So many great blues players worthy of recognition but Green was a great songwriter as well. I like Clapton and Rory as well but because Clapton was psychedelic and Rory created a heavier sound more rocked up. Love it all stoner music for me.
@@timothygrayson On You Tube there is plenty of "quieter" Blues by Rory Gallagher 👌. . Early stuff with " Taste" . Recordings in Ireland in the 80's . Keep Browsing 🎵🎶🎼🎸
Music fans migrate to the tonality, tempo and lyrics that resonate. Rightfully so, whatever sounds good. It is incredulous that these ‘fans’ without any musical skills or talents cast judgement : this guitarist is better than this other. It is more incredulous that Eric Clapton seems to be a foregone target here. Being an accomplished blues guitarist I can attest that, without comparison, the musical ability of Clapton far outreaches that of anything Peter Green has ever done. I can easily replicate most of what Peter Green has done ( except his soulful commitment) but I fall far short of the depth of Clapton. People simply need to enjoy without all this judgemental comparison. Just enjoy Peter’ fabulous blues.
Never saw either versions of Fleetwood Mac, but one night many years ago Peter Green appeared at the White Rock Theatre Hastings and held us in the audience spellbound. What a privilege
@@glennhfriedman4571 For me that's the best and favorite. I forgot to add Christine Perfect as she played on some of the early albums before becoming a member.
I agree with you, I was only 15 or 16 back then, but when the new Fleetwood Mac came out I didn't like it much at all because it didn't have the same hard core Blues I was used to from them. I never did get into their new sound much at all.
I never imagined the death of Christine Mcvie would lead to me, a blues guitar lover, finding the late 60s blues inspired Fleetwood Mac and these incredibly talented guitarists. Some times you think you know but you really don’t know sh!t…WOW, my mind is blown!!
This was the band I knew as Fleetwood Mac from day one; saw them in Sacramento in 1969. Later versions were fine but this line up was a guitar player's dream. Christine came around later but before Buckingham/Nicks. I miss her, as well as Danny and Peter. So glad the internet was born so we could see these performances.
Fresh from leaving John Mayal's band, this lineup had an energy that was never to be repeated. This was basically an outrageously talented Blues band....
Peter Green exhibits a direct connection between his head, hands his fingers and a higher power. I am a fan of their first three years and their debut is the greatest British blues album ever. The Green God is the greatest white blues guitarist ever, luckily Peter left behind some of the best music of the late 1960's.
Great point, they are both loved, underated and tremendous guitarists that left behind plenty of music that will be enjoyed and used as templates for past and future songs. .Bless them both for being great human beings with little ego.
@@davidbeckerich4792 yep. They were stylistically different but they had the same heart - and they were great singers into the bargain - Kindred spirits in fact.
@@DerekCastleSr. Agreed, I saw Johnny Winter back up his brother Edgar along with Rick Derringer on guitar at The Fillmore East and as much as I respect Derringers guitar work I saw Johnny Winter smoke Rick on their marque sing "Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo". Johnny rocked like nobody else but I feel Peter Green is the King of the Blues. Their were many great guitarist in the 1960's to the 1980's. To my surprise Stevie Winwood put on one of my favorite guitar performances with Traffic in the 70's. Thanks for bringing me back to a time when everyday was a Saturday. Also underated was Kim Simmons of early Savoy Brown, not one of the greats but very entertaining.
I'm not sure about that last statement...have you ever seen the BLUES BROTHERS 2000 Movie, the Battle of the Bands? BB King, Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Koko Taylor, Jimmy Ray Vaughn and the list goes on....Lol!
Peter green is still my go to guitarist for melodic emotional blues. He didn’t need speed or flash. It was what he didn’t play as much as what he did. He could use space to create real dynamic. A legend 😊
He is the epitome of phrasing! Each lick, in his always improvised solos, calls the next lick, he weaves an endless chain of improvised melody, and he feels very note! Check out the 4 different starts of Stop Messin' Round here on YT.... all different, live in the studio and they brought their PA system into the main room, so everything bleeds into everything, the horns, vocals ... etc... truly live in the studio, no punch-ins!
I'll add in my four penny worth. Wonderful times, Marquee Club in Wardour Street , College gigs around London, Peter Green and Fleetwood Mac, Ten Years after, Chicken Shack, Alexis Korner (?), Cream, and in the background, Tamla and Soul. The world was ours. Many thanks for putting this clip on RUclips, and bringing back so many good, good memories.
The 1967-1970s we're some turbulent years. This was Vietnam war time era. But the music continued. WOW we missed something. I keep forgetting I was 12 when this was going on. I'm still listening and learning. What an incredible time. I can't believe I'm sitting here patting my feet as if I have heard this before. But I haven't. WOW!! Music history revisited. Leave it to the UK to keep the good stuff to themselves
Went to school with John McVie, and was so priveliged to have seen the band many times in this fantastic early Peter Green era. Jeremy Spencers Elvis impersonation was sublime!
He did whole songs with the voice of Elvis in some of their live gigs, not in this video. B side on one of their early singles was 'Someone's going to get their head kicked in tonight' which was Jeremy doing the Elvis thing on record. Can't remember which single it was, I will check my collection when I get home.
So this is what was being played oversea. It sounds like my father who was a musician back when I was fourteen. He died the first of this year. He play his guitar on the front porch and amazing how it sounds like him and his friends all over again. Thank you who ever posted this historic gem.
Sounds like you had a very musically privileged upbringing , Mary. I envy you that, and the special, irreplaceable times you clearly had with your father.
This was to true Mac afficianados,THE LINEUP.Taking no prisoners,they were the best live band of their time.Peter,simply the best interpreter of the blues,ever.....ask BB KING........tone,deluxe,out of phase neck pick up,he was ahead of himself....if like myself,you were able to see them between 1966,and 1970,you know. If you are just discovering the Mac,this is the Mac.
