I just reiterated what you said. The guy doesn't know Peter Green or Fleetwood Mac. But I bet he loves Lanslide and drools over Stevie Nicks. Apparently Peter is too "dark." 😂😂😂
I love all stages of Fleetwood Mac. They are a band that went through so many metamorphosis. And each version of the band has something different, special, and unique to offer. 😁
@@stj971 Everyone can have the pop side. Very good music, but I don't care for 70s pop. It drove me to AM classic C&W instead. The white version of the blues, 3 chords and the truth. Great stuff!
This is the original Fleetwood Mac. A huge blues band both in the UK and America. A blues legend such as B.B.King said that of all the guitarists of the British blues boom to come to America that Peter Green was the only player that he was worried about and that he thought had the chops of an original blues musician... CANNOT GET BETTER THAN THAT. Oh yes.... Mick Fleetwood and John McVie are the two original members left... Peter Green named the band after them...!!! Hence Fleetwood Mac
At times during the 60's Fleetwood Mac actually outsold The Beatles, songs like Shake Your Money Maker, Black Magic Woman, Need Your Love So Bad, Rattle Snake Shake, The Green Manalishi and the incomparable instrumental Albatros also Oh Well pt2 is also instrumental and quite futuristic for the time almost prog
Specifically, FM sold more singles in the UK in 1969 than ANYONE. Bigger than the Beatles, the Stones, the Who, anybody. Back-to-back-to-back from Albatross (#1) to Man of the World (#2) and then this, another #2 hit.
Been waiting for someone to stumble across this one. I was born in ‘57 and heard this as a young kid, but was years later before I found out it was Fleetwood Mac. Was quite surprised to hear that, as Fleetwood had made the big change by then and became very popular. Great tune and can see the influence on the other songs.
After hearing songs from the Rumours album on the radio, I decided I needed a Fleetwood Mac album for my record collection. Imagine my surprise when playing the record and I heard Peter Green's vocals and realized that it was an awesome blues album!
Fun facts: One of the most iconic Guitar Riffs on his legendary "Greeny" Gibson Les Paul. Peter sold it to Gary Moore for $150.00 , next Gary sold it to Kirk Hammett from Metallica for $2 million!
I read that everyone was mystified by the unique tone of that guitar. No one knew why it sounded different. Green took it to a shop for some maintenance work and the tuner disvoered that one of the pickups had been wired backward, causing the two pickups to be slightly our of phase.
@@merrillhess5626 The magnet inside the neck pickup was turned around 180 degrees. I have a set of Greeny Pickups from Gibson and they sound just like it. very cool sound when you blend the neck and bridge pickups.
Fleetwood Mac is effectively two bands; the original led by founder Peter Green - which you just listened to - and the continuation after Peter Green left. When they then added Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks, and Lindsey Buckingham to the line-up it became the popular powerhouse most people love, me included. But Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac was special and often preferred by discerning music enthusiasts.
Well, wait a minute. You left out the FM era when Bob Welsh and Christine were the driving lyrical force for several albums before Lindsey and Stevie joined up.
@@LarryNeie-lj7zc You even wanna mention Danny Kirwan? wrote/sung some amazing Fleetwood Mac songs- Dragonfly, Sunny Side Of Heaven, Sometimes, Jewel Eyed Judy, Earl Grey all amazing songs, Station Man all deserve a listen.
Although I love the present line up of FM, I love Peter Greens FM more. He was born to play and sing blues rock. It was so sad that he became unwell. An amazingly talented man with the voice of an angel.
Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green, started as a great Blues Band. Great music. I can also recommend Part 2 from Oh well. I remember we had that single. Greetings from the Netherlands. 🎶🎶🎶👍
Oh, yeah! The original Fleetwood Mac! Love this, loved Peter Greene, I'd suggest check out Black Magic Woman from this version of the band. This original version of Fleetwood Mac featuring Peter Greene, and the 2.0 version featuring Bob Welch and Danny Kirwan and adding Christine McVie are my favorite versions of the band. The version 3.0 of the band with Buckingham/Nicks added, is my least favorite version of the band, though they were the pop monsters. For a good example of what Fleetwood Mac 2.0 sounded like, I'd recommend the song called Hypnotized, or the song called Bare Trees...maybe the song called Sentimental Lady, which Bob Welch later re-recorded as a solo artist and had a hit with after leaving the band.
