Fleetwood Mac Black Magic Woman live London 1970

[RosaLichtenstein01]

Brilliant version -- but could do without the wah wah peddle.

Thanks for posting!

[fieldfullofthistles]

Tremendous post. Love the putside notes he starts playing around 6.32 onwards.

[RosaLichtenstein01]

Without doubt, in his prime, the best blues guitarist the UK has ever produced.

Mega thanks for posting this!

[mrswimmyboy]

I believe this recording is from Roundhouse in London, the last

gig Peter Green played as a member of Fleetwood Mac. (He later

joined a tour to play after Jeremy Spencer disappeared.) Another

exceptional track is "I've Got a Mind to Give Up Living" from

Stockholm 1970. Slow blues guitar heaven...

[kentishtowncowboy]

Peter Green. Wonderful writer and marvellous Soulful guitar.

[apachescalp]

THIS FUCKING VERSION BLOWS OF BMW MY MIND EACH TIME I HEAR IT..I FIRST HEARD THIS ON A BOOTLEG YEARS AGO AND WENT MAD TRYING TO FIND IT!...THE MANNER IN WHICH GREEN ELICITS THE HAUNTING SOUND FROM HIS LES PAUL CAPTURES THE MEANING OF THE SONG SO WELL....

[cryrocker]

Man, where was I when this sh__t was going down ?

[woodsy1405]

Pious Bird of good omen was our fave Brit blues album for years.Fab stuff

[robertvamoldo]

Peter Green and Szabo Gabor. Thats why the song has hungarian folk music parts. Great song.

[tomrom7]

@robertvamoldo No, Black Magic Woman was written by Peter Green. You're thinking of Santana's version, which was merged with Gypsy Queen, written by Gabor Szabo.

[carysatch]

Peter Green is one of the most overlooked and under-rated wellspring of incredible ingeniuty .... too many folks missed giving credit where it's due. 8]]

[arfurchance10]

This still sends shivers down my spine late at night, awesome.

Ray

[strangeones4]

2:18- 2:56 is the prequel to: 3:31- END. Carlos Satana was a fan of Peter Green. It's obvious by this recording, Carlos Santana never equaled Peter Green with his song.

1) Santana removed the male organ reference (magic sticks, vs. magic STICK)

2) Santana removed the great blues jam, and made it Spanish/Mexican. That live Fleetwood Mac BMW blues jam live needs to be in the Library of Congress. That is British Blues beyond Led Zeppelin.

[impala327]

Man. Listen to that VOICE! There were other guitar greats at that time in England but none of them could sing like that. Clapton? No. Page? No. Beck? No. etc.....apples and oranges in the end, but, jeebus, he could play, sing AND write...

[ScottT248]

I did not mean up until the Stevie/Lindsey era, I meant right up to through the Stevie/Lindsey era. I love the Stevie/Lindsey era the best, but the older FM is great too.

[Barnekkid]

This is the real thing.

[akazepeda]

Yes, being Mexican I love Santana but Peter's style is much bluesier. Green is sooo underrated!

[bigbuzman]

@akazepeda actually Peter Greenb treally is not under rated at all - BB King called him one of the very greatest Blues guitarist of all times - and I agree - he's my all tyime favorite and his singing is outstanding in every way and he has quite a loyal following of serious music lovers .

[akazepeda]

@bigbuzman I've been listening to some of his other work with the Bluesbreakers and I agree with you, he is one of the best. I can't believe I knew so little of him, I'm a big fan of British guitarists such as Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards & Mick Taylor, I'm adding Green to my favorites.

[ScottT248]

I love all era's of the Fleetwood Mac from the Peter Green era right up until the Nicks-Buckingham era. The boys in the rhythm section (Mick Fleetwood and John Mcvie) certainly knew how to put together some of the best bandmates around. Even the Bob welch era was pretty cool. Great stuff here though. Thanks for sharing.

[zaldivarjohn]

Back when Fleetwood Mac was the blues,was when they were the best.

[maximilianjazz]

yes for sure

[scottus1955]

so very soulful..peter green IS the shit!

[doublemandala]

Very excellent video...

[ovneb]

freaky video....

[ThePpapppp]

this is thee original by peter green &fleetwood mac when they were still cool

[LongLiveTheBlues]

@ThePpapppp lol true Peter green is got too be the most underrated bluesman in the world for me i think he is easily up there wiv clapton buddy guy bb king etc.

[tombstonejackson]

@LongLiveTheBlues Peter was amazing wasn't he. But IMHO THE most underrated Blues guitarist has got to be Johnny Winter. He was the only white guitarist to ever be REALLY accepted by the Black Blues masters. He is also probably the most consistent, Yep Johnny has got to be right up there.

[strangeones4]

@LongLiveTheBlues Did Johnny Winter get to play guitar for Eddie Boyd, and Otis Spann for studio sessions during the late 60's? Johnny Winter was acceptable because Peter Green quit the music industry 5/70, and Eric Clapton decided to go on a heroin kick for 18 months.

[Sillach]

This guitar sound is pure magic, listen to it!

[jaynez31]

No one play like PG expept Gary Moore who used own PG:s 59 Les Paul.

[furie1984]

@jaynez31 True !!!

[furie1984]

@jaynez31 True !!! 

[GoodVibesOfficial]

♪♫♥ ! 

[hellgate67]

I never knew!!!!!!!! Fleetwood Mac performed this song before Santana? Well, back in 1960s I listened to Santana's version first. His version will stay my favorite but this is very nice too! I can imagine playing this over and over on my 8-track player! Oh, those days!

In some of the other posts here I notice some discussion about Peter Green. Honestly, I don' t know him. He plays well. The problems of Fleetwood Mac seemed to come embedded in the group. What music they gave us!!!

