BURST OF INSPIRATION

How did you manage to acquire Greeny?

“[Guitarist specialist] Richard Henry and I have had a long-standing relationship with me buying guitars from him. About five or six years ago, I rolled into London and I called him up and said, ‘Hey, Rich. What have you got for me? Anything interesting?’ He goes, ‘I have a guitar you might want to see.’ I asked him, ‘What would that guitar be?’ He said, ‘Well, I have the Gary Moore/Peter Green Les Paul.’ I said, ‘Whoa! Wait a second. I’m not going to pay $2 million,’ because that was the rumour going around at the time – that it was on sale for $2 million. He said, ‘Don’t worry, Kirk. It’s all poppycock. It’s very reasonably priced. Let me bring it over.’ I thought, ‘This might be a nice opportunity to spend an afternoon playing a cool 1959 Les Paul