Fleetwood Mac founding member Peter Green may never really understood that his status as one of the greatest guitarists of all time.
Described by BB King as the only guitarist “to give me the cold sweats” – and referred to by Mick Fleetwood as “The Boss”, Green’s sound formed the foundation stone of his band’s early success.
Known to those who played with him as “The Green God”, it was perhaps blues singer John Mayall who first recognised the extent of his talent, recruiting him to replace Eric Clapton in John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers.
After forming the awkwardly-titled Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac featuring Jeremy Spencer in 1967, Green walked away from the band after just three years in the grip of what would later be diagnosed as
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