Jul. 25th, 2020

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Passed in his sleep at age 73. His was a sad tale, diagnosed with schizophrenia around 1969. He joined The Bluesbreakers when some low-life named Clapton dropped out, left them to form Fleetwood Mac two years later with bandmate Mic Fleetwood, later recruiting Bluesbreaker bassist John McVie. Green wrote Black Magic Woman, later a major hit for Carlos Santana.

He remained active in music throughout much of his life and was considered one of the greats of guitarists.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/peter-green-fleetwood-mac-dead-obit-1033950/


THIS Rolling Stone article has an embedded video - no auto-start - has Pete playing Black Magic Woman with Carlos Santana at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame the year that both Santana and Fleetwood Mac were inducted! Very touching video and article.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/flashback-peter-green-santana-black-magic-woman-rock-hall-1033968/

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