He still got class. I saw him in Sydney last year. Soulful as ever. His riffs gave me goosebumps. We managed to have a chat with Peter and Mike Dodd after the gig and he is definitely all there. :)
whatever in the hee haa heck happened to peter green to make him turn out like this must have really been major life changing............. what is he wearing, a costume from the movie the ten commandments?
I have never really heard of Peter Greenbaum before until i was brousing the music videos and heard of Fleetwood Mac before. Then i started listening to Peter's, The Stumble, that is truly amazing sound of guitaring . Hav'nt heard a good feeling of it in a while. Just a great feeling.
Peter Greens "original" tone, that was first heard in early Fleetwood Mac, was directly due to his guitar. His Les Paul's pick ups were wired out of phase at the Gibson factory by accident. It produced a unique fuzz tone without him having to use ANY effects. He plugged straight into his amp (mostly) and was able to produce that famous tone. He sold the Les Paul to Gary Moore when he retired from music after his bad acid trips in Germany. The Les PAul and Peter Green were both oneofakind!
@jeffromc1966... not sure where you came up with this, because you don't actually understand the nature of what an "out of phase" Les Paul sounds like. It is the antithesis of fuzz tones, and has nothing to do with effects. In fact, the out of phase sound only applied when he was playing softely, as being O-o-p kills your volume. Which is why he was able to swell out of it with his volume knobs. All great guitarists get their tone from one place- themselves. His hands, his heart, his soul.
@jeffromc1966 Furthermore, his neck pickup was accidentily wound in reverse by a local British luthier, not the Gibson factory. This made it magnetically out of phase. He then turned the pup around when putting it back into the guitar, which is the source of those pics that have circulated for years with the neck p'up flipped. Don't mean to come off too harsh, but there is so much disinformation around Peter, it was disheartening to read that your mistruths were Peter's "secrets" to success.
@rdickinsondickinson Not necessarily my man. Back when this guy was in top form, there were those who swore by Green before they swore by Clapton. And that's a fact.
Yes, post Fleetwood era for this. A number of the cuts from the then-2-LP album BLACK MAGIC WOMAN were said to have been recorded during their US tour in Chicago. It happens, as it did with the Stones too. Chicago was a place for blues, folk and jazz in the 60s. Thanx for this alternative version of a signature tune.
@choovuck : I don't understand you quite right. - What exactly is your problem?
Why should a jewish middleclass english boy not write a song where he worships the magic of black women? - The more when he's able to perform his art with so absolut timeless grace and beauty.
@MrBaebel: I saw a docu, where Greeny's then girlfriend explained how the song was about her; she also explained what Greeny meant by the "magic stick".
Actually Green's family didn't have a lot of money. One of the reasons McVie and Fleetwood as middleclass couldn't understand Green's sympathy for the poor in Africa. Read this in Fleetwood's biography.
I love Peter Green, my first song by him was man of the world.its a shame he threw away his talent because of drugs, he just aint the same.....what a pity
An absolute classic song from Peter Green in the late 1960s, and a very different live and funky sound here! Thanks for the post. Can't decide whether I like the Fleetwood Mac or Santana version better, and between live or studio. The blues band Loose Covers has done a kind of hybrid version of Black Magic Woman on You Tube, and at:
I saw Peter Green and Fleetwood Mac in 1969. I believe he was and always stayed true to his love for the blues. When he left that band it was the end of a GREAT band and beginning of a typical commercial pop group- No guts. Gary Moore( RIP) like so many other guitarists who understood PGreeny's contributions idolized the man. I've heard a few of his other versions of BMW but this one is a completely reinvented version of his tune.RIGHT ON, MASTER GREEN! Da queen of Enland aughta knight him!!
Always thought that Peter Green was the best Blues guitarist to come out of the UK...With Respect to Clapton...Peter just had that great blues voice..and feeling for the song...BB King said Peter Green was the only blues guitarist that scared him..!!!..Awesome...!!
@madguitarmike jep it was a long time ago no kirwan is a homles men this days and green is doing his own thing and the slide guitar player from that days is a perv pedo thank god for the buckingham and nicks for keeping fleedwood mac with mac fleedwood alive
Lindsy Buckinghamn is a masterful guitarist that gets no recognition at all. Saw him the other night on Palladia with the Mac and he blew the walls down with his playing.
I wonder if it hurts him to see, that Fleetwood Mac became a poppy group and had great succes with it. I think that Mick Fleetwood and John Mcvie also are still real
blues artists. Without the LSD, what would have become of the "old" Fleetwood Mac?
Peter Green was the founder of Fleetwood Mac and was also in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers before that. He is a major influence on many guitar players, and is well worth checking out.
All though Greeny did take LSD, the real damage to him was a mix of his personal mental venerability prior and after experimenting with drugs and the music industry trying to find/exploit the next BIG thing. The really crippling troubles for Greenman started when he was given legal medicine which effectively kept him in an enforced psychosis (and mental home) for almost 20years! It must have been horrific.
Peter cancelled tour because tricked on tour by his greedy solicitor!His fingertips are hurting and fingernails falling off!That is why Mike takes him to polish his nails!Dont ask for Peter on tour!They stressed him too much!Not even choosing songs for the gig!Solicitor and all greedy people are cause of Peters bad health!Peter is not allowed to live the life he wants! Hope all greedy who are slowly killing Peter can live with them selfs!Free Greeny!It is 2010!
