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WorriedAboutYou
Man the greats really are are leaving us now, it really brings things into focus when you hear about such legends passing. Peter Green has always been this mythical, monolithic talent that shaped the sound of British rock music and influenced countless, endless bands in his wake. Peter was an exceptionally emotive, tasteful and distinctive player, his passing is a huge loss and I will miss his beautiful playing. RIP to a true legend of rock music.
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jbwelda
Then Play On and Kiln House were Fleetwood Mac at their finest, imo.
Peter Green, Danny Kirwin, Jeremy Spencer were a powerhouse, even though Green didn't play on Kiln House, it seemed like it contained his spirit.
I caught them before Then Play On came out, they were playing a lot of that material. I forget exactly when this was but at this little dive in Sacramento called The Sound Factory, a 4 band bill, "British invasion" I believe it was titled: Jethro Tull (right after releasing first album I think), Pink Floyd (immediately post-Sid Barrett), Fleetwood Mac and headlined by Savoy Brown.
What a line up and I was immediately most impressed with the guitar lineup of the Mac.
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tomcasagranda
Nobody seems to mention his avant-garde improvisational album, End of The Game; it's a gem.
Likewise, there's a preoccupation that he disappeared off the radar after Fleetwood Mac's Then Play On (1969-1970). That's totally untrue; he did some rather wonderful albums from 1979-1983, and then resumed with the Splinter Group in the late 90s. He still made some excellent music.
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tomcasagranda
Nobody seems to mention his avant-garde improvisational album, End of The Game; it's a gem.
Likewise, there's a preoccupation that he disappeared off the radar after Fleetwood Mac's Then Play On (1969-1970). That's totally untrue; he did some rather wonderful albums from 1979-1983, and then resumed with the Splinter Group in the late 90s. He still made some excellent music.
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Kingbeebuzz
Not sure who edited my post (the first post ) by adding a link to the BBC plus a picture plus adding to the title of my post.......but I wish to let that person know (whoever they are )......don’t change my posts, make your own post.
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JMARCOU
cà fait vraiment chier à la fin,tout ces génis qui sont remplacés par des merdes,ça me fait pleurer;je me demande si je préférerai partir avant Mick ou/et Keith ? ....
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DGA35
Did Peter or the band have any interaction with the Stones? I don't recall ever seeing pics of them together at any parties, backstage, etc.
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batcave
"Y’know, there have been some great English blues bands in the 60s and 70s and some great singers. I loved Stevie Marriott; he was one I hoped would stick around for a while. What a great voice and guitar player. And a lot of other cats too like Jeremy Spencer and Peter Green and you’d wonder where they’d come from. These guys are playing the blues and they really are doing it.” - Keith Richards 2015
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RollingFreak
Interesting to see him mention Jeremy. I've always liked this 5 piece of Mac but didn't realize till I'm revisiting it now how limited Spencer was. He literally did two things: the same Elmore James riff or 50s doo wop stuff. 1. It was very out of character with the rest of their catalogue, 2. its jarringly unoriginal when you stack it against Peter Green. I'd think. Again, nothing against Jeremy, and I guess I always just thought it was a more even work ethic. But it really seems like Peter was creating these masterpieces, and they had to get Danny, who in the end really blossomed on his own, to work with him, because Jeremy was essentially gonna do his own thing. By his own admission too. Not trying to take anything away from Jeremy, but I always saw he and Peter mentioned in the same breath and I'm realizing now most of what I assumed was Jeremy was actually Danny and Jeremy was just kinda there, even though he played those Elmore James songs great.
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DGA35
Did Peter or the band have any interaction with the Stones? I don't recall ever seeing pics of them together at any parties, backstage, etc.
Keith played with Mick Fleetwood on the Jerry Lee Lewis tv-gig.