G. Moore about Greeny

[kowk]

Gary Moore said about his first meeting with Greeny music:

The first time I saw P. Green play was at the Club Radio in Belfast in 1967. He had just replaced E. Clapton in J. Mayall's Blues Breakers and I remember when he came on stage, everyone was standing there, arms folded, like "OK, let's see what you can do". From the opening licks of "All Your Love", it was obvious that here was someone very special and as for his guitar sound, I'd never heard anything like it in my life. It seemed like the whole room was resonating, such was the depth of his tone. For the rest of the gig I just watched him, absolutely transfixed; his fingers were just walking across the strings; he was so graceful and confident, smiling to himself like he was thinking "It's my turn now ...".

Krzysztof

[zoork_1]

Thanks Krzysztof,
Where's this quote from?

/z

[kowk]

Thanks Krzysztof,
Where's this quote from?

/z

It is from the liner notes from the first edition of his tribute CD (1995) - Gary Moore - Blues For Greeny.

Greetings from Poland :)
Krzysztof

[michelej1]

This is an excerpt from Guitar Player magazine's interview with Moore:

http://www.guitarplayer.com/article/gary-moore/feb-09/93055

Gary Moore
By Shawn Hammond


PLENTY OF GUITARISTS HAVE RECEIVED more acclaim in the rock arena than Gary Moore. Others have gotten more nods from headbangers. And certainly there are bluesmen with more cachet than Moore. But good luck finding a single guitarist who has garnered the kind of critical acclaim and commercial success that the Belfast, Ireland, native has had in all three genres.


While still a teen, Moore caught the eye of Fleetwood Mac guitarist Peter Green. Besides becoming a seminal influence on the young guitarist, the fellow Irishman helped Moore’s then-band Skid Row (no relation to the ’80s hair metal band) seal a record deal. He also sold Moore his famed “out-of-phase” ’59 Gibson Les Paul that would become his main guitar for years to come.

[dino]

"Fellow Irishman"?

[doodyhead]

they must be one of the lost tribes of Isreal

8^)


doodyhead
mel and vinnie

[Ms Moose]

they must be one of the lost tribes of Isreal

8^)


doodyhead
mel and vinnie

Yes, they must really have got lost in the exodus....
Soooorry:o:laugh::sorry:!!!

Ms Moose

[greenmanastrat]

Gary moore plays horrible blues, dont get me wrong he is a terrific, terrifying even, guitar player...but the blues he plays is just wrong.:sorry:.
I think greeny has done more for moores career than vice a versa with that blues for greeny album.

[fleetwood_az]

I agree. I think generally Gary Moore is better with rock music, but the Blues he plays are quite good (if you like your blues with a band and some heavy guitar parts). He's rather impressive to see live I must say.

[aida]

Anyone knows why the hell did he sell Peter's sunburst? I've always heard him talk about how greatful he was to Peter for having helped him and for having literally "given" to him his special guitar. I've even heard him say that whenever Peter wanted the guitar back he would give it to him.

So how is he gonna do it now?

I can't think about Moore needing more money or something like that. So why could he sell something SO SO special? Any idea?

[dansven]

Anyone knows why the hell did he sell Peter's sunburst? I've always heard him talk about how greatful he was to Peter for having helped him and for having literally "given" to him his special guitar. I've even heard him say that whenever Peter wanted the guitar back he would give it to him.

So how is he gonna do it now?

I can't think about Moore needing more money or something like that. So why could he sell something SO SO special? Any idea?

I've heard he needed money for a wrist operation, so he could keep on shooting out those oh so lovely blues riffs. :shrug:

The irony is this: If we had bothered buying his ****ty records, then he would have had more money, and wouldn't have to sell the guitar to afford the operation!!:D

[doodyhead]

When Gary Moore was in possession of the guitar it was broken when he cracked up is car in a crash. The guitar was pieced back together. He has two or three other Les Pauls, assorted Strats and boutique guitars. It doesn't matter what people say when they receive gifts. When they own them it is their possession. This one got him a lot of money regardless of the fact that he paid Peter the amount Gary received for selling his Gibson SG. That was the price Peter asked, and thay Gary would give it back if Peter ever wanted it. (Peter knew that even if the 59 Les Paul was not Peter's personal guitar, it would have fetched a far greater dollar amount, even back then.)

side note: Gibson just released recreation of Michael Bloomfield's 59 les Paul and they were immediatly sold out at a $10,ooo price tag. It was not even Michael's favorite guitar. Michael also bought his after hearing Clapton in England. They never released a Freddy King Les Paul. King was the reason the brits were buying the Les Paul in the first place.

doodyhead

[chiliD]

They never released a Freddy King Les Paul. King was the reason the brits were buying the Les Paul in the first place.

doodyhead

Not by name, but their '56 Gold Top reissue is about as close as you can get to a "Freddy King" model

[estranged4life]

by Jas Obrecht (originally featured in Guitar Player magazine's September 1980 issue)

"As a three-piece known as Skid Row, Gary and his associates gigged almost incessantly. They soon became popular enough to share the stage with big-name groups from England and abroad. After a concert with the old Fleetwood Mac, Gary was told by the emcee that Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac's guitarist then) wanted to meet him. "I couldn't believe it," Moore states. "He has been one of my big heroes ever since he was with John Mayall. So I met Peter, and we got to be good friends. He liked my playing, and convinced Fleetwood Mac's manager to sign us up and get things happening for us in England."

