Peter Green mentioned in new Elvis Costello interview

[sharksfan2000]

There's a new interview with Elvis Costello in Rolling Stone, and Elvis mentions Peter Green a couple of times.

Between five and sixteen, I lived in Twickenham [in London]. The Rolling Stones were playing nearby, at the Station Hotel in Richmond. The Who were at Eel Pie Island. The Yardbirds lived in the next street. They had a van with YARDBIRDS written on it. I'd see [Fleetwood Mac guitarist] Peter Green in this record shop I used to go to - looking like Jesus in his rugby shirt and long hair.

Also...

My dad was very fond of Spain - we'd driven there a few times - and he bought me a guitar, literally a Spanish guitar, when I was thirteen. I eventually broke the neck. I put steel strings on it, thinking I could turn it into a folk guitar. But I remember the first song I learned: "Man of the World," by Peter Green.

Interesting interview - you can read the whole thing at: http://www.elviscostello.info/articl...e.040922a.html