Peter Green is 64 today. You probably know him as a blues-rock guitarist who founded the band 'Fleetwood Mac' and withdrew from the world after the success of his beautiful 'Man of the World'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u12OogNvefA
What you possibly didn't know was that he :
* was ranked 38th in 'Rolling Stone's' list of the '100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time'
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* played in 'John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers' and left in 1967 to form 'Fleetwood Mac'.
* had a distinctive playing style and tone, as witnessed in 'The Super-Natural', an instrumental he wrote for 'The Bluesbreakers' in 1967 for their 'A Hard Road' album.
_ harmonic feedback
_ shivering vibrato
_ 10 second sustained notes achieved by him controlling feedback on his Les Paul guitar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeOKj5XdVAE[7]
* in his new band 'Fleetwood Mac', produced 'Albatross' in 1969.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ombnqWR3eA
* struggled with success and his personality changed after LSD, which may have caused schizophrenia.
* left Fleetwood Mac in 1970 and faded into obscurity, taking a succession of menial jobs and undergoing electro convulsive therapy.
* enjoyed a late 1990's comeback with the 'Peter Green Splinter Group', released 9 albums and began to play his 'Gibson Les Paul' guitar again.
* began playing and touring again in 2009 with 'Peter Green and Friends'.
Maybe No 38 in the Rolling Stone magazine, but nobody can play like he did
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