Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac - The Early Years (documentary)

This documentary (1994) charts the course of the early years of Fleetwood Mac between 1967 and 1970.

Despite Greeny's objection to the record company, the early Fleetwood Mac was initially known as:

'Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac'

There early members of Fleetwood Mac were:

Peter Green - Guitar, Vocals
Mick Fleetwood -  Drums
John McVie -  Bass Guitar
Jeremy Spencer -  Guitar, Slide Guitar, Vocals
Danny Kirwan -  Guitar

However, whilst many viewers will appreciate the enormous talent and mainstream success (1975-87) of the later Fleetwood Mac (Mick Fleetwood, John and Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks), typically they will have little or no appreciation of the band's formation and early years (1967-70).

And so it is; a documentary of the early years of Fleetwood Mac, whose devotion to the blues music of America was so deeply felt and appreciated from the period between 1967 and 1970.

But their work didn't stop there. Songs like 'Oh Well', 'Man Of The World' and the very dark 'The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Prong Crown)' set new standards that would inspire others in the British Blues Rock genre and beyond.

Peter Green as a blues guitarist is unique. Whilst EC (Eric Clapton) was delivering the most blistering rendition of Robert Johnson's 'Crossroads' with Cream, Greeny seemed to enjoy a more fugal and restrained style that altogether was as equally enjoyable and fresh.

A small British blues band, Black Cat Bones, supported Fleetwood Mac on occasions, and it is no surprise to those familiar with their young guitarist, Paul Kossoff, that Peter Green would form an integral part in the development of Koss and his unique playing style, which would shine so brightly in the band Free, and later with his own band, Back Street Crawler.

Text: Nigel Baird, April 2013 (on YouTube)

(Peter Green's) Fleetwood Mac - The  Early Years (documentary)  https://youtu.be/373FZTkU2Tw :

Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac Live 1968-70 : https://youtu.be/T8v_OC3zWCM :

Peter Green / Man of the World (documentary)

BBC documentary

Legendary blues guitarist BB King named Peter Green as one of the greatest exponents of the blues, and the 'only guitar player to make me sweat'. If Green had only written Black Magic Woman, his name would still have a place in blues rock history forever.

His three short years leading Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac saw the band established as one of the biggest-selling groups of the 1960s. Yet at the height of their fame Green left the group, with his life spiralling into turmoil as drug-induced mental health issues took control. Rumours of his demise began to spread, and sightings of him became notorious.

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