Peter Green

This is a very comprehensive account of Peter Green's life in music from his earliest days until his untimely death in 2020. It gives you the inside story of his time with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Fleetwood Mac, and solo recordings all the way through to his final stage appearances.I enjoyed this book a lot. It is well researched, comprehensive and based on extensive interviews with Green himself and his closest family, friends and musical collaborators.If I have one complaint, it is that the book didn't give me a good feeling as to what Peter Green was actually like as a person. It tells you a fair amount about what Green did and what happened to him in his life, but you don't really get an understanding why or how it felt. There isn't much about Green's childhood for example, and relatively little too his life outside music or his wilderness years before returning to music.What there is about Green's life is fascinating though - from his desire to become a zookeeper, his work as a gravedigger and his stay on a kibbutz in Israel!A great book but maybe more about the man's music than the man himself - if indeed the two things can be separated!

The recent 2022 revised and updated book by Martin Celmins is the definitive Peter Green biography after Peter sadly passed away in July 2020. Well written by Celmins and based on past editions with the addendum discography by Mario Pirrone and RJ Greaves. The only remark could be the lack of an even more detailed discography, including session musicians and pictures by related singles and albums during the past decades. starting from 1966 (first single) and subsequent work with Mayall, Fleetwood Mac and solo years. Overall a valuable purchase and an excellent book about a blues genius guitarist, the unforgettable Peter Green.