The early Fleetwood Mac was an incredible blues band, before they went more poppy. Peter Green is a blues GOAT!

Green Manalishi, OH Well, Albatross, Black Magic Woman, Rattlesnake Shake, more

This has to be one of the saddest and most beautiful songs ever written. It's made all the more poignant by Peter Green's subsequent mental health issues.

The original Fleetwood Mac, the best. Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, Jeremy Spencer, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie. Some songs I think you would love: "Fighting for Madge", "Searching for Madge", "Underway", "Albatross", "Rattlesnake Shake" (especially live in Boston, 1970, "Oh Well."

'Wow' indeed! Just Sublime! even after all these decades! So sad and so f*cking Beautiful !!..

This is THE Fleetwood Mac. He got lost in drugs. Years later a fan found him and brought him back to music. The best only shine for a short while. ‘Green Manalishi’ next up. Evocative too.

Love Peter Green. His voice and guitar tone are almost ethereal. A beautiful, troubled man. RIP Peter, bless your soul

This is the REAL Fleetwood Mac. One of the greatest blues bands of all time. Green was one of the great British blues guitarists of the 1960s, repected by all his contemporaries. Tiis song reflected Green's own mental health issues at the time. You should listen to the albums they made at this time which are, in my view, much better than anything that came after his departure, and which made them very rich.

Peter never sold out

The Record was actually very successful on the UK charts. It reached No 2 in May of 1969, only stalling behind the Beatles "Get Back" which was No 1 for Six Weeks.

Danny Kirwan

From the original Fleetwood Mac, I KNOW you will love and appreciate "The Green Manalishi (with the Two Prong Crown)". Just simply outstanding! You may also want to check out Judas Priest's cover of this tune...it's killer too!

This first iteration of Fleetwood Mac is so good, in the UK in 1969 Fleetwood Mac sold more records than The Beatles and The Rolling Stones infact they were the biggest selling recording artist in the UK in 1969. They were the only band ever to outsell The Beatles whist they were still together. You should dive more into them, very guitar led with at times 3 lead guitarist and a very blues driven sound.

Really great song and he was a great guitar player.

Oh Well.... is another good track, but it goes on a journey well worth a listen.

Class. It would be nice to do Albatross. Unique, beautiful.

John Mayall's Bluesbreakers was a huge training ground for British musicians, Jack Bruce - 1965, Eric Clapton - 65/66, Peter Green - 66/67, Mick Taylor - 67/69, John McVie - 64/67, Mick Fleetwood - 67.

I only met him once. Humble and charming. A very special man and musician indeed.

Peter Green is a #$&@ legend! Thanks for reacting to this song, man.

I followed Fleetwood Mac anywhere I could saw them so many times, he was my favourite guitarist his feel for blues was unmatched, maybe Rory Gallagher was on a par. It said everything about Peter, it was his band but he named after mick and John an anasuming genius.

Need Your Love So Bad is another great slow, bluesy number by this incarnation of Fleetwood Mac.

Their the only Mac to me, with the girls to top 40 AM crap. Jim

It's so sad how many talented artists have real emotional issues. Music is their way of dealing with the world. Wish all could find love and happiness. 💙

Peter green left the band in 1970 with the diagnosis of schizophrenia.

I can also recommend their song "Rattlesnake Shake". The band with Peter Green was great. 🎶🎶🎶

Peter Green was a ferociously talented musician and songwriter and a fine vocalist, the expressive nature of his playing and songwriting may hint at how fragile he was and it is so sad what happened to him at the height of his powers. Many great earlier Fleetwood Mac tracks but my favourites are "Closing My Eyes", the full 9 minute version of "Oh Well" and of course "Albatross".

Back in the CD era I once bought a 3 CD-box just for this song. I just had to have it. And it still touches me when I listen to it. The sadness, the beauty.

I've always had the feeling that this was something more from Peter than just another song!

Love the early original Fleetwood Mac best music

Shall I tell you about my life They say I'm a man of the world I've flown across every tide And I've seen lots of pretty girls I guess I've got everything I need I wouldn't ask for more And there's no one I'd rather be But I just wish that I'd never been born And I need a good woman To make me feel like a good man should I don't say I'm a good man Oh, but I would be if I could I could tell you about my life And keep you amused I'm sure About all the times I've cried And how I don't want to be sad anymore And how I wish I was in love Those last two lines are so powerful.

Such a great song, slow and 'quiet', yet so powerful. I think this was the last single they released before Peter left the band in 1970. They were a completely different band back then, as compared with Buckingham and Nicks in the band. They started out as a blues band and their sound quickly evolved after Danny Kirwan joined in late 68. They had some GREAT stuff in those early days. Two of my all-time favorite guitar solos are in the Boston Tea party version of 'Jumping At Shadows' and the New Orleans Warehouse version of 'I've Got A Mind To Give Up Living'. Both blues songs that show you what a fantastic guitarist Peter was. 'The Green Manalishi' is another great one from the same timeframe as this song, and another that was released only as a single. Peter was a bit of a tortured soul back then and it came out in his writing. Great choice.

I saw this version of Fleetwood Mac in concert in 1969.

