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![]() Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac and Status Quo at one Nottingham festival but only 2,000 fans turned up
Nottingham Post | Posted: May 22, 2016 http://www.nottinghampost.com/Pink-F...ail/story.html By Peter Pheasant IT was on May 10, 1969, that Notts County played host to an 11-hour pop and blues festival at Meadow Lane, Nottingham, which featured Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, the Tremeloes, the Move and Status Quo. Only around 2,000 people attended out of a possible 40,000 stadium capacity, prompting organiser Roger Jackson to moan afterwards: "Young people don't know what's good for them. They've let us down dismally." According to Evening Post reporter Tony Willmett, Cardiff trio Love Sculpture were the only group from a list that also featured Van Der Graaf Generator, Keef Hartley, Marmalade, Duster Bennett, Dream Police and guest DJs John Peel and Ed Stewart who had the crowd screaming for more. Willmett described Georgie Fame and his band as "easily the quality act of the festival" and finished his report with a comment on Pink Floyd, who closed the show with a set that the reporter claimed "sent everybody home with their minds reeling". One bystander said: "They're either brilliant or they're conning us." John Moon, of Old Basford, was 16 at the time and travelled from Shirebrook. He recalled: "I set off around 9am and got there just in time to see Fleetwood Mac, just coming on around noon, I think."I was well into blues rock and psychedelia, so it was a great bill for me. "I was supposed to be picked up at 9pm by my friend's parents but, as Pink Floyd had just gone on, I was not budging an inch and they had to wait for the next 90 minutes... rebel or what... they were not happy!" "I am not sure if all these acts played as per programme but I loved Fleetwood Mac, Keef Hartley with two great jamming guitarists (first two LPs only) and Floyd took me into another dimension completely... and that was just on tea and a hot dog! "Sad that Syd (Barrett) was not there, though, replaced by some long-haired guy. I remember not being impressed. "I remember the pop groups getting booed but everyone was in good spirits and sang along. Georgie Fame did a very pro set, early boogie from Status Quo, which I never thought would catch on! I just wanted Pictures Of Matchstick Men, and more weird stuff." M Kinton, from Giltbrook, recalled: "The weather was awful, as it poured with rain virtually all day. Perhaps this put people off. "Fleetwood Mac kicked things off, as they had a gig booked later that day elsewhere. A fabulous band with the outstanding Peter Green on lead guitar. "It was just a pity the reception and crowd were so quiet, as they played a great set. "Love Sculpture did a classic version of Sabre Dance. The Move, also in good voice and always a good live band to see. Pink Floyd finished off the festival with a storming set, with Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, and were followed by a giant fireworks display. "A super festival and not a bad band all day. A very, very memorable day. Probably the best all-day music festival Nottingham has ever seen." However, it was not the last all-dayer around that time. On July 12, 1969, Nottingham Racecourse staged a 12-hour prog-rock festival featuring the Nice, Eclection, Yes, King Crimson, Juniors Eyes, Edgar Broughton Band, Idle Race, Status Quo, Caravan and Streets Of Sadness, all compered by John Peel. The following year, on July 25, 1970, the venue switched to Victoria Embankment, where Family, Taste, Atomic Rooster, Mungo Jerry, Anno Domini and Aztec City were on a bill described as "Woodstock comes to Nottingham". |
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![]() The World's Greatest Guitar Solos!
