I miss my friend and grateful that Greeny asked me to a put a band together for him when he left the priory hospital in 1981. This started him back on the road to his eventual recovery. I still have copies of the beautiful roots music we made together. Rest easy my friend. Gone but never ever forgotten xx
I had the pleasure of seeing (Leeds Irish Centre)Peter Green and the Splinter Group about the same time as this video. Initially he was reticent, but gradually grew in confidence in the second set. It was then that his talent and genius shone through. One of the greatest British guitarists ever, great voice and great songwriter. Congratulations also to Nigel's immense talent and for bringing, probably dragging Peter back at this point. RIP PG X
Peter Green WAS Fleetwood Mac. Their early stuff with PG not only stands up today...it blows 99% of it away! Brilliant songwriter, magical voice & virtuoso on guitar...nothing more to be said. Thank you for the memories & “may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest”. RIP.
Absolutely great to see Peter Green back where he belongs with guitar in hand. After the nightmare of his past life, it fills my soul to see this wonderful guitarist and song writer make his comeback with The Splinter Group. Kudos to the other lead guitarist for his fine instrumental performance. From the shots it is clear that Peter is so happy. So awesome.
That's Nigel Watson. Larry Tolfree on drums. I think the keyboard player is Roger Cotton, but I don't know who the bass player is. The guy in the original Splinter Group was Peter Stroud. Could be him.
Wow! Peter Green is HERE! I loved your playing from the time I was in my mothers womb and to hear and see you play is like an unreal dream come true...We all love you and your band PETER GREEN. I am a huge fleetwood mac fan also.
This is the original buddy. Judas Priest covered it. Listen to the one Peter played back in the day with Fleetwood Mac. There is no darker song than that And he basically invented progressive heavy rock with that
@@blackcatsarenopussies ... I was referring to the original by Peter which to my mind pointed the way to all metal. I was around and kicking at the time Peter Gree was at his height. I like Judas Priest but, I agree, they cannot match the original Fleetwood Mac.
@@jimandlizhudson2501 sorry, thought you meant Judas Priest version. Indeed, the FM's original was very much some kind of a proto heavy metal, progressive rock kind of stuff. Very ahead of its time I would say
Peter Green in my opinion was a very modern sounding guitarist, far in front and forward thinking than most of the musicians at the time. Green and Hendrix gave guitar fans a glimpse of what future guitar musicianship would become. As many of the next decade of guitarists had been inspired by their slick technical playing and imaginative, original music compositions. Peter Green inspirational playing was short lived but shone brightly. His excellent musicianship promised so much but wasn't to be. Peter Green, the Paul Gascoigne of British guitar heroes 😏✌
it was gpod to see peterback to is normal self again and performing after is metal heath problems in the 70 s 80s only wished syd barrett could have done the same r i p peter
I'm fan of the mid 70's FM line-up too. Was a major soundtrack of my childhood (mom) but I e just discovered THIS a month ago (hits self on side of head). Lol..it was a favorite time of my life too, age birth to 3. Just kidding. I'm just grateful to have learned about it. All I knew was the JP version I first heard covered at a 7th grade dance. Good, but this is beyond most anything I've heard. Can't stop listening & am grateful Peter's still here! His music & life, awesome. Creator, survivor.
THIS, boys and girls of today, is what is known as ROCK N fucking ROLL. By a master that comes along once in a generation and thank the gods that is my generation.
I am a HUGE fan of Fleetwood Mac but mainly the Stevie & Lindsey years. But I love this! I often wonder what would of happened to Fleetwood Mac if Peter Green never took acid! Such a shame what happened to him! So many years lost. But it is great to see him back doing what he does best! x
Lovely man. It was great to see a proper resurrection. Due to everything he had been through he was on 40 percent of his energy level, but you want someone like that to be happy and feel everybody is grateful that he is back. Is he still playing by the way?
hi kirky,saw peter green also,yes i would prefer musically his style,and i do love lydsey as a guitarist also,i have all the music from them,and love it all ,i think both,band changes were excellent,,please im not knocking you,but rumours must of been one of the biggest albums of all time,both line ups were good,i would get it difficult now to say which were better,i couldnt answer that,loved all
Funny that, because on every single one of my Cd's, LP's, DVDs & books, it says "Fleetwood Mac"...... Stop ranting to everyone who has a different opinion!
Ooops sorry mate replying late, yes i can be a twat, to answer your question, yes bands do evolve, i will go with that, but the beatles went from a pop band to psychodelia with a blues twist, fleetwood went from a blues band to a pop band, the engine room was never mick or john it was peter, i still say green manalishi was a piece of musical genius, but very dark, maybe why i love bands like led zep, black sabbath, soundgarden, audioslave, radiohead, metallica, it's all dark but great music.
