Guitar Teacher REACTS: Peter Green: "I've Got A Mind To Give Up Living (All Over Again)"

[@benjones7762]

One of the best emotional soloists ever, I dont know if thats too specific but no guitarist has ever made me grit my teeth like that, One of my top guitarists of all time

[@lorenzoalexiu2421]

Don't forget there was a kid of 18 next to him called Danny Kirwan that was a beast. The initial arpeggio and the rhythm of this one are played by him.

[@nlumby]

...agree

[@bruzrkgro-malog2953]

Props to Danny. Very underated player and song writer.

[@Hiwatt100W1]

You are SO right- Danny, God rest him, was exceptional. They played off each other and developed a very great sound, especially in minor blues playing.

[@johnlagreca6288]

Very true about DK, but I can listen to PG's solo work and be just as impressed.

[@zuhrlzuhrl5569]

Both Danny and Peter were so incredible and brutally underrated. Really quite sad what happened to them both.

[@davidbeckerich4792]

Peter Green seems to have a direct connection between his heart, head, his fingers and a Higher Power. I believe that Peter Green is the best white blues guitarist ever!

[@Hiwatt100W1]

Me too.

[@cliffhughes6010]

Gary Moore and Alvin Lee are up there with him.

[@hw4829]

Peter Green is was one of the best Blues players ever regardless of color. He was the real deal!

[@h3artcxxk]

SRV to me is the most talented ever. Insane how fast yet precisely he could play

[@jacobsholm8098]

I’m not sure if he isn’t my favourite blues guitarist overall. I just love his sweet tone and touch ❤️

[@banburyjammer]

Peter never gets enough recognition for his extraordinary vocal talents. Such raw emotion in that incredible voice.

[@pacofernandez4591]

To me he sang as he played guitar...nuanced and shifting from softness to roughness in the wink of an eye :) 02:00

[@Jahnink]

Yeah, the teacher completely missed the beauty of the vocals. Peter wasn't a guitar hero, he was a complete musician.

[@Jahnink]

​@@pacofernandez4591Yes, unparalleled dynamics.

[@andrewpereira9271]

@@Jahnink Absolutely great songwriter too. From Black Magic Woman to Albatross to Green Manalishi to Oh Well parts 1 and 2 . . . from where he starts with that song to where he ends, always blows me away. The pain and honesty of his lyrics in Man of the World . . . don't get me started . . . sorry, I guess I already did.

[@Jahnink]

@@andrewpereira9271 Yeah. I love Long Grey Mare. Then there's Oh Well, Love that Burns, Looking For Somebody, I Loved Another Woman, The World Keeps On Turning, Sandy Mary, Merry Go Round... Now you got me started. I listen to Peter all the time. Deep stuff. Impeccable spacing and dynamics. It never gets old.

[@janmikkelsen4974]

"Peter Green is the only one to make me sweat" said B.B.King once. This is why. Oh, and he also makes you cry if you have a soul.

[@bruzrkgro-malog2953]

Peter's playing is unreal, but his voice and singing are also amazing.

[@johnmirabile3535]

BEST GUITAR PLAYING I EVER HEARD, ITS PERFECT! IT HAS IT ALLLL! HIS DYNAMICS ARE CRAZY, NOTE CHOICE, AND MELODY, IS HEAVENLY, HIS TONE IS THE BEST I EVER HEARD! PERFECT FOR THIS! HIS TIMING IS AMAZING, HIS VIBRATO, IS FLAWLESS! HIS LIGHT PLAYING OVER THE VERSUS, IS AS GOOD OR BETTER THEN WHEN HE GOES HARD! AND HIS SINGING IS FANTASTIC, GREAT CONTROL, AND FEELING, TON OF SOUL! HE PLAYS LIKE HE SINGS AND SINGS LIKE HE PLAYS, EVERY LICK IS A BEAUTIFUL VOCAL LINE, THATS THE KEY! IF YOU CAN HEAR A CHORD PROGRESSION, AND SING THE NOTES WITHOUT BEING TOLD OR READING ANY MUSIC, YOUR TALENTED, HE HAD IT IN SPADES! TY FOR PLAYING THIS!

[@bubbabubberson2702]

Yeah but do you think he's any good?

[@pamzavada5269]

😅😅😂​@@bubbabubberson2702

[@rogbow69]

Had the privilege of seeing Peter play twice in the 60s with Fleetwood Mac..once in a little blues club as they was starting out in 1968 without Danny and again with Danny at a blues festival in 1969...also saw Peter play on his comeback in 1997 at Ronnie Scots in Birmingham...the best blues guitarist we have EVER produced..a true legend...RIP Peter and Danny

[@jackshoplock3846]

Danny is just as amazing as Peter I’d say honestly a little more raw lacking some emotion but he played with such power and his vibrato is insane I’m glad he still gets the props he deserves

[@pietbliksem]

I'm one of the old Peter Green fans who stopped listening to Fleetwood Mac when he left. He was the one who turned me on to the British blues movement of the sixties and seventies. Other than his virtuoso and emotive guitar playing and his stunningly pure blues vocals; he just seemed to have this special sincerity that radiated from everything he did. He was definitely one of the big ones, just like Stevie Ray Vaughan, where the whole package seemed to be the sum of all numbers and not just the separate parts. Just hearing his distinctive style again has got me covered in goose-flesh.

