Albert Ross again....

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Originally Posted by Mrpeabody

Hi Mario,

I'm still confused when you say that PG was a "prisoner" in SG. The line that everyone was given years ago, and what we all were led to believe, was that Nigel and Mich were looking out for Peter's health, and not letting him get into something he couldn't handle or didn't want to do with the band. Maybe I'm missing something everyone else here knows, but the shows I saw, he seemed to be getting more and more assertive in his playing. Was NW steamrolling him that much?

I haven't seen him in his new band yet, but I'm hearing all the same things people said 15 years ago -- that now he has great people to play with, he's improving tremendously, it's all good for him, his health is great, etc. I would feel terrible supporting it if I discovered that it was yet another doomed PG project that would do him more harm than good.

Pretty much what I was about to post (good thing I read through the thread).

From album to album during the Splinter Group era, Peter seemed to be getting stronger and more assertive. Whatever happened between Nigel & Mich seemed to signal the end of the PGSG moreso than Peter's state-of-mind. I must've been extremely lucky, since the four times I saw them, Peter seemed very "there" and "up" every time. Not once during any of those shows I was at did Peter seem to "go away". His playing sometimes subdued, was always creative and expressive.

That said, I thoroughly enjoyed the PGSG from beginning to its much too soon and surprising end.

The recent clips of Peter Green & Friends do make me smile, hearing Peter playing so well and seeming very relaxed while on stage. A studio album in the works? (hopefully!)