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What are some of your early Fleetwood Mac faves? Read on for the list in chronological order.
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It's not the "best" songs - because that might just be all of Then Play On plus Green's other singles from the era - but it's all songs that hold up extremely well today and all help show off the many different sides of early Fleetwood Mac.
And since there's a lot to dig into from those albums (nine studio albums and several non-album singles included), we hope this list can help as a starting point if you've yet to dive in. It's a more unsung era of the band, but they released plenty of classic material during those years that does not deserve to go overlooked. Green's death also follows the 2019 release of Before The Beginning 1968-1970: Rare Live & Demo Sessions (which features newly-unearthed Peter Green-era Fleetwood Mac recordings) and the very recent announcement of the upcoming Fleetwood Mac 1969-1974 box set documenting the years leading up to the Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie, John McVie, Mick Fleetwood lineup that turned the band into megastars.īecause we're mourning Peter Green and because it looks like we have plenty of early Fleetwood Mac to look forward to this year, we took the opportunity to make a list of 16 essential songs from the band's early years (1967-1974, anything before Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks joined). Green joins early Fleetwood Mac members Danny Kirwan, Bob Brunning, Bob Welch, and Bob Weston in rock heaven, and the sad news of his death follows the announcements of two Peter Green tribute projects: a live album of Mick Fleetwood's all-star Peter Green tribute concert from earlier this year (with members of Metallica, Pink Floyd, The Who, Oasis, The Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, ZZ Top, and more) and a yet-to-be-officially announced music/book project that also includes members of Metallica and Pink Floyd, as well as several others TBA. He's not just one of the greatest blues rock guitarists of all time, he's also an innovative singer/songwriter, and his contributions to Fleetwood Mac still influence new listeners today.
All three of those musicians had previously played in the influential UK blues rock group John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers (which at various points also included future Cream members Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce and future Rolling Stones member Mick Taylor), and Peter Green played a crucial role in beginning Fleetwood Mac as a blues rock band before taking them in a more psychedelic direction.
He formed the band in 1967 with drummer Mick Fleetwood and soon recruited bassist John McVie, both of whom would take the band to stardom in the late '70s. This past weekend, we sadly had to say goodbye to original Fleetwood Mac leader Peter Green.
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