“Kiln House” / Pacific National Coliseum, British Columbia, August 11, 1970 / Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA, February 19, 1971 Peter Green played his last show with Fleetwood Mac at the end of May, 1970. The following month, the remaining members of the band began work on their next album, “Kiln House’. Of the […]
Plus: Session Outtakes In an interview published in the June 28, 1969 edition of Disc, Clifford Davis stated that Fleetwood Mac would begin to curtail the number of live appearances that they would be doing to concentrate on studio recording. In addition to the album that they were currently working on (Then Play On), they […]
‘I’m A Steady Rollin’ Man’ – Three versions by Peter Green Splinter Group When Robert Johnson was first contracted to record for the American Recording Company (ARC) in the summer of 1936, he was sent to a hotel room in San Antonio, Texas where the company had set up a temporary recording studio. Pleased […]
‘Gotta Keep Running’, ‘You Got It’ & ‘Green Winter’ Peter Green’s decision to leave Fleetwood Mac was made public in the April 11, 1970 issue of New Musical Express. Other than confirming that he would continue to honor all of the band’s commitments until the end of May of that year, he did not detail […]
Blues (3CD Deluxe Edition) (UMC – Chess 2019) – CD1 – Electric Blues In May of 2019 Rory Gallagher’s estate released “Blues” (the title as unpretentious as Rory and his music). Available in two formats: a fifteen-track single CD and 2LP vinyl set and a thirty-six track 3CD Deluxe Edition. With performances ranging from 1971 […]
Imagine a man. Imagine you are viewing him from a great height, a God’s eye view. Despite his tiny size, you can see him shaking his fist at the sky and hear his wordless (squeaking) roar against the capriciousness of the fates. That man is me. After a decade of work, including more […]
The show was organized by Robert Schaffner and Chris Herman and featured a number of fantastic musicians from around the country in rotating combinations on stage providing a wide range of excellent music. Before the musical offerings, the guest of honor, Paul Hamer was presented with three stunning prints by legendary photographer Jeff Lowenthal: photos […]
Part I: ‘Mighty Long Time’ Peter Green is rightfully considered one of the greatest guitarists to come out of the British Blues scene of the mid-to-late sixties but as we celebrate his seventy-eighth birthday (born October 29, 1946) I’d like to take a look at two songs featuring his harmonica playing. There is currently only […]
The Henry Björklund Tapes, Part Two I first came across a reference to this performance thirteen years ago, in Christopher Hjort’s “Strange Brew – Eric Clapton & the British Blues Boom 1965 – 1970” (Jawbone Press). Under the entry for this date, Hjort writes of audience member Henry Björklund’s recollection of Green opening the show […]
‘Kind Hearted Woman Blues’ / Home Recording Session w/ Duster Bennett – ‘Kind Hearted Woman’ Although this is the third installment of our look at the three Robert Johnson covers that Peter Green put to tape over the course of a few months in 1968, this is considered the first to have been recorded. (A […]
