Peter Green, founder member of Fleetwood Mac, a guitarist who played blues to perfection, maybe one of the sweetest guitar sounds ever, who served his apprenticeship with John Mayall and then with Fleetwood Mac was part of the most successful white blues groups ever - played and recorded with some of the original blues artists. As well as interpreting blues songs also wrote some and even topped the charts with Albatross - who’d have put money on that - Ah well. Then it all went wrong with the wrong chemicals! It seems he left the World for 20 years or so and when he returned there were traces of the sound but he was never the same. RIP Peter and thank you for 5 years of beautiful music!
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Just copying my post from the other thread....
The greatest blues rock guitarist ( IMHO ) Maybe not immediately apparent from his official recorded output but I was lucky enough to see the original Fleetwood Mac around a dozen times from the debut at Windsor Jazz and Blues Fest in 1967, through several nights at the tiny Thames Hotel in Windsor, to a free concert in Hyde Park with the three 'F's' ( Fleetwood Mac, Fairport Convention and Family ) to the Albert Hall with BB King and on to Bath City football club where Peter was starting to morph into Jerry Garcia after Danny Kirwan joined. And he was a great singer too. -
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It was BB King who said he had the sweetest guitar tone. Certainly his was my preferred Fleetwood Mac.Comment
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....pleased people have said 'sweet'....that's what he was and his guitar sound followed....by touch....
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I only saw Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac once, in late '69 in Green's Playhouse in Glasgow. It remains one of the truly great concerts that I ever saw. I suppose that like Syd Barratt, he was the leader of a great band, but the chemicals took their toll, and the Band then went onto bigger things without him. Wonderful guitarist, terrific voice, and he wrote some crackin' songs too.
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How sad. Another one gone. Are we coming to the end of an era, I ask myself? RIPDon’t cry for me
I go where music was born
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Steady Bbm - he was only a few months older than me - but then John Mayall, his mentor is still going strong at well over 80!Originally posted by BBMmk2 View PostComment
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Wonderful, unique guitarist. Great singer too.Del boy: “Get in, get out, don’t look back. That’s my motto!”Comment
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BBC Radio 6 music is dedicating their 'Now Playing @' programme this afternoon, presented by Tom Robinson, to Peter Green, highlighting this era of British Blues.
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...and on Thursday evening, cloughie, the often excellent Gideon Coe is celebrating Peter, with Fleetwood Mac live at the Paris Theatre in 1970.Originally posted by cloughie View Post
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Does my memory fail me or did they share an hour on Radio 1/2 around then with Chicken Shack and Duster Bennett?Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post...and on Thursday evening, cloughie, the often excellent Gideon Coe is celebrating Peter, with Fleetwood Mac live at the Paris Theatre in 1970.
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Dunno, cloughie...good chance my transistor radio had run out of batteries; but that's a great line-up. Wonder if it was Alexis Korner or Mike Raven's R'n'B show back then.Originally posted by cloughie View PostComment
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There was a Friday Night Rock Show with Tommy Vance that included this staggering version of Green Manalishi where Peter switches to Fender Bass Guitar halfway through ( no it isn't John McVie ! )Originally posted by cloughie View Post
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