..:: audio-music dot info ::..


Main Page    The Desert Island    Copyright Notice
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz


Fleetwood Mac: Alone with the Blues

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s


Label: Union Square Music
Released: 2000
Time:
 69:46
Category: Blues
Producer(s): Mike Vernon, Marshall Chess
Rating: ******.... (6/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.fleetwoodmac.net
Appears with: Peter Green
Purchase date: 2000.12.09
Price in €: 9,99



 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


[1] Walkin' the Road (Green) - 3:51
[2] Trying So Hard to Forget (Adams/Green) - 5:14
[3] Coming I'm Coming (Bennett) - 1:43
[4] Kind Hearted Woman (Johnson) - 2:33
[5] Jumping at Shadows (Bennett) - 4:11
[6] Sandy Mary (Green) - 5:20
[7] Same Old Blues (Gale) - 3:45
[8] Born Under a Bad Sign (Bell/Jones) - 2:56
[9] Tribal Dance (Green/Isadora/Langton/Wilde) - 4:29
[10] Time for Me to Go (Green) - 3:51
[11] Fool No More (Green) - 7:44
[12] Loser Two Times (Green) - 4:29
[13] Fallin' Apart (Green) - 3:49
[14] Just for You (Green/Isadora/White) - 4:40
[15] Last Train to San Antone (Green) - 5:32
[16] Give Me Back My Freedom (Green) - 5:39

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


Peter Green - Vocals
Mick Fleetwood - Drums
John McVie - Bass
Jeremy Spencer - Keyboards

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


His career riddled by drug abuse and paranoia, Peter Green is still regarded by some fans as the greatest white blues guitarist ever, Eric Clapton notwithstanding. As he grew up in London's working-class East End, Green's early musical influences were Hank B. Marvin of the Shadows, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Freddie King and traditional Jewish music. Calling himself Peter Green by age 15, he played bass before being invited in 1966 by keyboardist Peter Bardens to play lead in the Peter B's whose drummer was a lanky chap named Mick Fleetwood. The 19-year-old Green was with Bardens just three months before joining John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, whose rapidly shifting personnel included bassist John McVie and drummer Aynsley Dunbar. A keen fan of Clapton, Green badgered Mayall to give him a chance when the Bluesbreakers' guitarist split for an indefinite vacation in Greece. Green sounded great and, as Mayall recalls, was not amused when Clapton returned after a handful of gigs, and Green was out. When Clapton left the band for good six months later to form Cream, Mayall cajoled Green back. Fans were openly hostile because Green was not God, although they appreciated his replacement in time. Producer Mike Vernon was aghast when the Bluesbreakers showed up without Clapton to record the album A Hard Road in late 1966, but was won over by Green's playing. On many tracks you'd be hard-pressed to tell it wasn't Clapton playing. With an eerie Green instrumental called "The Supernatural" he demonstrated the beginning of his trademark fluid, haunting style so reminiscent of B.B. King. When Green left Mayall in 1967, he took McVie and Fleetwood to found Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac. Jeremy Spencer and Danny Kirwan shortly afterward gave Fleetwood Mac an unusual three-guitar front line. Green was at his peak for the albums Mr. Wonderful, English Rose, Then Play On, and a live Boston Tea Party record. His instrumental "Albatross" was the band's first British number one single and "Black Magic Woman" was later a huge hit for Carlos Santana. But Green had been experimenting with acid and his behavior became increasingly irrational, especially after he disappeared for three days of rampant drug use in Munich. He became very religious, appearing on-stage wearing crucifixes and flowing robes. His bandmates resisted Green's suggestion to donate most of their money to charity, and he left in mid-1970 after writing a harrowing biographical tune called "The Green Manalishi." After a bitter, rambling solo album called The End of the Game, Green saddened fans when he hung up his guitar except for helping the Mac complete a tour when Spencer suddenly joined the Children of God in Los Angeles and quit the band. Green's chaotic odyssey of almost a decade included rumors that he was a gravedigger, a bartender in Cornwall, a hospital orderly and a member of an Israeli commune. When an accountant sent him an unwanted royalty check, Green confronted his tormentor with a gun, although it was unloaded. Green went to jail briefly before being transferred to an asylum. Green emerged in the late 1970s and early '80s with albums In the Skies, Little Dreamer, White Sky and Kolors featuring at times Bardens, Robin Trower drummer Reg Isidore and Fairport Convention drummer Dave Mattacks. He reprised the Then Play On Mac standard "Rattlesnake Shake" on Fleetwood's solo 1981 album The Visitor. British author Martin Celmins wrote Green's biography in 1995. Psychologically troubled, on medication and hardly playing the guitar for most of the '90s, the reclusive Green resumed sporadic recording in the second half of the decade. He surfaces unexpectedly from time to time, most prominently Jan. 12, 1998 when Fleetwood Mac was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In a rare, perfect moment Green jammed with fellow inductee Santana on "Black Magic Woman."

Mark Allan, All-Music Guide



After acknowledging Eric Clapton and George Harrison in the audience at a concert at London's Royal Albert Hall in 1969, B.B. King was heard to have said 'But I've got to say that I'm sorry, Peter Green is best'. With this budget-priced 16 track compilation featuring over 30 years of great recordings by one of the world's best blues guitarists, you and your customers will probably be of the same opinion! From recent solo work through classic early Fleetwood Mac tracks and even earlier John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers cuts, this is an essential overview of the development of one of rock's most intriguing, talented and misunderstood enigmas. Contains 'Kind Hearted Woman', 'Born Under A Bad Sign' and 'A Fool No More'. 2000 release standard jewel case.

Amazon.com



"But I’ve got to say that I’m sorry, Peter Green is the best." B.B. King after acknowledging Eric Clapton and George Harrison in the audience at the Royal Albert Hall in 1969. A member of the original Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green has gone on to become one of the greatest guitarists of his generation and a hugely influential musician. Alone With The Blues features 16 hand-picked tracks spanning over 30 years of great recordings. From recent solo work through classic early Fleetwood Mac tracks and even earlier Bluesbreaker cuts this is an essential overview of the development of one of rock’s most intriguing, talented and misunderstood enigmas. Includes a superb sleevenote by noted Peter Green producer and journalist Neil Slaven. A unique compilation featuring solo, Fleetwood Mac and Bluesbreaker repertoire. Exceptional value at this price point. Contains a unique Artist Career Map - a special Metro feature outlining the artist’s career in an easy-to-read form together with an intelligent track by track analysis.

www.uniossquaremusic.co.uk
  

 L y r i c s


Currently no Lyrics available!

 M P 3   S a m p l e s


Currently no Samples available!