R.I.P. Peter Green

[Danny E]

Peter Green, guitarist, singer-songwriter and co-founder of Fleetwood Mac, died yesterday (25/07/2020) aged 73.

R.I.P

 

[JimK]

Listening & revisiting some of his stuff today...I had forgotten how good his vocals were.
RIP.

 

[Texas_Jazzman75]

Another great musician too soon gone, but a legacy that will forever live on. RIP Peter Green. Also not to diminish this but also learned Bob Kulick, brother of longtime KISS member Bruce Kulick, and an unknown guitarist in the early history of the band has passed away.

 

[brianrost]

Believe it or not, Peter Green was working as a bassist before he joined John Mayall.

 

[roller]

A nice post from photographer Ross Halfin highlighting a great moment from earlier in the year shared between Metallica's Kirk Hammett (who owns Greenie) and Green.

 

[Blueinred]

RIP Peter. It was a hard ride but you hung in there like a real trooper. Much love.

But the age old question remains:

Was he referring to a Black Magic----Woman, or a Black----Magic Woman?

 

[JimK]

But the age old question remains:

Was he referring to a Black Magic----Woman, or a Black----Magic Woman?

Question of the day.
Honestly, years ago when I got Abraxas on my 13th birthday...I thought the lady on the cover was the "Black Magic Woman".
Eventually, I learn that the cover art is a depiction of The Annunciation.
I used to read everything on the LP/album cover/liners...I wondered who Peter Green was & why he wasn't in Santana.

 

[Chubby Fingers]

Was he referring to a Black Magic----Woman, or a Black----Magic Woman?

It was actually about a woman who stole all the creams out of a box of chocolates:

 

[Chubby Fingers]

BTW the modern PC term is prestigitation of color.

 

[Chubby Fingers]

I wish that was the case.

Better one day as a lion and all that...

 

[kobass]

RIP Peter.

 

[jnewmark]

Those first two Fleetwood Mac records were a lesson in how to play Classic Blues the right way. The only band that came close was Paul Butterfield's first few records. RIP, Peter Green.

 

[Doublesixes]

Oh man, Peter's sound, soul and guts, incomparable. RIP Peter.

 

[57pbass]

A nice post from photographer Ross Halfin highlighting a great moment from earlier in the year shared between Metallica's Kirk Hammett (who owns Greenie) and Green.

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Many years ago “Greenie” was on display at The Philadelphia Guitar Show. Being a huge Fleetwood Mac .. John McVie fan..
I asked the guy managing the booth if I could play it and maybe take a picture. To my surprise he was really nice and agreed. I played it about 5 minutes unplugged. Took a few pix and had a nice conversation with the guy.

 

[roller]

Back in '06, Greenie found it's way into the hands of a local store/appraiser where a friend of mine was working. Out of the blue one day, my buddy reached out to me and invited me to swing by because they had a couple of things I would get a kick out of, including Greenie. He had cleared it with the owner of the store to allow me to stop by and check things out.

As if spending time with Greenie wasn't cool enough, also present was one of Jimi Hendrix's Stratocasters, a 1966 model used during the Electric Ladyland sessions and to record "Foxy Lady" and "Hey Joe". See below.

All in all, an exciting, fun, mind-blowing day. I got to spend an hour or so with both guitars, snapped lots of photos and made memories I'll have the rest of my life.

Greenie was selling for a million bucks that day. It's yo-yo'd in price over the years... apparently, Kirk Hammett paid two million. The selling price of the Jimi Strat that day was $750,000. I heard it now belongs to John Mayer.

Many years ago “Greenie” was on display at The Philadelphia Guitar Show. Being a huge Fleetwood Mac .. John McVie fan..
I asked the guy managing the booth if I could play it and maybe take a picture. To my surprise he was really nice and agreed. I played it about 5 minutes unplugged. Took a few pix and had a nice conversation with the guy.

 

[roller]

Very nice. Sounds like you may have interacted with the same person my buddy was working for.

Many years ago “Greenie” was on display at The Philadelphia Guitar Show. Being a huge Fleetwood Mac .. John McVie fan..
I asked the guy managing the booth if I could play it and maybe take a picture. To my surprise he was really nice and agreed. I played it about 5 minutes unplugged. Took a few pix and had a nice conversation with the guy.

 

[Blueinred]

It was actually about a woman who stole all the creams out of a box of chocolates:

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Ah ha! Now we know! Struggled for years over that. We always played Santana's version and our singer would sing "I've got a black magic marker" and nobody even noticed. He also got away with "You've got to change your underwear, baby" on "Evil Ways" and they never caught that, either. People............sheesh.

 

[57pbass]

Very nice. Sounds like you may have interacted with the same person my buddy was working for.

The guy was super friendly. I circled a few times and waited until he was alone in his booth. He was super super kind. When I sheepishly asked him to get a picture he told me to take a seat in his booth and he placed the guitar in my lap. He took the photos too. There were a few other hi end guitars on display as well..not the Hendrix strat though. I’ll have to locate these photos.

 

[MichelD]

Back in '06, Greenie found it's way into the hands of a local store/appraiser where a friend of mine was working. Out of the blue one day, my buddy reached out to me and invited me to swing by because they had a couple of things I would get a kick out of, including Greenie. He had cleared it with the owner of the store to allow me to stop by and check things out.

As if spending time with Greenie wasn't cool enough, also present was one of Jimi Hendrix's Stratocasters, a 1966 model used during the Electric Ladyland sessions to record "Foxy Lady" and "Hey Joe". See below.

All in all, an exciting, fun, mind-blowing day. I got to spend an hour or so with both guitars, snapped lots of photos and made memories I'll have the rest of my life.

Greenie was selling for a million bucks that day. It's yo-yo'd in price over the years... apparently, Kirk Hammett paid two million. The selling price of the Jimi Strat that day was $750,000. I heard it now belongs to John Mayer.

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Great experience to remember but just for historical accuracy Foxy Lady and hey Joe were recorded in 1966 and Electric Ladyland wasn't built until 1970.

 

[roller]

I was referring to the Electric Ladyland album... not the Electric Lady Studios. See my attachment in my last e-mail.

Great experience to remember but just for historical accuracy Foxy Lady and hey Joe were recorded in 1966 and Electric Ladyland wasn't built until 1970.