Back To The Blues - Gary Moore

Advantages: Peter Greens skill is rediscovered in the form of Gary Moore
Disadvantages: None

...I saw Peter Green & Fleetwood Mac in the late sixties and Gary Moore is the first guitarist that I have heard play his songs, where you could shut your eyes, and be transported back to that concert. This is my experience of Peter Green and also Gary Moore whom I saw play "I loved another woman" at the MEN Manchester. If you love good music albeit the Blues and want to hear it played by actual musicians then "Blues for Greeny" is for you. To honour one of the guitarists he admires Gary Moore has stepped away from his own high class musicianship and produces an album of Peter Green songs six of which can be found on the albums "Fleetwood Mac" and "Mr Wonderful" (see my reviews on these albums, (Early and More Early English Blues) and also puts in some lesser known songs as well as "I need your love so Bad... Read review

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Advantages: Mooro back doing what he dos best
Disadvantages: Still can't wipe away the taste of the last album

.... “Ain’t Got You” returns to traditional blues territory of unrequited love, all done I’m sure with tongue firmly in cheek. “Picture of the Moon” is this album’s “Parisienne Walkways” – well every Mooro release must have one! Very nice though. “Looking Back” is just over two minutes of enjoyable nonsense, “The Prophet” is an instrumental, and perhaps the weakest track, “How Many Lies” and “Drowning In Tears” (there’s a real blues title if ever I heard one!) round things off in a quiet fashion. Probably not for the purists, but then I’m not one and I like this a lot. The Moore-man is back!... Read review

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Advantages: Blues, blues, and more blues
Disadvantages: None, unless you don't like the blues.

...Blues For Greeny is a dedication to Peter Green, a blues guitarist, who Gary Moore saw in 1967 first, then on a number of subsequent occasions, and actually bought his guitar off him, thus the title of the album. The Blues are totally guitar-dependent, so if you're not much into that......WHY??! No words can describe the feeling, the juices that flow through ones veins when sampling a well-written blues song.....bliss. 1 - If You Be My Baby Starts with a jovial , jaunty guitar riff that draws you right into the upbeat mood of the song, despite the title. Has you singing along word for word. 'If you be my baby, tell you what I'll do I'll give you so much lovin, you gotta love me too' 2 - Long Grey Mare Not too sure if this is actually about the animal above, or disguised to represent something else. Judging by the lyrics... Read review

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