Peter Green´s Fleetwood Mac Coming Home

[MrBluesrules]

Thought I heard Elmore James here.

[Petri547]

Late Elmore James.He died way too young.

[josaldinho1883]

one of my idols and heroes mr peter green

[kharmabum]

This is Jeremy Spencer on guitar, vocals and also songwriting. Most people think Peter Green was the only guitarist in Fleetwood Mac, but this is mos def not the case.

[fuzzygreenduck]

@kharmabum Peter Green--Bob Brunning---who left to be replaced by John Mcvie. Mick Fleetwood on drums, then Jermey Spencer joined. Then Danny Kirwan joined. They had a session broadcast by the BBC in 1968. I still remeber hearing that. They were briliant live, as good as anyone I have heard.

[1470timmy]

But Peter was the blue sole of this Group and era so i dont matter who did slide peter was the man

[stasch7856]

Believe it or not, the piano player is probably Christine Perfect, future wife of John McVie and official member of Fleetwood Mac starting with the Future Games album.

[HSECMAN]

finally-white guys who can slow down enough to sing the blues properly! good voice for it too

[HSECMAN]

finally-white guys who can slow down enough to sing the blues properly!

[IceCubeJohnson]

That's easy, Spencer on lead guitar and vocals, but who is doing the piano?

[philnunn1969]

@IceCubeJohnson the slide/lead part is definetly jeremy spencer peter green rarely if ever played slide in fleetwood mac

[chippy783]

you two are nuts, pete's in the lead

[juanbarea69]

Jeremy spencer was a great songer too

[louiseduvee]

Luke Edney has that two-guitar thing going. He's 17 now, and at 15, I knew he was a prodigy. Greetings & thanks from Memphis, Tennessee:)

Love all the comments, by the way.

[Jockopain]

The real Fleetwood Mac.

[FlightoftheSpeedKing]

That quote would be perfect, if not for the fact that Jeremy Spencer is the man doing all of the slide guitar in Fleetwood Mac...but I'm sure that's been said a hundred times.

[harrythegrass]

is jeremt spencer the guy with the round head and kinda afro thing?

[BluesmanDizzy]

Yes, that's him.

Funny thing is that Jeremy hated to play on any of Peter's songs.

Most of the times he refused to do so, whereas Peter played rhythm guitar on Jeremy's numbers without any objections.

When you hear slide guitar numbers from Fltw. Mac. , nine out of ten times it's Jeremy.

He also did a lot of Elvis and other R&R singer imitations during life performances.

Hardly ever a song of his own making.

[lazur1]

The earliest Green/Mac stuff was almost painfully sparse because of Spencer's no-play attitude. Luckily, Peter was so good you can focus on him & nothing else matters. Danny Kirwin was added so Peter could get some backup. I love all the original band's stuff, but my favorites, the really magical, personal, original, not quite straight blues material Peter Green evolved to do is the sound of Green & Kirwin. Spencer might be playing maraca.

[lespaulloon]

Yea and hes a useless slide player!

[fuzzygreenduck]

I have seen Jeremy Spencer play slide. I can not figure how you say he is useless.

Aged 18 he had such touch. No inhibitons about his singing at all. John Mcvie said he was the best Enlish Slide Guitar player he had seen. But no Disrepect to you. Its all about opinions. I heard in 1968 Fleetwood Mac Play live at the BBC. They were as good as anybody live. and i include the Beatles in that also

[lespaulloon]

i just feel he never really tried to do anything more than the E.James stuff, maybe he didnt feel as if he needed to because of the other to guitarists but i just feel there were and are better ones out there . . .. .Warren Haynes . . . Derek trucks . . . . Oh yea and that guy who playes with john mayer . . . . not sure of his name but he has got a sweet touch.

[lazur1]

The world should always have at least one Elmore James, and it can't be Elmore himself. Lil' Ed Williams plays a "fun" version of the James style. // Robby MacIntosh plays/played with Mayer..also the Pretenders, Mark Knopfler, & Paul McCartney. Trucks / Allman ,etc, aside from being more original, never really played in the James tradition in the first place. It'd be shame to lose it.

[TheBrowndawg]

@lazur1 i love elmore james's music dearly but i think the reason blues is now thought of as an old mans genre is because people feel the need to play in the style of the older masters, very few are bringing anything new to the table, the scene has become so recreationist. for instance you mentioned lil ed, he has some great songs but for every great one, he has 6 songs that sound dusty and dated because he lifted a riff out of an elmore song or a hound dog taylor song. the blues used to be

[TheBrowndawg]

@lazur1 edgy and relevant. i love iit to death but i can understand why it doesnt appeal to as many as it once did.

