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The Dark Elf 
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 Topic: RIP Peter GreenPosted: July 25 2020 at 10:48 |
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R.I.P. to one of my favorite guitarists, Peter Green of the original Fleetwood Mac. One of the great blues musicians of the 1960s and early 70s, he could live inside an Elmore James or Robert Johnson song like he was sitting in their kitchen. So the next time you hear "Oh Well", "Green Manalishi" or "Black Magic Woman", know that those are Peter Green songs.
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Posted: July 25 2020 at 11:02 |
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R.I.P. Really love Peter´s period of Fleetwood Mac! "Then Play On" is bluesrock masterpiece! He did great job also in Mayall´s Bluesbreakers.
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Posted: July 25 2020 at 11:04 |
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Just heard this news. Extremely sad, a genius who was also a tortured soul for many years.
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Posted: July 25 2020 at 11:10 |
Sad day R.I.P Greeny
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Posted: July 25 2020 at 11:14 |
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Just heard it on the news. Really sad.. Such a soulful and sensitive guy; 'Then play on' is a cornerstone of where british blues met soulful folk psychedelia, a monument to his memory. And boy, could he play guitar... The song Albatross made me cry when I heard it as young boy and it still does when I hear it now. RIP Peter and thank you.
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Posted: July 25 2020 at 11:39 |
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Oh, how sad. I loved that version of Fleetwood Mac. Very, very sad loss indeed. So glad we got to hear him and we now have his music to enjoy forever.
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Posted: July 25 2020 at 11:43 |
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Saddened to see the news broken when I switched set on. Exceptional player.
R.I.P. Peter Green |
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Posted: July 25 2020 at 13:18 |
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RIP Mr Green, thanks for the great music........Man of the World!!
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Posted: July 25 2020 at 13:41 |
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For 1970, one of the darkest rock songs ever written, both lyrically and in compositional content.... |
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Posted: July 25 2020 at 14:20 |
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RIP to one of the greats.. huge of fan of the group.. in all phases.....
listened earlier to the Boston Tea Party live album... easily a top 10 alltime great live recording. though listening to it... I must admit to being saddened all over over again.. by the passing of Kirwan several years ago. Another talent cut off far too early by his own demons. I always thought he was the true talent and genius of that 3 headed.. and all completely bat sh*t crazy.. 3 headed guitar monster. Some say Welch saved the Mac.. no .. it was Kirwan. Who was the reason Mac became some more than a party band doing 12 bar blues into something more.. which Green gave him credit for .. and who much like Dicky did after Duane passed.. managed to step out from their group leaders shadow and show their immense (equaling if not exceeded their more famous band leaders) talents and allow their groups to thrive and live long and prosper.. RIP Peter....the cosmic bar and grill will have one hell of a jam tonight.. good example of the two of them playing off of each other.. |
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Posted: July 25 2020 at 14:21 |
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Posted: July 25 2020 at 14:41 |
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I grew up with Judas Priests' Green Manalishi and Santana's Black Magic Woman. I never realized that they were covers of Green's Fleetwood Mac songs until much later in life. And of course, I was familiar with post-Green Fleetwood Mac. I only got around to exploring early Fleetwood Mac in recent years. He was a great guitarist and it is sad news that he has passed on.
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Posted: July 25 2020 at 15:04 |
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so sad, RIP Peter
"Oh Well" is in my top 5 Fleetwood Mac songs easily, and I'm a big fan. From blistering boogie to neo classical ending that I have no doubt inspired Mike Oldfield. And yes Micky it was Kirwan who saved the band. Apparently Welch hated his stint with the Mac. He daid he felt there was some back story or deep motivation in the band that they were keeping a secret from him!
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Posted: July 25 2020 at 15:52 |
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Then Play On is a longtime favorite of mine and probably the clearest look into Green’s soul on record.
His first solo record, End of the Game, is quite a trip too. Almost a Miles Davis album (think Jack Johnson) in spirit. |
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Posted: July 25 2020 at 17:43 |
 yeah but it couldn't have been an easy band to be a member of... I mean even before Buckingham and Nicks it would have been the gold sordid standard episode of VH1's Behind the Music. though it reality.. if one really wanted to point a finger at who kept Mac alive.. who saved it.. alive through all the years, all the changes, all the drama, the burn outs, the desertions, the firings, all the disasters... you could say its leader from the start... Mick Fleetwood
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True, Mick Fleetwood was the glue - he also has a great sound ("Hypnotized"!), but that band has had some talent pass thru - Jeremy Spencer was brilliant, so were Kirwan and Welch, but Peter Green.....BB King said he played with all those UK cats but only Peter Green had any depth of emotion - he said his playing made his blood run cold.
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Posted: July 28 2020 at 11:27 |
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I guess the best white guitarist of blues.
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Posted: July 28 2020 at 12:49 |
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An icon and a true electric blues genius. RIP Peter.
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