@@davidevans3227 ..... Absolutely...Jeremy,the slide/ Elmore James man,and Danny,Peter's progidy. Jeremy, slightly limited to Elmore James,yet an integral part of the Mac.Danny,more actively playing off Peter, a more dynamic guitar duo.He went on to write some nice songs,after Peter's departure....great in their write,and execution...but,...Greenie,for me was the focus,the virtuoso,that after his demise,the band,was simply,another of many incarnations backed by Mick and John. Just an opinion,based on my preference. If there is a spirit world for the great guitarists,may you be there Peter Green.
@@chrisehrlich3514 brilliant.. great to encounter a lover of the early fleetwood mac ..And peter green, Definitely The man.. i just like to remember the other two, too.. 🙂 you mentioned bb king earlier i think..? i was very lucky, got to see him here in Cardiff, twice! fantastic gigs both.. probably still got a plectrum from one of the shows somewhere.. also saw peter green round about the same sort of time (mid eighties) He also came to cardiff.. played a proper dive- bar (think i saw uriah heep in the same place lol lol) i used to have a live album called Cerulean.. such amazing versions.. green manilishi with bass and bongo solos.. 🙂 sorry i could ramble on for hours!
@@davidevans3227 ....happy to ramble with you man...Mac lovers,are solid folk. I am American,but I was in prep school in Kent,England,from 1964 to 1967....so even at a young age,I got to see Peter with John Mayall,and then the Mac Attack. I have a large collection of Mac,and Peter Green on cd..... probably 8 versions of the most popular songs.What makes that so interesting,is different guitars and different amp settings..... can't remember off hand which CD it is,but one contains a version of Rattlesnake Shake,with Danny playing a Les Paul,but the kicker is,he has the crunch turned up,so when it comes to the bridge,man,it kicks that riff into the best version of that track.Makes a huge difference.
@@chrisehrlich3514 well my reaction is oh my god! (sorry 🙂) ..you lucky person! assumed u were British, oops! i always believed i was born fifteen to twenty years too late.. believe i came into the world the month danny joined the band (August '68?) so maybe they were only a four piece when you saw them? and a heavy blues band.. the record i mentioned with an incredible 'manilishi, had a twenty minute version of rattlesnake shake. Just one huge jam off..
Yeeeeeay!!! What a band!!! Can you imagine? "Saturday today? Well, let's go dancing! What band is playing? Fleetwood what? Well, let's see what they're up and about." And 50 years later you know you were that lucky one to see them, just like that! The cheer pleasure they all show, band and crowd, man, fantastic!
I was in that position. I was living in London in 1968 and any weekend you could go out and see legendary bands like this and pay at the door! One of the bands I saw live then was Fleetwood Mac. It was an amazing scene.
Saw them at the Eastown Theater in Detroit Sept 1970. Still remember how intense yet loose they were, especially Mick. Of course I remember PG’s Les Paul and his amazing voice. Believe it or not The Stooges opened for them.
Was Honored To Be At EARLY Fleetwood Mac's Blues Eras- - alot of Bands Did Blues Roots to get Fans Hopping- Thanks For Keepin All Music Alive- me in my 70s- Give Me A Time Machine With Smart Cameras- - Go back to 1960 when Jazz was Driving Then Blues+ Rock Blended In- Me Was A No Colors Dude- Everybody Can Gather + + Pay Respect To All Musicians- Smiles
I saw them, the original Fleetwood Mac, doing these same songs at the Philmore in Summer '68. They opened for the Paul Butterfield Blues Band but they stole the show. Great memories of two fabulous blues bands performing live!
Elmore James was on the threshold of an overseas tour when he died of a heart attack on May 24, 1963, in Chicago. Only 45 years old. A real loss to music. Love this version of this band so much. Listen to any live recordings you can track down. Joy.
Green, Spencer, Kirwan, Fleetwook, McVie, were unbelievable. The later reincarnation of Fleetwood Mac was as well, but this first incarnation was something special indeed.
You....... are the REAL deepest soul & senses.... very rare to perceive those Greatest Guitarists as the EXTRA separated Outstanding Originally Set / agree u ....ALL
I never liked them after Peter left, he did some great stuff by himself after but they had it right during this time, there is no doubt...............look up Black Magic Woman live in Boston and you will never listen to Santana's version again
Little did they know that they were in the presence of music legend's.its only when we look back that we appreciate just how precious these moments are and we can never get them back but we can watch them on RUclips.
Anybody else see these guys at Mother's Club in Erdington, Birmingham UK? Very rude and very brilliant!!! Young Danny hadn't joined yet. Jeremy did a fine impersonation of Elmore James. I think I paid 2 shilling (10 pence) to see them. Absolute bliss. RIP Peter.
Mothers ! Ha forgot about that place Some great venues around brum in those days Peter Green was so talented but a humble man unlike other white blues men of the time
they tore the roof off the Gardens in Vancouver in '68 rude and raunchy but oh so good.....the "new" band did not deserve the name....lame Mac would would better describe them we waited two years for Peter to come back but he never did big disappointment in 1970 not the MAC..anymore thanks for posting this....
Crikey, it's Christmas and I've just been through some of my old VINYL albums. I've refound an old, cheap compilation LP of blues tracks. It's called The World Of Blues Power and cost me 14 shillngs and 6 pence in old money. Would you believe that there is an amazing track on there by Peter called GREENY. incredible or what!! Happy days.