Another soul-searching song in the same vein as "Man of the World" is "Jumping at Shadows" off of the Live at the Boston Tea Party(volume 1) recorded in 1970...

"Well I just wish that I had never been born" must be the most depressing line in any song in the entire universe. Bitter/sweet.

Hey Lee, I've been into rock music for over 50 years but I often return to this guy's genius, sadly derailed by substance abuse when he was in the ascendancy. I find his compositions and arrangements beguiling and redolent of early 70s rock brilliance, not since matched. Great reaction and humility!

I loved Fleetwood Mac in the 1960´s when I was a young boy, but when I saw Peter Green Band in Gothenburg around 1980 it was a rather sad experience. He was obviously not in the best shape, although playing quite good guitar. Still he will always remain in my heart as one of my earliest musical heroes. God bless him!

Short and beautifully sweet. One of my all time favourite tracks.

Hey! Brother Lee! I get you, man. I've been there too. Straight up. But look around you, man. That little cutie of yours loves you with all her heart. There are at least fifteen thousand of us out here that are pretty happy about your existence. Some few of us even feel some kind of weird personal connection with you, if that makes any sense at all. All that has to count for something, right?

The boy from Bethnal Green, East London. Peter Green could make his guitar sing. He was known to visit my local music shop Bullfrog Music in West Sussex to get his guitars serviced/maintained. A very humble man by all accounts.

The original Fleetwood Mac was so good. Check out where Black Magic Woman came from before Santana made it popular. Green also had the look before Severus Snape stole for the Harry Potter movies.

Peter Green. Bless him.

I Think that everyone can relate to this song at some point in their life.

Peter Green was a guitar god. God rest his soul xx

Stunning track.

I like the original Fleetwood Mac, more than the 70s Girl version. The original MIck Fleetwood and John McVie, Peter Green Blues Band, was freaking great! They didn't have the fame and monetary success of the later version, but what music they produced.

I never knew about this musuc? Funny... I care about your life. I've been sober 12 years next month. I've be in bad places. My kids have and still are deep in bad places and can't climb out yet. I get ya. Like I said, my oldest son is a drummer too. He's almost 50 and can't get out to where you are,! to the deep wounds and struggles. All my best wishes Lee to us all. WE should, and can, and are worthy of giving ourselves a break. Thanks for what you do for me! That song was pretty.

Otyken , Lord of Honey !!! Awesome !!!!! 🌎✌️💖☺️

When I heard OH WELL by FM with Peter Green for the first time as a teenager - a big hit all over Europe - I was confused and fascinated at the same time, really worth listening to and definitely pt1/the hit and pt2/psychodelic. Oh Well and Man Of The Word were both Uk no.2 but totally different, you'll be totally surprised. On the Tusk tour in 1980, the then FM also played the pt1 live with Lindsey. Please keep driving!!!

Peter is a tragic story when he was given poorly manufactured LSD at a party in Germany in 1969... Similar story to Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd... Acid can push a schizoid/schizophrenic over the edge... My recommendations of this era: NEED YOUR LOVE SO BAD; GREEN MENALISHI; THE MADGE SESSIONS; OH WELL... and you did RATTLESNAKE SHAKE, although you might look at the video of them playing the Chicago era PLAYBOY MANSION, with the band being introduced by a youngish Hef.

Green Manalishi, Balck Magic Woman. Peter’s story is a bit tragic but those who followed all the iterations of the band it is said that,the original,is now,Peter Green’s Fleetwood. Always liked Kiln House from the next band before Buckingham Nicks joined

Peter Green was a genius and Fleetwood Mac Mk 1 had three lead guitarists (Mick Taylor and Danny Kirwan being the other two) and were epic live

I loved the original Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac, great blues band.

How could a song be beautifully heartbreaking? That’s how.

Hi @L33Reacts and hi @all - that was a cool song from Peter Green`s Fleetwood Mac - thanks you for sharing. I liked the band since the early 70s and have many vinyls. But after Peter Green left the band they became just another irrelevant pop band (to me personally). That's just my taste. I was able to see Peter Green in a concert a few months before his death and I can say that, despite his condition, it was one of the best (acoustically) performances I`ve ever heard. P.G. has inspired so many musicians and provided them with songs that you can only take your hat off. Alongside Alexis Korner, John Mayall and the Stones was P.G. certainly one of the first british musicians to bring US blues back to the forefront. Best wishes @all from Hamburg (Germany)

The GREAT Peter Green, RIP.