[@gddunlap54]

I'm 67 in 25 days, I grew up with Peter Green as my favorite guitarist of all time. LSD and other drugs messed him up and we lost out on his great potential. He came back for an awesome resurgent until his death. This to me was the glory days of Fleetwood Mac. I mean it was his band but he named it after two of his friends and fellow musicians Mick Fleetwood and John McVey and i cried the day the music died. RIP PG.

[@paulbyrne7437]

This is my favourite solo I’ve ever heard. The pure emotion of Peter’s playing out him in a different class to everyone else. My favourite bit about Peter’s solo is the crowd applauding when he finishes. Because they knew they had just witnessed a truly magical moment in music history.

[@Guitargate]

Hell yes!

[@culloden1745]

Hendrix's Hear my Train from Berkeley and this are probably the most emotional solo's I have ever heard in all my 50 years. I never tire of this tune.

[@cerebrate8285]

This is my second favorite solo in the history of music. First place goes to Rainbow's Catch the Rainbow live in Munich 1977.

[@haddockpaddock]

@@Guitargate Thanks for drawing my attention to this one. But let me get this straight: you'd never heard of Peter G. before? I'm betting you have now.... :)

[@stackolee4480]

Hear, hear !!

[@MikeroBerst]

This is what every guitar player wants to play like.

[@BeefNEggs057]

Not this one. I know amazing but everyone isn’t a clone of you. Sounded horrible. Nails on a chalkboard bad. Tone was shit! Didn’t do anything but cringe like listening to a school talent show. Embarrassingly off key with his bends and vibrato sounded like a kid playing. Damn son. Get a clue.

[@Alex-et5tj]

@@BeefNEggs057 lol you probably suck at guitar bud

[@Alex-et5tj]

@@BeefNEggs057 but think you're better cause you can play faster or some dumbass shjt like that

[@AlexMass5]

@@BeefNEggs057 your opinion is that of a child for the guitar community

[@davidt9238]

@@BeefNEggs057 Wow - your comment is really uninformed. Peter Green’s playing is simply amazing, He is truly a guitarist’s guitarist (and I am guessing you are not). If it is simply a matter of taste, then you are entitled to your likes and dislikes. But to claim his playing sucks is simply ridiculous and needs to be corrected.

[@petermcguigan5207]

Peter was simply the greatest blues player ever

[@Jovolution]

This was live, Peter was 22 years, singing and playing. You will never reach him!

[@williamhill6705]

this is an insight into the construction of many differing blues expressions over decades of different performers, not just peter green,surely you don`t imagine mr palmisano would ever goof on being anyone but himself? what a talent peter green has,, and we must appreciate the paralell talent needed to analyze the quality and expression from any given performer,,reach peter green,? clear understanding of what exactly is going on in the rendition is the intention i dont think its imitation, an amazing job too, from both .

[@bujfvjg7222]

@@williamhill6705 aren't you a bookies?

[@williamhill6705]

@@bujfvjg7222 you betcha

[@williamhill6705]

@@bujfvjg7222 thats just a spare time set up i run ,,its pin money really ,hehehe

[@PaulCypert]

I'm saddened by how few people know about Peter Green.

[@coreyjones2694]

Got a little choked up myself. Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac was one of my 1st introductions to the blues back in the 70's and I've been hooked ever since.

[@johnrumsby7985]

It's so good it hurts

[@FF-so3su]

Peter playing that track really does give me goose bumps. The version from The Warehouse is the best sound quality, while the version from Stockholm 1970 is the best performance. Don't know who Peter is and you play guitar, thats like a Christian saying he's never heard of Jesus of Nazareth 😭

[@ryanodonnell4184]

Stockholm version is mind blowing. Way better than this

[@jamesupton5601]

It's one of the most used quotes, but It's apt. "He has the sweetest tone I ever heard; he was the only one who gave me the cold sweats." B.B King.

[@jeffmaynard4332]

Yeah, I read the that, too. I borrow a lot from his playing

[@panicandfreakout-]

there was a whole lot of British cats who loved and played American blues music and then there was PETER GREEN!!! God rest his tortured soul.

[@PAULAMANN]

good reaction . However those moments on stage for Peter Green weren't rare. Peter Green is a guitar GOD.

