Today would have been Peter Green’s 76th birthday.
Extraordinary blues guitarist who replaced Eric Clapton in Mayall’s Blues Breakers and then formed Fleetwood Mac and led the band in their first iteration. A “tone God” of whom B.B. King once said “he’s the only one who gave me the cold sweats “. Among ma...
He was supposed to be 'the one'...
Or at least among those people from the top of the pyramid. I have to thank for the internet so that I can hear those rare live recordings form late 60s. Tracks like 'got a mind to give up living' from that era prove that he is “god of slow blues” I used ...
I wasn't aware Black Magic Woman was a Peter Green tune, either. I thought . . .
. . . it was Santana's. Kinda like All Along the Watchtower ; everyone knows Jimi's version . . . . . . and everyone also knows how startled he was after learning it was originally a Dylan song. 😌
Here’s a little bit of trivia, and rock history, for you.
When Green was with Mayall he wanted to become a songwriter. He asked Mayall for help in how to go about it. Mayall suggested he take a song he liked a work off it/use it as inspiration. Green was a fan of the Chicago bluesmen; particularly Otis Rush, who...
Ok, let's go: . . .
Hate to say it, Padj, but you're right again! Now, for dessert: ...
One more "Gosh, I had no idea he wasn't the original" musician passed away yesterday - Dan McCafferty . . .
. . . of Nazareth. When I was in high school, I thought Love Hurts . . . . . . was theirs. It wasn't until decades later hearing Orbison's earlier version . . . . . . that I realized Nazareth's take was a cover. Imagine my surprise when discovering the ac...
Peter G wrote Albatross and
John Lennon said in a quote shortly after Abbey Road release "that's where we pretended to be Fleetwood Mac for a few minutes" having Sun King on his mind. Not a bad compliment.