Influence
Many rock guitarists have cited Peter Green as an influence, most notably Gary Moore, Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry, Steve Hackett and Wishbone Ash guitarist Andy Powell. Green was The Black Crowes' Rich Robinson's pick in Guitar World's "30 on 30: The Greatest Guitarists Picked by the Greatest Guitarists" (2010). In the same article Robinson cites Jimmy Page, with whom the Crowes toured: "...he told us so many Peter Green stories. It was clear that Jimmy loves the man’s talent".
In an interview with Dan Forte from Guitar World magazine, which was reprinted in Guitar Legends in 1993, Eric Clapton acknowledged Green's skills as a guitar player when recalling a chance meeting with him in the mid 1980s:
| “ | I met him on the street not more than a year ago, and to me he's a great guy, and he was just the same. He didn't look particularly healthy, and he seemed like he was kind of pissed off in general, but that's quite a healthy attitude to have, in some respects. It's not as if he was indifferent. So I would never completely give up on the guy. | ” |
Clapton also stated elsewhere that Green was: "One of the best, he really is and I'm not gonna say "was" either. He is one of the best. It's all there"..
In an interview with Guitar Player in 2000, Green acknowledged Clapton's influence, stating:
| “ | I followed him to John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. I loved his playing. At the time he did everything on a Telecaster, it sounded absolutely fabulous. | ” |
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