This was the real Fleetwood Mac, the original band that Mick Fleetwood and John McVie said much later was the one they loved most due to their love of the music, and playing with the great Peter Green. Most people know the 3rd version of the band as the real Fleetwood Mac, especially from the Rumours album onwards, and they also were, but the blues had gone into a classic pop/rock format that captivated the world. Loved them, although they were like two different bands.
Danny Kirwan never gets the credit he fully deserves - a major part of this is Danny's guitar work, yet you'd imagine it was purely Peter Green (absolute genius though PG was of course)
Salvo, give their "Hypnotized" a listen. As a Geezer, Ive seen every itineration of Fleetwood Mac since they formed originally as a blues band. The last version with Lindsey Buckingham was the more Pop version and the lineup most know as fleetwood mac. .
I first heard this late night in car begining of a thunderstorm in Texas. I sat in my car mezzmerized for the whole long set of this song and the lyics rocked and stuck with me my whole life. Oh Well....lol
Definitely have to finish this off with Part 2!! Indeed, musically 'unique' for casual Fleetwood Mac listeners, but their early years were full of interesting nuggets like this!
I saw the original Mac when they played our blues club. In Peter Green they had arguably the best blues guitarist---and he could sing too. But credit also to the other members. Mick Fleetwood was a superb drummer. I once had the pleasure/honour of playing bass next to him and I can tell you his "double shuffle" is something to behold.
You need to listen to the live version of “Got a good mind to give up living” often regarded as containing the finest blues solo ever recorded. Peter Green was something else. I saw him with Fleetwood Mac several times in the 1960s and he was remarkable.
Some Fleetwood Mac suggestions (featuring (Peter Green): Black Magic Woman, Need Your Love So Bad, The Green Manalishi, Albatross. Their studio album 'Then Play On' is a classic. As far as live recordings are concerned, their 'Fleetwod Mac - Live in Boston 1970' (HDCD Remastered Full HQ) is simply mind blowing. Over 3 hours of Peter Green and the band playing at their peak, simply brilliant. Another recording worth checking out is 'The Supernatural,' written by Green when he was playing lead guitar in 'John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers' (1967). Enjoy!
Love catching people hearing Peter for the first time!! And , Hehe you heard both parts!! The Goat, The Green God, The Maestro… the best of Fleetwood Mac. In three years, he did so much with the Mac ( his band that he gave up😢) And as Blue Horizon’s studio band, playing on friends albums, & earlier with BluesBreakers! Check out: The Supernatural ( Blues Breakers) His cover of Jumping at Shadows ( live) I could go on and on 💚💚💚💚💚💚
You basically heard the first minute or so of Part 2 thar fades out at the end. It's basically a long intrumental outro to Part 1. So many great songs from this era: Need Your Love So Bad, Love That Burns, Green Manalishi, Man of the World. Thanks for reacting to PG. Too many just focus on the more famous version of the Mac.
You don't hear early Fleetwood Mac much since Christine and Stevie joined the band. I think I'm so familiar with the Aerosmith cover that I didn't realize it was a cover.
the classical guitars was part two, but only a portion it goes longer but really worth the listen. The Peter Green years were my favorite and then the Bob Welch years and then Stevie and Lindsey years and I love the Stevie and Lindsey years.
Then you add the Folk Country sound to Fleetwood through Stevie Nick, Christie McVie, & Lindsay Buckingham you get the sounds of the 70's Fleetwood Mac! Amazing!
Maybe next you could react to HYPNOTIZED. The lead singer at the time was Bob Welch, who preceeded Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. Also, from the Peter Green era, the song LAST NIGHT is worth a listen. Enjoy
This was the one old-school song that remained a concert staple, in Lindsey's day. Peter Green also wrote Black Magic Woman, but Santana scored a much bigger hit with it, than Green did. Another song that was bigger after its Fleetwood Mac release was Sentimental Lady, by Bob Welch. It was a minor hit on FM's 1972 Bare Trees album, but it did much better when Welch re-recorded it and released it as a single, in 1977. In truth, though, you might say is was another Fleetwood Mac version. Mick, Christine, and Lindsey all perform on the newer recording, and Lindsey did the arranging.
