First, please understand, I'm looking for insight here, not an arguement -
From the discs I'm most familiar with from PGSG, "Hot Foot Powder", "Destiny Road" & "Reaching for the Cold 100", on the last two, I find it's only on the "remakes" that I get that sense of joy - could be me overlaying my own feelings on the music - because I have to say, there are times when my enjoyment of the playing is dampened by the weakness of the song itself - example: "Burglar" , nice harp, weak song, "Turn Your Love Away", I really like the playing - I think the vocal is poor - on "RFTC100", one of my favorite tracks is "It Takes Time" (superior to the version he's recorded with the Brunning / Sunflower band) but I also feel it's Green's weakest vocal - and it's a shame -
maybe that's why the "HFP" collection works so well for me, I love the work of the guest artists and the material and production are much better suited to Green's voice - it's Watson who suffers by comparison on that disc, listen to "Milkcow's Calf Blues" -
If you could point in the direction of other tracks, on these discs or others, where you feel the playing really stands out, I'm interested in hearing them
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