4:50 pm on 28 June 2016 Radio New Zealand http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/pr...t-guitar-solos Peter Green, Fleetwood Mac: Albatross This got a big reaction from our audience. It features Peter Green on guitar who had left John Mayall with two other ex Mayall band members: Mick Fleetwood and John McVie. Released as a single in 1968, it topped the charts. There’s an interesting story about the 1959 Sunburst Les Paul guitar Peter Green used to play back in the day of Fleetwood Mac. Green used it on many of his big hits including 'Oh Well, Black Magic Woman' and 'Man of the World'. He sold it to Gary Moore from Thin Lizzy (and a stellar solo career). Gary played the 1959 Sunburst he bought from Peter Green for his entire career, eventually putting it up for sale. It was on the market for a few years before Kirk Hammett from Metallica paid an undisclosed sum for it… the guitar is unique in that one of the pick-ups was wired in the wrong way around, giving it a unique tone. Moore died in 2011 aged 58. This solo is an excerpt from his hit 'Parisienne Walkways' recorded live. It was his signature song performed on a signature guitar. Gary Moore: Parisienne Walkways Gary played the 1959 Sunburst he bought from Peter Green for his entire career, eventually putting it up for sale. It was on the market for a few years before Kirk Hammett from Metallica paid an undisclosed sum for it… the guitar is unique in that one of the pick-ups was wired in the wrong way around, giving it a unique tone. Moore died in 2011 aged 58. This solo is an excerpt from his hit 'Parisienne Walkways' recorded live. It was his signature song performed on a signature guitar. |
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![]() [Excerpt from Buffalo News review of Hollywood Vampires]
July 10, 2016 By Aaron Besecker http://buffalo.com/2016/07/10/featur...cks-the-night/ Throughout, the supergroup was tight. The band used Fleetwood Mac’s “Stop Messin Around” to showcase its members’ musicianship. Perry sang lead vocal. Cooper took a harmonica solo. Depp – who doesn’t appear to be just an actor trying to play a role and fit in as a musician – and the other guitarists also took solos. |
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![]() 50 Years Ago: John Mayall Enlists a New Member for ‘Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton’
John Mayall and Eric Clapton were both relatively well known when they joined up for an album in July 1966. But Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton took both artists’ careers to new levels and set them on their paths to their respective futures. Clapton was fresh from the Yardbirds, the blues band he quit in disgust after they reached the Top 10 with the pop song “For Your Love” in 1965. Mayall was a beloved British blues singer, pianist and harmonica player with one album released under his name, a live record from the previous year that included bassist John McVie, just one year away from co-founding Fleetwood Mac with fellow future Bluesbreakers Mick Fleetwood and Peter Green. Like Mayall’s debut album, Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton was supposed to be a concert recording. The 32-year-old felt that the band played best in front of an audience, which fed into his musicians’ performances. But the recording turned out to be unusable, so the group, once again with McVie on bass, went into a London studio in April 1966 and recorded a mix of covers and some originals penned by Mayall and Clapton. A dozen of them ended up on the album. And even though Mayall’s name is on the cover, with Clapton given a featured spot, there’s no mistaking who the album belongs to. Unlike the harsher tones on the Yardbirds records, Clapton’s playing here is clear, precise and warm — everything that would make him a “god” to his growing legion of fans in the U.K. Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton marks the beginning of the guitarist’s legend. British blues rock starts here too. Clapton sings only one song on the LP, a cover of Robert Johnson’s “Ramblin’ on My Mind,” but his solos dominate the rest of the record. Freddie King’s “Hideaway” is all clipped notes and bluesy shuffle until Clapton stomps his way to the end. A sweaty, rumbling take on Ray Charles’ “What’d I Say” turns into the sort of rave-up Clapton made famous with the Yardbirds. And the stripped-down “Ramblin’ on My Mind” is both a signature update and tribute to his lifelong musical inspiration. The band — drummer Hughie Flint rounded out the quartet, and a horn section was later added to a few cuts — amplifies the traditional (and primarily Chicago blues) music, stamping it as something entirely original while keeping its roots firmly intact. It’s a deft move that helped ignite the era’s infatuation with blues-based rock music. (Jimi Hendrix, for one, was a huge fan of the record.) But this lineup didn’t last long. While Mayall went on to record dozens of albums over the years with some of England’s best musicians, he and Clapton recorded together only once more, on 