[@imannonymous7707]

RIP he died last pm ...the green god has passed

[@jacksondrew960]

Do you know any other good peter green solos like this. I know slabo day and fool no more

[@renodavid]

@@jacksondrew960 Check out Fleetwood Mac's Shrine '69 album. He was really at the peak of his game there. His best stuff was all with Fleetwood Mac.

[@ioregan]

@@jacksondrew960 Check out his version of Jumping At Shadows live at The Boston Tea Party. There are two versions out there, recorded on successive nights, although only one of them made it to the CD of the gig that was released. For me - and it's an objective opinion only - these are two of the most emotive moments in blues guitar history. kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2TYo5hslNWUaK8&ab_channel=SilverWolfMoon

[@tonekilltech]

@@jacksondrew960 just a note, it's not Peter Green playing lead on Slabo Day, it's Snowy White. Peter played rhythm on that track. Great tune none the less!

[@briankinman7829]

One of the greatest guitar performances of all time! Thank you for this.

[@martye462]

RIP Peter Green - his sound and control of tone and bends was just unique - you know its him immediately

[@markrooker5971]

Another very soulful song Peter performed was his cover of a Little Willie John hit, "I Need Your Love So Bad". Green wrote "Black Magic Woman" which was performed by Fleetwood Mac, later covered by Santana and became a huge hit. Peter Green & Mike Bloomfield are two of my favorite guitarists from the 70's.

[@nunestunes]

I heard Peter and Bloomfield on the same day. I will always associate them together. I bought me a Les Paul not to long after

[@2NatoStandard]

You forget he was constantly switching between neck and middle pickup position, then when he bursts into green flames half way through he switches to bridge, then back to neck at the end. Totally fighting that amp and winning. My hero RIP Peter x

[@davidglaubman6341]

I saw them a bunch of times around ‘69-‘70 They always had these big Orange amps (the color and the name)

[@RussellJones144]

One of my all time favourite solos with so much emotion. Interestingly I swear if you listen with headphones you can hear him singing along with the solo, singing the notes he plays. This would feed in to his ethos of eschewing short licks and instead thinking in phrases while playing, so he can play more fluid lines but he still has to stop playing when he has to breathe. It's an interesting technique that really changes the way you play.

[@giloro85]

And it's one of those details that also come through his "disciples" playing. Mainly Gilmour, Santana, Gary Moore, Snowy White and even Kirk Hammett.

[@andrevolker]

This is my favourite reaction to any music video out there. I love to see your expression when Peter touches your soul, when he truly makes it ring. This is what guitar is all about. Thanks for showing me how Peter's guitar always makes me feel I'm both dead and alive.

[@Felipe-pb9gu]

That guitar is a legend! Is a 59 Les Paul commonly know as "greeny" burst. He sold it to Gary Moore for a couple of bucks and it was his main guitar for almost his entire career. Currently it belongs to Kirk Hammett who bought it for US$2M!!! you can currently see it live using it a lot. The neck pickup was flipped and out of phase, so had that special single coil like tone in the middle position big part of his distinctive tone in many Fleetwood Mac songs. He plays with Orange and Fender amps mainly.

[@johndrum6613]

Felipe. Mate. I stole your thunder. I have mentioned the "Greenie" story. Didn't see your post first. Apology to you man. Sorry.

[@beforever]

His tone is truly extraordinary, and his ability to switch between hard and delicate just so in touch with the music

[@AG-nt8ow]

Peter Green is the best blues guitarist of all time.

[@mariuszeven]

Amen

[@Doug020244]

B. B. King said Peter Green was the only blues player that ever made him sweat 😓.

[@trevorgwelch7412]

Not Really

[@charliemcguire8766]

This is true

[@mattt2581]

@@trevorgwelch7412 so, who is?

[@mojobag01]

I only met him once but it changed me and my playing. Great review.

[@Sean_Nielsen]

DUDE! So awesome. Always wanted to hear a breakdown of this track. I should have mentioned, a large part of Green's unique tone was due to his PAFs being wired out of phase from the factory. Kind of a happy accident that resulted in a guitar with super pronounced and unique dynamic qualities. Cheers!

[@Guitargate]

Sean Nielsen love it! Thanks again for the track!!

[@maxcuthbert100]

Sean Nielsen the pickups were wired just like any other LP from the factory. What is supposed to have happened was an inept repair man messed with the wiring when he put the pick ups back. Peter realized this,liked the sound and duly kept it.

[@Sean_Nielsen]

@@maxcuthbert100 ah yup I guess we both got it wrong, Green put it back wrong, full story here: www.guitarworld.com/gear/deep-secret-behind-peter-greens-magic-1959-les-paul-tone

[@bfish89ryuhayabusa]

@@Sean_Nielsen It was the magnet, not the wiring. Gary Moore said they took apart the pickup, and the magnet was in the wrong way around, and had clearly not been tampered with, so it was like that from the factory. They switched around the correct way, and that tone vanished, so they unfixed it. The pickup being re-installed upside down has no effect in that realm, as far as I'm aware.