[lazur1]

@TheBrowndawg Every older style becomes less relevant as new styles grow out of current circumstances, but it looks to me like blues is bigger than ever: Artists of three generations touring & recording, large well-attended festivals all over the world. To my ears, the typical new artist isn't referring back to the older styles -enough-.

[TheBrowndawg]

@lazur1yeah i guess so guys like oli brown and davy knowles and such do a great job of making the genre their own, its just for every guy who' gets it', theres a dozen who are genuinely ripping off the general public. i saw joe bonamassa at bluesfest at byron bay this year and i thought what a fucking poser yet there was a great local band chase the sun, who put him to shame and brought something new to the table, languished at the bottom of the bill.

[TheBrowndawg]

@lazur1 once the suits arent involved, blues will reign again

[legbider]

I saw Jeremy playing in a band at Seward Park in Seattle, 1970, soon after joining "the children of God". I asked him how he tuned his slide guitar. "E majah" is all he said.

[mattmurrey]

what you saw them live! Was that in london? Ah man, I'm so bloody jealous, my mum grew up in the 60's in richmond and saw ALL the bad boys, waters, stones, fleetwood.. you name it, it was at eelpie island! I was born in the wrong era, lame. Seeing peter green next month in London though! get tickets while you can! One off london show! plus he looks ALOT better nowdays

[Nightlight35]

He's the one who became a pedophile.

[harrythegrass]

calm down surely not?

[Nightlight35]

Oh come on, he joined children of god, now known as family international. Do your research.

[harrythegrass]

aye but whats the truth is that you beliving what the paper says or whatever, is it just a scandal to sell?im no cult fan lol but their surely not all nutters

[Breatherable]

Nightlite35: You would really need very good proof of such an accusation,other than because you "heard it somewhere"

[Onelovefeeble]

Jeremy Spencer was obsessed with Elmore James and i know for a fact that Elmore did this song so it's safe to say that it is Jeremy Spencer playing slide guitar and singing. Also if u watch any footage of them playing this song live u can see Peter Green playing the rhythm guitar and Spencer on slide and vocal duties.

[fuzzygreenduck]

I do not think anyone knows this but i have seen a Newspaper headline that said Jeremy Spencer..NEVER.Played on a Fleetwood single. Jeremy wanted to play Elmore James stuff. But I do rate the man for his slide playing. . But Peter wanted to move on with the Blues

music, to expand his music . All Jermey wanted to do was play Elmore James. A year or so before Peter left he wanted more input from the other group members., it did not happen, of he went to do his own thing.

[Fr3derick]

Excellent!!!

Grandma mary

[sam19851]

Specner on slide for sure...

[zurichstudios]

"I won't stand no pushin round!" so cool

[JasonNorthBlues]

Jeremy Spencer sing and plays the slide guitar on this track. Peter Green played rhythm guitar... very well.

[slidestr]

hence the deletions!

[slidestr]

Interesting, GerryJoson. I certainly did not mean any of it in a bad way! To the contrary.

What I meant was I tried to do it with a slide 'cos I couldn't do it with my fingers the way BB and Pete could!

Sorry it came across that way.

[MysteryHunterz]

in fact its peter green on slide here... :)

Not only can you hear it, it also is stated in B.B kings statement shown in this video ... :)

[dot18]

This is definitely Jeremy Spencer playing slide guitar and singing

[buskerbuoy]

Ireland? Is that where 60's rock legends retire these days?

[Punorss]

I listen to this song everday going to work.

I sit there like a nutter in traffic jams playing air slide guitar.

[YoGroucho]

I agree man

[snackleforkofemir]

I thought Jeremy Spencer played all the slide in Fleetwood Mac, and i ain't a bettin' man, but i reckon i'd be safe to say this is Spencer singing too.

[strangeones4]

You would be correct. This is Jeremy Spencer. If Green is anywhere on this song, he's playing rhythm guitar.

[thebluesrockers]

@strangeones4 if you listen close, you can tell there is only one guitar player. good call. Fleetwood Mac has had so many different members. still this was a great Jam. Jerry Spencer gets forgot about by most Mac fans. I am glad to see you know your history.

[quonston]

@thebluesrockers I listened closely and there are at least two guitar tracks here. I'mnoy sure how you can tell who is playing rhythm, but the slide playing certainly sounds like Spencer.

[MysteryHunterz]

Peter Green did slides too ;)

[dot18]

Peter certainly did play slide excellently ,but not on this track ! He also played fine harmonica,and bass on occasions, during his time with Fleetwood Mac(but never any keyboards as far as I know .but of course Jeremy did play the piano with FM ).

THD

[Jenscool]

NOW THAT'S THE BLUEZ!

[feliciatiana]

what a funky tune, I just love it. Thanks, do you have "Underway"?