Beasts of Burden
 

I've read places that Snowy White plays on this as well, although I'm skeptical. Also, did Green still have his iconic Les Paul at this time? It sounds like it to me. Anybody know what his last material would have been before he sold it?

Nigel Watson plays congas on this. Don't know about the others.

This BBC video was done around the same time. He's playing a Strat as far as I can tell. The LP was long gone to Gary Moore by then.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPFEi...3E275B6351C877

According to the sessionography in Jet Martin Celmins PG biography, this was the line up:

Nigel Watson - Congas, Vocals
Peter Green - Guitar, Vocals
Clifford Chewaluza - Percussion
Snowy White - Guitar

http://discog.fleetwoodmac.net/songs...8&perfid=15430

Hope this helps. :)

John

Here's a photo of the four of them:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3030/...571c22d5f8.jpg

Yeah, that's the Heavy Heart line-up, but Snowy White isn't in that pic. Here's an interesting article I found where in the 2nd paragraph it says Green originally tried to sell the guitar to Snowy White: http://www.thinlizzy.biz/bio-swhite.htm

Also there's this picture of Green doing a B.B. King session in June of '71, but I can't tell if that's his famous LP:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uWNku_tT1y...0/newsst27.jpg

That looks like a '56 Gold Top with P-90 pickups. (I've seen a couple of other photos from that session & that's what he's playing in those)

BTW...somebody wake up B.B. ! :D

Here's a link to another shot from that BB King session (with Klaus Voormann at left). Peter's guitar has a tailpiece so I'd guess it's not his earlier guitar.
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/ne...photo/94103347

In contrast, here are a couple of shots of Peter at the 8/25/70 benefit show at the 100 Club in London, also with Duster Bennett:
http://www.classicrockimages.co.uk/u...reen_b-w_1.jpg
http://www.classicrockimages.co.uk/u...reen_b-w_2.jpg

Anyone know who the sax player is? Wondering whether it might be John Altman from the Brunning Sunflower Blues Band.

Ahhh...trapeze tailpiece...it's even older than '56...probably a '52 or '53.

The sax player looks like Climax Blues Band lead vocalist/sax player Colin Cooper. I'm not saying that it IS him, just that he LOOKS like him. Well, after looking up John Altman, it could very well be him, as well. :shrug:

OK, I assumed that was him at the top center. Any idea who that is?

I guess by process of elimination, it has to be Chris Kelly, who was a percussionist on the Heavy Heart single but not the Beasts Of Burden single.

John

I think the guitar in the picture is Duster Bennett's famous '52 Gibson Les Paul Gold top. According to Martin Celmins book abour Duster Bennett, the Gold Top was a gift from Peter Green to Duster, who had previously had been given it by Eric Clapton: " It was half busted" Peter recalls, "when I got it from Eric. I went to his house in the forest a few times and noticed it there. I think ne of the pick-ups were missing and I said something like ' I could use that to smash up on stage like Jimi Hendrix and Pete Townsend'. So Eric said I could have it. When Duster saw it he said it looked just right for his one-man band act. He liked it so much that I gave it to him and he had it fixed" (Celmins, Jumping at Shadows, 2007, p.193).

So it's a guitar with a lot of history.

Ms Moose

Hard to believe. It's definitely a bass guitar instead of a "normal 6-string" guitar. And as far as I can see, the bass player looks a lot like Nigel Watson (same eyes).

That's definitely Nigel Watson with the bass on the "Heavy Heart" video clip. But that doesn't mean he played bass on the "Beasts of Burden" studio recording (or the "Heavy Heart" recording for that matter).

Agreed, and the listing I provided had nothing to do with the picture (i.e. names not listed in the order they are in the above picture), it's just the way the names are listed in the book. :)

John

Les Paul without doubt
 

Its most definitely a les paul played on the beast of burden record and i have no doubt peter plays all the guitar on it. Great track really love it, one of his best post mac releases!

Yes Greenmanastrat I agree with the quality. I wish The End of the Game was a combo of his wah jams and songs like Beasts of Burden.

I tend to agree with thinking it's a Les Paul. Sounds like three different guitar tracks. The rhythm even sounds like a Les Paul.

Les Paul
 

Yeh the Rhythm guitar sounds so chunky, in my opnion could be nothing but a les paul. If its the famous les paul of greeny´s i cant say but i dont see no reason why not:shrug:

And I would like to add to me it sounds like Greeny and only Green on guitar. The execution of the notes and phrasing is him for sure, very confident rhythm always a trait of green in his prime, which this sounds like to me!

Yep, you got me there :]. I've come to conclusions a bit too fast :sorry:.

No need to be sorry, Wouter! Your conclusion is a natural one to make. But I'm sure we've all seen groups perform (or mime / lipsynch) on TV with a different lineup from the one that made the recording.