Well that depends on what Punk your talking about. The early stuff Misfits, Ramones, Black Flag etc was excellent stuff. But again once it became a popular thing the quality deteriorated. Like anything else, once a music becomes a "style" it becomes a parody of itself. What was it Ice-T said "It's pretty sad rappers today talk about "the streets" and being a thug...yet they live in Mansions, have their personal drivers and make millions off of endorsements...yet somehow they are still suffering
Sorry to comment so late after you made your comments, but weren't they even officially named "Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac" for their first couple years too? I have to agree, I "like" the 70's lineup, but it remains the best of what it is: a pop group. It is not an assembly of some of the greatest musicians ever, which is a whole other plain of existance.
Alan Lloyd- I think the bias of some people comes from the raw talent that Green had/ has. But all the guitarists in Mac were very good in their own right, as you said.
And before everybody forgets, early fleetwood mac were a blues band through and through, not you can go your own way, thats stealing a name to make a name with another set up, american soft rock shit.
The stevie and lindsay years are not fleetwood mac, peter was, forget about what happened to him, i've already made a comment about him elsewhere, HE WAS fleetwood mac, this song is fleetwood all the way, the man is genius, mick fleetwood took his soul and sold it to everybody else, IT WAS PETER GREENS FLEETWOOD MAC.
I like both line-ups, but I was disappointed that they 'went their own way' without renaming the band to create the distinction. They certainly are not the same band.
Cord LaFond- I honestly think if Green stayed away from LSD, and stayed with FM, they would have been as big as Led Zeppelin. Peter is a very ominous songwriter, which makes for great pieces of music.
oh and just to finish off, listen to need your love so bad, another great tune, not pop, blues. Pop kills music, the blues, rock, country, rap, soul, grunge, indie all of that keeps it alive, don't get me onto punk cos it wasn't even rock and it was just failed pop singers.
I'm really sad to see the GREAT Peter Green in such bad condition. I really love what he did with Mayall and Fleetwood Mac, but this... No... I just hope that it helps him to get a living.
Ah, Father time and a fuck load of bad acid. Loved this track when I was ten. Raw, mystical and dangerous. This sounds like the house band at the local masonic club, doing a request.
Why in world should they have donated their money to charity? This was the profession they chose. It's what they do to make a living. Donating their money would not allow them to continue doing it. What a ridiculous notion.
You can be a twat! All bands evolve (compare The Beatles 1962 to 1969 for proof of that!), band members go their own way (sic), but the music lives on - as it should. The engine room has remained unchanged (Mick and John), and the history and memories will always remain. In closing, Then Play On!
No, why should i, peter greens fleetwood mac were blues, fleetwood mac were shit, if you know your music or were born when this band first appeared you'd know what i was talking about. Peter green formed the band, fleetwood was just the drummer, peter screwed up with drugs and ended up in a lunatic asylum but mr fleetwood went mainstream which mr green didn't want and for me i adored all peters work, why should i be happy someone else stole his fame and made money from it or do i have to a twat.
good lord this is lame. its completely toothless. I feel like I'm in the old folks home playing acoustic "Layla" at half the speed of Unplugged. clean Strats.... lead guitarist using his thumb???? please.
Coldacre, you also have to understand Peter Green at the time of these performances, still a great player, but a shadow of his legendary self (frontman of the original Fleetwood Mac). This song, a Fleetwood mac song, in original form, is considered one of THE prototypical Hard Rock/Heavy Metal songs.
I miss my friend and grateful that Greeny asked me to a put a band together for him when he left the priory hospital in 1981. This started him back on the road to his eventual recovery. I still have copies of the beautiful roots music we made together. Rest easy my friend. Gone but never ever forgotten xx
Pete Green: he went down the troubled rabbit hole of sanity nearly lost but came back out and did a lot of great work. Bless his soul.
The blues have just become more blue with the passing of the great Peter Green. Thank God we have all his music to remember him by!!
This wonderful song just got a little darker. RIP Mr. Green. Love ya.
Rest in Peace, Peter. No other player like him.
So sad that two great guitarists, who played with FM, are no longer with us. The late Danny Kirwan was brilliant too. May they both RIP
Bob Weston + Bob Welch are gone too. Take Care
I had the pleasure of seeing (Leeds Irish Centre)Peter Green and the Splinter Group about the same time as this video. Initially he was reticent, but gradually grew in confidence in the second set. It was then that his talent and genius shone through. One of the greatest British guitarists ever, great voice and great songwriter. Congratulations also to Nigel's immense talent and for bringing, probably dragging Peter back at this point. RIP PG X
I feel the reticence adds to the sombre material
RIP Nigel.