The first time I saw Fleetwood Mac was at the Marquee Club in Wardour St, Soho, London 1967. I was 15 and had bunked the train to get there. I had sneaked in through the back door with the cleaners and then hidden up in the ladies room until the band arrived. I had been doing this for 2 years by then. When Christine Perfect from Chicken Shack joined Fleetwood Mac, we were devastated that they went off to the States without Peter Green who had become strung out - either by drugs or nerves. I was not sure which at the time. We waited to hear from them but nothing happened until 1975ish when they produced the album Rumours with Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham which was a very different style from their London sound. Christine McVie died yesterday, that is why I popped in here.... nostalgia. RIP Christine, you were lovely! xx
Oh my god this is so incredibly amazing god bless you Peter you are a legend this is music as it should be not the rubbish there is now. This is my teenage years music and the sixties was the best time ever . Rest in peace Peter Green. X
With all due respect skin color is irrelevant. PG was as great and deep a blues guitarist and singer as ever was. Sadly it still seems to be a boutique majority of listeners who feel this way. This is a Fabulous collection of the Mac live. Ever many Thanks for helping to keep them alive as only the Tube can do :)
Love PG, Clapton, saw BB King twice, saw Robin Trower twice, missed seeing SRV, love Buddy Guy, Joe Bonnamassa, Walter Trout and Warren Haynes, and Kenny Wayne Shepard is kicking ass! If this is "boutique", we'll, I'm in! BTW, iirc, Bonnamassa has sold more blues albums than any artist ever. (Don't quote me on that!)
I have always loved the the junction between Peter And Danny. Danny’s vibrato is like a shiver I like Jeremy’s shake your money maker. Thanks for the great vid of them live.
Peter Green! One of the biggest talents of the era. Such stage presence, perfect voice & guitar. We'll never get Blk Magic Woman out of our heads, or ever stop being haunted by our witness to his talent and what could have been.
The comments on this video are so great. So much respect (and knowledge, at least from a few old timers) for this amazing line up. Having seen three different versions of them, from 1969 Black Magic Woman time to 1972 Future Games to 1975 self-titled album with Buckingham/Nicks in the first big Day on the Green in Oakland (they were four acts below headliner Robin Trower) it is a pleasure to read so much love for the original Peter, Danny, Jeremy, Mick and John.
Apart from Fleetwood Mac being the best blues band of its era, if not ever, for a band to have such 3 outstanding lead guitarists you wonder how Peter Green integrated them all, but he did. Peter Green was inspirational, as to were Danny Kerwan and Jeremy Spence. The later incarnation of Fleetwood Mac had nothing on the original Peter Green band. I still have in my record collection the singles I bought back the in '69 & '70 Oh Well and Green Manalishi, so I can go get my fix of F M by just listening to them every now and then.
What worked so well about that trio of guitarists was 1) that Peter gave each of the others space to do his own thing - not just for 24 bars here and there - but for whole songs. And they knew they mustn’t let him down - and never did ! 2) that, in that era, John McVie was a superb, almost peerless, Blues bassist - as you can hear so obviously on these unsophisticated but surprisingly clear recordings - who carried them along in whatever the chosen combinations were.
I heard it said someone had written on a wall that " Eric Clapton was like a god" under that someone else had written "Peter Green is god". Definitely one greatest bluemen of all time. Love the Green Manalishi was one of the best.
Thanks for uploading. Neve seen this, shows what a "Front man" Peter was and inspired many including my favorite guitarist "Gary Moore" ! Arigato from Tokyo !
Danny's the sleeper on this one, at least in the beginning. He's laying back, being the tasteful player he is, but also as an 18 year old kid, i'm sure having just joined the band he's learning the ropes. Cool seeing the musicianly techniques of these guys. "Oh Well" always takes me there: the way Peter Green laughs after that "phrase-landing" that they completed there at 16.00. The playing in that song is 'right there'. And him laughing at that moment is a reminder of what it was like musically at that time ;The open-endedness, and yet disciplined playing. "Albatross" is Green's writing at its most melodic. This era around '68-72' was Fleetwood Mac's greatest Blues-Rock point. I like music with a lot of holes in it. Strung together like a string of beads that are great to hear once again.
This early fleetwood Mac is the band I. Grew up listening to , and for English guys they got really close to authentic electric blues , And no one ever got closer than Peter green
Omg, I had the albums ,I mean , all of them .Plus a few singles .Saw them lipsync on some TV show but this is the first time I actually seen them live .They were fantastic . Imagine those 5 brilliant musicians playing together. Now I finally can .And on the first sight they still look pretty normal too. This is a treat guys , thank you for that .
feels like this is pretty much the whole of pgfm's live footage.. such a shame there is so little.. this is very precious.. gutted such a short clip of danny's something inside of me.. (one of my favourites) thankyou sharing this 🙂 x
I was talking with John McVie one time and naturally we spoke of Peter and Danny Kirwin he told me he was the one who told Danny he'd have to leave the band . He told me there was too much friction with Danny and also the sudden fame was a bit much for him. He said Danny took it fine and they wished him well. They all presumed he'd have a good career with someone else as he was an excellent guitarist. Unfortunately he became an alcoholic sleeping rough or in hostels. It was sad. As regards Peter he said he was a beautiful guitarist he could barely touch the string and get a beautiful note. He told me BB.King was blown away by his playing. John told me towards the end in the band he had lost his way. I asked him about the story of drugs in Germany and he said it wasn't only that Peter had other issues and the drugs only made them worse. John is a really nice honest guy. I was happy I met him.
McVie was that walking bass-playing type and very fine indeed. one of the best bass players I ever heard. peter picked him for the Fleetwood mac, no doubt. many thanks to you for sharing this. take care man.
I saw them at the Assembly Rooms in Worthing around 1969/70.Great band and not a dry eye in the house when Peter played "As the years go passing by" by Albert King on that lovely Les Paul.
Saw them at the Railway Hotel in London october 1968. Fabulous! They closed by Long Tall Sally with three guitar solos, by each one of the three guitarists.
Peter and Jeremy are the greatest blues guitarist.Each and every notes of their Les Paul speak the moods and emotions of the particular gig they were into it.Hats off .....
No doubt Pete Greens fleetwood mac were amazingly brilliant . But the rumours band were also good .linsay Buckingham and Christine Perfect stood out for me . Loved them all !
