Otto said:
I'm a big Peter Green fan.
I saw the original Fleetwood Mac @ the Fillmore way back in ’69. They put out a beautiful sound that was drenched in reverb & stinging blues licks.
They were originally called “Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac” because Peter had earned great fame as Eric Clapton’s replacement in John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers in ‘66. Then Peter left, & was replaced by the young prodigy Mick Taylor.
Peter Green was considered one of the top 5 White Blues Guitarists of his time.
Jeremy Spencer also sang lead & played excellent guitar, along with 3rd guitarist Danny Kirwin.
Of course, Mick Fleetwood was on drums.
John McVie had been in the Bluesbreakers with Clapton.
The band was very influenced by the Chicago Blues of Muddy Waters & Howlin Wolf & the slide guitar of Elmore James.
The song Green Manalishi, especially, proved to be ahead of it’s time. All 3 guitarists eventually flipped out from drugs & mystical religions, & left the group, & gave up their financial rewards, & disappeared from the scene by the early ‘70s.