RIP Nigel.
Rest in peace, dude. Enormous musician. Brilliant bluesman. One of my favourites.
Thank You Nigel for bringing back PETER
R.I.P. Greeny. I love this laid back, kind of doomy version of the great song.
Absolute Legend. Another of my heros gone for ever. RIP Peter.
One year on still missed .Amazing talent left us superb music. R. I. P Peter Green.🙏🎸💙
Peter Green WAS Fleetwood Mac. Their early stuff with PG not only stands up today...it blows 99% of it away! Brilliant songwriter, magical voice & virtuoso on guitar...nothing more to be said. Thank you for the memories & “may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest”. RIP.
They used to say "pay your dues" . Peter Green paid them double. It's his song he can play it any way he feels like .Thanks for sharing.
The vast majority of comments surrounding PG's stuff on TH-cam are polite, worthy and respectful, like the man himself. Let's keep it that way please?
Hopefully, you've learned to stop bitching, over the last seven years.
@@CooManTunes - A call for politeness and respect is not 'bitching', genius. Guess who the one REALLY bitching is here. Clue: it ain't me.
Absolutely great to see Peter Green back where he belongs with guitar in hand. After the nightmare of his past life, it fills my soul to see this wonderful guitarist and song writer make his comeback with The Splinter Group. Kudos to the other lead guitarist for his fine instrumental performance. From the shots it is clear that Peter is so happy. So awesome.
That's Nigel Watson. Larry Tolfree on drums. I think the keyboard player is Roger Cotton, but I don't know who the bass player is. The guy in the original Splinter Group was Peter Stroud. Could be him.
@@williammiller4653 It's Neil Murray from Whitesnake, Black Sabbath etc.
@@Dumblesnape Mr Neil Murray played with the Late Great Mr Robert William Gary Moore too☘️
Tremendous laid back version with a great vocal from Peter with his usual effortless understated but brilliant guitar playing.
The great Niel Murray. Unsung bass hero.
This has to be my all time favourite concert for Peter. As he could still convey his pleasure of playing as only he know how. With heart & soul.
RIP Peter Green 25/07/2020. Great guitarist and a great guy that will be missed.
Ah so that's how it is suppose to be done. I'll hear that voice and timing in my sleep.
Peter's voice sounds great here!
Rest in Peace and thanks for the great songs
R.I.P.....PETER...THanks for the music...💓💓💓
Thank you for your music Mr Peter Green
i love it that he came through all the bad shit and came back to us . the man .
Wow! Peter Green is HERE! I loved your playing from the time I was in my mothers womb and to hear and see you play is like an unreal dream come true...We all love you and your band PETER GREEN. I am a huge fleetwood mac fan also.
I love peter green ...my all time fave
The man is a freaking wizard
I love Peter Green
Saw Peter and The Splinter group alongside John Mayall’s blues breakers, Sunderland Empire. 1999 .
A real honour 🙏🏻
Sweet heart peter played it again
I always loved the original metal heavy original and now and have this mellower magnificent version to love. RIP Peter....and thank you so much.
what original heavy metal version ?
This is the original buddy. Judas Priest covered it.
Listen to the one Peter played back in the day with Fleetwood Mac. There is no darker song than that
And he basically invented progressive heavy rock with that
@@blackcatsarenopussies I know the original , Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac was a Blues band..
Unreal the idiots in this world.
@@blackcatsarenopussies ... I was referring to the original by Peter which to my mind pointed the way to all metal. I was around and kicking at the time Peter Gree was at his height. I like Judas Priest but, I agree, they cannot match the original Fleetwood Mac.
@@jimandlizhudson2501 sorry, thought you meant Judas Priest version.
Indeed, the FM's original was very much some kind of a proto heavy metal, progressive rock kind of stuff. Very ahead of its time I would say
Great songwriter, great guitarist, great man,great spirit RIP Peter what you gave the world was sublime ☘
R.I.P , you are great man
We love you
Peter Green in my opinion was a very modern sounding guitarist, far in front and forward thinking than most of the musicians at the time. Green and Hendrix gave guitar fans a glimpse of what future guitar musicianship would become. As many of the next decade of guitarists had been inspired by their slick technical playing and imaginative, original music compositions. Peter Green inspirational playing was short lived but shone brightly. His excellent musicianship promised so much but wasn't to be. Peter Green, the Paul Gascoigne of British guitar heroes 😏✌
Wow!!!
it was gpod to see peterback to is normal self again and performing after is metal heath problems in the 70 s 80s only wished syd barrett could have done the same r i p peter
Amazing that he came back at all. Obviously Syd Barretts illness was a lot worse.
