
- 304 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Blues guitar great and Fleetwood Mac founder, Peter Green, was an enigma throughout his career. His innovative songwriting and unmistakeable voice shot Fleetwood Mac into the mainstream in 1969 with 'Albatross', 'Man of the World', and 'Oh Well'. But in May 1970, he turned his back on stardom and quit the band.
Written by Green's associate and friend, this biography - first published in 1995, now fully revised and updated - challenges the accepted narrative about why he left the band, and what happened next. It tracks every stage of Green's career, from his semi-pro years playing bass to his rise to fame in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and Fleetwood Mac. It also takes a closer look at Green's solo material and the personal trauma that saw him hit the headlines.
This edition covers his return to the stage in 1996 with Peter Green Splinter Group and how his final band, Peter Green & Friends, was formed. It also covers the last years of his life and includes new, unseen photographs.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Author’s Note
- 1 Before The Beginning
- 2 Seriously, A Looner
- 3 A Hard Road To Easy Street
- 4 Fleetwood Mac Rolls Onto The Tracks
- 5 Finding A New, True Blue Horizon
- 6 Albert Ross, Man Of The World
- 7 Weird Scenes, Acid Queens, Jesus Freaks And Gurus
- 8 Closing My Eyes To Hear The People Laugh
- 9 Trauma City
- 10 Manalishi
- 11 Free Form
- 12 No Way Out
- 13 Lady’s Man
- 14 What Am I Doing Here?
- 15 Los Angeles Smog In The Skies
- 16 Greenbacks: The Root Of All Evil
- 17 Peter Green Splinter Group
- 18 Peter Green And Friends
- 19 The Songwriter
- 20 Late 1960s Spiritual Quest
- 21 Mythic Munich
- 22 1970: Free Form – Free Festivals
- 23 1970: Studio Time
- 24 1971: Turning Points
- 25 1972-75: Revisited
- 26 In The Skies & Little Dreamer
- 27 1981-85: White Sky & Kolors
- 28 The London Palladium All-Star Tribute
- Epilogue
- Discography
- Copyright