The stop/starts in 'Oh, well' became the inspiration for the breaks in Led Zeppelin's 'Black dog'. It's just got to be 'The green manalishi' next if you want more of the rock side of early Mac. Peter Green also wrote some beautiful ballads like 'Man of the world', and cool Blues grooves such as 'Black magic woman' (later covered by Santana)
Hi! ❤ ok, I already know Fleetwood Mac fans are going to eat me up! I believe that when Peter Green was leaving the band one of the band members saw Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. They approached Lindsay about joining as lead guitarist. He said that Stevie was part of the package if he agreed. And history was made!! ❤ If you want to also check out Lindsay and Stevie before they joined Fleetwood Mac I think you would Love the song, "Crystal" from their BUCKINGHAM NICKS album!! It's gorgeous! I would put it with Landslide and Silver Springs!! GOOSIES! 😊❤
The "Spaghetti Western" ending is unexpected but beautiful. I was lucky enough to see Peter Green when he made his comeback in the mid nineties (I think). He hadn't lost any of that talent.
They have quite a few pre Lindsey, Stevie albums featuring , at times, not only Peter Green, but Danny Kirwan and Bob Welch. Great albums, like Bare Trees and Kiln House. Oh. And you gotta do part 2. You kiddin me?
Both parts (Part 1 and Part 2) should always be listened to together. It is one song that was separated into two to support the 3-minute single format.
Like many others have commented, you really need to hear "The Green Manalishi." The history of Fleetwood Mac has many highs and lows, with Peter Green probably being the most tragic figure of all, but the man was insanely gifted and we're very fortunate he decided to form such an iconic band.
The Peter Green era doesn’t get enough love imo. Much as I love Mk2 of FM,I much prefer the early bluesy stuff. Same for The Doobies,same for Chicago etc.
I have heard that the slow instrumental part is supposed to represent Christ's painful walk to the Cross .... Peter struggled with his faith throughout much of his adult life ...... he then went mad for a spell ... he finally found redemption, but he was never the same again ...
Sooo MUCH TO LEARN........ I'm delighted for YOU, that you've discovered the original FLEETWOOD MAC, Founder : PETER GREEN - with DANNY KIRWAN & JEREMY SPENCER. Go and enjoy !!!!!
As great as this is, as successful as the Buckingham/Nicks days are, my personal favorite time was in-between, the "Bridge Period". (The five albums from 1971-1974 with Bob Welch on guitar.) The blend of musical styles from Welch and Christine McVie and (at first) Danny Kirwan (who's playing the second guitar here and left during the struggling years that followed) is just exquisite, IMO, Listen to "Morning Rain" or "Sometimes" or "Future Games" (all from that lineup's first album together) for an idea of the talent on display. (ETA: I see that you have hit "Hypnotized" already, so you're one step ahead of most reactors.) Mick Fleetwood, of course, pretty much hated all the chaos. They'd been superstars and now they were nothing. (Early on, Mick went 2 years without having a date, which Peter Green teased him about in "Rattlesnake Shake". Then the hits came, and suddenly Mick was married to Jenny Boyd, younger sister of Patti Boyd Harrison, Eric Clapton's famous "Layla".) Two years of being the Big Thing and now England didn't want to hear Peter Green's band with no Peter Green. So when Lindsey and Stevie made them stars again, Mick couldn't wait to forget the years in between. Which depresses me a bit, as Danny and Christine and Bob (and Bob Weston, who is a whole other story) are all dead now. I only hope their music lives on. But yes, much Peter Green wonderful work to hit, as well. Pete loved instrumentals, my favorite of those is "World in Harmony".
Green was touched. On one biography someone said he could barely play, a year before he joined the Bluesbreakers. How does that happen? I don't think there has ever been a story that equated genius and madness as well as the Peter Green story.
The old, original Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green, Danny Kirwan and Jeremy Spencer, is the BEST! Other songs I think you'd like are "Black Magic Woman", "Rattlesnake Shake", "Underway" and "Albatross." Albums "Then Play On", blues heavy "Fleetwood Mac", "Mr. Wonderful" and "Pious Bird of Good Omen." Also, Bare Trees, Future Games and Kiln House. After Peter, Danny and Jeremy left, things began to change. The two constants are Mick Fleetwood and John McVie, whom the band is named after.
