VIDEO MASTERCLASS: Peter Green Style Solos
Guitar Techniques|August 2023
For this month's video lesson Remi Harris has treated us to a couple of blues solos inspired by the great Peter Green, with Jon Bishop as your guide.
Jon Bishop
VIDEO MASTERCLASS: Peter Green Style Solos

Peter Green has been inspiring guitar players the world over since his rise to fame in the mid 1960s. Following his time with John Mayall And The Blues Breakers, where he successfully took over from the then 'God' Eric Clapton who had himself left to form Cream, he put together the original line-up of Fleetwood Mac and went on to write such iconic tracks as Albatross, Man Of The World, Black Magic Woman, Oh Well, and The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown). Though best known for his tasteful guitar playing as heard on the Fleetwood Mac recordings of Need Your Love So Bad and Love That Burns, Peter could also play with a burning intensity as demonstrated on the live recording of Freddie King's San-Ho-Zay from the John Mayall And The Blues Breakers' Live In 1967 album.

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