Rocky4 Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 back in the day..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXM3nBdiHck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 We cover Oh Well in my band. I love to introduce it with, "See if you know who this is". Most people guess ZZ Top Here's a bit of Trivia, Peter Green coerced Mick Fleetwood and John McVie into his band by naming it after them. "Fleetwood" for Mick and "Mac" for John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Oops, double post.....so Might as well edit it with another gem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky4 Posted December 17, 2011 Author Share Posted December 17, 2011 Here's a bit of Trivia, Peter Green coerced Mick Fleetwood and John McVie into his band by naming it after them. "Fleetwood" for Mick and "Mac" for John It's also interesting to note that Jeremy Spencer would sit in his motel reading the Bible while the other members were out partying. While out in L.A., he quit and joined a religious group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Jeremy Spencer is the man!! I I seen Fleetwood Mac at their prime back in 77-78 and I liked it. Stevie was so hot... But listening to their old blues tunes is far more enchanting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 My band plays this version of this song. Love it: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Here's a bit of Trivia, Peter Green coerced Mick Fleetwood and John McVie into his band by naming it after them. "Fleetwood" for Mick and "Mac" for John Here's a bit more trivia to add on to that bit of trivia... The band was originally meant to be called simply 'Fleetwood Mac' but the record company released the first album under the name 'Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac'..... The first, simpler, version of the name had been decided by Peter Green even before they had a record out. When asked by Jeremy Spencer WHY he didn't want his own name in the band's title (PG was already very famous in the UK as he had taken over from Clapton in John Mayall's Buesbreakers) Green replied that sooner or later both JS and himself would be successful enough to leave 'F-M' to start new bands/projects of their own. This would leave MF and JMcV with nothing. At least if the band was called 'Fleetwood Mac' his two good friends would have the foundations of a band which had a well-know name and a good track-record. When the first album came out Green was absolutely furious with the record company and demanded that from then on the group would be known by the simpler name. P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Here's a bit more trivia to add on to that bit of trivia... The band was originally meant to be called simply 'Fleetwood Mac' but the record company released the first album under the name 'Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac'..... The first, simpler, version of the name had been decided by Peter Green even before they had a record out. When asked by Jeremy Spencer WHY he didn't want his own name in the band's title (PG was already very famous in the UK as he had taken over from Clapton in John Mayall's Buesbreakers) Green replied that sooner or later both JS and himself would be successful enough to leave 'F-M' to start new bands/projects of their own. This would leave MF and JMcV with nothing. At least if the band was called 'Fleetwood Mac' his two good friends would have the foundations of a band which had a well-know name and a good track-record. When the first album came out Green was absolutely furious with the record company and demanded that from then on the group would be known by the simpler name. P. What a guy, I have that much more respect for him. Mick and John sure knew what to do with that gift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHO Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Mick and John sure knew what to do with that gift. Well, some will say that they blew it all on coke and living large while knowing fully well that the man who worked himself into a wreck for the band until they fired him was wasting away living in the streets of London. But, I guess none of us will really know the truth about that, and I guess it's not really their responsibility to look after a former member of the band either. Danny Kirwan has to be one of the most tragic tales in rock though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHO Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 It's also interesting to note that Jeremy Spencer would sit in his motel reading the Bible while the other members were out partying. While out in L.A., he quit and joined a religious group. Jeremy has also admitted that he was the first in the band to do LSD, and then started preaching it to the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Well, some will say that they blew it all on coke and living large while knowing fully well that the man who worked himself into a wreck for the band until they fired him was wasting away living in the streets of London. But, I guess none of us will really know the truth about that, and I guess it's not really their responsibility to look after a former member of the band either. Danny Kirwan has to be one of the most tragic tales in rock though. As much as it hurts, there's nothing anyone can do about someone bent on self destruction. And you can't deny Fleetwood Macs legacy, nor the fact that the survived their bad decisions and carry on that legacy. Mick and John have held that group together through the worst of circumstances, even if you don't approve of how they conducted themselves in their private lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolling56 Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 I always liked Kiln House myself http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km_mGygnjbE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolling56 Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 and another http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad3sjim0Hg4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolling56 Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 ok one more and i quit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBFP_Sw5R4c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHO Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 As much as it hurts, there's nothing anyone can do about someone bent on self destruction. And you can't deny Fleetwood Macs legacy, nor the fact that the survived their bad decisions and carry on that legacy. Mick and John have held that group together through the worst of circumstances, even if you don't approve of how they conducted themselves in their private lives. True. I seem to remember a Peter Green interview in some guitar mag back in the 90's when he resurfaced so to speak where he mention trying to help Danny but he didn't know how. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57classic Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Here's a bit more trivia to add on to that bit of trivia... The band was originally meant to be called simply 'Fleetwood Mac' but the record company released the first album under the name 'Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac'..... The first, simpler, version of the name had been decided by Peter Green even before they had a record out. When asked by Jeremy Spencer WHY he didn't want his own name in the band's title (PG was already very famous in the UK as he had taken over from Clapton in John Mayall's Buesbreakers) Green replied that sooner or later both JS and himself would be successful enough to leave 'F-M' to start new bands/projects of their own. This would leave MF and JMcV with nothing. At least if the band was called 'Fleetwood Mac' his two good friends would have the foundations of a band which had a well-know name and a good track-record. When the first album came out Green was absolutely furious with the record company and demanded that from then on the group would be known by the simpler name. P. While you're right on this, Pippy, don't forget that before there was a group was named Fleetwood Mac, it was the song with that name that PG wrote. Pg, Mf and JMcV recorded it during studio time that John Mayall gave to PG as a present. PG was trying to coerce JMcV into leaving the Bluesbreakers and MF who had already been kicked out of the Bluesbreakers into starting a band which ultimately became Fleetwood Mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 I think this is a little post PG, but it's one of my favorite tunes. Real "mood music" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3SqYMgKhsk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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