This is the single edit of Oh Well, Part 1, with the beginning of Part 2 tacked on and fading out. Part 2 is a lot more of that moody part. Like nearly everyone else, I recommend The Green Manalishi, and again the studio version - there are some great live versions (including one with Lindsey and Stevie - actually 2, but the 10/17/75 Capitol Theatre video is the better performance), but only the studio version has what a bandmate referred to as Peter Green's "unearthly howls" over the coda. Bone-chilling stuff, and if "Oh Well, Part 1" is the peak of Green as a bluesman, "The Green Manalishi" is his psychedlic rock peak. And they were the last things he did with the band before leaving. That whole last album that he's on, "Then Play On", is great. And for pure blues, the debut album is fantastic (the 2nd one, not as much).
Definitely check out more Peter Green & Fleetwood Mac "The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Pronged Crown)", "Need Your Love So Bad", "Black Magic Woman" (Santana's version was a cover of this) & "Rattlesnake Shake" would be good songs to get started with.
This pairs off pretty well thematically with a song by Mose Allison called I'm Not Talkin'. Mose first released it in 1964. The Yardbirds covered it in '65 and it became a hit. But i still prefer Mose's original version. It's worth a reaction: I'm Not Talkin' Mose Allison. It's on YT.
This is the real Fleetwood Mac .You really need to investigate them more .Total class.
The real Fleetwood Mac
Thanks .
Been saying it for years
And lead guitar by Danny Kirwan
They're both real or rather all
I just reiterated what you said. The guy doesn't know Peter Green or Fleetwood Mac. But I bet he loves Lanslide and drools over Stevie Nicks. Apparently Peter is too "dark." 😂😂😂
@@big_fat_henBless you for incuding Danny Kirwan. A masterful musician. RIP Danny.
One of my favorite rock songs of all time!!
Man, you need to hear "The Green Manalishi" by the same lineup. This was an excellent choice and reaction.
Seconded. My all time favourite song of Fleetwood Mac.
Thanks for this reaction. Peter Green also wrote “Black Magic Woman” which was successfully covered by Carlos Santana. RIP Peter.
I love all stages of Fleetwood Mac. They are a band that went through so many metamorphosis. And each version of the band has something different, special, and unique to offer. 😁
I never followed them after Peter left. Why?
@@Jahninkme neither
@@stj971 Everyone can have the pop side. Very good music, but I don't care for 70s pop. It drove me to AM classic C&W instead. The white version of the blues, 3 chords and the truth. Great stuff!
The combo of part 1 and part 2 make for one of the best listening experiences.
Just one name, Danny Kirwan, a beautiful soul and great talent.
This is the original Fleetwood Mac. A huge blues band both in the UK and America. A blues legend such as B.B.King said that of all the guitarists of the British blues boom to come to America that Peter Green was the only player that he was worried about and that he thought had the chops of an original blues musician... CANNOT GET BETTER THAN THAT. Oh yes.... Mick Fleetwood and John McVie are the two original members left... Peter Green named the band after them...!!! Hence Fleetwood Mac
The live versions of this song is more primal and heavy. "Green Manalishi" live is a must hear
At times during the 60's Fleetwood Mac actually outsold The Beatles, songs like Shake Your Money Maker, Black Magic Woman, Need Your Love So Bad, Rattle Snake Shake, The Green Manalishi and the incomparable instrumental Albatros also Oh Well pt2 is also instrumental and quite futuristic for the time almost prog
Finally, someone else who knows that Fleetwood Mac came out with Black Magic Woman! Personally, I think it's better than Santana's adaptation. 😁
Specifically, FM sold more singles in the UK in 1969 than ANYONE. Bigger than the Beatles, the Stones, the Who, anybody. Back-to-back-to-back from Albatross (#1) to Man of the World (#2) and then this, another #2 hit.
Been waiting for someone to stumble across this one. I was born in ‘57 and heard this as a young kid, but was years later before I found out it was Fleetwood Mac. Was quite surprised to hear that, as Fleetwood had made the big change by then and became very popular. Great tune and can see the influence on the other songs.
After hearing songs from the Rumours album on the radio, I decided I needed a Fleetwood Mac album for my record collection. Imagine my surprise when playing the record and I heard Peter Green's vocals and realized that it was an awesome blues album!
