Fleetwood Mac blues guitarist Peter Green dies at 73
Source: Washington Post
Peter Green, the dexterous blues guitarist who led the first incarnation of Fleetwood Mac in a career shortened by psychedelic drugs and mental illness, has died at 73.
A law firm representing his family, Swan Turton, announced the death in a statement Saturday. It said he died peacefully in his sleep? this weekend. A further statement will be issued in the coming days.
Green, to some listeners, was the best of the British blues guitarists of the 1960s. B.B. King once said Green has the sweetest tone I ever heard. He was the only one who gave me the cold sweats.
Green also made a mark as a composer with Albatross, and as a songwriter with Oh Well and Black Magic Woman.
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BootinUp
(47,209 posts)and he was able to play in public again, RIP Mr. Green.
Mendocino
(7,520 posts)RIP Peter
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2naSalit
(86,900 posts)The only Fleetwood Mac albums I have are the ones with him playing. They never lived up to that level afterward and I was done with them when they included Buckingham and Nicks.
Kid Berwyn
(15,033 posts)The Supernatural is something beyond this world.
Peace to you and yours, Mr. Green.
Lars39
(26,117 posts)Feeling Good
cos dem
(903 posts)So sad that most people have no idea who he is. I recently introduces a long-time Fleetwood Mac fan to early PG material. He was blown away.
So much great music:
- Black Magic Woman
- Rattlesnake Shake (...psychedelic hand-shaking...
- Green Manalishi
- Man of the World
- Oh Well
- Albatross
totodeinhere
(13,059 posts)It seems that we are losing more classic rockers all the time.
With gratitude for this silky experience...
love_katz
(2,585 posts)The pictures and music are the perfect pairing. Thank you. I do need this right now.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Lovely...nostalgic....
turbinetree
(24,745 posts)He left his mark. Peace to you Peter.
Mopar151
(10,006 posts)"Don't ask me `bout the state I'm in, cant sing, ain't pretty, and my legs are thin...."
SkyDaddy7
(6,045 posts)I didn't follow Peter Green's career plus a line in the article seem strange to me...
I can totally understand mental illness playing a role in the length of an artist career...But did psychedelic drugs really play that big of role in ending his career it was worth mentioning?
...I ask, because I've never heard of "psychedelic drugs" doing that to someone...Pills, Heroin, Cocaine, etc., YES!
...Would it have been factually correct for the author of the article to have simply said "mental illness shortened his career" or without his indulging in psychedelic drugs his career could've potentially carried on even longer?
Thanks!!