I miss my friend and grateful that Greeny asked me to a put a band together for him when he left the priory hospital in 1981. This started him back on the road to his eventual recovery. I still have copies of the beautiful roots music we made together. Rest easy my friend. Gone but never ever forgotten xx
I had the pleasure of seeing (Leeds Irish Centre)Peter Green and the Splinter Group about the same time as this video. Initially he was reticent, but gradually grew in confidence in the second set. It was then that his talent and genius shone through. One of the greatest British guitarists ever, great voice and great songwriter. Congratulations also to Nigel's immense talent and for bringing, probably dragging Peter back at this point. RIP PG X
Peter Green WAS Fleetwood Mac. Their early stuff with PG not only stands up today...it blows 99% of it away! Brilliant songwriter, magical voice & virtuoso on guitar...nothing more to be said. Thank you for the memories & “may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest”. RIP.
Absolutely great to see Peter Green back where he belongs with guitar in hand. After the nightmare of his past life, it fills my soul to see this wonderful guitarist and song writer make his comeback with The Splinter Group. Kudos to the other lead guitarist for his fine instrumental performance. From the shots it is clear that Peter is so happy. So awesome.
That's Nigel Watson. Larry Tolfree on drums. I think the keyboard player is Roger Cotton, but I don't know who the bass player is. The guy in the original Splinter Group was Peter Stroud. Could be him.
This is the original buddy. Judas Priest covered it. Listen to the one Peter played back in the day with Fleetwood Mac. There is no darker song than that And he basically invented progressive heavy rock with that
@@blackcatsarenopussies ... I was referring to the original by Peter which to my mind pointed the way to all metal. I was around and kicking at the time Peter Gree was at his height. I like Judas Priest but, I agree, they cannot match the original Fleetwood Mac.
@@jimandlizhudson2501 sorry, thought you meant Judas Priest version. Indeed, the FM's original was very much some kind of a proto heavy metal, progressive rock kind of stuff. Very ahead of its time I would say
Wow! Peter Green is HERE! I loved your playing from the time I was in my mothers womb and to hear and see you play is like an unreal dream come true...We all love you and your band PETER GREEN. I am a huge fleetwood mac fan also.
Peter Green in my opinion was a very modern sounding guitarist, far in front and forward thinking than most of the musicians at the time. Green and Hendrix gave guitar fans a glimpse of what future guitar musicianship would become. As many of the next decade of guitarists had been inspired by their slick technical playing and imaginative, original music compositions. Peter Green inspirational playing was short lived but shone brightly. His excellent musicianship promised so much but wasn't to be. Peter Green, the Paul Gascoigne of British guitar heroes 😏✌
it was gpod to see peterback to is normal self again and performing after is metal heath problems in the 70 s 80s only wished syd barrett could have done the same r i p peter
I am a HUGE fan of Fleetwood Mac but mainly the Stevie & Lindsey years. But I love this! I often wonder what would of happened to Fleetwood Mac if Peter Green never took acid! Such a shame what happened to him! So many years lost. But it is great to see him back doing what he does best! x
THIS, boys and girls of today, is what is known as ROCK N fucking ROLL. By a master that comes along once in a generation and thank the gods that is my generation.
I'm fan of the mid 70's FM line-up too. Was a major soundtrack of my childhood (mom) but I e just discovered THIS a month ago (hits self on side of head). Lol..it was a favorite time of my life too, age birth to 3. Just kidding. I'm just grateful to have learned about it. All I knew was the JP version I first heard covered at a 7th grade dance. Good, but this is beyond most anything I've heard. Can't stop listening & am grateful Peter's still here! His music & life, awesome. Creator, survivor.
Lovely man. It was great to see a proper resurrection. Due to everything he had been through he was on 40 percent of his energy level, but you want someone like that to be happy and feel everybody is grateful that he is back. Is he still playing by the way?
hi kirky,saw peter green also,yes i would prefer musically his style,and i do love lydsey as a guitarist also,i have all the music from them,and love it all ,i think both,band changes were excellent,,please im not knocking you,but rumours must of been one of the biggest albums of all time,both line ups were good,i would get it difficult now to say which were better,i couldnt answer that,loved all
Ooops sorry mate replying late, yes i can be a twat, to answer your question, yes bands do evolve, i will go with that, but the beatles went from a pop band to psychodelia with a blues twist, fleetwood went from a blues band to a pop band, the engine room was never mick or john it was peter, i still say green manalishi was a piece of musical genius, but very dark, maybe why i love bands like led zep, black sabbath, soundgarden, audioslave, radiohead, metallica, it's all dark but great music.