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The Green Manalishi, Man Of The World, Alnatross - all different. As for the outro - you need to listen to part two. 'nuff said.
Great reaction btw
Fun facts: One of the most iconic Guitar Riffs on his legendary "Greeny" Gibson Les Paul. Peter sold it to Gary Moore for $150.00 , next Gary sold it to Kirk Hammett from Metallica for $2 million!
Kirk only bought it recently, Gary passed away years ago
I read that everyone was mystified by the unique tone of that guitar. No one knew why it sounded different. Green took it to a shop for some maintenance work and the tuner disvoered that one of the pickups had been wired backward, causing the two pickups to be slightly our of phase.
@@merrillhess5626 The magnet inside the neck pickup was turned around 180 degrees. I have a set of Greeny Pickups from Gibson and they sound just like it. very cool sound when you blend the neck and bridge pickups.
It's interesting to hear how the band sounded before Lindsey and Stevie joined.
Fleetwood Mac is effectively two bands; the original led by founder Peter Green - which you just listened to - and the continuation after Peter Green left. When they then added Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks, and Lindsey Buckingham to the line-up it became the popular powerhouse most people love, me included. But Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac was special and often preferred by discerning music enthusiasts.
Well, wait a minute. You left out the FM era when Bob Welsh and Christine were the driving lyrical force for several albums before Lindsey and Stevie joined up.
@@LarryNeie-lj7zc You even wanna mention Danny Kirwan? wrote/sung some amazing Fleetwood Mac songs- Dragonfly, Sunny Side Of Heaven, Sometimes, Jewel Eyed Judy, Earl Grey all amazing songs, Station Man all deserve a listen.
Although I love the present line up of FM, I love Peter Greens FM more. He was born to play and sing blues rock. It was so sad that he became unwell. An amazingly talented man with the voice of an angel.
This is the best version of Fleetwood Mac imo........can't say I really like anything after Green left......totally different band.
Should definitely check out the 2.0 version of Fleetwood Mac - also before Stevie and Lindsay - Hypnotized is the popular track.
Mysterious sounding at the end. Yes, do part two. ❤
The REAL Fleetwood Mac. Peter Green.
YEAH BABY!
"Don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to." I love that!
The best iteration of Fleetwood Mac. Peter Greene's FWM
This is my favourite Fleetwood Mac era.
The ONLY FM
I saw Fleetwood Mac perform this in concert in 1969.
What a bangin riff!! Loved Peter Green. 😊
Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green, started as a great Blues Band. Great music. I can also recommend Part 2 from Oh well. I remember we had that single. Greetings from the Netherlands. 🎶🎶🎶👍
Oh, yeah! The original Fleetwood Mac! Love this, loved Peter Greene, I'd suggest check out Black Magic Woman from this version of the band. This original version of Fleetwood Mac featuring Peter Greene, and the 2.0 version featuring Bob Welch and Danny Kirwan and adding Christine McVie are my favorite versions of the band. The version 3.0 of the band with Buckingham/Nicks added, is my least favorite version of the band, though they were the pop monsters. For a good example of what Fleetwood Mac 2.0 sounded like, I'd recommend the song called Hypnotized, or the song called Bare Trees...maybe the song called Sentimental Lady, which Bob Welch later re-recorded as a solo artist and had a hit with after leaving the band.
Agreed! Also the album "Then Play On" and their earlier albums like blues heavy "Fleetwood Mac", "Mr. Wonderful", and "The Pious Bird of Good Omen."
This was the real Fleetwood Mac, the original band that Mick Fleetwood and John McVie said much later was the one they loved most due to their love of the music, and playing with the great Peter Green.
Most people know the 3rd version of the band as the real Fleetwood Mac, especially from the Rumours album onwards, and they also were, but the blues had gone into a classic pop/rock format that captivated the world.
Loved them, although they were like two different bands.
Absolutely the Mac I loved and grew up with !!...
I love this song!! Great Peter Green song. One of the best rock n roll songs ever!
Danny Kirwan plays lead on this one. PG singing and rhythm guitar.
Kirwan is tragically overlooked.
Danny Kirwan never gets the credit he fully deserves - a major part of this is Danny's guitar work, yet you'd imagine it was purely Peter Green (absolute genius though PG was of course)
Salvo, give their "Hypnotized" a listen.
