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Post by novisnick on Jul 25, 2020 12:13:34 GMT -5
73 seems so young these days! will be missed for sure! 😥 Thanks for the memories
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Post by DYohn on Jul 25, 2020 12:27:12 GMT -5
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Post by ttocs on Jul 25, 2020 12:43:22 GMT -5
RIP Peter
I was introduced to his music when Paul Hamer, before his name was inscribed on guitars, lent me a couple of Fleetwood Mac albums. I had no Idea that Fleetwood Mac was a better band before the early '70s. I could listen to Albatross, written by Peter, repeated forever and not get tired of it.
Here is Mick Fleetwood talking a little about the song's influence on a fairly well known band.
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Post by DYohn on Jul 25, 2020 13:05:27 GMT -5
^^ Agree. I was a huge Fleetwood Mac fan - the Fleetwood Mac Blues Band, that is, and including their post-Peter Green Bob Welch mystical period. In the mid-70's when they became the Buckingham-Nicks backup band I stopped listening.
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Post by DavidR on Jul 25, 2020 13:42:03 GMT -5
OMG! I'm so saddened. I'm a HUGE Peter Green Fan. Not a day goes by without listening to early Fleetwood Mac. I'm in shock. I'm numb.
If Danny Kirwan hadn't broken a string this solo would never have happened. Lousy camera man.
Peter Green was one of the greatest Blues guitarists Britain ever produced. His shape-shifting riffs and long, improvisational excursions made Fleetwood Mac one of the most exciting live bands of the 1960s Blues explosion.
He first picked up a hand-me-down guitar at the age of 10 and, like many of his peers, began to devour the import vinyl that trickled into the UK from the US. He studied the greats - Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy and BB King - combining their tensely coiled playing style with the shimmering vibrato of The Shadows' Hank Marvin.
But he actually started his professional career as a bassist, until an encounter with Eric Clapton persuaded him to ditch the instrument.
"I decided to go back on lead guitar after seeing him with the Bluesbreakers. He had a Les Paul, his fingers were marvellous. The guy knew how to do a bit of evil, I guess."
He later had the seemingly impossible task of taking over from Clapton in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. Fans were unconvinced at first, but after a handful of incendiary performances, he won them over, earning the nickname "The Green God".
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Post by cawgijoe on Jul 25, 2020 13:44:43 GMT -5
RIP......Fleetwood Mac is one of my favorite bands.
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Post by DavidR on Jul 25, 2020 13:47:20 GMT -5
RIP......Fleetwood Mac is one of my favorite bands. Which Fleetwood Mac? The Blues Band or the pop one with what's her name?
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Post by housetech on Jul 25, 2020 14:32:46 GMT -5
DavidR, you nailed it. I'm playing their "Vintage Years" double LP now, remembering how great it is. Green was among the best of the British blues guitarists of the 1960s. B.B. King once said Green “has the sweetest tone I ever heard. He was the only one who gave me the cold sweats.” John Mayall's Blue Breakers (another favorite band) had Green, Fleetwood and McVie in 1965(?) prior to Fleetwood Mac. (Who wasn't in Blues Breakers? lol) Dropped too much acid, wasted GREAT talent. Hope he found peace. Like- Black Magic Women, the original & Love That Burns.
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Post by DYohn on Jul 25, 2020 14:45:20 GMT -5
When Peter Green left Fleetwood Mac it had nothing to do wiht acid, he had schizophrenia and went through years of treatments.
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Post by housetech on Jul 25, 2020 14:53:12 GMT -5
When Peter Green left Fleetwood Mac it had nothing to do wiht acid, he had schizophrenia and went through years of treatments. Understand that, but acid didn't help. I heard that psilocybin does help schizophrenia and other psychotic issues, he liked the shrooms.
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Post by DavidR on Jul 25, 2020 15:07:03 GMT -5
IMO Peter did the best version of 'Have you Ever Loved a Woman'. He had that out of phase tone going for him in this version.
Another blues tune what I consider a gem
Unfortunately many of Peter's best work was poorly recorded; most in Europe. This is a GREAT version of Sugar Mama
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Post by DavidR on Jul 25, 2020 15:12:08 GMT -5
When Peter Green left Fleetwood Mac it had nothing to do wiht acid, he had schizophrenia and went through years of treatments. Maybe and maybe not. Both Danny Kirwan and Peter's mental health issues began after going to a party in Germany where acid was handed out like candy. Some say it was 'bad' acid. Is there a good acid and a bad acid? I don't know but had several High School friends who did the stuff and some were never quite right afterwards. The 60's/70's, oh what a time.
Isn't it possible that the drugs brought on schizophrenia?
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Post by DYohn on Jul 25, 2020 15:25:33 GMT -5
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Post by housetech on Jul 25, 2020 15:27:47 GMT -5
Now I'm gonna have to play some Freddy King since I have no more Peter Green. Sacrifices we must make.
Just a thought- People argue who is/was the greatest guitarist? Impossible to answer. Ask the top guitarist their opinion and they'll give answers that surprise. Never thought I'd hear a modern Blues player as good as SRV, then heard Bonamassa. So I just accept their talent and ENJOY it. Peter was special though.
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Post by AudioHTIT on Jul 25, 2020 15:48:57 GMT -5
How sad, responsible for so much good music, this was my first exposure to Peter Green: Edit: I was thinking back on this album and recalled that with this band, Peter Green was sandwiched between Eric Clapton and Mick Taylor.
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Post by housetech on Jul 25, 2020 15:59:55 GMT -5
DYohn, I've seen Santana no less than 5x and that version of Black Magic Woman I heard and like. Whether he played with a large band or smaller, the man's performances were amazing.
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Post by DYohn on Jul 25, 2020 16:02:08 GMT -5
DYohn, I've seen Santana no less than 5x and that version of Black Magic Woman I heard and like. Whether he played with a large band or smaller, the man's performances were amazing. Greg Rollie on vocals ain't a bad choice either.
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Post by AudioHTIT on Jul 25, 2020 16:05:23 GMT -5
Is there "bad acid"? Absolutely. Although usually by "bad" people mean it's weak and poorly made. Weak is not the term I'd associate with it, but poorly made -- definitely (speaking for a friend)
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Post by DYohn on Jul 25, 2020 16:24:20 GMT -5
Is there "bad acid"? Absolutely. Although usually by "bad" people mean it's weak and poorly made. Weak is not the term I'd associate with it, but poorly made -- definitely (speaking for a friend) Yes. I have "heard tales" about chemical stews being called "acid" that were really crap no one should put into their bodies. Gave me a huge headache - err, I mean gave MY FRIEND a huge headache.
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Post by housetech on Jul 25, 2020 16:46:46 GMT -5
Those "trash can punch" surprises should be avoided at all costs... you never know until you wake on Sunday and the party was Friday night: WTH was in that s***?! College in the 70's was definitely a learning experience.
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