He was a good guitar player
Good to see him back
We owe this man more gratitude than a lot of people realize. Such sublime musical harmony and raw talent. Fly high albatross ✌️
Bloody good. RIP Peter.
wonderful old song
I'm fan of the mid 70's FM line-up too. Was a major soundtrack of my childhood (mom) but I e just discovered THIS a month ago (hits self on side of head). Lol..it was a favorite time of my life too, age birth to 3. Just kidding. I'm just grateful to have learned about it. All I knew was the JP version I first heard covered at a 7th grade dance. Good, but this is beyond most anything I've heard. Can't stop listening & am grateful Peter's still here! His music & life, awesome. Creator, survivor.
Love this
I have great memories of seeing splinter group in finsbury park london 2000 i think, shook peters hand and got an autograph ! Rip peter and nigel. ❤
I seen them in Hannover on this tour in 98, with cozy Powell doing a guest appearance on drums that night.
Zbogom Piter, ti si bio najveca legenda moje generacije
THIS, boys and girls of today, is what is known as ROCK N fucking ROLL.
By a master that comes along once in a generation and thank the gods that is my generation.
Peter was the reason I picked up a guitar in my teens. There was only one Fleetwood Mac and was his.
Peter green...Rest in peace..🎸
I am a HUGE fan of Fleetwood Mac but mainly the Stevie & Lindsey years. But I love this! I often wonder what would of happened to Fleetwood Mac if Peter Green never took acid! Such a shame what happened to him! So many years lost. But it is great to see him back doing what he does best! x
I enjoyed that, thanks for uploading
The legend. I like that keyboard, it adds a pretty nice sound to it.
I really prefer his singing voice today. It is more soulful.
As Clapton said, not "was" ... it's all still there.
Brilliant!
Love Mick Foley playing guitar haha
It's Nigel Watson on the other guitar, his sister was Pete's girlfriend
Mrs. Foley's baby boy
Lovely man. It was great to see a proper resurrection. Due to everything he had been through he was on 40 percent of his energy level, but you want someone like that to be happy and feel everybody is grateful that he is back. Is he still playing by the way?
Peter Green R.I.P. ... what a fantastic Voice.
Is this Neil Murray on Bass? I think so
Sure is!
@@EuphratTigris I saw him with Whitesnake in 1981. I think we've all gotten a bit older now
hi kirky,saw peter green also,yes i would prefer musically his style,and i do love lydsey as a guitarist also,i have all the music from them,and love it all ,i think both,band changes were excellent,,please im not knocking you,but rumours must of been one of the biggest albums of all time,both line ups were good,i would get it difficult now to say which were better,i couldnt answer that,loved all
Whowww
Nigel is pretty sharp with that guitar.. but Greeny still claims the crown
It's a pity Nigel Watson felt the need to use Peter as a vehicle for his own promotion.
PG was (and is) a legend in his own right.
I wonder where is Peter now. He's out of spotlight since 2010
What did Peter Green die of? Noone ever mentioned that
He can't sing, he ain't pretty, and his legs are thin, but damn, he sounds damn good--Oh well, God rest your amazing soul, Peter!
nigel watson was an amazing guitar player.
2;49 the riff
Yup. A tasty little specimen. Off-kilter and cool.
Funny that, because on every single one of my Cd's, LP's, DVDs & books, it says "Fleetwood Mac"...... Stop ranting to everyone who has a different opinion!
Ooops sorry mate replying late, yes i can be a twat, to answer your question, yes bands do evolve, i will go with that, but the beatles went from a pop band to psychodelia with a blues twist, fleetwood went from a blues band to a pop band, the engine room was never mick or john it was peter, i still say green manalishi was a piece of musical genius, but very dark, maybe why i love bands like led zep, black sabbath, soundgarden, audioslave, radiohead, metallica, it's all dark but great music.
*© 1998*
Die Studioaufnahme gefllt mir wesentlich besser.
The guitarist with Peter Green is awesome his own right
Hmm, not really.. He's ok at best..
opinions
Are you fuckin deaf? Dude sucks balls....he shouldn't be standing next to the Great One.
Well that depends on what Punk your talking about. The early stuff Misfits, Ramones, Black Flag etc was excellent stuff. But again once it became a popular thing the quality deteriorated. Like anything else, once a music becomes a "style" it becomes a parody of itself. What was it Ice-T said "It's pretty sad rappers today talk about "the streets" and being a thug...yet they live in Mansions, have their personal drivers and make millions off of endorsements...yet somehow they are still suffering
Is that Neal Murray playing bass ?
