the peter green guitar school

[dansven]

NIGEL WATSON...

[lazy poker]

Originally Posted by dansven

NIGEL WATSON...

. . . mentioning nigel watson: one time at a splinter group concert - the place was jam-packed and i was right in front of the stage, which was pretty low, so that people in the back could only see the heads of the band. when i was talking to some guys after the gig, they were over the moon at the "fact" that peter obviously had retained his playing skills of his heydays with the mac again - they hadn't noticed that it was nigel watson playing the lion's share of the solos that sounded so much like they were peter's.

[Jim Morrison]

Bill Gibons will talk about PG in any interview how much he influece him.
You can tell just by listening Moving Sidewalks and first Zztop album
Some songs like Jesus Left Chicago live in Germany are pure PG attack feel

[lazy poker]

Originally Posted by Jim Morrison

Bill Gibons will talk about PG in any interview how much he influece him.
You can tell just by listening Moving Sidewalks and first Zztop album

YES, SIR!!! every now and then it surprises me how many people just don't seem to be aware of the homages billy paid to greeny on the top's early albums. for me the prime examples are "just got back from baby's" and the intro to "brown sugar" (both from that "first album") and, of course, "blue jean blues" (from "fandango").

and - tryin' to drag your attention once more to this highly talented fella from germany: i just learned about a new cd by gregor hilden entitled "in phase". again a whole lotta sublime and very tasty playing comprising varied musical styles, but always with the blues! here's where you can check out samples of the album:
http://www.acoustic-music.de/epages/...cts/319.1534.2
(watch out for "naylor's blues"!)
hope you enjoy it!

[becca]

I hadn't thought of Billy Gibbons before, makes sense!

I listened to the first two solo studio albums of Rory Gallagher and I still think he must have listened to some Peter Green to have done some of the tracks the way he did. Mind you, he was also heavily into Davy Graham and John Martyn and many others not so associated with the blues.

And I still swear there was an obvious answer to Albatross on Pink Floyd's Meddle album. David Gilmour was listening I bet.

[sharksfan2000]

From Billy Gibbons' website:

The question: did the live appearances propel the sale of ZZ Top’s First Album or was it the other way around? In some markets, the record arrived way before they did. Int he summer of ‘70 the record got in the hands of one of their great friends and mentor, Walter Baldwin. Originally from Houston, he had migrated to Memphis.

They were recording the First Album when Walter rang Billy up, playing Peter Green’s original Fleetwood Mac over the phone. It was so totally right that they raced into the studio holding on to that bit of inspiration. That marked the major shift that solidified ZZ Top’s personal preference: Bluesrock in the abstract.

[lazy poker]

Originally Posted by sharksfan2000

From Billy Gibbons' website:
(. . .) They were recording the First Album when Walter rang Billy up, playing Peter Green’s original Fleetwood Mac over the phone. It was so totally right that they raced into the studio holding on to that bit of inspiration. That marked the major shift that solidified ZZ Top’s personal preference: Bluesrock in the abstract.

i wasn't aware of this immediate correlation - very interesting, indeed!

and here's another humble disciple displaying his love for the green god, covering "watch out" ("track one!"):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPha2ZmVF3U
pretty unknown guitar player . . . and singer . . . and probably quite rightly so . . .