Thank you so much for putting all of this rare and outstanding footage together in one place. Shame that's all there is. I'll bet the BBC is sitting on some that should be released, but when ? Happy birthday Peter.
This, in my humble opinion is the best Fleetwood Mac lineup of all, Danny Kirwin what an amazing guitar player, so talented and underrated but such a sad end…
Man these kids could play with feeling. If I have a heart attack just blast “Homework” through the speakers full blast to revive me. Thanks for the video.
Danny Kirwan was really in my view really playing his 🎸 guitar underrated he does rip that vibrato puts his soul into playing a great contributing member of Fleetwood mac and added to there sound peter and Danny worked good together ❤ both amazing rhythm and boomer benders of our past rip boyz you left your mark nobody will ever forget these 2 for inspiration i go to this all the time in my musical 🎼 guitar journey 💙 love the soulful blues of the past .
What a band! So much talent all round, that's the way to play the blues, Totally amazing! So glad to have seen them in the 60's, live in a small venue, really loud, my ears rang till the next day!
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With all due respect & recognition to Clapton, Green was the greatest white guitarist to ever play the Blues.
Rory Gallagher 🎶🎵🎸✌
So many great blues players worthy of recognition but Green was a great songwriter as well. I like Clapton and Rory as well but because Clapton was psychedelic and Rory created a heavier sound more rocked up. Love it all stoner music for me.
@@timothygrayson
On You Tube there is plenty of "quieter" Blues by Rory Gallagher 👌. .
Early stuff with " Taste" . Recordings in Ireland in the 80's . Keep Browsing 🎵🎶🎼🎸
@Geoffrey Bayman I prefer the rowdy stuff lol 😆
Music fans migrate to the tonality, tempo and lyrics that resonate. Rightfully so, whatever sounds good. It is incredulous that these ‘fans’ without any musical skills or talents cast judgement : this guitarist is better than this other. It is more incredulous that Eric Clapton seems to be a foregone target here. Being an accomplished blues guitarist I can attest that, without comparison, the musical ability of Clapton far outreaches that of anything Peter Green has ever done. I can easily replicate most of what Peter Green has done ( except his soulful commitment) but I fall far short of the depth of Clapton. People simply need to enjoy without all this judgemental comparison. Just enjoy Peter’ fabulous blues.
Never saw either versions of Fleetwood Mac, but one night many years ago Peter Green appeared at the White Rock Theatre Hastings and held us in the audience spellbound.
What a privilege
How lucky!!!
indeed, it is a great privilege.
For my money the best version of Fleetwood Mac: Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, Jeremey Spencer, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood.
Amen!!!!
favorite , not the best
@@glennhfriedman4571 For me that's the best and favorite. I forgot to add Christine Perfect as she played on some of the early albums before becoming a member.
@@glennhfriedman4571 nope. The best. IMFO
This is The REAL Fleetwood Mac🤘 & also the best🤘🎸🤘
No doubt about it !This was the REAL Fleetwood Mac!
Yep, before they became a middle-of-the-road radio friendly soft rock bunch.
@@voxac30withstrat I Agree.Shitty pop rock.
When they sucked.
Just a different incarnation. Sure it’s awesome, but ‘I’m So Afraid’ by Buckingham, for example, was also a great tune too
which 99% of Fleetwood Mac fans have never heard.
I don't have time for modern pop music when there is this on RUclips.
The REAL and only Fleetwood Mac for me, let’s not talk about the later efforts.
I used to be member of British Blues Federation in the seventies. After Albatross the members I was with called them Plastic Mac!
Kiln House is great . Also , A lot of "Bare Trees and Future Games". After that , All Pap.
mick fleetwood, john mcvie, jeramy spencer, danny kirwin, peter green... (the original fleetwood mac)
Actually the original Fleetwood Mac didn't include Danny Kirwan
I'm learning and I'm listening. Wow this is real rock history. I'm inspired.
This was from a time when Fleetwood Mac were good. Very good. Peter Green, Danny Kirwan ... Say no more..
I'd have said Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer was the dynamic really with that rhythm section of course. Got a bit lost when Kirwan came forward.
I agree with you, I was only 15 or 16 back then, but when the new Fleetwood Mac came out I didn't like it much at all because it didn't have the same hard core Blues I was used to from them. I never did get into their new sound much at all.
I never imagined the death of Christine Mcvie would lead to me, a blues guitar lover, finding the late 60s blues inspired Fleetwood Mac and these incredibly talented guitarists. Some times you think you know but you really don’t know sh!t…WOW, my mind is blown!!
Agree totally!
This was the band I knew as Fleetwood Mac from day one; saw them in Sacramento in 1969. Later versions were fine but this line up was a guitar player's dream. Christine came around later but before Buckingham/Nicks. I miss her, as well as Danny and Peter. So glad the internet was born so we could see these performances.
Welcome to music.
@@NorCalProf1 the original and best.
Mick Fleetwood and John McVie came straight out of John Mayall's Blues Breakers, as did a young Eric Clapton.
Fresh from leaving John Mayal's band, this lineup had an energy that was never to be repeated. This was basically an outrageously talented Blues band....
So sorry for your loss
Truth.
The live version of "Homework" is astonishing. Absolutely fierce playing from Peter and Danny and Mick's drumming is like a steam hammer.
I love how Peter doesn’t even play in places. Class act!
Peter Green exhibits a direct connection between his head, hands his fingers and a higher power. I am a fan of their first three years and their debut is the greatest British blues album ever. The Green God is the greatest white blues guitarist ever, luckily Peter left behind some of the best music of the late 1960's.
For me it's a close thing between Peter and Taste era Rory ❤️🎸
Great point, they are both loved, underated and tremendous guitarists that left behind plenty of music that will be enjoyed and used as templates for past and future songs. .Bless them both for being great human beings with little ego.
@@davidbeckerich4792 yep. They were stylistically different but they had the same heart - and they were great singers into the bargain - Kindred spirits in fact.