[@Sean_Nielsen]

@@bfish89ryuhayabusa Not putting it upside down, but I've done this to one of my les pauls. I have a push/pull pot that reverses the polarity of the neck pickup, and when you play with both pickups active they become out of phase with each other. Upon further research it seems like Green's guitar had the magnet reversed and the wires switched.

[@johnpbh]

I have seen a wonderful documentary about the British blues players and B.B.King is interviewed in it... Of all the players, Eric included, he says the only one he feared was Peter. And no wonder.

[@jayblumetti9590]

Yes sir,...you're facial expressions say it all! "That's the real stuff right there"! Expressions of powerful truthful emotions that Peter plays & sings are beyond descriptive words. Thanks for your tutorial breakdown, very useful 👍

[@davidbeckerich]

Thank you, Peter's raw emotion just blue my mind! As the teaches says as he's almost brought to tears to"awesome". I would like to say this is Peter at his best but I say that so many times listening to the Green God.

[@glh-zs7mf]

Peter Green guitar maestro incredible talent incredible track - god bless you Peter we’re still listening & enthralled - always will🎸🎶🙌🙏🌟

[@warpspeed9877]

How can one be a guitar teacher and have never heard of Peter Green? To my ears the best electric blues guitarist ever existed...

[@66vapor66]

To my ears and heart too

[@papagriz33]

Greeny was such a monster...technique, tone, feel, he had it all.

[@circlecloud11]

This guy seems like one awesome guitar teacher.

[@barneymiller6204]

That song still chills me all over! Best friggin solo EVER!

[@ruairimaguidhir1052]

You were correct. Loud tube amp Drenched in reverb. Masterful touch and dynamics by Cranking the amp and playing soft then digging in. Jimmy Page very similar I thought Peter was the best. I was at the Tea Party concert unforgettable

[@edt.5118]

The "Live at the Boston Tea Party" tracks are legendary.

[@lennartjohnzon6462]

R.I.P Peter Allen Greenbaum. We miss you!

[@Matasky2010]

'I love that tone' said.....everyone that has ever heard Peter Green.

[@gregj.gotham4402]

Peter Greens guitar was special in it set up on the pole pcs and the reversed magnets of his neck pick up and the three way switch in the center position it would become out of phase with the bridge pick up, One very special guitar. Peter was an outstanding musician and song writer. R.I.P. Peter Green. Never gona be forgotten.

[@amberwoodstudio]

Sounds like the whole band is in the space we all know exists but it’s difficult to explain with words. Finding that place alone is cool enough but when a group of people are there, the band and the crowd, is extraordinary.

[@A14b19]

So tight 😅

[@jonathanchiswell9316]

Great run down on my absolute HERO Peter Green. Awesome Michael you the man!

[@johnjames1813]

The Great Peter Green!!! I'm new to your channel. I'm very impressed Michael. Very impressed. Great ear and explanation of his magic . Thank you so much.

[@raybede]

This is what I always think of our (UK) blues style after the US greats but Peter ad a special way. I saw him many times both with Mayall and with this band, we supported him twice in Bristol and Bath and he was a delightful man and completely self effacing. He even let me use his LP when my tele broke down. Lovely man and boy did he feel his music. I was priviledged.

[@ramspace]

I absolutely love this song by P.G. I've had this recording on my playlist for a few years now. So emotive, so casual yet perfect. Micheal, keep up the good work.

[@stevehallam5145]

I hope you will learn over time that PG was the finest blues guitarist ever. His tone, timing and touch are second to none. Even the best of FM 2.0 does not compare to the best of Peter Green’s FM.

[@MikeJackal]

That my friend is a '59 Les Paul into two cranked Fender Dual Showmans. One set clean, the other soaked in reverb which he switched between.

[@dada1952]

Bingo! I was there!

[@FissileThomist]

Peter green was definitely the king of feel and he definitely had an ear. I doubt he really knew a ton of theory

[@paulmorris8762]

Peter Green founded Fleetwood Mac and wrote Black Magic Woman and other great hits

[@paulmorris8762]

almost forgot he wrote Green Manalishi With the 2 Pronged Crown - covered by Judas Priiest

[@jayblumetti9590]

Michael, you have a great ear 👂, perfect pitch, very fluent vocabulary of arpeggios, scales ⚖️ and chord voicing. You've earned my subscription and I look forward to advancement of my knowledge of the fretboard

[@davebeck4288]

The guitar is a Lee Paul hooked up to a Marshall amp. The guitar is famous for it's tone sound which is said to have had the polarity changed either at the factory or by Peter himself. The guitar is named "Green" and was sold to Kurt Gannett of Bushes Priest fame, the guitar was given to Gary Moore in 1970 for a few hundred dollars as a gift. Kurt Gannett paid two million dollars for the guitar after Gary sold it to a private dealer. Nobody has ever played Green like Peter has especially in this BB King song here. Peter was able to understand the pain of being an outsider due to his Jewish heritage he interprets the mournful tones with a truthfulness that allowed emotion to pour from his fingertips. These attributes that Peter displays is why many original black blues guitarist consider Peter one of a few white men who has endured the pain to be a true blues guitarist. Being a Jew in London was similar to the pain a black man endured in America.

