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Considering the congenial, journeyman-like figure he cuts on Time Traders, ex- Fleetwood Mac founder Peter Green went on a long, strange trip to this point. Having made the Mac huge with "Albatross", Green suffered a crisis of conscience, demanded the band give away most of their earnings to starving African children and when they refused, quit the band. He went on to suffer from schizophrenia before finding mid-nineties rehabilitation with the combo he fronts here--returning to his British blues roots. There's little for lovers of fusion or the avant-garde to chew on in Time Traders. Mostly, it's a 21st-century rehash
Considering the congenial, journeyman-like figure he cuts on Time Traders, ex- Fleetwood Mac founder Peter Green went on a long, strange trip to this point. Having made the Mac huge with "Albatross", Green suffered a crisis of conscience, demanded the band give away most of their earnings to starving African children and when they refused, quit the band. He went on to suffer from schizophrenia before finding mid-nineties rehabilitation with the combo he fronts here--returning to his British blues roots. There's little for lovers of fusion or the avant-garde to chew on in Time Traders. Mostly, it's a 21st-century rehash of a 1960s retread of a 1930s genre. These tracks are generally penned by band members Peter Stroud, Nigel Watson and pianist Roger Cotton, wandering down familiar blues highways and alleyways and--in the case of "Downsize Blues"--chiming in with a bit of rueful, middle-aged humour. Green contents himself with some deft but unprepossessing solo work, which is a shame, as his one contribution--the slow-flowing, "Albatross"-esque "Underway"--is probably the most mind and genre-expanding track on the album. --David Stubbs
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Manufacturer: Eagle
Release date: 1 May 2002
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 5034504119321
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