I would throw Johnny Winter into that ring too. He was serious business.
@@DerekCastleSr. Agreed, I saw Johnny Winter back up his brother Edgar along with Rick Derringer on guitar at The Fillmore East and as much as I respect Derringers guitar work I saw Johnny Winter smoke Rick on their marque sing "Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo". Johnny rocked like nobody else but I feel Peter Green is the King of the Blues. Their were many great guitarist in the 1960's to the 1980's. To my surprise Stevie Winwood put on one of my favorite guitar performances with Traffic in the 70's. Thanks for bringing me back to a time when everyday was a Saturday. Also underated was Kim Simmons of early Savoy Brown, not one of the greats but very entertaining.
That's Jeremy Spencer on slide..& Danny Kirwin plus Peter...most talent ever in one band
I'm not sure about that last statement...have you ever seen the BLUES BROTHERS 2000 Movie, the Battle of the Bands? BB King, Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Koko Taylor, Jimmy Ray Vaughn and the list goes on....Lol!
Jeremy looks about 16 years old!! Great band
And often, with all that talent, it somehow doesn't mesh. But in this case, it all blended beautifully.
The most gifted British musician ever, Peter Green ...
Derek and the Dominos?
Peter green is still my go to guitarist for melodic emotional blues. He didn’t need speed or flash. It was what he didn’t play as much as what he did. He could use space to create real dynamic. A legend 😊
Yep, Until the ill-fated trip to high-fish compound , never trust a hippy when they try to take you to a secondary location..
He is the epitome of phrasing! Each lick, in his always improvised solos, calls the next lick, he weaves an endless chain of improvised melody, and he feels very note! Check out the 4 different starts of Stop Messin' Round here on YT.... all different, live in the studio and they brought their PA system into the main room, so everything bleeds into everything, the horns, vocals ... etc... truly live in the studio, no punch-ins!
Many guitarists have to learn that less is more. Incessant screaming high notes are just a bore. The whole guitar should be played.
The one and only real Fleetwood Mac !
Amen to that bro 🎸 👍
Sure was!!
This is the Fleetwood Mac I fell in love with.
19 years old in 1968 happy days followed this band still part of my life they music lives on 😎
Same here I am 75 in Jan 2023 and lived in London & spent a lot of evenings in Soho blues clubs with John Mayall, The godfather of all this talent.
I'll add in my four penny worth. Wonderful times, Marquee Club in Wardour Street , College gigs around London, Peter Green and Fleetwood Mac, Ten Years after, Chicken Shack, Alexis Korner (?), Cream, and in the background, Tamla and Soul. The world was ours.
Many thanks for putting this clip on RUclips, and bringing back so many good, good memories.
@keith donnellan Must be something about us old facts and loving the blues.
The 1967-1970s we're some turbulent years. This was Vietnam war time era. But the music continued. WOW we missed something. I keep forgetting I was 12 when this was going on. I'm still listening and learning. What an incredible time. I can't believe I'm sitting here patting my feet as if I have heard this before. But I haven't. WOW!! Music history revisited. Leave it to the UK to keep the good stuff to themselves
Aint nothing like these blues anymore nowadays. This is the real thing!
1968 to 1970 I was 16 to 18 years old what a wonderful time for music.
Went to school with John McVie, and was so priveliged to have seen the band many times in this fantastic early Peter Green era. Jeremy Spencers Elvis impersonation was sublime!
Wow....I see it!
@@stevesosman3577 LUCKY..I'm jealous!!
He did whole songs with the voice of Elvis in some of their live gigs, not in this video. B side on one of their early singles was 'Someone's going to get their head kicked in tonight' which was Jeremy doing the Elvis thing on record. Can't remember which single it was, I will check my collection when I get home.
Flip side to Man of the World
You're a very lucky person, dude!!!
The only and true Fleetwood Mac. Forget the Trallala Band with Stevie Nicks
So this is what was being played oversea. It sounds like my father who was a musician back when I was fourteen. He died the first of this year. He play his guitar on the front porch and amazing how it sounds like him and his friends all over again. Thank you who ever posted this historic gem.
So very sorry for your loss
Sounds like you had a very musically privileged upbringing , Mary.
I envy you that, and the special, irreplaceable times you clearly had with your father.
This was to true Mac afficianados,THE LINEUP.Taking no prisoners,they were the best live band of their time.Peter,simply the best interpreter of the blues,ever.....ask BB KING........tone,deluxe,out of phase neck pick up,he was ahead of himself....if like myself,you were able to see them between 1966,and 1970,you know.
If you are just discovering the Mac,this is the Mac.
and danny and jeremy
@@davidevans3227 ..... Absolutely...Jeremy,the slide/ Elmore James man,and Danny,Peter's progidy.
Jeremy, slightly limited to Elmore James,yet an integral part of the Mac.Danny,more actively playing off Peter, a more dynamic guitar duo.He went on to write some nice songs,after Peter's departure....great in their write,and execution...but,...Greenie,for me was the focus,the virtuoso,that after his demise,the band,was simply,another of many incarnations backed by Mick and John.
Just an opinion,based on my preference.
If there is a spirit world for the great guitarists,may you be there Peter Green.
@@chrisehrlich3514 brilliant.. great to encounter a lover of the early fleetwood mac ..And peter green, Definitely The man.. i just like to remember the other two, too.. 🙂
you mentioned bb king earlier i think..? i was very lucky, got to see him here in Cardiff, twice! fantastic gigs both.. probably still got a plectrum from one of the shows somewhere.. also saw peter green round about the same sort of time (mid eighties) He also came to cardiff.. played a proper dive- bar (think i saw uriah heep in the same place lol lol)
i used to have a live album called Cerulean.. such amazing versions.. green manilishi with bass and bongo solos.. 🙂
sorry i could ramble on for hours!
@@davidevans3227 ....happy to ramble with you man...Mac lovers,are solid folk.