[@bigtank2185]

I love how he didn't even stop the solo once. Just let it play all the way through. he wanted to a few times, but couldn't bring himself to do it :)

[@grelch]

Little factoid for you. Mac opened for the Dead on this night at the Warehouse. After the show, the Dead were famously “busted, down Bourbon Street” and thrown in the clink for carrying.

[@tomscotland]

I think this is Greeny’s best solo, and that’s saying something.

[@taojones4941]

Greatest guitar solo of all.

[@taojones4941]

Opinions are like buttholes I guess!

[@Jovolution]

19:47 this is the riff that Santana took for Samba Pati.

[@jerryalbitre344]

Michael, This is a summary of what I read on Peter Green over the years as a fan. He played mainly a specific 1959 Les Paul “Greeny’ in the early days. There is something known as Peter Green mod. Basically, the rumor goes while tinkering with the guitar he wanted to flip the front pickup cover. When he got the pickup out, he broke it down out of curiosity to see who it worked. When he put it back together it sounded different. Peter liked the sound so he left it. Years later a guitar tech inspected the guitar around the time Peter Green sold it to Gary Moore and it turns out that when Peter was messing with the pickup, he accidentally flipped the magnet when he put it back together which took the guitar out of phase when in the middle position giving it a strat type tone. Rumor is he toggled between front pick and middle position a lot and some songs stay in the middle position. Later years and when I saw him in early 2000’s he only played a strat. Gary Moore hit some hard times and sold Greeny with it eventually ending up in Kirk Hammatt’s hands, who has no plans to sell it. Also, check out Black Magic Woman and Albatross.

[@Guitargate]

Thanks Jerry!!

[@davidevans3227]

..yeah peter green felt it.. his singing is something else as well as his playing i think.. the young 18/19yr old danny kirwan who was there with him, also a sensational guitar player and singer, (just so young).. as soon as danny joined F.M. bam! albatross came out and then they were flying.. man of the world, oh well (pt 1 and 2!), the album `then play on` green manilishi etc.. try danny`s `something inside of me` a great bluesy number.. also, check out `jumping at shadows` (i prefer it to `gotta a good mind to give up..`) on their live in boston albums and i think the track that immediately follows, `cant hold out` (elmore james song) by their slide player, jeremy spencer, just has me on the edge of my seat! falling off.. and head banging air guitar status quo style like an idiot! what a superb band they were.. for a while.. thankyou for sharing the video, really good and interesting.. peter`s name caught my eye..

[@jacko717]

Genuinely upset when Peter left us. One of the greatest players

[@hgostos]

For those who want to play along this gem in standard tuning, this is the pitch-corrected version in G minor (440 Hz): kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3rdnoalrd1jbqM

[@jayblumetti9590]

I noticed that you posted this 50yrs (to the day) after the live 'take' you analyzed. Jan.31st.1970-2020! And Peter Green died 😢 😕 💔 😔 😞 six months later, July 25th, 2020. Beyond coincidental! Such a valuable video for me. ✌️🤞🤘🤟🖖🤙LOVED IT!!!!

[@DJMerck]

"I think Its all G minor Pentatonic" This is the best and most emotional guitar piece ever! #PeterGreen was and always will be the greatest thing to ever happen to guitar...

[@Jahnink]

G minor pentatonic. That sounds about right. I'll go with that.

[@davidbeckerich]

Us Green fans understand his pain and the courage it took him to express his demons using his power of his emotions through his fingers. He was an intrevert who had the gift of an alternate way to express his suffering. He is laying his feeling's on stage for all to see and I can feel his tears as he explodes knowing he owes the audience all he can express regardless of the price he will have to pay. His playing is top shelf but his courage is to be applauded. As said "Green is a badass" and rises to his potential as the Green God. Their is no other that effects me the way Peter does. I was sold on Peter when he was a Blues breaker.

[@FissileThomist]

This has to be his best live performance

[@davebeck4288]

Peter Green exhibited a direct connection between his heart, head his fingers and a Higher Power. Peter was in pain and was blessed with the gift to explain this pain though his guitar. Bless The Green God for the music he left behind for the many to enjoy and showed us how to release these demons with his gift as the best white blues guitarist I ever encountered. I would of loved to hear this version without interpretation, even though v I do appreciate the comments. Peter was a special person who gave of himself till he could not give no more, their was too much pain involved.