1971’s Back to the Roots LP. Clapton felt stifled in the Bluesbreakers and was looking for something new. Shortly after the release of Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton, bassist Jack Bruce briefly joined the Bluesbreakers. It wouldn’t be long before he and Clapton, along with Bruce’s old Graham Bond Organisation bandmate Ginger Baker, were in a new group, Cream. Green, who was originally a Bluesbreaker before Clapton, then replaced Clapton, until he left for good with a couple more Bluesbreakers to form Fleetwood Mac. And that’s pretty much Mayall’s legacy. Clapton once referred to him as a father figure, and his stature, and longevity, within the British music community attests to this. Pretty much every British blues musician from the period has played with Mayall, who was knighted in 2005, at some point during their careers. Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton reached the Top 10 in the U.K., kickstarting Mayall’s career and igniting Clapton’s. It didn’t chart in the U.S., but its influence over the years has long been secured. Every guitarist who’s ever played a Gibson Les Paul with warm, stinging fluidity owes a debt to this album. A huge one. Read More: 50 Years Ago: John Mayall Enlists a New Member for 'Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton' | http://ultimateclassicrock.com/blues...ckback=tsmclip |
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![]() From an article about Nettlebed Esoteric Fayre, August 15, 2016
http://www.henleystandard.co.uk/ente....php?id=246320 “Fleetwood Mac used to do these things in Reading — pick these odd places to do a gig rather than just going round the circuit. So that’s what I loved about Nettlebed — it seemed such a weird place to put it on. It’s just great.” |
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![]() Blues legend to restart village Rockabella club
ROCKABELLA Rhythm & Blues Club in Beckington will start the year in style this weekend with a gig from blues legend and Fleetwood Mac producer, Mike Vernon. Mike Vernon is a legend of the British and American Blues scene, the founder of Blue Horizon Records, the man behind John Mayall’s Beano and Hard Road albums, producer of Fleetwood Mac’s early albums, and has worked with many more famous artists. He will play with his band The Mighty Combo at Beckington Village Hall from 7.30pm this Saturday, 18th February. Tickets cost £15 each and are available from www.rockabella.org http://www.frometimes.co.uk/2017/02/...ckabella-club/ |
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![]() ‘Godfather of the Blues’ John Mayall, 83, announces new London shows
Name an artist who has done more to shape the direction of modern music and you’ll be hard-pressed to pick out anyone with such a significant contribution under his belt as John Mayall. He is one of the most prolific British musicians of all time in any genre, let alone that which has given him the prestigious title, ‘Godfather of the Blues’. Having amassed more than 60 albums over a career spanning six decades, the legendary Mayall is now set to embark on a massive UK tour – featuring an eye-catching double header at the Cadogan Hall in Chelsea. The shows follow on from the release of his latest record, Talk About That – remarkably, his 65th album of original material. At the ripe age of 83, Mayall is one of music’s longest-serving veterans. But if there is one style that grants the player the opportunity to age gracefully, it is certainly the blues. “A certain maturity sets in after you’ve been playing for so long,” Mayall said in a 2011 interview with No Depression magazine, when asked how his approach had changed over the decades. “You know yourself better and what works, and I think the experience you have with your tools of the trade – which in my case are keyboards, harmonica and sometimes the guitar, shows over time as you become more assured. “You express yourself through the music and the longer you play, the more assured you get and the more refined your expression is.” There have been fewer greater champions of the blues during the 20th – and 21st – centuries. But Mayall has never quite received the kind of popular acclaim that his incredible body of work deserves. In fact, in the minds of part-time fans, his fame has come more from the musicians he has mentored than his own work. The likes of Eric Clapton, Mick Taylor and Fleetwood Mac’s Peter Green all featured in various line-ups of his legendary 60s supergroup John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, and the icons of the era casually drop his name as a key influence on the scene. Alongside his work with some of rock’s future greats, Mayall found fame across the pond. He was heralded for his innovations in jazz and rock as well as his beloved blues, and scooped a Grammy for his 1993 album Wake Up Call, which featured guest appearances from Taylor, Mavis Staples and Buddy Guy. Lauded with critical acclaim throughout his career, Mayall was awarded an OBE for services to British music in 2005 and was inducted – albeit long