PETER GREEN 1946 – 2020
Supposedly destroyed by an LSD trip and subsequent electric-shock therapy, Peter Green – who sadly died aged 73 on 25 July 2020 – may always be characterised as a rock ‘n’ roll casualty. But what cannot be tarnished is his legacy of simply beautiful guitar playing and visionary songwriting. In the canon of legendary 1960s British musicians, Green’s music sits proudly alongside the best.
Like most of his post-war generation, Bethnal Green-born Peter Greenbaum was fired up by skiffle and rock ‘n’ roll, though his early bands, which included The Muskrats and The Tridents, never took off. Indeed, although Green had learnt to play guitar as a teen, in The Tridents he was ‘merely’