@MrRoyable i heave the same as green i see thinks that are not real somtime,s it is very scary i just went 16 last week and my dad he,s give me a zd of peter greens fleedwood mac and he was saying that he was heave the same as i heave seeing things that are not there if i lisling 2 the song green manelishi than i can feel where he,s talking about in his song my dad was saying that green was on LSD 2 i dont understand it make,s everything worse than it alrady is i heave alot respect for him;-)
not only did green write it, but if you listen to the original fleetwood mac recording, you'll learn that carlos santana took green's solo almost note for note. this guy was one of the best and most underrated guitarists on the scene before his tumble
Ah yes. the GOOD fleetwood mac. Anyway, I do prefer the Santana cover, because I mean, fuck it's amazing, but major props to Peter Green for writing such a great tune.
@lpkisstanley agree- Peter Green's Mac was way better than the newer Mac. Peter Green's tone, economy of style- just amazing. I would not call the new Mac shite though. Buckingham is an excellent guitar player and song writer.
jimi hendrix and peter green.best guitar sounds of the 1960s.the guitarists of now are still struggling to match the great sounds by these two axemen.
Love ya PG. I just listened to this vid over and over after a year (I am blind) and I suspect that 99% of the guitars ever sold wished they even sounded this good. But, for ratified air, go out and buy some old PG Mayall/Bluesbreakers tracks and you will understand why PG is the best white blues-rocker ever ............ Happy birthday Peter - October 29. Mayall will be 77 in November. Yeah, young pups listen to the masters ......
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Clapton = twat
Beck = twat
Page = twat
Santana = twat
Ancient guitar wankery at its worst, four of the most overrated musicians ever.
I don't know much about Peter Green (except that he wrote 'Black Magic Woman' in fact !), so I'll take your word for it about his guitar skills, my apologies.
@theghostofroddyframe lol. eric clapton, jeff beck and jimmy page all said that peter green was the greatest guitarist to ever live. i wuldnt call him a twat, the song is hardly discraceful, otherwise it wuldnt be so wel known. also i know where this guy lives, about a mile away from me, hes my m8s uncle, small world
@theghostofroddyframe lol. eric clapton, carlos santana, jeff beck and jimmy page all said that peter green was the greatest guitarist to ever live. i wuldnt call him a twat, the song is hardly discraceful, otherwise it wuldnt be so wel known. also i know where this guy lives, about a mile away from me, hes my m8s uncle, small world
Peter Greens original version of Black Magic Woman is nothing like this one. This is essentially a reggae take on it, the original is more straight up rock/blues, although still fairly different from Santana. He was clearly long past his Fleetwood Mac days here - I mean my god, that beard.
@FlightoftheSpeedKing Whaddya mean, "My god, that beard"? Have you ever tried to ride a bike a hundred miles plus in the middle of winter? Lemme tell you, a large amount of the ol' face fuzz will stop your chin turning blue and dropping off. Just don't get me started on summer riding with one, you wanna see the amount of bugs you can trap in ther at 80mph+. Back to Greeny though, there ain't a thing wrong with his playing here, very subtle, just different from what he was doing with FM.
Peter Green wrote an excellent song with this one! It almost sounds a little reggae to me! Much more free spirited and laid back than Santana's version! Although I have always loved Santana's version I think if I were out partying this version would be the one I would choose! What does everyone else think? Joey Vaughan "World Blues Attack"
This is not from 1970! It could be from sometime in the mid 1980s. I saw Peter Green Kolours play in Dingwalls, London in the early 1980s and this is the same setup.
This arrangement of "Black Magic Woman" is different from Green's original, and he seems to be playing with some other cats than the Fleetwood Mac band. What I wonder is whether this arrangement predates Santana's, or is it afterwards.
yeah under 5 stars ???????? this man is a genious, no one comes close ! he made me love music before i knew who he was. i heard him on the radio, i was yust little kid. i liked his voice as much as his guitar. MANY CALLED HIM BRITAINS BEST GUITARIST, EVEN BETTER THE CLAPTON. well he stole his job to ! extraoardinary guy i never thought he woulod release another album again. but then came "splinter band"
alucardae86 - Not me, maybe it's the quality, but I feel lucky to have any video footage at all. Carlos Santana did a good version of this, but not like Peter Green. Apart from Hendrix I haven't witnessed a guitarist with the same class
Wow - I have always loved this tune but thought it was by Santana - just seen a documentary about Peter Green and was surprised to find out it was originally by Peter Green -I will have to check out more about the man.
@bgeddyutube yea lots of people think that, but if you like the man's music try tracks like "Oh Well" & "Man of the world" aswell. Along with Hendrix IMHO he was the best, pure guitaring genius at work. Came at the wrong time really as there's not much video footage to enjoy, but I spend a lot of my leisure time listening to his work.
@bgeddyutube you should check out Otis Rush's all your love i miss loving. Green essential took the lay out from that and gave it an even darker and more mystical feel!
I read it was at a German commune and it was massive doses, not bad acid. BTW, experts say about one in 100,000 will have permanent problems from taking LSD, but they all agree that the pme serson most likely was headed that way anyway. What a talented duo of guitarists. Right there with Allman/Betts, maybe better!! It makes sad to see this playing from him.
What a unique and important video. Thanks for posting it. I have only seen and heard Greenie up until early 1970 and the recent stuff (1990's and to now) and his playing is SO poor. His playing is not as bad in this tune as it gets later, but man, the dude was incredible before the overdoses on acid. And BTW, he was not "addicted" to LSD. He did too much of it a few times and it busted up his ego/id/psyche and he did not come back. Happens sometimes.
Supposedly someone tabbed him and Danny Kirwan at a party in Germany and it was 'bad' acid; and yes he says himself he did too much. What a shame. Both were never the same after.