[@66vapor66]

You should listen to live versions of Fleetwood Mac Peter Green’s “Before the beginning” absolutely amazing tone

[@davidt9238]

Good guess. Peter played a1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard. HIs guitar playing sends a chill down my spine. It is poetry in motion. No no one like him on God’s green earth.

[@5150show]

Peter Green ❤

[@nidranrebreski2828]

I will say what some other dude said in the "Apache" video. I can't believe that as a guitar teacher you didn't know Peter Green. If you take time to listen to more stuff of his, you will probably agree with me that this guy surely was one of the greatest blues guitarist ever, pionneers included.

[@howardsmith4128]

Michael the guitar used in the song is a famous Gibson Les Paul. It was first owned by Peter Green, then Gary Moore and is now owned by Kirk Hammett.

[@We_are_the_light]

A truly broken heart that spoke to his guitar

[@ruudvanderstappen8444]

Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac) with Jumping At Shadows from Live In Boston is my favorite of his.

[@66vapor66]

Ruud van der Stappen my fellow Dutchmen! What a great choice, you should check out Before the Beginning of Shrine ‘69

[@rhwinner]

I had a fender twin reverb when I was a teen, and as bad as I was when I turned up the reverb and let it rip, it was heavenly. The sound of those tubes just send shivers down your spine....

[@josevivar5157]

Without a doubt, the best bluesman of all time

[@malcolmadams2105]

I’m 41 barely found him a month ago Watching this knowing I was you so short ago. I teared up then laughed now I know how right I was. **Don’t you touch that button

[@EmptyGlass99]

Peter Green is the greatest blues guitarist Britain has ever produced. Clapton can not hold a candle to him.

[@Johngeorge479]

EmptyGlass99 I have to agree. Clapton I don’t think, is capable of this raw and emotional blues.

[@Jovolution]

nobody reach him

[@buddyboy6071]

Peter Green is probably my favourite guitarist but if you listen to Claptons playing on Have you heard from the Beano album you cant say he doesnt play raw emotional blues because on that he is as good as anyone.

[@curtisbowman6199]

BB King himself said the "Peter had the sweetest tone" and "He was the only one that ever gave me the cold sweats."

[@williamhill6705]

erics rendition with cream of "stormy monday"the re-union, was and is incredible, i`ve seen both performers live too, you can`t really compare one against the other, only appreciate each for their inspiration,

[@tombombadill22]

Awesome presentation and analysis of a truly awesome performance. Classic!

[@tombombadill22]

Amazing analysis of one of the greatest solos EVER! :-)

[@wooddog3000]

Love Peter Green!!!!!!!!!! These videos are great, I'm learning so much from them. And for some reason I seem to actually be able to follow a lot of what you are showing on the guitar. Compared to other instructors, where I can't seem to follow them....? Please keep them coming.

[@jayblumetti9590]

And Michael Palmisano is demonstrating, & explaining, & breaking it all down for us guitarists 🎸 🎸 🎸 precisely, excellently, right here in this video. Thanks for your excellent, helpful, useful, and informative posting 👏 🙌👐💪👋👍☝️🖖🤙👆🤝🧠

[@johnmirabile3535]

I know this is an old video, but i cant beleive this went under the radar for me...NobodY EVERRRRRR played guitar with so much emotion, like this! You can feel his pain, and the singing is just as good....Its GM F eb D...Then it goes into a 12 bar blues, gm cm d7#9 So that beginning progression, acts like an intro, and then chorus...He was out of his mind for years already when he did this song and it sounds to me he was at his best....I notice he can make the blues svale sound like classical guitar lol...theres a live version where you can hear the crowd sighing and applauding at once, he takes it to another level, B.B. KINg, said out of all the young blues guys, in the 60s coming from london and America, That Peter Green was the only guitar player he ever felt something supernatural from And the only one that gave him the chills! If that doesnt hold water? what does? lol? AMAZINGGGGGGGGG! had a tough life!

[@bfish89ryuhayabusa]

The next three shows they played after this, in Boston on February 5, 6, and 7, were professionally recorded. They leaked as bootlegs in the 80s, and were officially released in the early 2000s, but had a live album been released back then, it would be the standard by which other live albums are measured. The second show includes a 25 minute performance of "Rattlesnake Shake" that is effectively a medley with the instrumental jams "Fighting for Madge" and "Under Way". These feature astounding twin lead performances and great interplay all around. Highly recommended. It's my favorite live recording, bar none.

[@Guitargate]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing

[@bfish89ryuhayabusa]

@@Guitargate Of course! I should note that if you look it up, there are two similar performances from the Boston shows. Both are awesome, but the second night is THE one. The first night, they don't quite hit everything as perfect, and it fades out just before the ending.

