Definitely. I actually just got into them last year after hearing a lot about this dude named Peter Green. I am a big Clapton fan, so I eventually looked him up and I gotta say he is amazing.
The Mac played our blues club just before the release of their first album. All we knew about them was that some of them had been in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. They were absolutely fantastic and it was kind of a tradition of the club that the guest band would finish the evening doing a jam with us the resident band. They were more than happy to do, it so I can say I have played in Fleetwood Mac--well sort of!
Peter Green Guitarist, founded Fleetwood Mac - it WAS his band. Pure Genius ! B.B.King said he was the only guitarist who gave him cold sweats- GOOD EH ? Peter wrote Black Magic Woman (gave it to Carlos Santana). The young, blond guy playing with Green, was Danny Kirwan 17 years. You need to learn more.
As just about everyone else has said about this one, Peter was the founder of Fleetwood Mac and a leading light in the British blues boom that took blues back to America and made the mainstream audience appreciate it for what it was. Up until that point the American black blues artists had to come to Britain to make a living. Out of all the blues guitarists to come out of Britain in the sixties, including Eric Clapton, Peter was the only one that B.B.King said had the true feel of a black delta bluesman. Not bad for a white jewish guy from North London. Stevie Nicks wasn't the only woman in the band later on BTW... There was also Christine McVie, the keyboard player and wife of the bass player John McVie. She played on some of their 60's blues tracks. Keep on Rocking.
The first incarnation of the band was completely different from the pop band that made all the hits. Peter Green founded the band as a blues rock band. Green was considered one of the guitar giants of his day. He resisted the spotlight and often chose to support the other band members rather than taking the lead. This one is a good example, where Danny Kirwan plays lead guitar to Green's rhythm. Green was a hug influence on Carlos Santana. Green wrote Black Magic Woman and recorded it on Fleetwood Mac's third(?) album. When you hear it, you can immediately hear where Santana got much of his sound. B.B.King once said Green's guitar playing had the "sweetest tone" and gave him "the cold sweats." One of finest Green's Fleetwood Mac blues recordings on RUclips is their cover of King's I've Got A Mind To Give Up Living. It is from the opening weekend of The Warehouse in New Orleans. Use those words as search terms to find it. It is well worth the listen. As a bit of trivia, FM performed that weekend with the Grateful Dead. That weekend is when the Dead were "Busted down on Bourbon Street, set up like a bowling pin", which they referenced in their song Truckin.
He WAS! And a great songwriter. A quiet, sensitive guy who was an incredible musician. Many of the songs on Then Play On were written and sung by him. R.I.P. Danny. (btw, some of the music moved him so much that he actually cried while playing at times).
There were 2 Fleetwood Mac's the blues/rock band led by the groups founder Peter Green which he named by combining part of the first part of the surnames of the drummer Mick Fleetwood and bass player John McVie. Under Green the above was a big hit and other well known tracks were Black Magic Woman that Santana did a cover version off, Man Of The World and the classic guitar instrumental Albatross.
check out Rattlesnake shake Boston blues... improvised genius ; then the Green manalashi live on 6 string base solo! 3 lead guitarists and one hell of a trip... one of the greatest heavy blues live sets ever
They were formed in '67 btw, before Christine Perfect, later Christine McVie joined, and long before Stevie Nicks. The original Fleetwood Mac was the absolute best! The sound was different, and the vibe was different. Peter Green was second to none. Danny Kirwan had magical hands and was a great songwriter as well; he was amazing. Jeremy Spencer could sound just like Elmore James, playing blues w/the slide guitar. Mick Fleetwood and John McVie were also great of course. Listen to "Rattlesnake Shake" from the Boston show in 1970; mind blowing.
They did a lot of good stuff even after Peter Green left up until Bare Trees album, then they changed, to the LA sound. Was there day 1 with this group. They evolved like MF's. Not too much of a fan of their newer stuff, because grew up with the blues with them, then the beautiful melodic stuff in Future Games, and Bare Trees. Was in Vietnam when this video came out. Love this song.
Welcome to the original Fleetwood Mac. The version with Nicks and Buckingham is the third version. The second version with Bob Welsh and Christine McVie was a great band in its own right.
