February 26, 2020
The stars came out for Mick Fleetwood’s “All Star Concert Honouring Peter Green and The Early Years of Fleetwood Mac.” Stars included Fleetwood himself, guitarists Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) and Kirk Hammett (Metallica) along with longtime sideman guitarist Andy Fairweather Low, Jonny Lang and David Gilmour (Pink Floyd.) Other stars included ‘Mac’s Christine McVie, blues legend John Mayall (Bluesbreakers), Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman, drummer Ringo Starkey (The Who) and singer Steven Tyler (Aerosmith.)
Played at London’s Palladium, the show featured many songs from the Peter Green era of Fleetwood Mac such as “The Green Manalishi”, “Albatross”, “Need Your Love so Bad”, “Black Magic Woman” and of course the hit – “Oh Well.”
In putting together the concert, Fleetwood stated: “The concert is a celebration of those early blues days where we all began, and it’s important to recognize the profound impact Peter and the early Fleetwood Mac had on the world of music. Peter was my greatest mentor and it gives me such joy to pay tribute to his incredible talent. I am honoured to be sharing the stage with some of the many artists Peter has inspired over the years and who share my great respect for this remarkable musician.”
The set list contained a string of early Fleetwood Mac songs:
- Rolling Man
- Homework
- Brown
- All Your Love
- Rattlesnake Shake
- Stop Messin’ Around
- Looking For Somebody
- Sandy Mary
- Love That Burns
- The World Keeps Turning
- Like Crying
- No Place to Go
- Station Man
- Man Of The World
- Oh Well, Part I
- Oh Well, Part II
- Need Your Love So Bad
- Black Magic Woman
- The Sky Is Crying
- I Can’t Hold On
- The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)
- Albatross
- Shake Your Moneymaker
You can watch fan-filmed videos below of “The Green Manalishi” featuring Billy Gibbons, Kirk Hammett and Jonny Lang and “Oh Well” with Steven Tyler and “Albatross” featuring David Gilmour.
If only Gary Moore were still alive to pay tribute to Green. His album “Blues for Greeny” album, released in 1995, was his salute to Peter Green and the early songs of Fleetwood Mac. He even owned Green’s Les Paul (nicknamed “Greeny”) now owned by Hammett.
Thanks to Mick Fleetwood for putting together this tribute.
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