[strangeones4]

@hellgate67 There was no "Black Magic Woman" from Santana before September of 1970. If you heard this song in the decade of the 60's it was the Peter Green version.

This version kills previous live FM versions (Boston), and Santana. This is pure fast paced blues, Otis Rush style, just on a different plane of great blues music.

Would I rather hear a blues guitar conversation between Danny Kirwan, and Peter Green, with wah-pedal, or fast tapping of congas? N.S. not needed.

[strangeones4]

@strangeones4 I'm sorry Carlos, the secret is out....this version kills anything Santana did, and is Peter Green's last live performance in London with FM a full month after he supposedly went "crazy". Does Peter Green sound crazy to "you"? This version is just....wow!

[SilsDrumtiK]

This Fleetwood Mac is soo different and better then the Fleedwood Mac I know from their soft popish love songs with woman vocals, damn... are they the same band??

[LynKatherine]

@SilsDrumtiK Peter Green founded Fleetwood Mac, naming the band after Mic Fleetwood and John McVie. The band went through several line up changes after Peter Green left, including the addition of Christine Perfect who married John McVie and later added the 2 Yanks Buckingham and Nicks. Yes, they were once pure blues before transforming into a pop band.

[TomkinEuler]

@LynKatherine Don't forget the "Mystery to Me" period! a happy California kind of sound, with songs like "Hypnotised"..

[IXIBobOhIXI]

Green. The only guitarist I know that can conjure black magic.

[kindashi]

@mrJJ123guitars.

Fleetwood mac, especially peter green wrote the song, Santana's just did a cover.

[boazyu]

The ultimate Peter Green Solo.

All Hail God Peter Green !!!

[gsasko]

Unbelievable playing and vocals!

[strangeones4]

I invite all Carlos Santana fans to hear this version, and question where Carlos "got it". I also now know why Peter Green began to use his wah-pedal for solos. It was to shut out Danny Kirwan.

[strangeones4]

This is late 4/70 London from Wolfgang's Vault? This is audio proof that Peter Green didn't "lose it" on acid in Munich one month before ala Barrett, Spence, or Erickson. It's a convenient Fleetwood Mac myth to explain why Peter Green would leave at the top of his powers. Green felt FM was leaving him "boxed in". Compared to Boston 2/70, this is some of the best live Peter Green ever recorded. This is what happened to Danny when he re-joined FM for six weeks early '71.

[DisturbedPickle]

PG at that time showed a fantastic personal slant to the BB blues and produced a tone and talent for melodious playing which, in my humble opinion, has never been equalled!

Nuff said.

[mcddtlc]

What an INCREDIBLE Version of this song - this shows you why so many thought Peter was the best of the best!!

MLC

[123451a]

why are the pictures so scary

[bluesgunner]

Some of this sounds like material from 'End of the Game'. Danny Kirwan, as brilliant as he was then, is floundering here. Greeny is on another level.

[bizarrobryann]

what album is this off of?

[pause10two4]

@bizarrobryann It was a Fleetwood Mac single in 1968 and then on their 1969 compilation albums "English Rose" (US) / "The Pious Bird of Good Omen" (UK)

[bushibayushi]

Peter Green nailed the solo here, my god, 200% load of emotion

[rowanslong]

i lovw this song its fucking insane

[shimergalz]

this is soooo better than santana's one

[mrJJ123guitars]

@shimergalz its pretty good but you cant remix something so legend. i personaly think the real virsion is classic. fleetwood made a good remix but not better than the true version

[diannec100]

@mrJJ123guitars The true version? Peter Green wrote the song, the true version, if you like. He also performed the song in a lot of different "versions," like this one. Santana's song was a cover of the original. He remixed it, not the other way around. Learn before you post.

[mrJJ123guitars]

@diannec100 oh hahahahahaha!!! sorry man now i feel stupid. but i really like santana's . haha sorry dude. im gunno go put myself on time out.

[TomkinEuler]

@shimergalz Better? the latin percussion and drive of the Santana version still gives me chills. But listen to the rolling, slightly ahead of the beat, drumming of this rhythem section! and the way it starts, a sustained chord, stopped cold by the first beat of the drum.. it's all good, no?

[santanafan2004]

@shimergalz, not better just different, both great.

[valois89]

@shimergalz

You are, like, sooo right

[AngeD771]

@shimergalz

You have Got to be Kidding .- This is OK but not better than Santana - Please!

[canada2love]

I listened and thought by myself, how he fires these notes in the universe, after a while I was aware of your cool animation, the candle. Sometimes everything is 100% alright.

Thank you!

[szekelymihai]

yeah. nice pictures. what did you use to achieve the effects?

[Oszych]

Amazing !

Pure Magic !

It's a pity that I can only imagine this athomsphere on both sides of stage . . .

[cutis1000]

Wow! What an awesome psychedelic version!! I love it!!! Is there more of this concert available???

Like mana from heaven!!!

[Tzaosirus7]

Very nice version!

Thanks!

[backfromthedead22]

tone to just die for, Greenbaum really was god

[smithdsmit]

I dont like this song but its neat to hear FWM do it

[Tzaosirus7]

Do it?

Peter wrote it!

[smithdsmit]

kool.I didnt know that.Peter green is like the harder version of dylan. song writting wise.He wrote lots of tunes others made famous.like dylan did.I like FWM's version of this tune.I dont care for santana's.I thought it was ok tell I head this version

[Tzaosirus7]

Yup... Think it's one of his first...

Yeh, I don't feel Santana's version either...

You should watch on youtube: The Peter Green Story (1/12)

[stevienickslover]

do like this!!

[vanu49]

Great upload. Tks. Very interesting videographics.

[hannixpannix]

Energy, dynamic and timing - all in one *****