It was L.S.D ( Lysergic Acid Diethylermide ) which brought his down fall. He was addicted to it too much and faded away like Syd Barett. what a shame and loss to the music world. if he and Jeremy Spencer kept performing like they did in 60's for at least for another few years ,they would have been the greatest blues band ever in the history of rock 'n' roll.
He was not addicted to it. It was foisted on him by turds who thought it was cool to fuck around with a creative man's mind. Ask the dick heads from the grateful dead who talked up the drug and pushed it and preached it to Fleetwood Mac when they were just young guys on a short tour in America for the first time away from all their social networks and backup. Some prick out of the Grateful Dead used to think it was funny to spike people's drinks with super strength LSD.
so you were there? "they"made him take it? come on now-
first of all lsd if used properly does not wreck people it frees them- so unless you have a clue ,keep it to yourself-now it is true if you take it when you dont know,it could be bad- can't argue with you there-
I speak like I was there? No I speak like someone who heard Peter Green and Mick Fleetwood and the rest of the band talk about it - and they were there.
They were also young, away from home, first time in America without a mangement team and kind of naive. And they were drug virgins. So yes they were influenced and only an idiot would come out with the age old pushers excuse " nobody forced you "
If an older sibling offers drugs to an idolizing younger brother he'll take them. End of.
its my opinion that is all- it is your perception that i think i know everything-
actually i know i don't-
and i dont know what happened to peter green- i was commenting based on someone else who made it seem like peter had no choice but to take acid- apparently a gun was to his head-- that was the context of the comments-
Sorry. Guess I was a bit harsh. I see what you're saying now. Thanks. Sure loved Peter Green's playing in late
60s/early 70s though.
He's not the only "acid casualty" I know of, however. I had more than one personal aquaintance who ended up on the wrong side of psychiological balance as result of experience w/ LSD.
I have to laugh at Peter's glances over to the bass player toward the begging of the song; as if he's shooting "WTF are you playing?" looks at him. That last verse, Peter has a "FINALLY it's almost over" look on his face. Since there's not a whole lot of audio or video from this era of Peter's career, it's interesting, yet somewhat painful. He seems to be doing MUCH better these days. LONG LIVE PETER GREEN!!!
I think the band got the wrong groove for him, he just played it thru. The bands all jumpy and he wants to play the BLUES! I'm sure we've all been in situations like this
I dont get how Fleetwood Mac back in the late 60s and early 70s was all the blues and rock , then in the mid 70s through the present there pop. Its sucks that Peter Green fucked himself with acid and left the band.
it has more to do with human contact and relationships than the things humans ingest. Peter Green in the late 60's was the best guitarist IMHO on the fucking planet. It's really sad what he is playing now but thank God he is still alive and trying
In the simple terms, Mick Fleetwood, and John McVie (along with his wife at the time Christine), wanted to be rich. Of course if Peter Green didn't lose his interest in music/go insane, Fleetwood Mac would've been one of those bands you'd put aside with Led Zeppelin, The Who, and The Rolling Stones of the 1970's.
Instead the popular Fleetwood Mac is associated with Carly Simon, James Taylor, The Eagles, Paul Simon, and Jackson Browe.
I still liked FWM when Danny Kirwin was doin double duty I think that PETER,DANNY, and Jeramy were very sintergistic as to the sum being much greater than the parts.and if ya play music live ya know the bass and drums have a lot more to do with it . than any one geeatar player although we'll sure take the credit.
I think they may be getting him mixed up with Jerrmy Spencer who got in the cult The Children of God they were real big in 69 -70 and were usually in the places 'us hippies ' frenquented.its not acid here its dyslexia.ijust thought it might be the after efx
A friend of mine knew Peter back in the day. It seems he got hooked up with a religious group for many years plus drugs. Too bad, was awesome with the Mac.
@IpkisStanley Peter Green was an amazing guitar player, IMO he was THE best but to say all the talent in Fleetwood Mac rested only in PG is incredibly unfair. John McVie and Mick Fleetwood were amazing musicians and Kirwan's and Spencer's styles differed from greens so comparing them is also unfair. But it all comes down to the fact that Peter was a great band leader so yeah when he left Fleetwood Mac did get lost but not because he's the best guitar player.
You should open up your musical mind. Lindsey Buckingham is a phenomenal guitarist, albeit with a different style than Green. Fleetwood Mac was an extraordinarily talented band after Green as well.
the song later covered by Santana, fromone of several ppl from Fleetwood Mac's long long varied lineup history
katoklmkl 3 weeks ago
Yes he was....one of the best.....but there also other British music players that come right by his side (and above depending on the listener)
cristiangiuglea 1 month ago
when is this? the 80's?
bruncen 1 month ago
The rythm guitarist's playing ahead while he should have played laid back. That ruins everything.
bernardint 1 month ago
i'm really feeling the hurt of 240p here.
lazylazymule 2 months ago 2
He still got class. I saw him in Sydney last year. Soulful as ever. His riffs gave me goosebumps. We managed to have a chat with Peter and Mike Dodd after the gig and he is definitely all there. :)
v4lasse 2 months ago
Peter green black magic
adamzworld 2 months ago
This is almost to sad to watch..
clikityclak 2 months ago
totally lost here??? thought he never played again after Fleetwood broke away...
long before he makes a come back in the last decade or so???
beyondalohas 3 months ago
See his unrivalled "End of the Game" - best instrumental guitar album of all time.
youtube.com/watch?v=VOAdaBLLb-o
donelson52 3 months ago
Even though Green seems way past his prime here he still plays with taste.
ironpirites 3 months ago
damn..i really taught this is originally santana's song
kefp 3 months ago
@ModifiedEvelyn Just one error there, Peter didn't leave Mick's band, being the founder he left his own band.