As a Geezer, Ive seen every itineration of Fleetwood Mac since they formed originally as a blues band. The last version with Lindsey Buckingham was the more Pop version and the lineup most know as fleetwood mac. .
That last part, I call that the reach-around. It's absolutely epic.
I first heard this late night in car begining of a thunderstorm in Texas. I sat in my car mezzmerized for the whole long set of this song and the lyics rocked and stuck with me my whole life. Oh Well....lol
Please do “Hypnotized” from 1973. It’s one of my favorite songs by any band!!🩵 This was before Stevie & Lindsey joined the band in 1975.
From the Bob Welch era.
Early FM had a very, very different sound before Stevie & Lindsey joined them in 1974.
Definitely have to finish this off with Part 2!! Indeed, musically 'unique' for casual Fleetwood Mac listeners, but their early years were full of interesting nuggets like this!
I saw the original Mac when they played our blues club. In Peter Green they had arguably the best blues guitarist---and he could sing too. But credit also to the other members. Mick Fleetwood was a superb drummer. I once had the pleasure/honour of playing bass next to him and I can tell you his "double shuffle" is something to behold.
"Man of the world" is another great one.
This spoke to me as a teenager so much I have the lyrics on my wall!
Fleetwood Mac with Attitude!! Love It!❤
My favorite Fleetwood Mac era.
That multi CD "50 Years - Don't Stop" is fantastic and covers a very wide range of Fleetwood Mac sound(s).
Thanks for sharing this reaction, good stuff
One of the coolest songs ever to be performed!! Oh Well!!
Goes REALLY well with ZZ Top's Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers 😊
You need to listen to the live version of “Got a good mind to give up living” often regarded as containing the finest blues solo ever recorded. Peter Green was something else. I saw him with Fleetwood Mac several times in the 1960s and he was remarkable.
Absolutely 🎸
Green Manalishi next 👍
Yes definitely
Maybe my favorite early Fleetwood Mac song. The Judas Priest cover is great as well. 🤘
If you want heavy, go for 'The Green Manalishi', but for sheer class, look no further than 'Black Magic Woman', 'Man Of The World' and 'Albatross'.
Some Fleetwood Mac suggestions (featuring (Peter Green): Black Magic Woman, Need Your Love So Bad, The Green Manalishi, Albatross. Their studio album 'Then Play On' is a classic. As far as live recordings are concerned, their 'Fleetwod Mac - Live in Boston 1970' (HDCD Remastered Full HQ) is simply mind blowing. Over 3 hours of Peter Green and the band playing at their peak, simply brilliant. Another recording worth checking out is 'The Supernatural,' written by Green when he was playing lead guitar in 'John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers' (1967). Enjoy!
Love catching people hearing Peter for the first time!! And , Hehe you heard both parts!!
The Goat, The Green God, The Maestro… the best of Fleetwood Mac. In three years, he did so much with the Mac ( his band that he gave up😢)
And as Blue Horizon’s studio band, playing on friends albums, & earlier with BluesBreakers!
Check out:
The Supernatural ( Blues Breakers)
His cover of Jumping at Shadows ( live)
I could go on and on
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you have to see the live version of this the bandat the time wa sPeer Greens Fleetwod Mac
You basically heard the first minute or so of Part 2 thar fades out at the end. It's basically a long intrumental outro to Part 1.
So many great songs from this era:
Need Your Love So Bad, Love That Burns, Green Manalishi, Man of the World. Thanks for reacting to PG. Too many just focus on the more famous version of the Mac.
Og Fleetwood. I loves this Soo much!!
I heard Brian Johnson (AC/DC) hosting a radio show one time, and he recommended the live version from St. Louis on his show.
Hi Salvo missed you this is sooo rocking!!!! 😜😜😜
You don't hear early Fleetwood Mac much since Christine and Stevie joined the band. I think I'm so familiar with the Aerosmith cover that I didn't realize it was a cover.
Christine Perfect/ McVie started with FMac studio sessions in '68 and became a member in '70. Lindsey and Stevie joined in '75.
The live version is awesome!
Now THIS is Fleetwood Mac.
the classical guitars was part two, but only a portion it goes longer but really worth the listen. The Peter Green years were my favorite and then the Bob Welch years and then Stevie and Lindsey years and I love the Stevie and Lindsey years.
