{"id":493306,"date":"2020-01-30T12:24:21","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T19:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=945520"},"modified":"2020-01-30T12:24:21","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T19:24:21","slug":"flashback-fleetwood-mac-play-a-gut-wrenching-man-of-the-world-in-1969","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/flashback-fleetwood-mac-play-a-gut-wrenching-man-of-the-world-in-1969\/","title":{"rendered":"Flashback: Fleetwood Mac Play a Gut-Wrenching \u2018Man of the World\u2019 in 1969"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Original Fleetwood Mac<\/a> guitarist Peter Green<\/a> has kept an extremely low profile since leaving the band in 1970, and has been a virtual ghost during the past decade. But at the London Palladium on February 25th, he\u2019s expected to emerge from seclusion to attend a tribute show in his honor organized by Mick Fleetwood. The drummer has assembled an incredible roster of talent to honor Green, including David Gilmour, Christine McVie, Steven Tyler, Bill Wyman, Billy Gibbons, John Mayall, and many others.<\/p>\n

In a recent interview with Rolling Stone<\/em>,<\/a> Fleetwood said that his motivation for putting together the show was rather simple. \u201cI wanted people to know that I did not form this band \u2014 Peter Green did,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd I wanted to celebrate those early years of Fleetwood Mac, which started this massive ball that went down the road over the last 50 years.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also said that he\u2019s kept in touch with Green. \u201cHe\u2019s not the Peter that I knew, clearly,\u201d Fleetwood said, alluding to the guitarist\u2019s mental-health issues in the intervening years. \u201cBut he plays acoustic guitar. He loves painting, and fishing is his hobby. It\u2019s no secret that he took a left turn and never came back, but he\u2019s OK. He also has really little or no ego at all, which is unbelievable.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Green that Fleetwood knew in the late Sixties was an incredibly gifted guitarist and songwriter who composed many of the band\u2019s greatest early tunes, including \u201cBlack Magic Woman,\u201d \u201cRattlesnake Shake,\u201d and \u201cStop Messin\u2019 Round.\u201d But his most beautiful song might be \u201cMan of the World,\u201d which also happened to be one of the last pieces he wrote for the band before departing.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a very prophetic song,\u201d said Fleetwood. \u201cWhen he made those songs, we had no idea that he was suffering internally as much as he was. But if you listen to the words, it\u2019s crucifyingly obvious what was going on. But a beautiful song. A poignant song.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s video of Fleetwood Mac playing \u201cMan of the World\u201d on German television in the summer of 1969. The song fell out of their repertoire when Green left the band the following year, but they revived it last year, with Neil Finn handling the vocals.<\/p>\n

As of now, there are no plans for Green to perform at the tribute show next month. But if he makes a last-minute decision to get onstage and sing \u201cMan of the World,\u201d it\u2019ll truly be one of the great moments in Fleetwood Mac history. For now, fans should just be happy that he\u2019s managed to survive through all his hardships and that he\u2019ll be able to sit in the audience and enjoy the beautiful music he created all those years ago.<\/p>\n

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