I am American,but I was in prep school in Kent,England,from 1964 to 1967....so even at a young age,I got to see Peter with John Mayall,and then the Mac Attack.
I have a large collection of Mac,and Peter Green on cd..... probably 8 versions of the most popular songs.What makes that so interesting,is different guitars and different amp settings..... can't remember off hand which CD it is,but one contains a version of Rattlesnake Shake,with Danny playing a Les Paul,but the kicker is,he has the crunch turned up,so when it comes to the bridge,man,it kicks that riff into the best version of that track.Makes a huge difference.
@@chrisehrlich3514 well my reaction is oh my god! (sorry 🙂) ..you lucky person! assumed u were British, oops! i always believed i was born fifteen to twenty years too late.. believe i came into the world the month danny joined the band (August '68?) so maybe they were only a four piece when you saw them? and a heavy blues band.. the record i mentioned with an incredible 'manilishi, had a twenty minute version of rattlesnake shake. Just one huge jam off..
Glad I grew up with great bands,music like this. Wouldn't have missed it for the world .
Same here buddy.
They were so good. They were for real.
RIP Peter and Danny, you will be fondly remembered.
Jeremy... also ...another great one in this band .... imo
Yeeeeeay!!! What a band!!! Can you imagine? "Saturday today? Well, let's go dancing! What band is playing? Fleetwood what? Well, let's see what they're up and about." And 50 years later you know you were that lucky one to see them, just like that! The cheer pleasure they all show, band and crowd, man, fantastic!
I was in that position. I was living in London in 1968 and any weekend you could go out and see legendary bands like this and pay at the door! One of the bands I saw live then was Fleetwood Mac. It was an amazing scene.
@@jokermaan1 You lucky bastard, you....
envy envy
I like the blues, from the beginning to the end. That's our FLEETWOOD MAC. They all had their own style, THANK YOU MAC....all members ☺️
Saw them at the Eastown Theater in Detroit Sept 1970. Still remember how intense yet loose they were, especially Mick. Of course I remember PG’s Les Paul and his amazing voice. Believe it or not The Stooges opened for them.
I would go to see that!
That was a good month in Detroit! I saw Johnny Winter, Faces, and Three Dog Night, at Olympia about the same time!
Green's neck pickup was rewound out of phase and his tech thought flipping it around would correct that! Haha.
@@ramblerdave1339 I went to that show too and saw the Faces at the Eastown shortly after.
@@ramblerdave1339 Thing was Three Dog Kight headliner.
Jermy Spencer and Peter Green. it's real Fleetwood Mac. Thanks.
Love Peter Green!
Peter Green was one of the best !
Was Honored To Be At EARLY Fleetwood Mac's Blues Eras- - alot of Bands Did Blues Roots to get Fans Hopping- Thanks For Keepin All Music Alive- me in my 70s- Give Me A Time Machine With Smart Cameras- - Go back to 1960 when Jazz was Driving Then Blues+ Rock Blended In- Me Was A No Colors Dude- Everybody Can Gather + + Pay Respect To All Musicians- Smiles
I saw them, the original Fleetwood Mac, doing these same songs at the Philmore in Summer '68. They opened for the Paul Butterfield Blues Band but they stole the show. Great memories of two fabulous blues bands performing live!
" Fillmore "
Rest In Peace Danny and Peter💫
The best blues band ever , the vibrato of Danny was incredible, Peter had the touch of an angel
Elmore James was on the threshold of an overseas tour when he died of a heart attack on May 24, 1963, in Chicago. Only 45 years old. A real loss to music. Love this version of this band so much. Listen to any live recordings you can track down. Joy.
I'm so glad this was recording and preserved.
I've waited over 50years for this! Thank you for showing this excellent video
Glad you finally got to see it ! its a great one 1
Green, Spencer, Kirwan, Fleetwook, McVie, were unbelievable. The later reincarnation of Fleetwood Mac was as well, but this first incarnation was something special indeed.
Wonderful then and now RIP
Peter Green was one of a kind!
Then along came TYA Alvin Lee & Rory. Both the greatest ever from me 75 years old. RIP to our greatest ever musicians.
You....... are the REAL deepest soul & senses.... very rare to perceive those Greatest Guitarists as the EXTRA separated Outstanding Originally Set / agree u ....ALL
Great!! When Fleetywood Mac was a real band. Not just the Stevie Nicks backup band. Albatross is one of the best songs ever written.
I never liked them after Peter left, he did some great stuff by himself after but they had it right during this time, there is no doubt...............look up Black Magic Woman live in Boston and you will never listen to Santana's version again
Hypnotized and Albatross are my favorite Fleetwood Mac tunes... AWESOME 😎👍🎉
Jeremy Spencers slide work on the first track is really good.
Jeremy idolised Elmore James, that’s why.
Little did they know that they were in the presence of music legend's.its only when we look back that we appreciate just how precious these moments are and we can never get them back but we can watch them on RUclips.
Anybody else see these guys at Mother's Club in Erdington, Birmingham UK? Very rude and very brilliant!!! Young Danny hadn't joined yet. Jeremy did a fine impersonation of Elmore James. I think I paid 2 shilling (10 pence) to see them. Absolute bliss. RIP Peter.
Mothers !
Ha forgot about that place
Some great venues around brum in those days
Peter Green was so talented but a humble man unlike other white blues men of the time
they tore the roof off the Gardens in Vancouver in '68 rude and raunchy but oh so good.....the "new" band did not deserve the name....lame Mac would would better describe them we waited two years for Peter to come back but he never did big disappointment in 1970 not the MAC..anymore thanks for posting this....
Crikey, it's Christmas and I've just been through some of my old VINYL albums. I've refound an old, cheap compilation LP of blues tracks. It's called The World Of Blues Power and cost me 14 shillngs and 6 pence in old money. Would you believe that there is an amazing track on there by Peter called GREENY. incredible or what!! Happy days.
