm not sure about what you said, ....I think you may be telling a porky. Either way Greeny is a legend (in the che guevara sought of way, not the common slangy mate way) :)
delboyericosilacius 2 years ago
Delboy - shoot your question to: Carlos Santana - he's the one who said it..
MLC
mcddtlc 2 years ago
Peter just had too much quality.
sam19851 2 years ago
@delboyericosilacius get yourself a copy peter green the founder of fleetwood mac by martin celmins,that has all the ''evidence'' you'll need,Greeny was already playing guitar and base since a young lad,and clapton certainly wasn't his inspiration that is for sure
bizzle1783 2 years ago
I heard about BB saying this but didnt realise it was directly to Eric and Gearge.
No wonder Clapton only mentions Peter once by name in his autobiography!
By far, Peter remains the most luminous blues guitarist of the UK and perhaps in the running for the most emotive and spiritually moving axeman of the electric guitar!
Jeff Makor
SHEMAMAN 2 years ago 2
So true and well put!
I myself have read Ec's biography and was excited waiting for his comments on Peter green, one sentence. Cmon!!!!
He did say he was a Phenomenal player though.
sam19851 2 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
No, the word Clapton used was "brilliant" which is not much of a compliment, really, since Clapton often litters the same word to describe many other musicians through out his book, to appear oh-so-gracious...I mean when one of your goals (ego) is to prove you're truly star status, by obtaining the highest of goals, a Beatles wife...Does one really expect an ego like that to pay a true compliment to the likes of the great Peter Green?
bastonal 2 years ago
He did actually use the word phenomenal but still it was an all too brief a description then one would have wanted.
sam19851 2 years ago
Could NOT be any better! Why is nothing current comparable??
jjhbowers 2 years ago 4
Oh God - that tone, that touch...............
NKPman 2 years ago 5
Wow talk about having your cake and not eating it Vanu! That sucks.
Let me know how you get on?
sam19851 3 years ago
The thing is Sam, Ive got a live performance of Sugar Mama on a small cassette, (poor quality, 1967 De Doelen, Rotterdam)but I havent found a way to convert it, see!
vanu49 3 years ago
hmm it's not the best way but find some one with a nice microphone+ Harddisk recorder and just play the tape and try to clean it up a bit?
Hope to hear it one day
rotyoung 3 years ago
rotyoung,
I think Ive found a solution to convert
Keep you informed and tks.
vanu49 3 years ago
Blaze Media Pro, Vanu.
sam19851 3 years ago
Tks Sam, see what I can do.
vanu49 3 years ago
That's a helluva performance! I haven't heard much of Peter Green, but this recording has gotten me interested. Such a fine tone- does anyone know about his guitar and amp?
spanfreckl 3 years ago
One hell of a show!
Jenscool 3 years ago
God do I miss this Peter Green playing!!!
This guy was in a class by himself!!
MLC
mcddtlc 3 years ago 3
So true, he was in a different league.
The Magic League!
sam19851 3 years ago
Hear,Hear...Spot on Brothers
Discfiend69 3 years ago
Great!!! Thanks for posting!
skydog46 3 years ago
this is great, but im still hoping for
"sugar mama",
tks 4 posting anyway.
greets.
vanu49 3 years ago
why dont you buy blues jam in chicago volume two then? :-P
petequintin 3 years ago