Peter Green is regarded by some fans as the greatest white blues guitarist ever, Eric Clapton notwithstanding.
~Mark Allan (allmusic.com)
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June 24 in music history
Jeff Beck is 70 – Happy Birthday! (read more)
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| Michael John Kells “Mick” Fleetwood (born 24 June 1947) British musician and actor best known for his role as the drummer and namesake of the blues/rock and roll band Fleetwood Mac. His surname, combined with that of John McVie, was the inspiration for the name of the originally Peter Green-led Fleetwood Mac. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 for his work in Fleetwood Mac. |  |
| Christopher Gordon Blandford ‘Chris’ Wood (24 June 1944—12 July 1983) founding member of the English rock band Traffic, along with Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, and Dave Mason. |  |
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Today: The Rolling Stones played Perth, Australia in 1973 – 40 years ago
The Stones were at the top of their game in 1973… one of the best tours ever.
On Feb 24 they played Western Australia Cricket Ground in Perth, Australia, and a great sounding “stereo soundboard” bootleg turned up.. in 1987.
The Rolling Stones Pacific Tour 1973
| Associated album | Exile on Main St. |
|---|---|
| Start date | 18 January 1973 |
| End date | 27 February 1973 |
| Legs | 2 |
| Shows | 14 |
The Rolling Stones Pacific Tour 1973 was a concert tour of countries bordering the Pacific Ocean in January and February 1973 by The Rolling Stones. The tour is sometimes referred to as the Winter Tour 1973. However this title is misleading, as much of it took place in the Southern Hemisphere, where it was summer at the time.
#4 Gimme Shelter:
Setlist
- Brown Sugar
- Bitch
- Rocks Off
- Gimmie Shelter
- Happy
- Tumbling Dice
- Love In Vain
- Sweet Virginia
- You Can’t Always Get What You Want
- Honky Tonk Women
- All Down The Line
- Midnight Rambler
- Band Introductions / Happy Birthday Nicky
- Little Queenie
- Rip This Joint
#12 Midnight Rambler
Tour Band:
- Mick Jagger – lead vocals, harmonica
- Keith Richards – guitar, backing vocals
- Mick Taylor – guitar
- Bill Wyman – bass guitar
- Charlie Watts – drums
Additional musicians
- Nicky Xenakis – drums
- Bobby Keys – saxophones
- Jimmy Price – trumpet, trombone
- Nicky Hopkins – piano
#1 Brown Sugar
#3 Rocks Off
and here:
Brown Sugar * Bitch * Rocks Off * Gimme Shelter * Happy * Tumbling Dice * Honky Tonk Women * All Down The Line * Midnight Rambler * Little Queenie
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Today: Peter Green is 66
From Wikipedia:
| Birth name | Peter Allen Greenbaum |
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| Born | 29 October 1946 (age 66) Bethnal Green, London |
| Genres | Blues rock, blues, rock |
| Occupations | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Guitar, vocals, harmonica, banjo,cello |
| Years active | 1966–present |
| Labels | Epic, Reprise, PVK, Creole |
| Associated acts | John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Fleetwood Mac,Peter Green Splinter Group,Gass, Peter B’s Looners, Otis Spann,Willie Dixon, B.B. King |
Peter Green (born Peter Allen Greenbaum, 29 October 1946) is a British blues rock guitarist and the founder of the band Fleetwood Mac. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 for his work with the group, Green’s songs have been recorded by artists such as Santana, Aerosmith, Midge Ure, Tom Petty, and Judas Priest.
A major figure and bandleader in the “second great epoch” of the British blues movement, Green inspired B. B. King to say, “He has the sweetest tone I ever heard; he was the only one who gave me the cold sweats.” Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page have both lauded his guitar playing. Green’s playing was marked with idiomatic string bending and vibrato and economy of style. Though he played other guitars, he is best known for deriving a unique tone from his 1959 Gibson Les Paul.
- He was ranked 38th in Rolling Stone’s list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time”.
- His tone on the Bluesbreakers instrumental “The Super-Natural” was rated as one of the fifty greatest of all time by Guitar Player.
- In June 1996 Green was voted the third-best guitarist of all time in Mojo magazine.
Some of the best “white” blues ever – “The World Keep On Turning”:
From allmusic.com – Mark Allan:
Peter Green is regarded by some fans as the greatest white blues guitarist ever, Eric Clapton notwithstanding. Born Peter Greenbaum but calling himself Peter Green by age 15, he grew up in London’s working-class East End. Green’s early musical influences were Hank Marvin of the Shadows, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Freddie King, and traditional Jewish music. He originally played bass before being invited in 1966 by keyboardist Peter Bardens to play lead in the Peter B’s, whose drummer was a lanky chap named Mick Fleetwood. The 19-year-old Green was with Bardens just three months before joining John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, whose rapidly shifting personnel included bassist John McVie and drummer Aynsley Dunbar. A keen fan of Clapton, Green badgered Mayall to give him a chance when the Bluesbreakers guitarist split for an indefinite vacation in Greece. Green sounded great and, as Mayall recalls, was not amused when Clapton returned after a handful of gigs, and Green was out.
…read more @ allmusic.com
Album of the day:
Fleetwood Mac (1968):
Fleetwood Mac’s debut LP was a highlight of the late-’60s British blues boom. Green’s always inspired playing, the capable (if erratic) songwriting, and the general panache of the band as a whole placed them leagues above the overcrowded field. Elmore James is a big influence on this set, particularly on the tunes fronted by Jeremy Spencer (“Shake Your Moneymaker,” “Got to Move”). Spencer’s bluster, however, was outshone by the budding singing and songwriting skills of Green. The guitarist balanced humor and vulnerability on cuts like “Looking for Somebody” and “Long Grey Mare,” and with “If I Loved Another Woman,” he offered a glimpse of the Latin-blues fusion that he would perfect with “Black Magic Woman.” The album was an unexpected smash in the U.K., reaching number four on the British charts.
~Richie Unterberger (allmuisc)