The name "Fleetwood Mac" comes from a combination of the founding members names. Mick Fleetwood (Drummer) and John McVie. (Bass)

Oh Well and the Green Manalishi

Check out “Before The Beginning “ from the Album “ Then Play On” but actually the whole album rocks

This Fleetwood Mac is the only Fleetwood Mac as far as I'm concerned. Peter Green was a fine singer, a spectacular guitarist and clearly a sensitive human being. His reaction to a rapid succession of chart hits in the UK was to feel guilty about making money and becoming a "pop star". He had some kind of mental breakdown (possibly as a result of an "LSD incident"), left the band, left the business, tried to give all his money away and was rumoured to have taken a job as a gravedigger. He starting playing again some years later and made a couple of solo albums, but the magic was more or less gone. Do check out his early masterpiece "The Supernatural" an instrumental he wrote and played when he was a member of John Mayall's Bluesbreakers (he was the replacement for Eric Clapton). It's on the Mayall album "A Hard Road". Coincidences exist, but most people at the time were convinced Carlos Santana must have heard it and loved it early in his career. Peter Green also wrote "Black Magic Woman", which Santana covered very successfully. Not a criticism - I like Carlos too. (I keep commenting on your videos, time to subscribe)

If you can, react to the live version of “Got a good mind to give up living” by the original Fleetwood Mac. Maybe the greatest blues guitar solo ever captured.

Looking back, Danny Kirwan said this song should have let them know that he was sliding.

Lee, you may be familiar with Judas Priest's "Green Manalishi (With the Two-Pronged Crown). This is a cover of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac original cut of the song (1969 I believe.) Both versions are well-received in my ears! :)

Well L33... Now this is the original Fleetwood Mac... and a stunning blues band too. The current Fleetwood Mac only had Mick Fleetwood and John McVie in it Of ALL the blues guitarists that bought blues back into the mainstream in America in the 60's then B.B. King said that Peter Green was the only guitarist that he considered had the REAL blues chops. And it can't get a better endorsement than that. Keep on Rocking young sir.

Early FM, blues great Peter Green. Then Play On is the album.

The Green Manalishi (with the Two Prong Crown) is one of their most progressive songs from that period. Extraordinary. Peter Green was a brilliant songwriter. A world away from what followed.

Want the best guitar solo ever? Try "Jumping At Shadows" live from Boston Tea Party

I think they dropped the "Peter Green's" after the first album. It has bee just Fleetwood Mac ever since.

Looking forward to you delving further into the Peter Green iteration of Fleetwood Mac. "You will be rewarded mightily" as some bozo once said.

You gotta checkout Pete Townshend Give blood live, featuring David Gilmour, of Pink Floyd on guitar(Smoking)!😮😮

Check out "Oh Well"

Glad to hear you "came back" from where you were. Sadly, Peter Green never really came back.

First indication that he wasn’t happy with Green Manalishi charting his descent.

Please review theres sonething deep inside me by fleetwood mac

I'm not a huge fan of the Peter Green era Mac, but this is an excellent (if sad) song that indicates his messed-up state of mind at the time, which led to his leaving the band. He started doing tons of acid, turned up at gigs wearing robes and a big beard, giving off a weird messianic vibe, and tried to turn the band into a charity group, wanting to give away all their earnings because he felt a weird sense of guilt for becoming famous. Personally, I don't buy this mentality of "the Green-era band was the REAL Mac" or "Fleetwood Mac sold out after 1970", etc. etc. Bands change styles and members and approaches, and some people will like the changes, and some won't. Purism (musical or otherwise) is just a projection of one's insecurity onto outside sources of admiration, be it a band or an actor or a politician, and expecting the impossible of them. OK, end of sermon/rant.

the bass and the drummer stay consistent for the band through its history Fleetwood and McVie

Oh Well Part I AND Part II.

This line up outsold the Beatles a couple years. I think 68 and 69. The women joined and it turned into a successful pop band.

Lee you would enjoy going deeper into Peter’s Fleetwood Mac. Bluesy and rocks a bit more than this sleepy tube.

Stephen Malkmus must have listened to this song.

You should try the original Fleetwood Mac, "Black Magic Woman," written by Peter Green by the way. Santana's cover version pales by comparison. The band is called Fleetwood Mac, not Peter Green's FM.

Green manalishi Oh Well!

Chop wood, carry watery. Surviving the hard times makes you appreciate the good times even more. Do you know the secret of enlightenment? Lighten the f**k up. Just remember, the more you complain,the longer God makes you live.

Well, don't you wish that you'd lived through that golden decade from 1966 to 1975? There was so much good music around then that you just knew that you couldn't listen to all of it and there were so many different types of music then and so much experimentation. I know that I'm old now and that you should never pay too much attention to them but occasionally I look at them today and there is literally nothing that I want to hear and that's sad. It was still pretty early in his career but Peter Green was already pretty disillusioned by the music industry and his life but that alternated with a hugely hedonistic lifestyle that he slipped into. Unfortunately he and Danny Kirwan were targeted by some kind of rich German cult in Munich while they were on tour, given some kind of acid and never really came back, both of them developing mental problems. It destroyed two great talents and soon after when they were in America, Jeremy Spencer met some people from the Children of God and disappeared with them. It's a sad story.

Fleetwood Mac, never made out?

Now you talking.

Prefer blues version of Fleetwood Mac

As said below, Green Manalishi is a must from the Peter Green era.

This first iteration of Fleetwood Mac is so good, in the UK in 1969 Fleetwood Mac sold more records than The Beatles and The Rolling Stones infact they were the biggest selling recording artist in the UK in 1969. They were the only band ever to outsell The Beatles whist they were still together. You should dive more into them, very guitar led with at times 3 lead guitarist and a very blues driven sound.