The one interesting comment I picked up from the above interview was Green's saying that his creative energies these days is focused on how he could "improve" upon his past work.
Creatively, this is a dead-end for most artists but with Green, I think it could be quite revelatory.
Green's playing on "Dust My Blues" with the Bluesbreakers was always a favorite - the arrangement had some nice variations on the theme - I recently got a copy of the "Eddie Boyd and His Blues Band" LP - a session Peter played on around the same time and his playing on "Dust My Broom" on that is completely different - with Peter's solo having a distinctly loose and "swinging" feel -
(I know he also recorded with the number at one of Mayall's BBC sessions but I have not yet heard that one for comparison)
It seems that Peter is intrigued by the idea of drawing from a reservoir of material and finding new ways of interpreting each number "in the moment" - see the Robert Johnson songs and Otis Rush's "It Takes Time".
Unfortunately, I think this approach is better suited to a solo performance unless the band is exceptionally comfortable with improvisation -
But I wish him well in his explorations and look forward to hearing where they take him
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