That's Ule Ritgen playing bass. Long time bass player for Uli Jon Roth. Roth & Green in one lifetime?
I think that is Neil. Neil played with Splinter Group in 97 and 98
Is that Neil Murray on bass - ex Whitesnake😊?
Yes!
Sorry to comment so late after you made your comments, but weren't they even officially named "Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac" for their first couple years too? I have to agree, I "like" the 70's lineup, but it remains the best of what it is: a pop group. It is not an assembly of some of the greatest musicians ever, which is a whole other plain of existance.
livedreamincolor the guitar players in Mac are great. You don't know anything
Alan Lloyd- I think the bias of some people comes from the raw talent that Green had/ has. But all the guitarists in Mac were very good in their own right, as you said.
And before everybody forgets, early fleetwood mac were a blues band through and through, not you can go your own way, thats stealing a name to make a name with another set up, american soft rock shit.
Yes, we know. You and every other person in the comments reminds us.
And don't be a douche. This is an amazing band in any century.
This song touches my soul. Peter was the best guitar player of the 1960s . Made page and Clapton sound like a barrel of shit
The stevie and lindsay years are not fleetwood mac, peter was, forget about what happened to him, i've already made a comment about him elsewhere, HE WAS fleetwood mac, this song is fleetwood all the way, the man is genius, mick fleetwood took his soul and sold it to everybody else, IT WAS PETER GREENS FLEETWOOD MAC.
I like both line-ups, but I was disappointed that they 'went their own way' without renaming the band to create the distinction. They certainly are not the same band.
Cord LaFond- I honestly think if Green stayed away from LSD, and stayed with FM, they would have been as big as Led Zeppelin. Peter is a very ominous songwriter, which makes for great pieces of music.
Just as I thought. Even in the hands of a Master a Fender just cannot cut it against a Les Paul.
oh and just to finish off, listen to need your love so bad, another great tune, not pop, blues. Pop kills music, the blues, rock, country, rap, soul, grunge, indie all of that keeps it alive, don't get me onto punk cos it wasn't even rock and it was just failed pop singers.
I'm really sad to see the GREAT Peter Green in such bad condition. I really love what he did with Mayall and Fleetwood Mac, but this... No...
I just hope that it helps him to get a living.
Ah, Father time and a fuck load of bad acid.
Loved this track when I was ten. Raw, mystical and dangerous.
This sounds like the house band at the local masonic club, doing a request.
Why in world should they have donated their money to charity? This was the profession they chose. It's what they do to make a living. Donating their money would not allow them to continue doing it. What a ridiculous notion.
Nooooooooooooooooooooo
wow man with no feel playing lead over man with most feel ever, hurts my ears
You can be a twat!
All bands evolve (compare The Beatles 1962 to 1969 for proof of that!), band members go their own way (sic), but the music lives on - as it should.
The engine room has remained unchanged (Mick and John), and the history and memories will always remain.
In closing, Then Play On!
what the f?? this is so slow it's almost lifeless
Peter got brain damaged from having too much fun at a party after writing this song. So they played it slow for him.
No, why should i, peter greens fleetwood mac were blues, fleetwood mac were shit, if you know your music or were born when this band first appeared you'd know what i was talking about. Peter green formed the band, fleetwood was just the drummer, peter screwed up with drugs and ended up in a lunatic asylum but mr fleetwood went mainstream which mr green didn't want and for me i adored all peters work, why should i be happy someone else stole his fame and made money from it or do i have to a twat.
good lord this is lame. its completely toothless. I feel like I'm in the old folks home playing acoustic "Layla" at half the speed of Unplugged. clean Strats.... lead guitarist using his thumb???? please.
obviously you've never played guitar the thumb helps a bit even with small fingers it helps me
Coldacre musically educate yourself please before you talk shit about a legendary player like Peter Green
I guess you have never heard of a guitarist name Jeff Beck.
The bass is Neil Murray, the other guitarist is Nigel Watson,
Coldacre, you also have to understand Peter Green at the time of these performances, still a great player, but a shadow of his legendary self (frontman of the original Fleetwood Mac). This song, a Fleetwood mac song, in original form, is considered one of THE prototypical Hard Rock/Heavy Metal songs.
And then Judas Priest showed him how to do it right.
Judas Priest version is better
Original FM in Peters high point is untouchable.
Listen to the original studio version or the one from the Boston Tea Party show before go off sounding like a twit again.