The recorded version was - as always - better - capturing the tight playing on the riff and giving the drums more prominence. Interesting to see them falter a bit on the second verse, those bongos should not have been there then, thus Peter Green's little laugh! MK1 Fleetwood Mac made some classic tracks which remain 60s classics "Albatross" is a masterpiece of dream music, "Black Magic Woman", "Need Your Love so bad" and "Man of the World" are must-hear tracks from the first incarnation of this band.
Fleetwood Mac sold out to the American dollar when it became a British American band. The band would have benefited from not having Nicks and Buckingham. Could Christine Mcvie have shared the song writing and lead singing with Peter Green?
You didn't play *Oh Well Part 1 & Part 2??* Part 2 sounds like it belongs in the movie *The Good, The Bad & The Ugly.* Even Buckingham/Nick's Fleetwood Mac still play Oh Well, Part 1 live.
For many of us this will always be the true Fleetwood Mac.
Interesting
I AGREE!
Definitely. I actually just got into them last year after hearing a lot about this dude named Peter Green. I am a big Clapton fan, so I eventually looked him up and I gotta say he is amazing.
Not the sellout
The Mac played our blues club just before the release of their first album. All we knew about them was that some of them had been in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. They were absolutely fantastic and it was kind of a tradition of the club that the guest band would finish the evening doing a jam with us the resident band. They were more than happy to do, it so I can say I have played in Fleetwood Mac--well sort of!
This was the genuine Fleetwood Mac, one of the best British blues bands of their day. 😉
Absolutely this is my Fleetwood Mac. Look at Peter, HE WAS FLEETWOOD MAC. Danny Kirwin too.
Peter Green Guitarist, founded Fleetwood Mac - it WAS his band. Pure Genius !
B.B.King said he was the only guitarist who gave him cold sweats- GOOD EH ?
Peter wrote Black Magic Woman (gave it to Carlos Santana). The young, blond guy
playing with Green, was Danny Kirwan 17 years. You need to learn more.
As just about everyone else has said about this one, Peter was the founder of Fleetwood Mac and a leading light in the British blues boom that took blues back to America and made the mainstream audience appreciate it for what it was.
Up until that point the American black blues artists had to come to Britain to make a living. Out of all the blues guitarists to come out of Britain in the sixties, including Eric Clapton, Peter was the only one that B.B.King said had the true feel of a black delta bluesman. Not bad for a white jewish guy from North London.
Stevie Nicks wasn't the only woman in the band later on BTW... There was also Christine McVie, the keyboard player and wife of the bass player John McVie. She played on some of their 60's blues tracks.
Keep on Rocking.
Clapton, Beck & Page were all great guitarists, but none were as good as Peter Green.
The person introducing the band is Alan Price, keyboard player of The Animals.
PETER Green was Fleetwood Mac end of love from Ireland 🇮🇪
There's a part 2 to this, quite different! Peter Green, and Danny Kirwan, were some great guitar combo!
The first incarnation of the band was completely different from the pop band that made all the hits. Peter Green founded the band as a blues rock band. Green was considered one of the guitar giants of his day. He resisted the spotlight and often chose to support the other band members rather than taking the lead. This one is a good example, where Danny Kirwan plays lead guitar to Green's rhythm. Green was a hug influence on Carlos Santana. Green wrote Black Magic Woman and recorded it on Fleetwood Mac's third(?) album. When you hear it, you can immediately hear where Santana got much of his sound. B.B.King once said Green's guitar playing had the "sweetest tone" and gave him "the cold sweats." One of finest Green's Fleetwood Mac blues recordings on RUclips is their cover of King's I've Got A Mind To Give Up Living. It is from the opening weekend of The Warehouse in New Orleans. Use those words as search terms to find it. It is well worth the listen. As a bit of trivia, FM performed that weekend with the Grateful Dead. That weekend is when the Dead were "Busted down on Bourbon Street, set up like a bowling pin", which they referenced in their song Truckin.
The blonde guy playing in the middle, Danny Kirwan, was a monster on guitar too!!
He WAS! And a great songwriter. A quiet, sensitive guy who was an incredible musician. Many of the songs on Then Play On were written and sung by him. R.I.P. Danny. (btw, some of the music moved him so much that he actually cried while playing at times).
The great Alan Price introducing them. Great Geordi accent
There were 2 Fleetwood Mac's the blues/rock band led by the groups founder Peter Green which he named by combining part of the first part of the surnames of the drummer Mick Fleetwood and bass player John McVie. Under Green the above was a big hit and other well known tracks were Black Magic Woman that Santana did a cover version off, Man Of The World and the classic guitar instrumental Albatross.