TheAtlantissg1 4 months ago
Hmm the intro is very much like Tusk (the track) !
simakki 4 months ago
I love hearing different versions of this song.
kidsTeachGuitar2kids 5 months ago
@kidsTeachGuitar2kids
Me too! :D
Babyhowdy233 3 months ago
ha ha he defenetely looks like someone walking around the Mesopotamia few thousand years ago
bml516 5 months ago 13
@bml516 LOL
peonwarrior 5 months ago
@bml516 ...you are right : he looked like Jesus in this time ! today i am sad, when i look at him ! LES
lesleypaul59 3 months ago
I enjoyed that version,and Pete can wear what he likes....
eaglerock999 5 months ago
This makes me sad to watch
clikityclak 5 months ago
whatever in the hee haa heck happened to peter green to make him turn out like this must have really been major life changing............. what is he wearing, a costume from the movie the ten commandments?
stratoreverb 5 months ago
@rockinsindickson: bollocks! And ask Eric he'll tell you that too.
mcfctid2 6 months ago 2
I have never really heard of Peter Greenbaum before until i was brousing the music videos and heard of Fleetwood Mac before. Then i started listening to Peter's, The Stumble, that is truly amazing sound of guitaring . Hav'nt heard a good feeling of it in a while. Just a great feeling.
nayture11 6 months ago
Where and when was this. Who dresses him when he goes on stage?
No1TaffWill 6 months ago
Peter Greens "original" tone, that was first heard in early Fleetwood Mac, was directly due to his guitar. His Les Paul's pick ups were wired out of phase at the Gibson factory by accident. It produced a unique fuzz tone without him having to use ANY effects. He plugged straight into his amp (mostly) and was able to produce that famous tone. He sold the Les Paul to Gary Moore when he retired from music after his bad acid trips in Germany. The Les PAul and Peter Green were both oneofakind!
jeffromc1966 7 months ago
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bkfindlay 7 months ago
@jeffromc1966... not sure where you came up with this, because you don't actually understand the nature of what an "out of phase" Les Paul sounds like. It is the antithesis of fuzz tones, and has nothing to do with effects. In fact, the out of phase sound only applied when he was playing softely, as being O-o-p kills your volume. Which is why he was able to swell out of it with his volume knobs. All great guitarists get their tone from one place- themselves. His hands, his heart, his soul.
bkfindlay 7 months ago
@jeffromc1966 Furthermore, his neck pickup was accidentily wound in reverse by a local British luthier, not the Gibson factory. This made it magnetically out of phase. He then turned the pup around when putting it back into the guitar, which is the source of those pics that have circulated for years with the neck p'up flipped. Don't mean to come off too harsh, but there is so much disinformation around Peter, it was disheartening to read that your mistruths were Peter's "secrets" to success.
bkfindlay 7 months ago
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clapton is better
rdickinsondickinson 7 months ago
@rdickinsondickinson Peaches and Pears
bobmango54 7 months ago
@rdickinsondickinson Not necessarily my man. Back when this guy was in top form, there were those who swore by Green before they swore by Clapton. And that's a fact.
MattHatter 3 months ago 2
Yes, post Fleetwood era for this. A number of the cuts from the then-2-LP album BLACK MAGIC WOMAN were said to have been recorded during their US tour in Chicago. It happens, as it did with the Stones too. Chicago was a place for blues, folk and jazz in the 60s. Thanx for this alternative version of a signature tune.
909chuck 8 months ago
this guy is magical..he even looks magically like the zig zag guy..smoking
adbayobay 8 months ago
when was this?
son052 8 months ago
FUCKEN FUNKY; FUCKEN FUNKY; FUCKEN FUNKY!!!
Carlos can go to shit with his version! - Fuck, this rules!!!!
MrBaebel 9 months ago
meglio o meglio il numero 1 e' il pezzo di carlos santana.....
emanuele83lmp 9 months ago
Looks like greeny has gone back to his Jewish roots here, all he needs is some of those curly side burn thingy's and he'll be well away .. ':)
Muckypup2009 10 months ago
@Muckypup2009 : Really???
Didn't know Mister Greenbaum was jewish...
MrBaebel 9 months ago
@MrBaebel
He was indeed ..
katsoek 9 months ago
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choovuck 10 months ago
@choovuck What the nfuk are YOU on? Peter Green singing and playing, he's the man who wrote it, and he's in this video! Get your eyes checked.
mahatmacote 10 months ago 2
@choovuck : I don't understand you quite right. - What exactly is your problem?
Why should a jewish middleclass english boy not write a song where he worships the magic of black women? - The more when he's able to perform his art with so absolut timeless grace and beauty.
MrBaebel 9 months ago
@MrBaebel: I saw a docu, where Greeny's then girlfriend explained how the song was about her; she also explained what Greeny meant by the "magic stick".
znkp 9 months ago in playlist Peter Green
@MrBaebel
Actually Green's family didn't have a lot of money. One of the reasons McVie and Fleetwood as middleclass couldn't understand Green's sympathy for the poor in Africa. Read this in Fleetwood's biography.
ApollosRevival 8 months ago
@choovuck : What is "THE FUK"??? - Don't know this word...