overdue – into the Blues Hall of Fame last year. This crowning moment came eight years after Mayall officially retired the Bluesbreakers name. But he is now touring again as a trio with bass player George Rzab and drummer Jay Davenport. And his songs remain as dynamic and bold as ever. Despite being an ever-present at each turning point in the genre’s illustrious history, Mayall has resisted the lures of technology. His current shows are stripped-back blues affairs, often with very little equipment on stage. “We sometimes play on the same bill with other acts that have mountains of equipment – two giant keyboards, speakers all over the place, you know, banks of monitors all over the stage – and we have virtually nothing,” he says. “We’re pretty minimalistic.” Even without the fully-charged stage setup behind him, Mayall remains one of the most powerful players in the game. John Mayall and his band will perform along with special guests the Buddy Whittington Band at the Cadogan Hall on November 2 and 3. https://www.londonnewsonline.co.uk/1...-london-shows/ |
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Music: Interview: Sari Schorr https://www.bristol247.com/culture/m...w-sari-schorr/ Sari Schorr’s debut album A Force of Nature was produced by Mike Vernon whose credits include Fleetwood Mac, John Mayall & the Blues Breakers, David Bowie, Savoy Brown, Chicken Shack, Eric Clapton, Peter Green, Christine McVie and Ten Years After; Sari Schorr’s band the Engine Room includes Innes Sibun (former Robert Plant guitarist); Sari Schorr is a marathon runner, animal rights activist and aspiring vegan; Sari Schorr currently lives in Brooklyn, New York with her husband and rescued pit bull triplets; Sari Schorr is playing the Lantern on Thursday 16th March as part of the Blues and Jazz festival; Sari Schorr is the latest artist to submit to the vinyl enquirer. What was the first record you ever bought and where did you buy it? It was Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti. I bought it at my favourite grungy record store in New York. I was such a good customer, the owner let me run a tab and pay when I had saved up enough money. What was the most recent record you bought and where did you buy it? I bought Phoebe Snow’s Something Real last night. My manager mention Phoebe and it made me long for her voice. I was fortunate enough to have known Phoebe. She was a beautiful soul. I have many of her albums back in NY. I bought this one for the second time on iTunes. What record do you stick on the deck to sooth your soul? I always keep Billie Holiday nearby. The melancholy soulfulness of her voice grounds and soothes me. Have you bought a record on the basis of a great single and then been disappointed by the rest of the album? If so, tell us all about it… For me, Guns N’ Roses’ Chinese Democracy fell short and felt fragmented. But, to be fair, making a great album is a monumental task, even for a legendary band. So, the occasional run off the rails far outweighs the rewards when those brilliant albums do get made. What record do you turn up to maximum to get in to that party mood? King King Live – the first ever live album from the band. I love this album because it really captures the raw, intense energy of this great band. If we had the ability to land you at the recording of one classic LP so you could witness the whole recording process, what would you choose and why? I’d take a ride in a time machine back to 1968. I’d sneak into the studio with Peter Green, Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Jeremy Spencer and their producer Mike Vernon to witness history in the making as they recorded Fleetwood Mac. Having spent a lot of time in the studio with Mike, I’d love to see him work his magic with Fleetwood Mac during those very first recordings they ever did together. It must have been amazing. Ever bought a record solely because you liked the sleeve? If so, what was it and did it delight you or disappoint you? I do it all the time. If a cover speaks to me, I’ll take a leap of faith because I’m always on the lookout for something interesting. I discovered Wilco when the cover of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot appealed to me. Oh no, your house is burning down and you can only rescue one record! What would it be and why? Led Zeppelin, The Complete Studio Recordings, even if that’s cheating a bit. This innovative band really inspired me and influenced my song writing. Not to mention, Robert Plant is one of my favourite singers of all times. What’s your favourite record sleeve? Tell us all about it (and whether or not the music gives you as much pleasure as the sleeve). The iconic cover of Pink Floyd’s, Dark Side of the Moon by Storm Thorgerson. It’s one of my favourites because of it of its minimalist design and thought provoking image. The triangle symbolizes thought and ambition. It is a piece of music art history. Morbidity alert: what record would you like played at your funeral? I’ll stay with Pink Floyd here and say The Great Gig in the Sky, what else could it be?