The first time I saw Fleetwood Mac was at the Marquee Club in Wardour St, Soho, London 1967. I was 15 and had bunked the train to get there. I had sneaked in through the back door with the cleaners and then hidden up in the ladies room until the band arrived. I had been doing this for 2 years by then. When Christine Perfect from Chicken Shack joined Fleetwood Mac, we were devastated that they went off to the States without Peter Green who had become strung out - either by drugs or nerves. I was not sure which at the time.
We waited to hear from them but nothing happened until 1975ish when they produced the album Rumours with Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham which was a very different style from their London sound.
Christine McVie died yesterday, that is why I popped in here.... nostalgia. RIP Christine, you were lovely! xx
Never saw them..but my first ever single was Need Your Love So Bad. Fair play for bunking into the gig!
Love this video. Rest in peace Don Adams, Hugh Hefner, and Artie Johnson. And Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac.
Oh my god this is so incredibly amazing god bless you Peter you are a legend this is music as it should be not the rubbish there is now. This is my teenage years music and the sixties was the best time ever . Rest in peace Peter Green. X
Really shows the band at the pinnacle.
With all due respect skin color is irrelevant. PG was as great and deep a blues guitarist and singer as ever was. Sadly it still seems to be a boutique majority of listeners who feel this way. This is a Fabulous collection of the Mac live. Ever many Thanks for helping to keep them alive as only the Tube can do :)
Love PG, Clapton, saw BB King twice, saw Robin Trower twice, missed seeing SRV, love Buddy Guy, Joe Bonnamassa, Walter Trout and Warren Haynes, and Kenny Wayne Shepard is kicking ass! If this is "boutique", we'll, I'm in!
BTW, iirc, Bonnamassa has sold more blues albums than any artist ever. (Don't quote me on that!)
I've seen bits and pieces of this over the years....... Still effin' awesome‼
I have always loved the the junction between Peter And Danny. Danny’s vibrato is like a shiver I like Jeremy’s shake your money maker. Thanks for the great vid of them live.
Great description of Danny's vibrato. Nothing like it, recognizable anywhere. Peter's was close though.
A legend. A true bluesman.
Peter Green! One of the biggest talents of the era. Such stage presence, perfect voice & guitar. We'll never get Blk Magic Woman out of our heads, or ever stop being haunted by our witness to his talent and what could have been.
Ahhhhhh... Albatross. What a delight.
Oh well and Green manalishi (with the two-pronged crown) are timeless masterpieces. Been listening for 45 years.
I missed all this as I was 9 always wish I’d been born 10 years earlier! And not just because of music!
A very special time. I get your unspoken thoughts.
The comments on this video are so great. So much respect (and knowledge, at least from a few old timers) for this amazing line up. Having seen three different versions of them, from 1969 Black Magic Woman time to 1972 Future Games to 1975 self-titled album with Buckingham/Nicks in the first big Day on the Green in Oakland (they were four acts below headliner Robin Trower) it is a pleasure to read so much love for the original Peter, Danny, Jeremy, Mick and John.
rip peter green. you were so phenomenal. so happy you left so much great music
Peter Green is so naturally gifted he is the GOAT 💪🔥🐐
That guitar tone and those bends on “Homework” bring tears to my eyes. Damn he was amazing.
I saw Peter's Fleetwood Mac three times in '69 at the Green's Playhouse, Glasgow.
14:13 "Oh Well" had a major influence on the writing of Zepplin's "Black Dog" -- and both are great jams.
Saw them in San. Fran.late 60's.my intro. To British blues.fantastic!!!
I was lucky enough to see this line up at the Ritz club in Bournemouth in 1968. I think they said it was one of Danny's first gigs with the band.
Saw them at The Marquee in 67. B B King jammed....a good night.
How deep the blues influenced early Rock n Roll is pretty incredible.
I believe it was Muddy Waters who said 'the blues had a baby and they called it rock and roll.'
Apart from Fleetwood Mac being the best blues band of its era, if not ever, for a band to have such 3 outstanding lead guitarists you wonder how Peter Green integrated them all, but he did. Peter Green was inspirational, as to were Danny Kerwan and Jeremy Spence. The later incarnation of Fleetwood Mac had nothing on the original Peter Green band. I still have in my record collection the singles I bought back the in '69 & '70 Oh Well and Green Manalishi, so I can go get my fix of F M by just listening to them every now and then.
Took me years to find my favourite - The Green Manalishi - on the right LP
Brilliant version on the live LP, Boston Tea Party
What worked so well about that trio of guitarists was
1) that Peter gave each of the others space to do his own thing - not just for 24 bars here and there - but for whole songs. And they knew they mustn’t let him down - and never did !
2) that, in that era, John McVie was a superb, almost peerless, Blues bassist - as you can hear so obviously on these unsophisticated but surprisingly clear recordings - who carried them along in whatever the chosen combinations were.
Were most of these songs covers of black American artists?
Haha! People always go too far when they praise something they really like. And comparing the two Mac incarnations is apples and oranges.
I heard it said someone had written on a wall that " Eric Clapton was like a god" under that someone else had written "Peter Green is god". Definitely one greatest bluemen of all time. Love the Green Manalishi was one of the best.
Clapton would probably agree about Peter Green
The way I heard it (or rather read it) was: 'Clapton is God', then 'Peter Green is better than God'.
Thanks for uploading. Neve seen this, shows what a "Front man" Peter was and inspired many including my favorite guitarist "Gary Moore" ! Arigato from Tokyo !
Great value recordings, Peter Green is a god of guitar. Thank you so much for posting this!
Lovely film of the band and people.
Thank you for this Brilliant!
Christmas Treat!!! 🎁🎼🎶🎸🥁
this people is the real Fleetwood Mac, i was there !
