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Full Name: Peter Allen Greenbaum
Description: Guitarist, Composer
Known For: Green formed group FLEETWOOD MAC
Instruments: Voice, Guitar
Music Styles: Rock, blues
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Born: 29th October 1946
Location Born: London, United Kingdom
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Peter Green
A British blues-rock guitarist and the founder of the band Fleetwood Mac.
Peter Green (born Peter Allen Greenbaum; 29 October 1946) is a British blues rock guitarist and the founder of the band Fleetwood Mac. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 for his work with the group, Green’s songs such as “Albatross”, “Black Magic Woman”, “Oh Well” and “Man of the World” have been recorded by artists such as Santana, Aerosmith, Status Quo, Black Crowes, Midge Ure, Tom Petty, Judas Priest and Gary Moore, who recorded Blues for Greeny, a covers album of Green’s compositions.
A major figure and bandleader in the “second great epoch” of the British blues movement, Green inspired B.B. King to say, “He has the sweetest tone I ever heard; he was the only one who gave me the cold sweats.” Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page have both praised his guitar playing. Green’s playing was noted for its idiomatic string bending and vibrato and economy of style.
He was ranked 38th in Rolling Stone’s list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time”. His tone on the Bluesbreakers instrumental “The Supernatural” was rated as one of the 50 greatest of all time by Guitar Player. In June 1996 Green was voted the third-best guitarist of all time in Mojo magazine.[
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 for his work with the group, Green’s compositions have been covered by artists such as Santana, Aerosmith, Tom Petty, and Judas Priest.
Up until Green’s departure from the it was a blues group with Chritine Perfect( McVie entering the band the group would be mainstream rock and the obvious of more melody to their songs that took them to the top.
He was ranked 38th in Rolling Stone’s list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time”.
His tone on the Bluesbreakers instrumental “The Super-Natural” was rated as one of the fifty greatest of all time by Guitar Player.
In June 1996 Green was voted the third-best guitarist of all time in Mojo magazine.
Green first played in a band called Bobby Denim and the Dominoes which performed pop chart covers and rock ‘n’ roll standards. Later he joined a rhythm and blues outfit the Muskrats, then a band called The Tridents in which he played bass.