MrBaebel 9 months ago
I love Peter Green, my first song by him was man of the world.its a shame he threw away his talent because of drugs, he just aint the same.....what a pity
paddyxxx1 10 months ago
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An absolute classic song from Peter Green in the late 1960s, and a very different live and funky sound here! Thanks for the post. Can't decide whether I like the Fleetwood Mac or Santana version better, and between live or studio. The blues band Loose Covers has done a kind of hybrid version of Black Magic Woman on You Tube, and at:
loosecovers.blogspot.com
TheLooseCovers 11 months ago
14 personas escuchan a Justin Beaber ...
edwalf 11 months ago
this is from 1983
gamester57 1 year ago
As BB King has said, "Peter Green is the only man who ever made me sweat."
bigchickenfu 1 year ago 3
@bigchickenfu
It's like I read 1000 x the same comments everywhere.
nevertheless..thumbs up !
katsoek 9 months ago
I saw Peter Green and Fleetwood Mac in 1969. I believe he was and always stayed true to his love for the blues. When he left that band it was the end of a GREAT band and beginning of a typical commercial pop group- No guts. Gary Moore( RIP) like so many other guitarists who understood PGreeny's contributions idolized the man. I've heard a few of his other versions of BMW but this one is a completely reinvented version of his tune.RIGHT ON, MASTER GREEN! Da queen of Enland aughta knight him!!
tbuddmusic 1 year ago
Always thought that Peter Green was the best Blues guitarist to come out of the UK...With Respect to Clapton...Peter just had that great blues voice..and feeling for the song...BB King said Peter Green was the only blues guitarist that scared him..!!!..Awesome...!!
robbyg56 1 year ago 3
He looks like Abu Qatada. You know, the one that got deported from the UK for inciting racial hatred.
filtecuk 1 year ago
holy shit is that greeny ?!!?
TimBirkenholz 1 year ago
i shit on buckingham and nicks .. green / kirwan with mick fleetwood on drums was the real deal ..
madguitarmike 1 year ago
@madguitarmike jep it was a long time ago no kirwan is a homles men this days and green is doing his own thing and the slide guitar player from that days is a perv pedo thank god for the buckingham and nicks for keeping fleedwood mac with mac fleedwood alive
poseidon26ful 1 year ago
@poseidon26ful
Lindsy Buckinghamn is a masterful guitarist that gets no recognition at all. Saw him the other night on Palladia with the Mac and he blew the walls down with his playing.
4fingersinge 11 months ago
@4fingersinge ok yeah he,s one of my favorit guitar players i saw him perform with fleedwoodmac in 2009 it was a gig that i wil never wil forget;-)
poseidon26ful 11 months ago
what year was this?
Peter Green looks like hell in this clip...but give me him and Danny Kirwan over Buckingham-Nicks any day
robbopaloobop 1 year ago
I wonder if it hurts him to see, that Fleetwood Mac became a poppy group and had great succes with it. I think that Mick Fleetwood and John Mcvie also are still real
blues artists. Without the LSD, what would have become of the "old" Fleetwood Mac?
vakantieland4 1 year ago
Peter Green was the founder of Fleetwood Mac and was also in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers before that. He is a major influence on many guitar players, and is well worth checking out.
gabehampton 1 year ago 2
It is such a shame that such an influential guitarist and singer took such a sudden decline due to mental health. Legend in his own right.
edenuk 1 year ago
Got here from a Nicks interview
somuchforsol1ttle 1 year ago
Peter Green is simply the greatest British blues player of all time... Albeit, a very brief time.
But his tone and technique were both unique and original - he was truly different class.
luwullewa 1 year ago 24
@luwullewa don't forget about clapton bro
guitarboy12123 1 month ago
All though Greeny did take LSD, the real damage to him was a mix of his personal mental venerability prior and after experimenting with drugs and the music industry trying to find/exploit the next BIG thing. The really crippling troubles for Greenman started when he was given legal medicine which effectively kept him in an enforced psychosis (and mental home) for almost 20years! It must have been horrific.
luwullewa 1 year ago
@luwullewa I'm just happy he is back to playing and performing again! Glad to see what looked like to be a tragedy was turned around.
seangnarboots 1 year ago 3
Super
Gibby pubjamsessions com
pubjamsessions 1 year ago
It looks like he's jammin arround
things he couldn't do on the stressy fwm band..
katsoek 1 year ago
Peter cancelled tour because tricked on tour by his greedy solicitor!His fingertips are hurting and fingernails falling off!That is why Mike takes him to polish his nails!Dont ask for Peter on tour!They stressed him too much!Not even choosing songs for the gig!Solicitor and all greedy people are cause of Peters bad health!Peter is not allowed to live the life he wants! Hope all greedy who are slowly killing Peter can live with them selfs!Free Greeny!It is 2010!
MrRoyable 1 year ago
@MrRoyable i heave the same as green i see thinks that are not real somtime,s it is very scary i just went 16 last week and my dad he,s give me a zd of peter greens fleedwood mac and he was saying that he was heave the same as i heave seeing things that are not there if i lisling 2 the song green manelishi than i can feel where he,s talking about in his song my dad was saying that green was on LSD 2 i dont understand it make,s everything worse than it alrady is i heave alot respect for him;-)
norwayfinland 1 year ago
Looks like all the stringed instruments are by Aria.
charvelguy 1 year ago
not only did green write it, but if you listen to the original fleetwood mac recording, you'll learn that carlos santana took green's solo almost note for note. this guy was one of the best and most underrated guitarists on the scene before his tumble
misteromeara 1 year ago 2
@misteromeara What tumble? What do you mean?
nicodagger 1 year ago
Ah yes. the GOOD fleetwood mac. Anyway, I do prefer the Santana cover, because I mean, fuck it's amazing, but major props to Peter Green for writing such a great tune.
superlou1s 1 year ago
@lpkisstanley agree- Peter Green's Mac was way better than the newer Mac. Peter Green's tone, economy of style- just amazing. I would not call the new Mac shite though. Buckingham is an excellent guitar player and song writer.
