# Peter Green has passed away **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 25, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-green-has-passed-away/916328 "2020-07-25T18:01:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-green-has-passed-away/916328/1 "2020-07-25T18:01:36Z")
Another day brings another sadness. Remarkably, the co-founder of Fleetwood Mac lived to 73. > **[Fleetwood Mac Co-Founder Peter Green 1946 - 2020](https://www.jambase.com/article/peter-green-fleetwood-mac-died)** > > Guitarist Peter Green, who co-founded Fleetwood Mac, has died at the age of 73. > **[Peter Green (musician)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Green_(musician))** > > Peter Allen Greenbaum (29 October 1946 – 25 July 2020), known professionally as Peter Green, was an English blues rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. As the founder of Fleetwood Mac, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. Green founded Fleetwood Mac in 1967 after a stint in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and quickly established the new band as a popular live act in addition to a successful recording act, before departing in 1970. Green's songs, such as "Albatross", " Green... B.B. King: “He has the sweetest tone I ever heard; he was the only one who gave me the cold sweats.” A couple of my favorite tracks: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Q3ure6_pa2M/hqdefault.jpg "Jumpin' at Shadows {live 1970} ~ Fleetwood Mac {Peter Green}") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3ure6_pa2M) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ad3524qWekk/hqdefault.jpg "Peter Green ~ Drifting") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad3524qWekk) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-green-has-passed-away/916328/2 "2020-07-25T18:16:00Z")
He couldn’t sing, he wasn’t pretty, and his legs were thin. But damn he was a hell of a bluesman. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-green-has-passed-away/916328/3 "2020-07-25T18:31:39Z")
Heard this one a little while ago. He hadn’t been the man I admired for decades, but yeah, when he was that man, he was amazing. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0yq-Fw7C26Y/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AGABYAC4AOKAgwIABABGGUgZShlMA8=&rs=AOn4CLAG9LsDtIwvh1kvv-T4QSfkHsdDgQ "Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac - "Oh Well", Live@ Music Mash 1969") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yq-Fw7C26Y) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/rVLC2B9WsUo/maxresdefault.jpg "Fleetwood Mac - Like It This Way, from Blues Jam In Chicago") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVLC2B9WsUo) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-green-has-passed-away/916328/4 "2020-07-25T18:41:03Z")
Slowly the giants fade away… RIP, Mr. Green. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-green-has-passed-away/916328/5 "2020-07-25T19:31:16Z")
RIP, Peter. Great guitarist, singer and songwriter who started something really big. A really sad part of this for me is, there are a probably a ton of Fleetwood Mac fans today that would say “Who is Peter Green?” ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-green-has-passed-away/916328/6 "2020-07-25T22:05:48Z")
So sad. 😢 When he was at the top of his game, there was no one better. Eric Clapton leaves John Mayall’s Blues Breakers, Peter Green steps in, and the group is better! It was in the Blues Breakers that he connected with Mick Fleetwood and John McVie, and Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac was born. So thankful I got to see the Green, Fleetwood, McVie, Kirwan, and Spencer incarnation of the group live back in ‘69. Will listen to “Black Magic Woman” and “Oh, Well” tonight. RIP, Greenie! ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-green-has-passed-away/916328/7 "2020-07-29T02:05:15Z")
Yes, RIP Greenie. I have had albums by all incarnations of FM. Peter Green era FM has a special place in my heart. So does the Nicks- Buckingham era. Rest easy Peter Green.