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David Gilmour wished he’d written this Fleetwood Mac guitar solo. Then he had to play it: “Maybe I can’t do that”

By Phil Weller Published

When Mick Fleetwood invited Gilmour to perform, the Pink Floyd legend wasn’t sure he could do the song justice

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FLEETWOOD MAC member Peter Green in a recording studio in 1968
Behind Peter Green’s life-changing acid trip: “They gave him a bad tab of acid. He was never the same person again”

By Joe Matera Published

The veteran tour chief for Fleetwood Mac, AC/DC, Pink Floyd and other rock legends recalls the night he saw everything chang for Green — plus his adventures with Mick Ronson, the Byrds and Frank Sinatra

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Gary Moore poses withe the Les Paul he bought from Peter Green at a portrait shoot for Guitarist Magazine, November 20, 2008, London
“We both laughed when he said that — but he was right.” Gary Moore on how Bob Daisley steered him toward a blues reinvention

By Joe Matera Published

A casual remark from Daisley helped the hard-rock guitarist remake his career with ‘Still Got the Blues’

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LEFT: Adrian Smith of Iron Maiden performs onstage during the Power Trip music festival at Empire Polo Club on October 06, 2023 in Indio, California. RIGHT: Kirk Hammett of Metallica performs onstage during the Library Of Congress 2024 Gershwin Prize For Popular Song at DAR Constitution Hall on March 20, 2024 in Washington, DC.
Iron Maiden’s Adrian Smith took Kirk Hammett's “Greeny” Les Paul for an afternoon. Here’s what he said

By Phil Weller Published

A chance meeting with Kirk Hammett led to him becoming the latest big name to fall in love with the guitar

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Musician/Singer John Mayall performs at the Whisky a Go Go, West Hollywood, CA 1969.
John Mayall recalls Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Mick Taylor in Guitar Player's December 1970 issue

By Fred Stuckey Published

We remember John Mayall on the first anniversary of the blues legend's death with a classic interview from our vault

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Peter Green
Peter Green recalled talking his way into Eric Clapton’s Bluesbreakers shoes. That's when his struggles began

By Phil Weller Published

The guitarist never liked comparisons to the man he replaced

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Peter Green Fender Duo-Sonic II
Peter Green’s peculiar Fender Duo-Sonic II – used extensively during his late ‘70s comeback – to be auctioned off

By Phil Weller Published

The three-quarter-sized guitar featured on two solo albums that marked the Fleetwood Mac co-founder's return from obscurity in the late ‘70s

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Peter Green on his time with John Mayall and Fleetwood Mac, and wrestling with his demons

By Elliot Stephen Cohen Published

Having blown minds with Mayall and then formed Fleetwood Mac, the late blues guitar genius suddenly walked away at the peak of the latter band's first run of commercial success. He would endure years of horrors before making it back to the stage

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Guitarist Peter Green (right) and bassist John McVie, of British rock group Fleetwood Mac, rehearsing at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 22nd April 1969.
"This Was the Secret We’d All Been Searching for!" Discover the Key to Peter Green's “Magic” 1959 'Burst Les Paul Tone

By Christopher Scapelliti Published

Learn how the legendary Fleetwood Mac guitarist got the incredible out-of-phase sound on his famous 1959 Gibson Les Paul, "Greeny"

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Fleetwood Mac in 1969. (left to right) Bassist John McVie, guitarist/singer Danny Kirwan, guitarist/singer Peter Green, pianist Jeremy Spencer, and drummer Mick Fleetwood
Here’s Why Fleetwood Mac's 1969 Album 'Then Play On' is One of the Greatest Blues-Rock Records Ever Made

By Jim Campilongo Published

The group’s third studio LP is hard evidence of Fleetwood Mac’s growth from an excellent blues band to a blues-based act that defied description

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