I’d like to share this nice wah wah harp riff originally performed by Peter Green??? (yes Peter Green the guitarist) on a track called ‘Looking for somebody’ which appeared on Fleetwood Mac’s debut album in 1968.
Green’s playing has a super loose and raw quality on this song.
It’s a good riff for practicing hand wah’s. Unfortunately I’ve had to play over the top of Green’s harp as I couldn’t find a clean backing track.
I’ve written and overlaid a tab on the vid in case tabs are helpful for anyone and I’ve played the riff through twice.
During the past couple of years, there have been rumours of a reunion of the early line-up of Fleetwood Mac, involving Green and Spencer. Whilst these two guitarists apparently remain unconvinced of the merits of such a project,[7] Kirwan has remained as silent as ever on the subject. In April 2006, during a question-and-answer session on the Penguin Fleetwood Mac fan website, bass player John McVie said of the reunion idea: "If we could get Peter and Jeremy to do it, I'd probably, maybe, do it. I know Mick would do it in a flash. Unfortunately, I don't think there's much chance of Danny doing it. Bless his heart."
Nostalgia is a powerful thing . . . Greenie was a huge influence on my music, and that band totally rocked (Lynyrd Skynrd, eat your heart out)! No matter what your religious preference is, I think we all can agree that it didn't help these gentlemen move their music forward. I would like a reunion just so the rest of the world is reminded of what Fleetwood Mac was "in the beginning". Danny Kirwan's absence is not a deal breaker, IMHO. And music takes you new places, I would not be surprised if we saw more of the old Peter Green in the context of the old Fleetwood Mac.
Last Edited by Gnarly on Mar 16, 2013 9:28 AM
@Kingley Yes, my mind is nodding in agreement with you in a practical sense, but my nostalgic heart is convincing me otherwise even though I know a modern day performance would be merely a shadow of their former glory I would still go and see them for old times’ sake.
They were superb in their heyday and I have great memories of seeing them perform a really good set in a very small and intimate venue (at the King and Queen pub) in my hometown Brighton, UK in 1968.
Good bands playing in Brighton those days, saw The Who in the Florida rooms around 1965/66 and the Stones in the Hippodrome in 1964 (where I couldn’t hear a bloody thing due to the high decibel screaming of teeny boppers throughout the entire set!)
peter greens comeback proved he still had skill on guitar&harp....his vocals have suffered the most...it seemed jeremy loved to do elmore james alot....of course john&mick would still hold their own...seems I heard danny is a street person in london....
