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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFleetwood Mac blues guitarist Peter Green dies at 73
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FILE - In this file photo dated Monday, Jan. 12, 1998 Members of Fleetwood Mac hold their awards after the group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in New York. From left, are: Peter Green; John McVie; Stevie Nicks; Christine McVie; Mick Fleetwood; and Lindsey Buckingham. Lawyers representing the family of Peter Green, say in a statement Saturday July 25, 2020, that he has died, aged 73. (AP Photo/Adam Nadel, FILE)
By ROBERT BARR and DANICA KIRKA
LONDON (AP) Peter Green, the dexterous blues guitarist who led the first incarnation of Fleetwood Mac in a career shortened by psychedelic drugs and mental illness, has died at 73.
A law firm representing his family, Swan Turton, announced the death in a statement Saturday. It said he died peacefully in his sleep″ this weekend. A further statement will be issued in the coming days.
Green, to some listeners, was the best of the British blues guitarists of the 1960s. B.B. King once said Green has the sweetest tone I ever heard. He was the only one who gave me the cold sweats.
Green also made a mark as a composer with Albatross, and as a songwriter with Oh Well and Black Magic Woman.
He crashed out of the band in 1971. Even so, Mick Fleetwood said in an interview with The Associated Press in 2017 that Green deserves the lions share of the credit for the bands success.
Peter was asked why did he call the band Fleetwood Mac. He said, Well, you know I thought maybe Id move on at some point and I wanted Mick and John (McVie) to have a band. End of story, explaining how generous he was, said Fleetwood, who described Green as a standout in an era of great guitar work.
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FILE - In this file photo dated Monday, Jan. 12, 1998 Members of Fleetwood Mac hold their awards after the group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in New York. From left, are: Peter Green; John McVie; Stevie Nicks; Christine McVie; Mick Fleetwood; and Lindsey Buckingham. Lawyers representing the family of Peter Green, say in a statement Saturday July 25, 2020, that he has died, aged 73. (AP Photo/Adam Nadel, FILE)
By ROBERT BARR and DANICA KIRKA
LONDON (AP) Peter Green, the dexterous blues guitarist who led the first incarnation of Fleetwood Mac in a career shortened by psychedelic drugs and mental illness, has died at 73.
A law firm representing his family, Swan Turton, announced the death in a statement Saturday. It said he died peacefully in his sleep″ this weekend. A further statement will be issued in the coming days.
Green, to some listeners, was the best of the British blues guitarists of the 1960s. B.B. King once said Green has the sweetest tone I ever heard. He was the only one who gave me the cold sweats.
Green also made a mark as a composer with Albatross, and as a songwriter with Oh Well and Black Magic Woman.
He crashed out of the band in 1971. Even so, Mick Fleetwood said in an interview with The Associated Press in 2017 that Green deserves the lions share of the credit for the bands success.
Peter was asked why did he call the band Fleetwood Mac. He said, Well, you know I thought maybe Id move on at some point and I wanted Mick and John (McVie) to have a band. End of story, explaining how generous he was, said Fleetwood, who described Green as a standout in an era of great guitar work.
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Cross gently, Peter.
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Fleetwood Mac blues guitarist Peter Green dies at 73 (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Jul 2020
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LakeArenal
(28,820 posts)1. That's a loss. Great music. Thanks Peter.
DBoon
(22,369 posts)2. RIP
Solly Mack
(90,773 posts)3. Rest in harmony
Docreed2003
(16,863 posts)4. Damn...a big loss
Cross gently Peter, thank you for the band and your music which will live on!
panader0
(25,816 posts)5. Oh shit--I loved his stuff.
Jeremy Spenser is 72, Bob Welch died in 2012.
RIP Peter Green.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,034 posts)6. ...