Funny that, because on every single one of my Cd's, LP's, DVDs & books, it says "Fleetwood Mac"...... Stop ranting to everyone who has a different opinion!
Sorry to comment so late after you made your comments, but weren't they even officially named "Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac" for their first couple years too? I have to agree, I "like" the 70's lineup, but it remains the best of what it is: a pop group. It is not an assembly of some of the greatest musicians ever, which is a whole other plain of existance.
Alan Lloyd- I think the bias of some people comes from the raw talent that Green had/ has. But all the guitarists in Mac were very good in their own right, as you said.
Well that depends on what Punk your talking about. The early stuff Misfits, Ramones, Black Flag etc was excellent stuff. But again once it became a popular thing the quality deteriorated. Like anything else, once a music becomes a "style" it becomes a parody of itself. What was it Ice-T said "It's pretty sad rappers today talk about "the streets" and being a thug...yet they live in Mansions, have their personal drivers and make millions off of endorsements...yet somehow they are still suffering
And before everybody forgets, early fleetwood mac were a blues band through and through, not you can go your own way, thats stealing a name to make a name with another set up, american soft rock shit.
You wonder you really do wonder how Peter would do developed without the years of absence.Best blues guitarist in the world?Interesting that Joe Bonamasa tries to develop that Peter Green sound.Pity it all happened to him.
Ah, Father time and a fuck load of bad acid. Loved this track when I was ten. Raw, mystical and dangerous. This sounds like the house band at the local masonic club, doing a request.
oh and just to finish off, listen to need your love so bad, another great tune, not pop, blues. Pop kills music, the blues, rock, country, rap, soul, grunge, indie all of that keeps it alive, don't get me onto punk cos it wasn't even rock and it was just failed pop singers.
I'm really sad to see the GREAT Peter Green in such bad condition. I really love what he did with Mayall and Fleetwood Mac, but this... No... I just hope that it helps him to get a living.
The stevie and lindsay years are not fleetwood mac, peter was, forget about what happened to him, i've already made a comment about him elsewhere, HE WAS fleetwood mac, this song is fleetwood all the way, the man is genius, mick fleetwood took his soul and sold it to everybody else, IT WAS PETER GREENS FLEETWOOD MAC.
I like both line-ups, but I was disappointed that they 'went their own way' without renaming the band to create the distinction. They certainly are not the same band.
Cord LaFond- I honestly think if Green stayed away from LSD, and stayed with FM, they would have been as big as Led Zeppelin. Peter is a very ominous songwriter, which makes for great pieces of music.
Why in world should they have donated their money to charity? This was the profession they chose. It's what they do to make a living. Donating their money would not allow them to continue doing it. What a ridiculous notion.
No, why should i, peter greens fleetwood mac were blues, fleetwood mac were shit, if you know your music or were born when this band first appeared you'd know what i was talking about. Peter green formed the band, fleetwood was just the drummer, peter screwed up with drugs and ended up in a lunatic asylum but mr fleetwood went mainstream which mr green didn't want and for me i adored all peters work, why should i be happy someone else stole his fame and made money from it or do i have to a twat.
You can be a twat! All bands evolve (compare The Beatles 1962 to 1969 for proof of that!), band members go their own way (sic), but the music lives on - as it should. The engine room has remained unchanged (Mick and John), and the history and memories will always remain. In closing, Then Play On!
good lord this is lame. its completely toothless. I feel like I'm in the old folks home playing acoustic "Layla" at half the speed of Unplugged. clean Strats.... lead guitarist using his thumb???? please.
Coldacre, you also have to understand Peter Green at the time of these performances, still a great player, but a shadow of his legendary self (frontman of the original Fleetwood Mac). This song, a Fleetwood mac song, in original form, is considered one of THE prototypical Hard Rock/Heavy Metal songs.