[@samsaraa2001]

And don’t sleep on the Jumpin at Shadows either. Peter is absolute fire. That tone, that tone is just so damn beautiful! In the immortal words of BB King, "He has the sweetest tone I ever heard; he was the only one who gave me the cold sweats." 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@dada1952]

Yes night 2 is THE one to listen to.

[@justinpaquette224]

Peter Green was famous for playing with an out of phase bridge and neck pickup together. Same with Hubert Sumlin. Its a very unique tone that I love, so I wired a push pull phase switch to my 335 style guitar with p90s

[@davebeck4288]

Peter, The Green God has been a huge influence of mine since I was 14 years old (53 years ago). Not only do I love his compositions and guitar playing he has been a gentleman with no ego and understands giving parts of himself to better others. It is said that those that give do not do without. Peter gave till his best friends thought him crazy. His giving paid off with the admiration of us, his fans and the esteem of his peers that not only donated their time to do a concert to honor the man. Also A 2CD set called "Rattlesnake Guitar" was put together by his friends and admirers with the money going to help American black blues musicians pay their medical bills (Rory Gallagher played 2 songs that equaled Peters originals,Rory stole the set)). Peter had many peers and was rewarded with their love of his music and the man. Peter was said to rather spend time with his fans than musicians . He knew all he needed to know about music but could be enlightened by his fans that might have a different take on life. Peter being a giver left us with his music and has been rewarded with our love. Peter did not leave music because of drugs he left because he tired of the demand of repetition at concerts. The constant cries for his hits left him little time to evolve. He got a chance to pursue his commitment to Christianity and his interest in living and learning the life of Jesus. Not a bad choice after being amongst the finest blues players ever. He was blessed with another chance to play Blues music before he passed on at the age of 73. He was truly gifted and blessed never wanting for anything. RIP Peter

[@Jahnink]

Very nice remembrances about Peter Green...and Rory Gallagher, another very humble and uniquely talented performer. When did "Rattlesnake Guitar" come out?

[@davidbeckerich]

@@Jahnink The 2 CD set Rattlesnake Guitar came out in 1995 and was released again in 2003 as "Peter Green Songbook". I am a hugh Peter Green fan but I have to give props to this tribute. Their are so many fine musicians on this set including Rory Gallagher, Harley Mandel, Arthur Brown, Dave Peveret from Foghat, Ken Simmons from Savoy Brown, Billy Sheehan and Ian Anderson. Make the purchase you will love how these musicians pay their love to Peter Green .

[@Jahnink]

@@davidbeckerich I will check it out. I was really stuck on Rory Gallagher once I listened to the Against the Grain album, then the 2-CD Irish Tour release. Then I had to picked up everything I could. I saw him live a few times and he just gave it his all from start to finish. I never saw Peter Green live, but he strikes me as very much in the same vein, straight from the heart without pretension. Thanks.

[@davidbeckerich]

@@Jahnink Hey Bro, what you say about Rory holds true . I have Rory's music and I always got a similar feel for their commitment to the people. Rory is a legend in Ireland much like Peter is a legend in England. They both dressed like the crowd rather than like a rock star. Their mission was far from fame they both wanted to be one with the crowd. As Peter said he would rather have a beer with a fan than hang out with the musicians after a gig. On Rattlesnake Guitar Rory plays the 2 best songs on the set, he appears to understand where Peter was coming from. When Peter played in Dublin their was a lot of anti English sentiment and fear that Fleetwood Mac would run into trouble with their English roots. Fleetwood Mac had no trouble but a bomb went off in the area that destroyed a statue of a British monarch. When Rory heard of the incident he rushed to make sure Peter and Fleetwood Mac were able to get out without any trouble, they were kindred spirits. I must admit that I prefer Peter over Rory but that is most likely due to me hearing Peter first but I have much respect for Rory, not only as a musician but as a person. I will now pull out my Rory Gallagher CD's and embark on a new journey.

[@Jahnink]

@@davidbeckerich Man, that was fascinating hearing things from your end. I'm from the US in the midwest, Chicago area blues land. I'm half indigenous Am. Indian, Ho-Chunk Nation, this being our immediate ancestral land, half Irish. Rory Gallagher makes me proud to say I'm Irish. Joyce helps too. When I first caught on to Rory, I was out in Berkeley, CA. I discovered his records, then saw him in San Francisco a few times. He was red hot. At the same time, I was wearing out a cassette called "Chicago Blues Jam with Fleetwood Mac," and really liking it. So I was grooving on Peter Green before I really even knew him, as I was discovering Rory Gallagher. When you say Peter would rather sit with a fan and have a beer, it makes me think of when I met Chicago blues great Koko Taylor after a gig here in Madison, WI north of Chicago. I sat with her, bought her a cocktail and we talked like neighbors. She was so sweet. Like family. Sitting and having a beer with Peter had to be so cool. Rory played like lightning, and it really grabbed me at the time, and still does, but it's rapid fire. Peter Green speaks to me differently with phrasing that is special. I like the few notes. The space. It's a discipline. I love the minor tone. I can't shake him. They are both very distinct and different in style, but also as you say, very kindred in spirit. I love and respect them both dearly, very down to Mother Earth and genuine. Thanks for the story. It was great. Long live the Irish.

