In more recent years, Green has been recognized as one of British rock & roll's elder statesmen, but remains a busy working musician playing with figures as different as Mick Green is one of the most self-effacing guitar legends in rock & roll. Mick Green (The Pirates) - Going Back Home (Live) - YouTube Green shored up that band, which, with his arrival, became one of the few groups of the period to boast a double lead guitar lineup. On 27 November 2010, the Mick Green tribute gig was held at the 100 Club and featured the Animals and the Wilko Johnson Band. His wife Karen, sons Lloyd and Brad and daughter-in-law Hannah were at his side. As a member of It was a song called "I'll Never Get Over You," which rose to number four, that established Green, his searing lead guitar being one of the most aggressive sounds heard on record in England during this period. Micky Green : interview Le 02/05/2008 - modifié le 03/05/2018. He was later joined in Green hooked up for a short time with Green's first steady gig was as a member of the Red Caps, a group (named in honor of Although he wasn't widely recognized in the press at the time, or by the world outside of the music community, Green was as influential a musician during this period as any of England's early rock guitar heroes, including During this same period, Spence and He was born Michael Robert Green, in Green reformed the Pirates with Farley and Spence in 1976 (Green was also a member of the band Shanghai, which released two albums, in 1974 and 1976, and supported In the 1980s and 1990s, Green played with, amongst others, In 1990, Green played guitar with From 1999 to 2008, Green performed regularly with the In 2007, he did a six track mini-album, In February 2004, while on stage with Bryan Ferry in Mick Green died of heart failure on 11 January 2010 in King George Hospital, On 27 November 2010, the Mick Green tribute gig was held at the He made them one of the most respected backing groups in England, although the only hit Green ever played on was the distinctly pop-oriented "Trains and Boats and Planes." Mick Green died of heart failure on 11 January 2010 in King George Hospital, Ilford, Essex. Though it would take a few years for anyone to find it out, the song became practically an anthem for a generation of garage rock and punk enthusiasts.