The Rockets did a fantastic cover of this.
Have loved them for so many years
Was fortunate enough to see them live and to Stevie live on her own
Then you add the Folk Country sound to Fleetwood through Stevie Nick, Christie McVie, & Lindsay Buckingham you get the sounds of the 70's Fleetwood Mac! Amazing!
The original Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac.
Maybe next you could react to HYPNOTIZED. The lead singer at the time was Bob Welch, who preceeded Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks.
Also, from the Peter Green era, the song LAST NIGHT is worth a listen. Enjoy
This was the one old-school song that remained a concert staple, in Lindsey's day. Peter Green also wrote Black Magic Woman, but Santana scored a much bigger hit with it, than Green did. Another song that was bigger after its Fleetwood Mac release was Sentimental Lady, by Bob Welch. It was a minor hit on FM's 1972 Bare Trees album, but it did much better when Welch re-recorded it and released it as a single, in 1977. In truth, though, you might say is was another Fleetwood Mac version. Mick, Christine, and Lindsey all perform on the newer recording, and Lindsey did the arranging.
Fleetwood's Black Magic Woman is better. 😁 At least, that's what I think.
Our band used to do this...........big fun.
FM also had a guitarist named Danny Kirwan, who's best work was on the Bare Trees album. Any song from that album is worth a listen.
Oh well part 2 follows naturally directly after part 1 - surprisingly... (The Haim sisters has made a live cover of part 1)
The stop/starts in 'Oh, well' became the inspiration for the breaks in Led Zeppelin's 'Black dog'. It's just got to be 'The green manalishi' next if you want more of the rock side of early Mac. Peter Green also wrote some beautiful ballads like 'Man of the world', and cool Blues grooves such as 'Black magic woman' (later covered by Santana)
Hi! ❤ ok, I already know Fleetwood Mac fans are going to eat me up! I believe that when Peter Green was leaving the band one of the band members saw Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. They approached Lindsay about joining as lead guitarist. He said that Stevie was part of the package if he agreed. And history was made!! ❤ If you want to also check out Lindsay and Stevie before they joined Fleetwood Mac I think you would Love the song, "Crystal" from their BUCKINGHAM NICKS album!! It's gorgeous! I would put it with Landslide and Silver Springs!! GOOSIES! 😊❤
The "Spaghetti Western" ending is unexpected but beautiful. I was lucky enough to see Peter Green when he made his comeback in the mid nineties (I think). He hadn't lost any of that talent.
They have quite a few pre Lindsey, Stevie albums featuring , at times, not only Peter Green, but Danny Kirwan and Bob Welch. Great albums, like Bare Trees and Kiln House. Oh. And you gotta do part 2. You kiddin me?
Both parts (Part 1 and Part 2) should always be listened to together. It is one song that was separated into two to support the 3-minute single format.
Peter Green was a genius, voice and guitar. Albatross is a masterpiece.
Like many others have commented, you really need to hear "The Green Manalishi." The history of Fleetwood Mac has many highs and lows, with Peter Green probably being the most tragic figure of all, but the man was insanely gifted and we're very fortunate he decided to form such an iconic band.
The OG Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green's FM doesn't get enough recognition anymore... People focus on Rumours era FM, so thanks for doing this one.
you almost have to think of them as 2 bands...1 pre-rumours and 1 post-rumours. for me, the post rumours fleetwood mac is one of the best bands ever.
I would say more like 3 bands green, post green, then Buckingham/nicks. Maybe even four dividing the post green era in two.
The Peter Green era doesn’t get enough love imo.
Much as I love Mk2 of FM,I much prefer the early bluesy stuff.
Same for The Doobies,same for Chicago etc.
My bestie's husband is ALLLLLLL into Peter Green-era FM.
I have heard that the slow instrumental part is supposed to represent Christ's painful walk to the Cross .... Peter struggled with his faith throughout much of his adult life ...... he then went mad for a spell ... he finally found redemption, but he was never the same again ...
HYPNOTIZED
Have you heard the original Black Magic Woman from early Fleetwood Mac? Some raw Bluesy rock on their first album as well.