Most of the best musicians at the time played with John Mayall, interesting
Danny's the sleeper on this one, at least in the beginning. He's laying back, being the tasteful player he is, but also as an 18 year old kid, i'm sure having just joined the band he's learning the ropes. Cool seeing the musicianly techniques of these guys. "Oh Well" always takes me there: the way Peter Green laughs after that "phrase-landing" that they completed there at 16.00. The playing in that song is 'right there'. And him laughing at that moment is a reminder of what it was like musically at that time ;The open-endedness, and yet disciplined playing. "Albatross" is Green's writing at its most melodic. This era around '68-72' was Fleetwood Mac's greatest Blues-Rock point. I like music with a lot of holes in it. Strung together like a string of beads that are great to hear once again.
Have you heard the Haim sisters? Best cover of OW.
I think he's laughing about Mick forgetting his cowbell hit before putting the sticks away and having to make do with the bongos.
This early fleetwood Mac is the band I. Grew up listening to , and for English guys they got really close to authentic electric blues , And no one ever got closer than Peter green
'Peter Green was the only one who gave me the cold sweats. He had the sweetest tone I ever heard.' B.B. King.
Saw them live three or four times back in the day - great band!
Omg, I had the albums ,I mean , all of them .Plus a few singles .Saw them lipsync on some TV show but this is the first time I actually seen them live .They were fantastic . Imagine those 5 brilliant musicians playing together. Now I finally can .And on the first sight they still look pretty normal too. This is a treat guys , thank you for that .
Wow that's Rock and roll. Thanks for the music haven't heard it before. God bless you Christine McVie and thank you all for the great tunes.
Christine McVie wasn't in the band at this time. She was still Christine Perfect and playing with Chickenshack.
feels like this is pretty much the whole of pgfm's live footage..
such a shame there is so little.. this is very precious..
gutted such a short clip of danny's something inside of me.. (one of my favourites)
thankyou sharing this 🙂 x
badlydrawnballbag lol
don't think John or mick even notice when danny's string goes.. lol
John looks miles away..
Saw the real Fleetwood mac ip to 74 or 75 last saw them in Oakland...
Peter and the guys !!! The Best...
I was talking with John McVie one time and naturally we spoke of Peter and Danny Kirwin he told me he was the one who told Danny he'd have to leave the band .
He told me there was too much friction with Danny and also the sudden fame was a bit much for him. He said Danny took it fine and they wished him well. They all presumed he'd have a good career with someone else as he was an excellent guitarist. Unfortunately he became an alcoholic sleeping rough or in hostels. It was sad. As regards Peter he said he was a beautiful guitarist he could barely touch the string and get a beautiful note. He told me BB.King was blown away by his playing. John told me towards the end in the band he had lost his way.
I asked him about the story of drugs in Germany and he said it wasn't only that Peter had other issues and the drugs only made them worse. John is a really nice honest guy. I was happy I met him.
McVie was that walking bass-playing type and very fine indeed. one of the best bass players I ever heard. peter picked him for the Fleetwood mac, no doubt. many thanks to you for sharing this. take care man.
What a nice story...To bad for Danny. He was a good guitarplayer...I enjoy on Utube seeing them play in Fleetwood Mac.
@ellenfransen1825 I prefer the old Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green but they were a great band. I do love "Songbird"
I love "Songbird" from Eva Cassidy...Is that the same song?
@ellenfransen1825 Yes, I just put on Eva Cassidy's version now , very nice.
Great music.
I saw them at the Assembly Rooms in Worthing around 1969/70.Great band and not a dry eye in the house when Peter played "As the years go passing by" by Albert King on that lovely Les Paul.
Saw them at the Railway Hotel in London october 1968. Fabulous! They closed by Long Tall Sally with three guitar solos, by each one of the three guitarists.
Peter and Jeremy are the greatest blues guitarist.Each and every notes of their Les Paul speak the moods and emotions of the particular gig they were into it.Hats off .....
Don't forget Danny Kirwan. He could keep up with Peter Green, and he was only 19.
Brilliant guitarist, one of the best 🎸👏
No doubt Pete Greens fleetwood mac were amazingly brilliant . But the rumours band were also good .linsay Buckingham and Christine Perfect stood out for me . Loved them all !
I saw them ‘live’ playing these in 1968. I treasure the memories.
I saw them in 69, and my jaw dropped. So clean, tight and very straight forward. No flash. = confidence in their music & skills.
Back when Fleetwood Mac was Fleetwood Mac. Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer were the nuts and bolts of this band back then.
Don't forget Danny Kirwan.
I only saw this lineup once. The second time was the beginning of Christine McVie. I couldn’t believe the change.
We walked out.
Thank you so much for putting all of this rare and outstanding footage together in one place. Shame that's all there is. I'll bet the BBC is sitting on some that should be released, but when ? Happy birthday Peter.
Hard-to-believe this is the same band that gave us "don't stop", "go your own way" and "tusk"...!!
It’s not really. In name only.
Same rhythm section!
This, in my humble opinion is the best Fleetwood Mac lineup of all, Danny Kirwin what an amazing guitar player, so talented and underrated but such a sad end…
Man these kids could play with feeling. If I have a heart attack just blast “Homework” through the speakers full blast to revive me. Thanks for the video.
Two of the best guitars and voices in the same band....wow....
Two? The three of them were great.
YEAH PETER YOU ARE A LEGEND REST IN PEACE YOUR LEGACY LIVES ON
What A Lineup... Loved this
Danny Kirwan was really in my view really playing his 🎸 guitar underrated he does rip that vibrato puts his soul into playing a great contributing member of Fleetwood mac and added to there sound peter and Danny worked good together ❤ both amazing rhythm and boomer benders of our past rip boyz you left your mark nobody will ever forget these 2 for inspiration i go to this all the time in my musical 🎼 guitar journey 💙 love the soulful blues of the past .
What a band! So much talent all round, that's the way to play the blues, Totally amazing! So glad to have seen them in the 60's, live in a small venue, really loud, my ears rang till the next day!
Great bit of vid , historic , this must be really early