Many people are well aware of Fleetwood Mac. Actually, let me redact that statement. Many people are aware of Stevie Nicks' Fleetwood Mac. How many of you are aware of the original Fleetwood Mac -- Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac?
That's correct -- Fleetwood Mac is actually older than you thought. They were formed in 1967 by Peter Green, a blues guitarist who replaced Eric Clapton in John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers because he was known to be a better guitarist than Clapton. Between 1967 and 1970, Peter Green led Fleetwood Mac as a blues/blues rock band and by 1969 were outselling the Beatles and Rolling Stones combined in Europe. Little known in fact is that Fleetwood Mac originally wrote and performed Black Magic Woman, not Santana.
The Green Manalishi is actually the last song Peter Green recorded with Fleetwood Mac recorded in 1970, before he quit music all together for the next 20-30 years. Actually, this song was covered by Judas Priest in 1978 as well.
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