This is the real Fleetwood Mac. Try out a cover version with the American band Haim. At Glastonbury live in 2014. A very good performance.
you need part 2 as well
Sooo MUCH TO LEARN........ I'm delighted for YOU, that you've discovered the
original FLEETWOOD MAC, Founder : PETER GREEN - with DANNY KIRWAN & JEREMY SPENCER. Go and enjoy !!!!!
He mentioned Landslide. That isn´t Fleetwood Mac.....that is Mick Fleetwood and friends
Yes, there was an earlier iteration of Fleetwood Mac that many people don't know about... and they kicked @ss.
As great as this is, as successful as the Buckingham/Nicks days are, my personal favorite time was in-between, the "Bridge Period". (The five albums from 1971-1974 with Bob Welch on guitar.) The blend of musical styles from Welch and Christine McVie and (at first) Danny Kirwan (who's playing the second guitar here and left during the struggling years that followed) is just exquisite, IMO, Listen to "Morning Rain" or "Sometimes" or "Future Games" (all from that lineup's first album together) for an idea of the talent on display. (ETA: I see that you have hit "Hypnotized" already, so you're one step ahead of most reactors.)
Mick Fleetwood, of course, pretty much hated all the chaos. They'd been superstars and now they were nothing. (Early on, Mick went 2 years without having a date, which Peter Green teased him about in "Rattlesnake Shake". Then the hits came, and suddenly Mick was married to Jenny Boyd, younger sister of Patti Boyd Harrison, Eric Clapton's famous "Layla".) Two years of being the Big Thing and now England didn't want to hear Peter Green's band with no Peter Green. So when Lindsey and Stevie made them stars again, Mick couldn't wait to forget the years in between. Which depresses me a bit, as Danny and Christine and Bob (and Bob Weston, who is a whole other story) are all dead now. I only hope their music lives on.
But yes, much Peter Green wonderful work to hit, as well. Pete loved instrumentals, my favorite of those is "World in Harmony".
Green was touched. On one biography someone said he could barely play, a year before he joined the Bluesbreakers. How does that happen? I don't think there has ever been a story that equated genius and madness as well as the Peter Green story.
The old, original Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green, Danny Kirwan and Jeremy Spencer, is the BEST! Other songs I think you'd like are "Black Magic Woman", "Rattlesnake Shake", "Underway" and "Albatross." Albums "Then Play On", blues heavy "Fleetwood Mac", "Mr. Wonderful" and "Pious Bird of Good Omen." Also, Bare Trees, Future Games and Kiln House. After Peter, Danny and Jeremy left, things began to change. The two constants are Mick Fleetwood and John McVie, whom the band is named after.
This is the single edit of Oh Well, Part 1, with the beginning of Part 2 tacked on and fading out. Part 2 is a lot more of that moody part. Like nearly everyone else, I recommend The Green Manalishi, and again the studio version - there are some great live versions (including one with Lindsey and Stevie - actually 2, but the 10/17/75 Capitol Theatre video is the better performance), but only the studio version has what a bandmate referred to as Peter Green's "unearthly howls" over the coda. Bone-chilling stuff, and if "Oh Well, Part 1" is the peak of Green as a bluesman, "The Green Manalishi" is his psychedlic rock peak. And they were the last things he did with the band before leaving. That whole last album that he's on, "Then Play On", is great. And for pure blues, the debut album is fantastic (the 2nd one, not as much).
Ahhh, the REAL Fleetwood Mac,... finally! enjoy! ;-)
Definitely check out more Peter Green & Fleetwood Mac "The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Pronged Crown)", "Need Your Love So Bad", "Black Magic Woman" (Santana's version was a cover of this) & "Rattlesnake Shake" would be good songs to get started with.
oh well pt 2 = spaghetti western soundtrack
This pairs off pretty well thematically with a song by Mose Allison called
I'm Not Talkin'. Mose first released it in 1964. The Yardbirds covered it in '65 and it became a hit. But i still prefer Mose's original version. It's worth a reaction:
I'm Not Talkin' Mose Allison.
It's on YT.
They are like two different groups.
Best peter Green era song or least my favorite from his era
Peter Green era Fleetwood Mac. Don't miss out on the Bob Welch era either...he came just before Buckingham/Nicks.
One of my favorite FM songs - Joe Jackson and The Rockets have both done great covers of this as well.
Black Magic Woman
Which was covered soon after by Santana and made their break-through.