[@redsky1433]

Gosh, that playing brings tears to my eyes.

[@johnbarber3499]

This was and still is my all time favorite solo of Peter Green at the Ware house, in New Orleans, they had all taken acid just before going on. How they pulled it off, I don't know. But man its killer. 59 Gibson Les Paul, probably the most famous one of them all. Thank You Michael for your in sight on this and how he plays it. I'll check out your website.

[@heavyjammingreviews3633]

been researching Peter Green a bit for a piece and found this on Wikipedia: His tone on the instrumental "The Super-Natural" was rated as one of the 50 greatest of all time by Guitar Player.[11] His distinct tone can be heard on "The Supernatural", an instrumental written by Green for John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers' 1967 album A Hard Road. This song demonstrates Green's control of harmonic feedback.[4] The sound is characterised by a shivering vibrato, clean cutting tones and a series of ten-second sustained notes. These tones were achieved by Green controlling feedback on a Les Paul guitar.[11]

[@madgtrgrhtrgrtgtyhrg]

You need to follow this up with a Gary Moore video since he used the same guitar as Peter Green. Gary was blues soul personified.

[@shaunm.2738]

Green absolutely destroyed Moore as a player/writer AND singer.

[@davidbeckerich]

There are great guitarist and then there is the Green God! Pure Magic

[@comparedtowhat2719]

Peter, rest peacefully.

[@paul2602]

I'm sure someone has said, this is Peter's out of phase LP. One of my fave solos EVER. This one can rip your heart out. Great analysis & reaction.

[@imannonymous7707]

The face you made as the guitar screamed says so much lol I swear I saw it melting bro.. . Rock on

[@henrytberry]

This is terrific. Oddly, my favorite electric blues guitar solo ever is Michael Bloomfield's in the Butterfield Blues Band's cover of this same song on the East-West album. It's strange when one thinks about it that two of the greatest blues guitarists ever were urban Jewish guys. I thought you made a very good point at the end of Green's solo here when you said it was raw emotion. He is my favorite British blues guitarist, although Rory Gallagher has his moments. In the each case it was the emotional power that moves these guys to a higher level. To make a jazz comparison, many of the best British guitarists were all about technical brilliance, like Ella Fitzgerald - Beck, Page, Clapton to an extent - whereas Green was Lady Day. It wasn't that he was short on chops, but the music was about pain. He was wonderful,

[@skipper6967]

This is New Orleans Warehouse recording from early 1970 and for me it's the best guitar solo I've ever heard. It's one of few moments when I'm proud to belong to human race.

[@MrWerddrew1000]

Don't know how many times people wrote in about Peter greens setup but .... he played a les paul with a reversely wired paf in the front position. The magnets were wired backwards and the pickup was upside-down.

[@jaykay6387]

You can argue for years about whether Peter's ""Jumping at Shadows" solo is better than this one. I've listened to every guitar hotshot from the classic rock era and a bazillion hot shit solos and I've never heard one that sounded like the one in this video. He was able to channel emotion that I've never heard any other guitarist quite reach in this particular performance. I don't think Peter Green was even able to "bring it" like this every night, I've heard a lot of his bootlegs and I don't think any of them quite get to the level of this one. It was a magical performance.

[@TheDirtBiter]

If I am correct then Peter Green was using a Marshal JTM45 that had 4 x 10" Celestion alnico speakers. You are right in assuming he had some reverb on and was pushing the amp to the limit to get that sound as it only produces about 35 watts. Marshalls of that era are hard to find and especially with the valve selection that this had. That amp has a history that compares to his now famous 1959 Les Paul guitar which is the guitar that so much has been written about by so many and is currently owned by Kirk Hammett who paid $2M for it.

[@dada1952]

No, when this was recorded he had switched to 2 Dual Showman Reverb amps with 215 cabs. Both he and Danny had the same setup and they were the loudest band I ever saw at the Fillmore West. Louder than the Who! The amazing thing is people often think Twin Reverbs and Showman amps don't break up... they do at 10.

[@nidranrebreski2828]

He played a Les Paul through a " stack Marshall amplifier. He sold this guitar to Gary Moore. Someone I urge you to listen to. His tone came from a miswired Les Paul from the factory. It' is standard wiring now from Gibson. But I can tell you at that time, every dude could tell PG was playing just by hearing one note.