micknkeef@cox.net Wrote:
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> One of my top 5 was left out. Mick Green of The
> Pirates. If my failing memory serves me
> correctly, there was an blurb about him in Trouser
> Press. It said that he was a favorite of Jimmy
> Page, Richie Blackmore and Pete Townshend, and
> influenced them all to pick up the guitar. It
> also stated that Pete nicked his now famous
> 'windmill' style from Mick after seeing him play
> in the late 50s/early 60s. Somewhere in storage
> I've got the mag. I'll have to see if I can find
> it.
>
> Scotty
The live side of the Out of Our Skulls album from 1977 by the re-formed Pirates is all the proof anyone needs that Mick Green should be on that list.
I'd add:
Al Anderson and Steve Ferguson from NRBQ
Zal Yanovsky from the Lovin' Spoonful