Here, well before Pink Floyd and Santana became famous, Green had set the template for a new form of guitar rock that defied categorisation. Taking the blues as his launching pad, Green created something else, otherworldly. On the first album with Mayall, he stunned the band with a song called The Supernatural. It gave the guitar a tone unlike any other.īut technique and tone were just part of his gifts. Replacing the pick-ups on his Gibson Les Paul, the technician installed them so they were out of phase. In part, it came as the result of a fateful error. He once told a friend his intention was 'to express as much as he could in his music, playing as few notes as possible'.
The key to his playing was impeccable technique and an ability to sustain a note.
Peter Green said he wasn't so sure about the idea of being a rock star and wanted out of the band.
