Re: [Harp-L] Peter Green update....

[Seth Galitzer <sethgali@xxxxxxxxx>]

For a bit of a fresher look at Peter Green's music, look up Gary Moore's 
tribute album: Blues for Greeny.  13 yrs old, but still very much worth 
a listen.  One of the guitar players in my band is a huge Peter Green 
and Gary Moore fan and we do a couple of these songs and more from both 
musicians.  Need Your Love so Bad is a particular favorite of mine, and 
Moore's treatment of it here is absolutely beautiful.

Going back and listening to the original Fleetwood Mac stuff (late 60's) 
when they were still a "pure" blues band is quite a treat.  I'm with the 
Iceman here, the British Blues Rockers from the 60's got it right.  As 
to why, that may be academic.

Seth

icemanle@xxxxxxx wrote:
> I rediscovered Peter Green through the suggestions of a few "L"'ers - great stuff. Why is it that the Brits in the 60's - 80's did blues so well? Compared to US bands, they've, for the most part, captured the lower volume and ensemble playing that were part of the ODBG band sound. US bands turn up the volume and do power trio stuff, for a lot of the releases.
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> Two Peter Green solo album reissues, 'Little Dreamer' from 1980
> features Fairport Convention drummer Dave Mattacks. Green continues in
> a funky vein with "Mama Don't You Cry," as if shaking off
> the cobwebs and actually trying to pay attention to the current scene.
> He goes right back to his roots on the album's third tune with
> "Born Under a Bad Sign" and stays with blues derivatives the
> rest of the way. The album-ending title track sounds like a
> seven-minute version of the dreamy Green tune "Albatross," a
> hit for Fleetwood Mac in the '60s..." Due May 25.
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> The second,?'In The Skies'?from 1979,? comes after
> almost a decade of personal, drug-addled hell since his 1970 debut.
> Although Green shares lead guitar work with Snowy White, it's clear
> from his fluid technique and haunting tone that he can still play.
> "A Fool No More" is the kind of slow blues Green excels at.
> Five of the nine songs are instrumentals. Due July 27. Info from All
> Music Guide.
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