Greeny's health
 

Got this message from the Oh Well forum:



"I had the pleasure of working with Mark Feltham recently (Rory Gallagher's
harmonica player) and as he knows most of that London crowd I asked him if
he'd run into Peter lately. He said Peter is not a well man at this
moment, which is rather sad to hear. Mark reckoned he shouldn't have been
pout back out on the road at all. Maybe we're all asking too much off him."



Sad indeed.
Touring is an exhausting experience even for people in good mental health...It would be great if Peter decides to makes some studio recordings though.

Not good to hear. Thanks for posting though :(

I saw that message too, dino. Certainly not good news if it is true. Hope he's able to spend more time relaxing these days and improving his health.

I'm just glad I've had the opportunity to see him live 3 times. I hope he's ok.

too sad, i wish him well:distress: ~

Yes and no.

Remember, Peter does have a diagnosis of schizophrenia. It's a pattern. Peter has "been well" in the past, then had his downs. He's down right now, but he'll likely appear to be better in the future. Thing is, it really doesn't matter how much or how little one does, relapses in mental health can happen. Usually being busy actually helps, but not always. So I don't know how much touring would affect his mental health. In fact, it could be argued that Peter was better when he was touring because he was so busy focusing on everything he had to do that he didn't have much time to "listen to the voices," which certainly is not the case when he's off the road and not working on a project.

As a social worker who works with severely mentally ill people on a daily basis, I see that people tend to "get worse" when they are not busy. If they're working on making something happen, and are compliant with their medications, then they usually do much better.

well put SMD, as you say this really is an important thing for most with mental health problems. and it is true for many of the rest of us too...raises self-esteem through accomplishment, keeps mind from dwelling on personal problems, etc.

i'm very sad to hear that pete may be ill. if it's true let's hope that mark feltham's account is exaggerated. if those ledgers close to pete could pass along our best wishes to him i would appreciate it.

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hi guys ..... just to let you know peter has lost 2 1/2 stone... and is ok

Ok...I've forgotten my conversion tables...1 stone = how many US pounds?:shrug:

cD - one stone is 14 pounds (i think).

re:david comment on shape. i dug up the most recent photo from orkney to compare with late splinter group era photos.

our hero is looking mighty svelte now...

joe- thanks for info on pete's health. great news that he is ok.

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Greeny with Mayall. All is good in my world!

Thanks, much appreciated :nod:

it does look like john mayall! but actually it is bob hall.

incidently, bob's site reports release later this year of live at notodden 2004 british blues allstars. this features pete and the late great john baldry

the link is www.boogie.demon.co.uk/newsletter.html

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I was wondering about that...I've never seen John Mayall sit down while on stage. :D

You know it's funny that you mention that because one of the things I remember from seeing John and Peter in 2002 was John's energy. I mean he even loaded up his own equipment after the show, and the mans almost 70!:cool: