Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2020 9:24 am Post subject: PA Green's sweet tone has left us
Peter Green, a most talented guitarist, who played with John Mayall, as a very worthy replacement for Clapton, and who founded Fleetwood Mac, has passed.
Before someone beats me to it, according the the Legend BB King:
"He has the sweetest tone I ever heard; he was the only one who gave me the cold sweats."
Oh, and for all those who think Carlos Santana wrote, Black Magic Women . . . it was Mr. Green who composed the song. _________________ "A metronome keeps time by using a Ringo"
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Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2020 9:49 am Post subject:
Just saw that. We lost another great talent and contributor to the music we love.
RIP _________________ You thought God was an architect, now you know
He’s something like a pipe bomb ready to blow
And everything you built that’s all for show
goes up in flames
In 24 frames
You know Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac recorded Black Magic Woman before Santana had a huge hit with it, and both of them played it together at the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, pretty much playing the Santana version:
For the FM version, see here:
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What a loss, and the consensus here is that he was very underrated, and I totally agree.
His version of Freddie King's The Stumble on the Bluesbreakers album A Hard Road was amazing:
link _________________ “Properly read, the bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.”
― Isaac Asimov
In the UK, Fleetwood Mac had five top 5 songs, three written by Peter Green (Albatross their only #1) and two by Christine McVie. Like Roxy Music, and early Bowie, they were HUGE in the UK, while they were less appreciated in the US.
In the US, typically with a much more pop and bubblegum oriented market, they had five in the top 5: One by Nicks (Dreams their only #1 here), three by McVie, and one by Buckingham (Tusk by Buckinham just missing at #6).
Another note, Rhino will be releasing a box set of eight CD's (as well as a four LP vinyl one) titled Fleetwood Mac 1969-1974, that begins with Then Play On, on through to Heroes Are Hard to Find. It is unfortunate that the early LP's on Blue Horizon and other labels are not included as these contains all their early bluesy stuff.
I seem to be in a minority in that I like all incarnations of the band, less the brief period after Welch and before Buckingham and Nicks. _________________ "A metronome keeps time by using a Ringo"
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