STILL GOT THE BLUES

up guitar at the age of 10, moving from his native Belfast, Northern Ireland, to Dublin at age 16 and becoming a professional player. While living in Dublin in the late Sixties, he caught all the latest bands live — John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Cream, among others. However, Moore’s biggest influence was Fleetwood Mac’s Peter Green, who would become something of a mentor to him, later selling him Greeny, his famed 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard. This now-legendary instrument features on many early Fleetwood) and now resides with its latest owner, Metallica’s Kirk Hammett.