This is an all time classic... So supersedes it’s era !!
check out Rattlesnake shake Boston blues... improvised genius ; then the Green manalashi live on 6 string base solo! 3 lead guitarists and one hell of a trip... one of the greatest heavy blues live sets ever
Yes, 24 minutes of pure bliss!
One of the greatest songs of all time .
Early Fleetwood Mac had hits with "Albatross" and "Black Magic Woman", later a great hit for Santana. In the beginning FM were very blues orientated.
He wasn't "with" the band, he created it.
They were formed in '67 btw, before Christine Perfect, later Christine McVie joined, and long before Stevie Nicks. The original Fleetwood Mac was the absolute best! The sound was different, and the vibe was different. Peter Green was second to none. Danny Kirwan had magical hands and was a great songwriter as well; he was amazing. Jeremy Spencer could sound just like Elmore James, playing blues w/the slide guitar. Mick Fleetwood and John McVie were also great of course. Listen to "Rattlesnake Shake" from the Boston show in 1970; mind blowing.
Barracuda was a Heart single. This is the original FM and absolutely brilliant blues based outfit.
One of the best riffs ever. Really wonder what they'd have been if he did go sideways on it.
They did a lot of good stuff even after Peter Green left up until Bare Trees album, then they changed, to the LA sound. Was there day 1 with this group. They evolved like MF's. Not too much of a fan of their newer stuff, because grew up with the blues with them, then the beautiful melodic stuff in Future Games, and Bare Trees. Was in Vietnam when this video came out. Love this song.
Peter Green formed and was the leader of Fleetwood Mac until he left the band.
He was originally in John Mayall's Blues Breakers, then left to form FM.
This and hypnotized are my favorite Mac songs
Watch Fleetwood Mac Black Magic Woman live or Ive Got A Good Mind To Give Up Living live by Fleetwood Mac!! PLEASE!
Welcome to the original Fleetwood Mac. The version with Nicks and Buckingham is the third version. The second version with Bob Welsh and Christine McVie was a great band in its own right.
The recorded version was - as always - better - capturing the tight playing on the riff and giving the drums more prominence. Interesting to see them falter a bit on the second verse, those bongos should not have been there then, thus Peter Green's little laugh! MK1 Fleetwood Mac made some classic tracks which remain 60s classics "Albatross" is a masterpiece of dream music, "Black Magic Woman", "Need Your Love so bad" and "Man of the World" are must-hear tracks from the first incarnation of this band.
It would be good to hear Oh Well part 1, followed by Oh Well part 2.
Twin/Triple lead guitars before other bands became the 'first' to feature twin leads.
You should react to the Green Manalishi With The Two Pronged Crown . Most people know that song from the Judas Priest cover.
Still my favorite version of Mac
Is that Alan Price on the keyboards - Peter Green, genius
Love Peter Green.
RIP PG and DK
Tom Petty liked to cover this live in concert.
Fleetwood Mac sold out to the American dollar when it became a British American band. The band would have benefited from not having Nicks and Buckingham. Could Christine Mcvie have shared the song writing and lead singing with Peter Green?
The Rockets(Detroit) made a great remake.
For a time back in 69 Fleetwood Mac were bigger than The Beatles.
They were big, but not that big! Their fandom was much less broadly based.
This video isn't even gonna go bacterial
Our videos never do
'Hypnotized' is another
Then Play On by Fleetwood Mac is a must listen-reaction or not.
You didn't play *Oh Well Part 1 & Part 2??* Part 2 sounds like it belongs in the movie *The Good, The Bad & The Ugly.* Even Buckingham/Nick's Fleetwood Mac still play Oh Well, Part 1 live.
Please explore Fleetwood Mac “ Then Play On “
That's only part one.
you never heard of albatros
My idol❤
Try Green Manalishi .... also ‘awesome’
Missed the best part, the bass solo.
Do green manalishi with the two pronged crown
Are you guys are actually this ignorant.? Plus heavy riffs did not start in 1979.
Yes we are. Are you this much of a jack ass ?
Not prescribing tho. Do some homework.
We are not doctors, you don't 'prescribe' to our channel, you 'subscribe'.
Do some grammar homework.
Can you people try to stick to the studio version instead of the many variations of live?
We do what the patron requested.
It’s well known in England my lad🇬🇧