Gary and Peter got together occassionally to jam, mostly without amps in hotel rooms after gigs. "I was really over the moon about it," Moore says. "Then in early '70, I was talking with Peter and he said that the band was driving him nuts -- he wanted to quit music altogether. He was tired of all the ego-tripping and glamour, and he started getting rid of all his possessions that he associated with stardom."

Peter sold his sunburst '59 Les Paul to Gary for about $200.00 even though it was worth far more. And to Moore, Green's guitar was the ultimate instrument; he had admired it since he was 14. Gary sold his SG-style Les Paul in order to get the money to buy the guitar, and once it was in his possession, he never let it out of his sight. "I lived in a pretty bad area, and my apartment didn't even have a decent lock on its door," he recalls. "So I took the guitar everywhere I went. It's a really great instrument, and I still use it quite a bit."

[aida]

G Moore is now coming to my town on tour. I will go with my greeny's green t-shirt (the same a kwok's). Hope I see a scar on his wrist haha:D

[Wouter Vuijk]

G Moore is now coming to my town on tour. I will go with my greeny's green t-shirt (the same a kwok's). Hope I see a scar on his wrist haha:D

Hope you'll get to see something like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqAuuIDU2sw&feature=related
Have fun.

[dansven]

G Moore is now coming to my town on tour. I will go with my greeny's green t-shirt (the same a kwok's). Hope I see a scar on his wrist haha:D

Hey Aida, go and get a place right in front of the stage, and keep shouting for "Albatross" and other P.G. numbers!! Just to see his reaction!:lol:

[slipkid]

Hey Aida, go and get a place right in front of the stage, and keep shouting for "Albatross" and other P.G. numbers!! Just to see his reaction!:lol:

Also, keep asking for the actual price of the '59 Les Paul that was sold at auction. I'm sure he'll like that too. :lol:

[dansven]

Also, keep asking for the actual price of the '59 Les Paul that was sold at auction, I'm sure he'll like that too. :lol:

We should all line up in the front: "HOW MUCH? HOW MUCH??" :thumbsup:

[slipkid]

We should all line up in the front: "HOW MUCH? HOW MUCH??" :thumbsup:


:thumbsup::thumbsup:

This guitar was practically given to him by a friend (Green) for the price of a Gibson SG that Moore re-sold in the early seventies. This guitar has launched a thousand ships in terms of guitar tone. Custom guitar pickup manufactures have made a lot of money is the last 15-20 years recreating the 1959 PAF pickups with the flipped magnet in the neck pickup. I've read that Gary Moore used the money for the sale of this special guitar for wrist/hand surgery. I hope it strives him to play more like the bombastic guitarist he always was. He can mimic Peter Green, but it's not Peter Green. I don't care if Green doesn't want extra money, someone around him (Mich Reynolds?) should be fighting (with lawyers) for a stake of this auction's final price. The guitar was made famous because of Peter Green, and what was changed to the guitar just prior to Fleetwood Mac, not because it was owned by Gary Moore!

I know the above could never happen, because it was Gary Moore's guitar due to the original monetary transaction. It's just unethical. He's a "friend" after all.






(rant over)

[aida]

Yeah, I know, it annoys me too. I used to like Gary in his own flashy/rocky style. I can even listen to his "bluesy" numbers like "the hurt inside" and simply enjoy them, even knowing that his blues is (sorry) ...bluff. But this Greeny thing in particular has made me change my mind about him; it's juts difficult to me to just listen to the music and forgetting everything else. Now when I see Gary with maybe BB or anyother or covering Greeny or Rory Gallagher i can't stop thinking he always want to attract the attention mostly on himself.

And the guitar sell episode is to me the worst thing of all. I also think that this guitar is worth what is worth only (and I say only and nos mostly) because of Peter. I hope he has nightmares in the future about this episode in particular, (haha in a Scrooge way...)

It's a psychological thing that I cannot separate anymore from the music itself. To me Peter is so so special not only because is an unique writer/musician/blues lover, I always think Peter is also a unique person. Maybe it's true, that the blues can't be faked. Either you have the blues or you not.

But I will shout for "Parisienne Walkways" haha:lol: