Its life and what is thrown at us
\nThat makes us what we are
\nIts the bedrock of our being
\nThe nuts and bolts that star
\nUndeniable factors
\nThat immortalise the way
\nEssentially we manage
\nTo make it through each day<\/p>\n
Losing his older sister to cancer
\nDid him in
\nBeing out in Egypt and Norway
\nIn that spin
\nWith his dad, having to be there
\nIt prepared him in a Way
\nTo get his self together
\nAnd work that through each day<\/p>\n
The gigster was a stepping stone
\nHis parents knew the score
\nThey clearly felt the music in him
\nAnd made him want it more
\nThe bands the players the experiences
\nTaught him a great deal
\nAnd helped him do the business
\nBy making it all real<\/p>\n
Relationships are complex
\nWhen life gets in the way
\nThe industry is fraught with painful
\nExperiences
\nWe pay
\nIn so many ways we suffer
\nBut what does bring us through
\nIs the family and the experience
\nOf knowing what to do<\/p>\n
Music is a life line
\nThe players some will find
\nIt all too much to cope with
\nIt strangulates the mind
\nThe need is there for inner strength
\nBorn out of family life
\nAnd parents who had fortitude
\nPreparing us for strife<\/p>\n
Contrariety and difference
\nDiscordant attitudes
\nA smorgasbord of reasons
\nCourageously alludes
\nTo eminence and valour
\nTo risk taking and to be
\nFull of intuition
\nWith a mission to be free<\/p>\n
Having that strength of character
\nThat originality
\nInventive using innovation
\nAnd creativity
\nA freshness and a genuineness
\nPrimordial at source
\nUnprecedented really
\nAnd actually a force<\/p>\n
To be reckoned with
\nAbove all else
\nThe albums they would flow
\nFleetwood Mac
\nCould really pack
\nExpression and they know
\nThe miscible solutions
\nAnd kaleidoscopic tones
\nTo Harmonize and intersperse
\nAnd reach into the bones<\/p>\n
The subtlety of knowing
\nThe cohesion of the soul
\nThe reaction and compaction
\nThe adherent takes the role
\nInseparable behaviour
\nLike a limpet by the sea
\nHas a true connection
\nAnd a base tenacity<\/p>\n
A mentor creates spirit
\nWhich Peter Green possessed
\nClearly a connection
\nWhich at his height
\nWas blessed
\nIt was all-embracing
\nA totality of thought
\nIntegral in his make up
\nWhich silently he sought<\/p>\n
Tonight he comes to Islington
\nWith a love that burns
\nA world tour in the offing
\nThe avid heart now turns
\nTo hear
\nthe great mans utterances
\nAnd realise that he
\nReally made it possible
\nWith his spontaneity<\/p>\n
TUESDAY 26\/9\/2017
\nISlington Assembly Hall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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