tpf79 1 year ago
dont forget Rory Gallagher
cazfortune 1 year ago
jimi hendrix and peter green.best guitar sounds of the 1960s.the guitarists of now are still struggling to match the great sounds by these two axemen.
gartnait1 1 year ago
Love ya PG. I just listened to this vid over and over after a year (I am blind) and I suspect that 99% of the guitars ever sold wished they even sounded this good. But, for ratified air, go out and buy some old PG Mayall/Bluesbreakers tracks and you will understand why PG is the best white blues-rocker ever ............ Happy birthday Peter - October 29. Mayall will be 77 in November. Yeah, young pups listen to the masters ......
williambrandes 1 year ago
Peter it's a great musician and really underrated artist... This is an amazing song, a classic of all time.... But I love the version of Santana.
carlitolovely 1 year ago
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Clapton = twat
Beck = twat
Page = twat
Santana = twat
Ancient guitar wankery at its worst, four of the most overrated musicians ever.
I don't know much about Peter Green (except that he wrote 'Black Magic Woman' in fact !), so I'll take your word for it about his guitar skills, my apologies.
It's STILL a fucking disgraceful song !!
theghostofroddyframe 1 year ago
@theghostofroddyframe Who do think IS a great guitarist. Obviously you are just showing your youthful ignorance. We forgive you.
jdh1954 1 year ago
@theghostofroddyframe so, wtf is your point? what are you doing here in the first place? I doubt you came here tru recommended videos...
PindamonhaMAN 1 year ago
@theghostofroddyframe
I dunno about guitar wankery, but the comment wankery by narcissistic iconoclasts is pretty fucking amusing.
jaht3z 1 year ago
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The one and only Original !
Shongoni 1 year ago
The one and only ORIGINAl !
Shongoni 1 year ago
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O.K.,
So some twat out of Fleetwood Mac wrote it, rather than some twat called Santana.
It's still a fucking disgraceful song.
theghostofroddyframe 1 year ago
@theghostofroddyframe lol. eric clapton, jeff beck and jimmy page all said that peter green was the greatest guitarist to ever live. i wuldnt call him a twat, the song is hardly discraceful, otherwise it wuldnt be so wel known. also i know where this guy lives, about a mile away from me, hes my m8s uncle, small world
callumrocker1 1 year ago
@callumrocker1 oh yeah and carlos santana sed that too.
callumrocker1 1 year ago
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@theghostofroddyframe lol. eric clapton, carlos santana, jeff beck and jimmy page all said that peter green was the greatest guitarist to ever live. i wuldnt call him a twat, the song is hardly discraceful, otherwise it wuldnt be so wel known. also i know where this guy lives, about a mile away from me, hes my m8s uncle, small world
callumrocker1 1 year ago
@theghostofroddyframe Pity the fool...............
txpommie 1 year ago
what is that on his HEAD? is this after the drugs fuck over?!? pete or ali baba?
thefrogmaster2 1 year ago
Oh hail; Peter Green !
Shongoni 1 year ago
Peter Greens original version of Black Magic Woman is nothing like this one. This is essentially a reggae take on it, the original is more straight up rock/blues, although still fairly different from Santana. He was clearly long past his Fleetwood Mac days here - I mean my god, that beard.
FlightoftheSpeedKing 1 year ago 12
@FlightoftheSpeedKing Whaddya mean, "My god, that beard"? Have you ever tried to ride a bike a hundred miles plus in the middle of winter? Lemme tell you, a large amount of the ol' face fuzz will stop your chin turning blue and dropping off. Just don't get me started on summer riding with one, you wanna see the amount of bugs you can trap in ther at 80mph+. Back to Greeny though, there ain't a thing wrong with his playing here, very subtle, just different from what he was doing with FM.
blueswailer1952 1 year ago
Great stuff...the real thing !
MrHappyglobe 1 year ago
ANCHE PETER GREEN AMO LA SUA VOCE COSI COME TUTTO è DI +
msroberto1954 1 year ago
This is really painful to listen to. Train wreck.
jakeguitarlewis 1 year ago
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shite singer
elsby 1 year ago
Peter Green wrote an excellent song with this one! It almost sounds a little reggae to me! Much more free spirited and laid back than Santana's version! Although I have always loved Santana's version I think if I were out partying this version would be the one I would choose! What does everyone else think? Joey Vaughan "World Blues Attack"
cjoey39 1 year ago
damm i love this awsome
norwayfinland 1 year ago
This is not from 1970! It could be from sometime in the mid 1980s. I saw Peter Green Kolours play in Dingwalls, London in the early 1980s and this is the same setup.
popskix 1 year ago
Anyone have a date for this?
mattbot3 1 year ago
Lets not forget that he left the industry for a while to pursue other things.
Now do any of you know who what band the original guitarist for Santana went on to form?
Also, have you ever checked out old Steve Miller Blues Band stuff? They became a whole new band without changing the line-up.
LSommer 1 year ago
look on my site and see if you like mine and gary french version it rocks!
rockerdinger1 1 year ago
can anyone share the lyrics of this song? i cannot find them =(
awesome song !
Rejected53 1 year ago
This arrangement of "Black Magic Woman" is different from Green's original, and he seems to be playing with some other cats than the Fleetwood Mac band. What I wonder is whether this arrangement predates Santana's, or is it afterwards.
Austyg 1 year ago
yeah under 5 stars ???????? this man is a genious, no one comes close ! he made me love music before i knew who he was. i heard him on the radio, i was yust little kid. i liked his voice as much as his guitar. MANY CALLED HIM BRITAINS BEST GUITARIST, EVEN BETTER THE CLAPTON. well he stole his job to ! extraoardinary guy i never thought he woulod release another album again. but then came "splinter band"
TheHelgeland 1 year ago
The Bassplayer is so familiar----you have to post and please tell me who he is!
