Peter Green (real name: Peter Alan Greenbaum)
Instrument(s): guitar, vocals, harmonica
Lifespan: born 10 / 29 / 46, Bethnal Green, London
Style synopsis: British electric blues w/heavy input from the Three Kings
Representative Recordings:
WITH JOHN MAYALL -
A Hard Road
Thru the Years
Looking Back

WITH FLEETWOOD MAC -
Fleetwood Mac: The Blues Years (definitive compilation, 3 CDs)
Then Play On
Rattlesnake Shake: Live in Boston
London '68

SOLO WORK -
The End of the Game (experimental jams - Japanese only)
In the Skies

Contributor: Mike Heidenberg (msh6@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu)
Contributor's Comments: BB King said of Peter Green, "He was the only man to ever make me sweat." He originally replaced Clapton in the Bluesbreakers, then left on 6/15/67 to form Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac. This outfit would later evolve into the pop icons they are today, but Peter Green's lineup was resolutely bluesy. Peter Green has a tremendous amount of soul, several killer tones, and a particular gift for slow blues. Depression and drug-induced schizophrenia sidetracked him until an abortive comeback attempt in the late 70's and early 80's; he does not, at present, perform, record, or play guitar anymore, claiming he is "not happy with it."

Editor's Note: Since this bio was written, Peter Green has returned to the blues scene and has recorded with "Splinter Group", his new band. Thanks to Paul Mason for this update. Paul also reports that Green plays a mean harp these days. -Rob

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