Alabama Blues by Peter Green taken from ' A Hard Road '.

[planet123]

J B Lenoir doesn't seem to be suffering much in his Zebra jacket.

[donzdonz]

I don't remember this track being on the Hard Road album ?

[onlyonepea]

bbking said "peter green is the only guy to ever have given me shivers" so .. my friend, black or white.. makes no difference..its whats in your soul that counts.. unles you know better that BBKing?

[libsstink100]

HELLO WANKERS!!!!!

[minenu11]

Wankers............enjoy the bloody song for christ's sake, It's just music!

[1RAVENGANG52]

any one no what key this is

[sam19851]

@1RAVENGANG52

I believe it's G Major if i remember correctley.

[bobmango54]

@sam19851 I second the G major

[ygol69]

@1RAVENGANG52 it's standard 1/4/5 blues in G..play minor pentatonic scale etc

[1RAVENGANG52]

@ygol69 thanks man love this song

[jsilence418]

@1RAVENGANG52 The key of Q !

[1RAVENGANG52]

@jsilence418  shhhhhh

[lejugehmfc]

fuck you sam, this aint on the lp. fuck you n your cd's

[libsstink100]

@lejugehmfc ..damn dude,,,u are a rude piece of crap,,,why dont you go fuck urself,,,,,seems sam19851 took the time out to dl this song...,so schmucks like u could listen,,,,shut ur piehole boy!!!fuck off lejugehmfc...ur a fucking DOLT

[AgentCarter]

john mayall paying this song is just wierd. most blues songs are about problems that can happen to everyone, but this song just seems awkward when sung by a white englander

[sam19851]

@AgentCarter

Well it is actually Peter Green playing and singing on this song. He was John Mayalls guitarist at the time.

Also remember that JB Lenoir is and was one of John Mayalls favorite ever bluesman, check out the song John wrote for him when he died.

My point is im sure John Mayall of all people would realize that the original and the original man himself makes others pale in comparison.

[AgentCarter]

what youve said doesnt change anything. not sure you understand the context of the song...

[sam19851]

@AgentCarter

I do actually, i just believe that f a song is poignant enough for someone to want to cover it they should beable to.......it's not as if Peter here is saying "feel MY pain i lost my brother in Aalabama"....he is just feeling the emotions through the song and i think he does a great job.

[AgentCarter]

@sam19851 well obviously i disagree. i think its just awkward for him to be singing this song. most blues songs are about life problems that could happen to anybody. this one is very specific though, and just seems off to be sung by a white englander who has absolutely nothing at all to do with the content of the song.

[strangeones4]

@AgentCarter Does it help that the "White Englander" was Jewish? We're talking about the deep south of the United States in the 1960's. They didn't like anyone who didin't originate from England/Scotland. Peter Green dealt with anti-semitism in London, just like Mike Bloomfield in Chicago. While you see "white", I hear pain. Of course Peter Green's range of feeling inproved later with Fleetwood Mac. By the time Peter Green left FM, he was the best "white" blues guitarist from UK..

[AgentCarter]

@strangeones4 no it doesnt help. its not the same thing. this song's lyrics dont make sense when sung by him because none of the lyrics apply to him, regardless of how much supposed suffering he experienced elsewhere

[strangeones4]

@AgentCarter Seek out Fleetwood Mac, "I've Got a Good Mind to Give Up Living" through Youtube. That BB King song makes perfect sence for Peter Green. Much more than Paul Butterfield.

[AgentCarter]

@strangeones4 what does that have to do with whether or not it makes sense for this song?

[bluesborn]

@AgentCarter I hear you but let's cut Pete some slack here he was just a kid lost in the blues trying to emulate these cats.One he got his proper footing so to speak,he transformed himself from an "enthusiast" into one of the art forms greatest practitioners.

[AgentCarter]

@bluesborn fair enough

[kevindlinc]

As great as his guitar was his voice was on par and he could write!!! a true triple threat ,those fuckin gear box clowns who fucked him around in Munich should be severly shitkicked,can you imagine what this man could have done? its like we lost Hendrix and Green at about the same time Duane shortly thereafter and Clapton was the last man standing,as far as rock guitar heros are concerned.

[hellswinter]

Great track. I have "A Hard Road" but didn't recognize the song. In my investigation to find out why, I realized that the album was re-released with 20+ more tracks. Thanks for inadvertently leading the way to this discovery!

[YoGroucho]

Incredible PG cover of JB Lenoir

[bshuja5]

Comes 2nd to JB Lenoir, though still a good version

[sam19851]

As you, i, or even Peter Green would have it.

[sam19851]

Well said, and yeah....this is somewhat a more mellow Peter Green.

Maybe the some of my other uploads would coincide with your comments evildave9000. XD

[evildave9000]

A few years before Lynyrd got on the scene. Peter Green rocks the guitar! He's up there with Clapton and Gilmour in my book, but perhaps this isn't the best example of that.

[sam19851]

Clearly not! :D

[dannykirwan]

in a hard road?

[sam19851]

Yeh Kirwin. I have the limited edition ' A Hard Road ' which has like 10 other tracks! :O Forgot that this is one of them, sorry for misleading.

I must have a good find then :D

[woodjoewood]

love it.