Looking back- Mayall and Green

[@gregmason2760]

RIP John Mayall. Thanks for all the music.

[@markfaulk6409]

I was listening to this album when it came out in ‘66 when I was 12 years old. It raised my standards for good music so much that most other music paled in comparison.

[@timbarringer7790]

Peter Green's phrasing, tone, and emotion put him at the top of the heap

[@andythomas706]

Check out the version on Bluesbreakers Live In London 1967 set. Green is really on fire! He was the guvnor!

[@deeeightsch7022]

Da tauchen Hunderte von Bilder aus den 60iger auf, wo in unmöglichen Sälen, Turnhallen, Clubhäuser & Co. die Bands sich Woche um Woche für ein "Butterbrot & Apfel" das Letzte aus ihren unbezahlten Verstärker rausholten. Geile Zeit!

[@richardkirkham788]

Such a brilliant number ! 😃

[@tonfan]

killer solo....glad i got to see Fleetwood Mac at Fillmore West in '69...Peter Green;brilliant....

[@sheddski]

i had this song in my head for at least 15to 20 years and one day i started to sing it to myself and then i went to best by and there it was now i play it looking back john mayall

[@GregParker]

My favorite lead guitar break ,ever !!

[@YooperG]

How to compare the blues work of two geniuses? In the end, they both excelled at being themselves; what more can we ask of them? Glad to know Peter made his way thru his troubles and made it back to us. They both had their problems; they both showed us how to come back from the dark places.

[@billiam8270]

IMO, the best of the British blues guitarists. If you have not listened to it, seek out Mayall with Green live in Boston and Los Angeles. Brilliant playing by Green. Also, Kenny Wayne Shepard does a killer version of Looking Back. See him live if you can -- you won't be disappointed.

[@fieldfullofthistles]

Hes very commanding in this song. His solo is outstanding.

[@panthercap]

You said it yourself Kenny. It's Peter Green from September 1966. First single after he joined the band. What a genius!

[@theodorus45]

Love the solo,one of the best in the Bluesbreakers history!

[@mikemckv]

Tx. Killer photos.

[@jeffwins]

Thanks Danny! A VERY STRONG SONG!!!!!!!!

[@sheddski]

i was hearing this song in my head for years and it wasn,t till recently i realized i wasn,t going nuts there realy was a song that had this beat so while looking over cd,s in BESTBUY there it was JOHN MAYALL HANGING ON THE BACK OF A TRAIN AND THE TITLED ALBUM LOOKING BACK NOW I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST HEARD IT ON 8 TRACK IN 1978 AT WHO KNOWS HOUSE THATS A LONG TIME TO CARRY AROUND A SONG YOU COULDNOT REMEMBER WHO OR WHAT GROUP PLAYED IT

[@harryf200]

@kunafoot " Peter Green has the blues clapton only plays them." Exactly! Well put!

[@mizzissippiblues]

killer guitar tone! thanks Greg

[@theodorus45]

I love this song,great solo!

[@GregParker]

All -time Blues guitar 'lead-break' Best of Best category. Thanks so much for posting.5*****+++++

[@SAIKOPAINT]

la musica esta increible y q buenas fotos!

[@davidt9238]

Absolutely love this guitar solo by Peter Green. Jimmy who?

[@OspreyD40]

Yep, on the Looking Back vinyl. It was this track that convinced me of Green's wicked skill. Not just his ideas, but that crackerjack resolution of his solo with the move into the 5th. That was a Clapton classic move but Green snaps it into place in a way that still makes me laugh. Oh, and it certainly isn't easy to get those upper fret screamy notes on that constricted-access Les Paul!

[@MrCaribbean]

classic blues with soul!

[@1wiesehoefer1]

excellent thanks for posting 5*********

[@socrates1818]

Clapton couldn't do this solo- it's too rhythmic, too surprising. amazing staccato phrasing

[@barryo5158]

lol, really ignorant statement.

[@QSQCaito]

Thank you :)

[@TheRenamay]

Bei diesen Klängen sieht man gern zurück!

[@MrAmptech]

Thank you DK!

[@dbs6184]

oh yeah, i was and am... looking back to see

[@roby62gtr]

always a great song ! thanks to Gregparkerblues for sharing.

[@Tremolux59]

Pretty good cover of Watson's 1961 recording.

[@petequintin]

kick ass blues! :-D

[@Bluesdirections]

Man these pictures are incredible. Where did you them ?

[@MRMITCHELLZ]

hahahaaa the green vs clapton will always exisit....and peter allan greenbaum got stuff that clapton could only dream of having!!!!...and maybe..im sayin maybe cuz im a green fan but a cream fan as well.... so maybe just maybe it works vice versa as well...maybe i dunu

[@SAIKOPAINT]

lo d peter green sigue en pie ehh

[@ssurfcity]

Cool JGW cover

[@Tremolux59]

Good cover of the old Johnny Guitar Watson song.

[@MorroccoM13]

dannykirwan>>>Why is your avatar picture of Peter Green and not Danny? Just curious.

[@twoslices]

Had it not been for his illness I'm sure Peters career would have probably surpassed Claptons

[@jmsbk12345]

Clapton can't light a candle to Peter Green when coming to play the blues.

[@ConradLaeyan]

well, you can't say Clapton didn't have the blues, but he lacked something Green was born with... He may be white, but has a true black soul...

[@jsilence418]

You and Socrates (uh yeah ) must know nothing together.

[@ConradLaeyan]

Clapton sucks, Peter Green is GOD! :) Green's early musical influences were Hank B. Marvin of the Shadows, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Freddie King, and traditional Jewish music. And of course, Elmore James ...

[@kunafoot]

I dont feel clapton has the soul to play it like that. Clapton is god but he definatly can not do Peter Green at his best. Peter Green has the blues clapton only plays them. That swhat seperates these two.

[@Whicol2]

Sorry guys----Green is great, but he wouldn't have done a THING without Clapton to pave the way. They have two very different styles, but you can't listen to this and deny that Clapton was influential on Green. It's a bleeding ripoff fer christsake. Greeny was great.......but shortlived. Clapton gets major points for diversity and longevity.

[@NeedlessKane]

What happened to guitar tone over the past 40 years? You turn on the radio and all you hear is Line6 bullshit. None of this overdriven tube tone where the amp sounds like it's being stretched to point of almost breaking and a badass Les Paul showing it who's boss.

[@GreenyMcFleetwood]

yea well the only reason this is a ripoff is because he was made to sound like clapton, its what the people wanted. Besides if the drugs hadnt killed his brain he would have had the chance to do more inovative things than clapton. Granted no one rock musician has a track record like Eric.

[@jonboyuk]

will you listen to yourselves!!! PGis beter than Clapton, clapton is better than PG........its not a sschool playground ffs.. who cares whis it "best"? just listen to both and apreciate the talent and style of real life "guitar heroes" byt the way ...............pg is best :)