Power Of 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: imaginative celtic rock.
Disadvantages: dont expect the Gary Moore of the blues days.

...and the guitar work drops back into a mainly rythmn function. "Strangers in The Darkness" is a mellower and more laid back affair, slices of guitar punctuate Moores vocals and create a beautifully dark soundscape. "Thunder Rising" is another full on rock anthem and the album rounds off with the haunting "Johnny Boy", celtic folk sensibilities and rock fuse to create a majestic totally Irish sounding piece. What Moore manages to achieve on this album is a glorious range of celtic rock anthems, some power based and go straight to the foot and the fist, others which pull straight on the heart, and all the time without losing that typical Moore signature of fantastic guitar work and epic music. Lyrically the album has an intelligent, imaginative and romantic feel, not often found on rock albums. This is not the Gary Moore of the blues period, so... 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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