Green var en af de ledende skikkelser i den engelske bluesmusiks "anden store epoke", hvilket inspirerede den amerikanske bluesmusiker [[B.B. King]] til at sige: "Han (Green) har den mest melodiske klang, jeg nogensinde har hørt; han var den eneste, der gav mig koldsved."<ref name="green">
{{cite journal
| last = Marshall 
| first = Wolf
| title = Peter Green: The Blues of Greeny
| journal = [[Vintage Guitar (magazine)|Vintage Guitar magazine]]
| volume = 21
| issue = 11
| pages = 96–100
| date = september 2007
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fleetwoodmac.org/peter-green.php|title=Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green, The Band, The Music, The Legacy|accessdate=23. september 2009|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515210207/http://www.fleetwoodmac.org/peter-green.php|archivedate=15. maj 2009}}</ref><ref name=bbking>{{cite web|url=http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/15-Iconic-Les-Paul-Players|title=15 Iconic Les Paul Players|accessdate=23. september 2009|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090826024133/http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/15-Iconic-Les-Paul-Players/|archivedate=26. august 2009}}</ref> [[Eric Clapton]] værdsatte hans guitarspil højt.<ref name="www.guitarworld.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.guitarworld.com/article/30_on_30_the_greatest_guitarists_picked_by_the_greatest_guitarists?page=0%2C9|title=Guitar World: 30 on 30: The Greatest Guitarists Picked by the Greatest Guitarists|publisher=www.guitarworld.com|author= Robinson, Rich|accessdate=26. juli 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100505131430/http://www.guitarworld.com/article/30_on_30_the_greatest_guitarists_picked_by_the_greatest_guitarists?page=0,9|archivedate=5. maj 2010}}</ref> Han var især fokuseret på at udtrykke følelser i sine kompositioner, snarere end at vise, hvor hurtigt han kunne spille på guitar,<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jul/25/peter-green-fleetwood-mac-founder-and-guitar-hero-of-the-british-blues-scene Peter Green: Fleetwood Mac founder and guitar hero of the British blues scene], The Guardian, 25. juli 2020</ref> og brugte ofte at trække i strengene og benyttede [[vibrato]] og økonomiserede med sine [[riff]]s.<ref name="green" /><ref name="www.guitarworld.com_again">{{cite web
|url=http://www.guitarworld.com/30-30-greatest-guitarists-picked-greatest-guitarists?page=0,9
|title=Thirty Great Guitarists – Including Steve Vai, David Gilmour and Eddie Van Halen – Pick the Greatest Guitarists of All Time
|publisher=www.guitarworld.comværdsatte
|accessdate=16. juli 2014
|url-status=live
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025215411/http://www.guitarworld.com/30-30-greatest-guitarists-picked-greatest-guitarists?page=0%2C9
|archivedate=25. oktober 2014
}}</ref>
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