coastie99
Enlightened Member
Sorry mate, forgot all about this last weekend. After his solo album in 1970, P.G. sort of shuffled back in 1979 and released 8 albums (including at least one compilation ) up until 1990. Nothing fabulous amongst this lot, in fact P.G. is reported as having pushed other guitarists up front while twiddling around in the background. And then, joy of joys, he's back in 1996 with The Splinter Group, and at least partially rehabilitated. Since then 8 (I think) new albums have been released. Not epic stuff, but most pleasant. Hot Foot Powder, a collection of Robert Johnson updates, is pretty nice. Evidently, Nigel Watson, an erstwhile conga player who's morphed into a guitar slinger (literally) took P.G. in and got him into playing shape again. It has been said by a number of critics that Mr Watson is riding on the coat-tails of P.G.'s legendary status, and that may have some validity: latest (sketchy) news is that P.G. has a writ out against Watson concerning the use of violence towards him. So where P.G. is "at", at the moment, I don't know. Interestingly, he continued taking his (unnecessary) medication for all those years "because nobody told him to stop". and he improved vastly after stopping. There is a biography - Peter Green. Sanctuary 1-86074-507-5 and a worthwhile Splinter Group DVD - An Evening With PGSG In Concert, Eagle Vision 2564612092 (Spot the Guild !!)