Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac) - Promised Land [Compilation] (2001)

Year: 2001 (CD 2001)
Label: Armoury Records (Germany), ARMCD038
Style: Blues
Country: London, England (29 October, 1946 - 25 July 2020)
Time: 56:30
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 341 Mb

Along with Eric Clapton, Peter Green is often mentioned as one of the two best guitarists of the British blues boom of the mid-1960s to 1970. As the guiding impetus of the original lineup of Fleetwood Mac, Green wrote and performed a dazzling string of hits that by 1969 had outsold singles by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. While Clapton's playing has prompted comparisons to Freddy King and Albert King, Green's sound is considered to be more like the style of American blues legend B.B. King. Green's unwitting consumption of a drink spiked with lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), however, triggered mental illness that tragically rendered the superstar guitarist as one of rock's most tragic creative casualties. Subsequent experimentation with LSD and mescaline exacerbated his deteriorating mental condition, leading him to leave Fleetwood Mac and embark upon a solo career that has been inconsistent and generally considered by critics to be inferior to his work with Fleetwood Mac. However, hints of his previous creative genius and dazzling guitar work can be detected in several album releases of the late 1970s and throughout the 1990s.

Born Peter Greenbaum, Green was subjected to anti-Jewish taunts and physical abuse as a child in the working-class London East End neighborhood of Bethnal Green. In addition to traditional Jewish music, his early musical influences included Hubert Sumlin, Howlin' Wolf, Cliff Gallup, Hank Marvin of the Shadows and, perhaps most clearly, B.B. King. "Hank Marvin was my first guitar hero," Green explained to Mojo interviewer Cliff Jones in 1996. "I listened to his playing because it was very lyrical, his phrasings were melodic and I've always liked a nice melody. Hank made the guitar into an instrument that talked colours." Green also expressed admiration for Gallup, who, as the guitarist for Gene Vincent's band the Blue Caps, also influenced a young Jeff Beck. "Good, solid but very simple player," Green told Jones. "I don't like too much complication; it's like unnecessary words. I don't use the word 'lick'---I hate the word actually---because I don't play licks, I play phrases or riffs. A riff is a short thing that you repeat and a phrase is a group of notes for your melody. I'm big on melody, I am."

(musicianguide.com/biographies/1608004218/Peter-Green.html)

01. Slabo Day (05:07)

02. Last Train To San Antone (05:31)

03. Tribal Dance (04:33)

04. Bandit (02:56)

05. In The Skies (03:51)

06. Loser Two Times (04:28)

07. Cryin' Won't Bring You Back (05:04)

08. Proud Pinto (03:38)

09. The Clown (05:52)

10. Just For You (04:36)

11. Promised Land (03:31)

12. Momma Don'tcha Cry (03:20)

13. Black Woman (03:57)

TurboBit            KatFile