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Peter Green (born Peter Allen Greenbaum, 29 October 1946, in Bethnal Green, London) is a British blues-rock guitarist and founder of the band Fleetwood Mac.
A figurehead in the "second great epoch" of the British blues movement, Green
inspired B. B. King to say, "He has the sweetest tone I ever heard; he was the
only one who gave me the cold sweats." Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page have
both lauded his guitar playing as well. Green's playing was marked with
"idiomatic string bending and vibrato and economy of style. Though he played
other guitars, he is best known for deriving a unique tone from his 1959 Gibson
Les Paul.
Green was ranked 38th in Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time." His tone on the seminal song "The Super-Natural" was hailed as one of the 50 greatest of all time by Guitar Player. Green played lead in Peter Bardens' band, Peter B's Looners, in 1966. After a three month stint, he had the opportunity to fill in for Eric Clapton in John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers for three gigs. Upon Clapton's permanent departure not long after, he was hired full-time. 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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The Groundhogs were a British blues band founded in late 1963, which toured extensively in the 1960s and continued in existence sporadically to the present day. Originally formed in 1962 as the Dollar Bills by brothers Pete and John Cruickshank in New Cross, London, Tony McPhee joined the group later that same year. Prior to joining the band he had been the lead guitarist in an instrumental group called the Shcenuals. McPhee steered them towards the blues and renamed them after a John Lee Hooker song, "Groundhogs Blues".
However, John Cruickshank suggested they became John Lees Groundhogs, and they backed Hooker on his 1964 UK tour, and later supplemented Little Walter, Jimmy Reed and Champion Jack Dupree when they visited the UK. McPhee featured on Dupree's From New Orleans to Chicago (1966) alongside Eric Clapton. The Groundhogs issued "Shake It" b/w "Rock Me" on the Interphon record label in January 1965.
After several false starts they stabilised their line-up for their first album, Scratchin' the Surface, released in November 1968. They then consisted of Tony McPhee (born Athony Charles McPhee, 22 March 1944, at Redlands House, near Humberston, Lincolnshire, England) as singer and guitarist; bassist Peter Cruickshank (born 2 July 1945, in Calcutta, West Bengal, India); Ken Pustelnik on drums (born 13 March 1946, on a farm near Blairgowry, Angus, Scotland) and Steve Rye on harmonica (born 8 March 1946, in London – died 14 July 1992, in London). In 1969, the single "BBD" (Blind Deaf Dumb) flopped in the UK, but bizarrely hit number one in the Lebanon
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George "Buddy" Guy (born July 30, 1936) is a five-time Grammy Award-winning American blues guitarist and singer. Known as an inspiration to Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and many other guitarists, Guy is considered an important exponent of Chicago blues. He is the father of female rapper Shawnna and also has a son, Michael. He is the older brother of late blues guitarist Phil Guy.
Guy is known for his showmanship, playing his guitar with drumsticks, or strolling into the audience while playing solos. He was ranked thirtieth in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" Born in Lettsworth, Louisiana, Guy grew up in Louisiana learning guitar on a two string diddley bow he made. Later he was given a Harmony acoustic guitar, which he later donated to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In the early '50s he began performing with bands in Baton Rouge. Soon after moving to Chicago in 1957, Guy fell under the influence of Muddy Waters. In 1958, a competition with West Side guitarists Magic Sam and Otis Rush gave Guy a record contract. Soon afterwards he recorded for Cobra Records. He recorded sessions with Junior Wells for Delmark Records under the pseudonym Friendly Chap in 1965 and 1966. Guy’s early career was supposedly held back by both conservative business choices made by his record company (Chess Records) and "the scorn, diminishments and petty subterfuge from a few jealous rivals
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