69MC97gc 1 year ago
who the fuck rated this video under 5 stars?
alucardae86 1 year ago 3
alucardae86 - Not me, maybe it's the quality, but I feel lucky to have any video footage at all. Carlos Santana did a good version of this, but not like Peter Green. Apart from Hendrix I haven't witnessed a guitarist with the same class
davetowers1 1 year ago
ok what guitar is he using and the rythym guitarist too (same headstock), heritage, ibanez what model/brand, thanks..
rotolo 2 years ago
Fleetwood is the best, amazing muzic whooooo
TheAlsner 1 year ago 2
@rotolo : Aria Pro II at that point made in Japan
azharkamal 1 year ago
i'm glad his head made it back , most of my favs never made it back. Live long Greengod
friendofsyd 2 years ago 2
Wow - I have always loved this tune but thought it was by Santana - just seen a documentary about Peter Green and was surprised to find out it was originally by Peter Green -I will have to check out more about the man.
bgeddyutube 2 years ago 31
@bgeddyutube yea lots of people think that, but if you like the man's music try tracks like "Oh Well" & "Man of the world" aswell. Along with Hendrix IMHO he was the best, pure guitaring genius at work. Came at the wrong time really as there's not much video footage to enjoy, but I spend a lot of my leisure time listening to his work.
davetowers1 1 year ago
@bgeddyutube yes you do! Santana idolized him... his feel was incomparable. GO GREEN!!
joshuarosenblatt 1 year ago
@bgeddyutube He had it all but a celibate chick ( the black magic woman) who turned her back on him.
I agree with what you sad and it's a shame he had those bad years, the music we missed out on.
EclecticDiscus 1 year ago
@bgeddyutube you should check out Otis Rush's all your love i miss loving. Green essential took the lay out from that and gave it an even darker and more mystical feel!
pretentiouspigeon 1 year ago
the fact is..PG created this great tune out of thin air! Just like Hendrix and littlewing! TRUE GENIUS!!!
supersoulrider 2 years ago
Not quite out of thin air - PG, by his own admission, says he was just copying the Otis Rush song 'All Your Love'
eggymoo 2 years ago
@ Eggymoo
Actually he said it always beared similarities with " Help the poor" a BB King number.
The vocals and lyrical rhythm are almost identical.
I am not saying your statement was incorrect but i have Peter saying otherwise.
sam19851 2 years ago
I read it was at a German commune and it was massive doses, not bad acid. BTW, experts say about one in 100,000 will have permanent problems from taking LSD, but they all agree that the pme serson most likely was headed that way anyway. What a talented duo of guitarists. Right there with Allman/Betts, maybe better!! It makes sad to see this playing from him.
soltisimba 2 years ago
What a unique and important video. Thanks for posting it. I have only seen and heard Greenie up until early 1970 and the recent stuff (1990's and to now) and his playing is SO poor. His playing is not as bad in this tune as it gets later, but man, the dude was incredible before the overdoses on acid. And BTW, he was not "addicted" to LSD. He did too much of it a few times and it busted up his ego/id/psyche and he did not come back. Happens sometimes.
soltisimba 2 years ago 2
@soltisimba
Supposedly someone tabbed him and Danny Kirwan at a party in Germany and it was 'bad' acid; and yes he says himself he did too much. What a shame. Both were never the same after.
MorroccoM13 2 years ago
whatever was going on at the time, his playing on this is amazing
virusinsideus 2 years ago
Maybe some of you kids should drop some acid and then you would know what the fuck you are talking about
buskerbuoy 2 years ago
Well said friend but they would likely say they invented it like they always do after discovering something new, to them.
The wildest hallousanagetic I ever had was not acid, magic mushrooms it was and I have never had an acid come close to the trip I had that night.
Jimi4endrix 2 years ago
You want to really trip try DMT a whole new level.
kunafoot 2 years ago
Did u know u still got those zrooms in u? Oh yea, check ur feet and do u have dandruff or itch alot?
Jenscool 2 years ago
What are you on about? My comment was in reply to somebodys comment. It wasnt your comment I replied to so what you on about?
Jimi4endrix 2 years ago
WORST bass and rythm guitar I've EVER seen, what a waste!!!That's a shame 'cause Peter was still doing crazy funky stuff only with his feeling.
aahhrg01 2 years ago 2
Anyone know about when this was recorded, I would guess sometime early 1980s?
RensStella 2 years ago
Make that early 70ies. I saw it live then.
lookathernl 2 years ago
I'm thinking it's the German TV broadcast of a concert at the Rockpalast in 1983 (when P.G. was with Kolors)
RensStella 2 years ago
damm check his nails the are so long L.S.D sucks it wrecks a lot people thank god green is back on track rock on green;-)
norwayfinland 2 years ago
It was L.S.D ( Lysergic Acid Diethylermide ) which brought his down fall. He was addicted to it too much and faded away like Syd Barett. what a shame and loss to the music world. if he and Jeremy Spencer kept performing like they did in 60's for at least for another few years ,they would have been the greatest blues band ever in the history of rock 'n' roll.
pubudu666 2 years ago
He was not addicted to it. It was foisted on him by turds who thought it was cool to fuck around with a creative man's mind. Ask the dick heads from the grateful dead who talked up the drug and pushed it and preached it to Fleetwood Mac when they were just young guys on a short tour in America for the first time away from all their social networks and backup. Some prick out of the Grateful Dead used to think it was funny to spike people's drinks with super strength LSD.
wlwak 2 years ago
so you were there? "they"made him take it? come on now-
first of all lsd if used properly does not wreck people it frees them- so unless you have a clue ,keep it to yourself-now it is true if you take it when you dont know,it could be bad- can't argue with you there-
but you speak like you were there...
fezzappa 2 years ago
I speak like I was there? No I speak like someone who heard Peter Green and Mick Fleetwood and the rest of the band talk about it - and they were there.
