Peter Green: Hendrix was special because he had everything. He was worthy on every level, hasn’t he ? He tickled your soul with his playing. He had the understanding. Someone like me didn’t have nothing of what he had. I was just a working-class kid who lived in Putney. Hubert Sumlin and Howlin Wolf had it. No one knew what he was on about half the time but it made sense on another level. Sumlin’s playing was what we all wished we could be like, not just for what he played but where it came from. You can just tell the people who understand the blues.
Hank Marvin was my first guitar hero. It wasn’t how you think of The Shadows now. They were very, very hip then. I listened to his playing because it was very lyrical, his phrasings were melodic and I’ve always liked a nice melody. Hank made the guitar into an instrument that talked colours. I know Cliff was meant to be England’s Elvis but we were all looking at Hank, to be honest. I also used to enjoy that bloke [Cliff Gallup] from The Blue Caps, Gene Vincent’s band. Good, solid but very simple player. I don’t like too much complication; it’s like unnecessary words. I don’t use the word ‘lick’. I hate that word, actually – because I don’t play licks, I play phrases or riffs. A riff is a short thing that you repeat and a phrase is a group of notes for your melody. I’m big on melody, I am. I’d like to do the standards one day, the kind of stuff that people can sing down the pub or to their bird.
Interview: Cliff Jones ; "Mojo", Sep. 1996
Photo by George Wilkes
someone on Don’s Tunes mentioned the wonderful jumping at Shadows and I checked it out he’s not wrong . . .personally Jimmy Carr’s ‘Need Your Love So Bad’ gets me every time. Loved Carr’s original but Peter made it his own! Black Magic Woman another level so that other’s covered it! Awesome literally
Fleetwood Mac Jumping At Shadows (1999 - Remaster)
Peter Green - Man of The World The Anthology 1968 - 1988
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