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![]() Someone posted a decent quality version of the whole Live at The Roxy concert of Bob Welch in 1981 with Italian subtitles:
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![]() Potent Pairings: How to Sound Like Fleetwood Mac
Disclaimer: Our Potent Pairing series aims to get you in the ballpark of the sounds on your favorite recordings using affordable, accessible pedals. The pedals featured are not the exact pieces of gear used on the recordings. Since their original formation in the late-'60s and through various personnel changes and iterations, British–American band Fleetwood Mac has remained a hugely influential mainstay in rock music. Their 1977 release Rumours has sold over 40 million copies to date, placing it eighth on the list of the highest–selling albums of all time behind the likes of Michael Jackson, Pink Floyd, and the Bee Gees. Today, we're paying homage to Fleetwood Mac with another installment of our Potent Pedal Pairings series. Watch the video above for our overview of how to nail the band's seminal sounds with common guitar effects, and be sure to take a look at our library of other Potent Pairings videos here. Click on any of the pedal graphics below for more on each of these pedals. "Oh Well" ![]() "Albatross" ![]() "Rhiannon" ![]() "Dreams" ![]() "Go Your Own Way" ![]() "Silver Springs" ![]() "Big Love" ![]() https://reverb.com/news/potent-pairi...-fleetwood-mac |
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![]() God old Ken Bruce (BbcRadio 2) played Ebony Eyes recently (can't remember exact day)...
Hardly anyone plays this.... Ken also played Peacekeeper, which he often plays. |
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![]() . . . thanks for sharing, sister n. - at least for the first 2 songs.
![]() interesting as this may be, it's far more interesting that messrs. green and kirwan didn't use (and didn't need) such gadgets to achieve their sounds. as far as i know the sounds came solely from their fingers through their guitars and amps (apart from a wah pedal at times)! |
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![]() Love Letter To A Record: Jesse Redwing On ‘The Best Of The Original Fleetwood Mac’
Many of us can link a certain album to pivotal moments in our lives. Whether it’s the first record you bought with your own money, the chord you first learnt to play on guitar, the song that soundtracked your first kiss, the album that got you those awkward and painful pubescent years or the one that set off light bulbs in your brain and inspired you to take a big leap of faith into the unknown – music is often the catalyst for change in our lives and can even help shape who we become. In this series, Music Feeds asks artists to reflect on their relationship with music and share with us stories about the effect music has had on their lives. Here are their love letters to records that forever changed their lives. Jesse Redwing: Fleetwood Mac — ‘The Best Of The Original Fleetwood Mac’ Roses are red, violets are blue, My heart is Green, Peter Green that is! Is it weird that my dad introduced us? When he gave me the Best Of The Original Fleetwood Mac album, all I cared about was skateboarding and punk rock. You showed me a white boy could truly be the “most sensitive guitar player I ever heard”. (I found out later B.B. King said it, but I was already thinking it). Your sweet licks lulled me to sleep at night and woke me with a punch each morning. The subtle elegance and pure force of emotion of your playing and singing got me through those awkward years of teenage angst. Isn’t love a funny thing? It can be born out of a silly mistake… Like when you took your Les Paul apart to see how it worked and put it back with the pickup in backwards. Who knew it could make your tone so distinct and purring?! Mmmm that tone makes me tingle in all the right places! I know I’ll never be as sensitive as you were, Peter; I’ll keep blundering along like all the other poor white boys who picked up a guitar and started bashing away. As Sonny Boy Williamson said about the Yardbirds, “These boys wanna play the blues real bad, and they do!” I’ll never forgive the German hippies who fed you all those drugs. I know they just wanted a piece of you and I can’t blame them for that! But they ripped out the irrepressible spirit of the blues that made Fleetwood Mac bigger than the Who and the Stones for a fleeting moment in the late ’60s, and left you in a state of burnt out acid psychosis! The ignorant may only know the cocaine-fuelled (albeit somewhat brilliant) pop music of late ’70s, ’80s Fleetwood Mac. Perhaps you foreshadowed your own demise by naming the band after the rhythm section so they could go on after you flamed out like the shooting star you were. If you’re reading this, Peter, please pick up your Les Paul and come back to us! Your playing will always live in my heart and my fingers any time I pick up a guitar. All my love, Jesse Redwing Read more at http://musicfeeds.com.au/features/lo...2JYF7WzC37O.99 |
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However I didn't know of that Greatest Hits and I couldn't find anything about it searching in the board either, it's strange because it seems a good collection. |
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