They were also young, away from home, first time in America without a mangement team and kind of naive. And they were drug virgins. So yes they were influenced and only an idiot would come out with the age old pushers excuse " nobody forced you "
If an older sibling offers drugs to an idolizing younger brother he'll take them. End of.
wlwak 2 years ago
Dear Dr. Timothy Leary,
Were YOU there?
You speak like you think you know everything, including what's best for everyone else., and what actually happened where and when and to whom.
RootsinBrooklyn 2 years ago
its my opinion that is all- it is your perception that i think i know everything-
actually i know i don't-
and i dont know what happened to peter green- i was commenting based on someone else who made it seem like peter had no choice but to take acid- apparently a gun was to his head-- that was the context of the comments-
and i have done extensive research on lsd-
fezzappa 2 years ago
Sorry. Guess I was a bit harsh. I see what you're saying now. Thanks. Sure loved Peter Green's playing in late
60s/early 70s though.
He's not the only "acid casualty" I know of, however. I had more than one personal aquaintance who ended up on the wrong side of psychiological balance as result of experience w/ LSD.
RootsinBrooklyn 2 years ago
count me in that group. me and syd.
Bluessontlavie 2 years ago
I have to laugh at Peter's glances over to the bass player toward the begging of the song; as if he's shooting "WTF are you playing?" looks at him. That last verse, Peter has a "FINALLY it's almost over" look on his face. Since there's not a whole lot of audio or video from this era of Peter's career, it's interesting, yet somewhat painful. He seems to be doing MUCH better these days. LONG LIVE PETER GREEN!!!
chiliD322 2 years ago
"beginning", not "begging". Sorry.
chiliD322 2 years ago
Sad to see such a great player lose his power like this!!
onlyjoetee 2 years ago
Peter is one of the all-time but, VERY under-rated greats.
CadillacL 2 years ago 2
yeah...Peter is underestimated!great guitarist
MsScarlettWoman20 2 years ago
John Lennon and George Harrison loved him ...
- Green God -
mokogintaz 2 years ago
I think the band got the wrong groove for him, he just played it thru. The bands all jumpy and he wants to play the BLUES! I'm sure we've all been in situations like this
somekindonut 2 years ago
Awesome!!!
Grandma Mary
Fr3derick 2 years ago
I dont get how Fleetwood Mac back in the late 60s and early 70s was all the blues and rock , then in the mid 70s through the present there pop. Its sucks that Peter Green fucked himself with acid and left the band.
phoneix91 2 years ago
it's not as simple as that.
it has more to do with human contact and relationships than the things humans ingest. Peter Green in the late 60's was the best guitarist IMHO on the fucking planet. It's really sad what he is playing now but thank God he is still alive and trying
PhukIT1865 2 years ago
In the simple terms, Mick Fleetwood, and John McVie (along with his wife at the time Christine), wanted to be rich. Of course if Peter Green didn't lose his interest in music/go insane, Fleetwood Mac would've been one of those bands you'd put aside with Led Zeppelin, The Who, and The Rolling Stones of the 1970's.
Instead the popular Fleetwood Mac is associated with Carly Simon, James Taylor, The Eagles, Paul Simon, and Jackson Browe.
The post '72 era of this band SUCKS!!!!
strangeones4 2 years ago
I still liked FWM when Danny Kirwin was doin double duty I think that PETER,DANNY, and Jeramy were very sintergistic as to the sum being much greater than the parts.and if ya play music live ya know the bass and drums have a lot more to do with it . than any one geeatar player although we'll sure take the credit.
lynnwoodham 2 years ago
I think they may be getting him mixed up with Jerrmy Spencer who got in the cult The Children of God they were real big in 69 -70 and were usually in the places 'us hippies ' frenquented.its not acid here its dyslexia.ijust thought it might be the after efx
lynnwoodham 2 years ago
they both did
joealanouf 2 years ago
hes playing with no pick here?
IpkisStanley 2 years ago
A friend of mine knew Peter back in the day. It seems he got hooked up with a religious group for many years plus drugs. Too bad, was awesome with the Mac.
rpfan1971 2 years ago
Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac were something else too bad they got shite after he left but it shows who had the real talent i guess.
IpkisStanley 2 years ago 15
@IpkisStanley Peter Green was an amazing guitar player, IMO he was THE best but to say all the talent in Fleetwood Mac rested only in PG is incredibly unfair. John McVie and Mick Fleetwood were amazing musicians and Kirwan's and Spencer's styles differed from greens so comparing them is also unfair. But it all comes down to the fact that Peter was a great band leader so yeah when he left Fleetwood Mac did get lost but not because he's the best guitar player.
joektsrs 1 year ago
@IpkisStanley
You should open up your musical mind. Lindsey Buckingham is a phenomenal guitarist, albeit with a different style than Green. Fleetwood Mac was an extraordinarily talented band after Green as well.
raremountainbear 1 year ago
@IpkisStanley This must be right before he jumped off the deep end with the LSD. Its a shame, Fleetwood Mac could have been the biggest blues band...
mikelocurcio 1 year ago
@mikelocurcio this is in the 80's. he took the lsd in the early 70's
bobmango54 1 year ago
@bobmango54. John McVie says 1968.
Ariamaluum 1 year ago
LUV PG
motokev 2 years ago