Peter Green, RIP

[jimsumner]

Co-founder of Fleetwood Mac, when they were a blues band.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-53539989

[OldPhiKap]

Co-founder of Fleetwood Mac, when they were a blues band.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-53539989

“Oh, Well” is better than anything they wrote during the pop years. I’ll fight the man who says otherwise.

[devildeac]

“Oh, Well” is better than anything they wrote during the pop years. I’ll fight the man who says otherwise.

My wife informed me of this minutes ago.

Agree with OPK; great song.

[OldPhiKap]

My wife informed me of this minutes ago.

Agree with OPK; great song.

I knew Mrs.dd was a woman of taste.

[Stray Gator]

“Oh, Well” is better than anything they wrote during the pop years. I’ll fight the man who says otherwise.

Here's a pretty good rendition by another pretty good band:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=735d...ature=youtu.be

[jimsumner]

Green also wrote "Black Magic Woman," which became one of Santana's better-known songs.

[fidel]

“Oh, Well” is better than anything they wrote during the pop years. I’ll fight the man who says otherwise.

I haven't heard this since I was a kid. Great tune.

[cspan37421]

Here's a pretty good rendition by another pretty good band:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=735d...ature=youtu.be

Not bad, but I'm partial to The Rockets' version, which pre-dates Tom Petty's by decades*, and IMO the arrangement from which the Heartbreakers borrow heavily.

https://youtu.be/yi9aM-GWiUo

With respect to Green, it's worth reading up on the incident in Munich, and hearing what Mick, and especially John, had to say about it in interviews. Pardon the word choice but it really seemed to be heartbreaking for them.

* The TP concert in the YT video was from 2006; I'm implicitly assuming TP & the HBs haven't been doing it since the mid 70s or something. Perhaps not a good assumption ... but I still like the Rockets' version better.

[weezie]

“Oh, Well” is better than anything they wrote during the pop years. I’ll fight the man who says otherwise.

Agreed. It usually takes one or two chords of any latter FMac songs to make me lash out and change the radio. Can't stand their drivel songs.

[ncexnyc]

Let's not forget, "Green Manalishi", which latter became a staple for Judas Priest.