Sandra Elsdon-Vigon looks back

[sharksfan2000]

I apologize if this has been posted here before, but I didn't spot anything. I came upon this interesting 2014 interview with Sandra Elsdon-Vigon, who was Peter Green's girlfriend during his time in Fleetwood Mac (and as early as his Bluesbreakers days). What I didn't know before was that Peter was not the only member of the band she was involved with over the years.

Life as the Girlfriend of Fleetwood Mac (http://www.high50.com/culture/fleetwood-mac-on-the-couch-by-the-woman-they-loved)

Also found this cool photo that I'd never seen before, of Sandra with Peter and John - looks like from sometime in 1967.

https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/s640x640/sh0.08/e35/13092403_1068324719857040_235944449_n.jpg

(the photo is from this webpage: http://www.imgrum.net/media/1236422884113195896_3031283783).

[lazy poker]

What I didn't know before was that Peter was not the only member of the band she was involved with over the years.

Life as the Girlfriend of Fleetwood Mac (http://www.high50.com/culture/fleetwood-mac-on-the-couch-by-the-woman-they-loved)

Also found this cool photo that I'd never seen before, of Sandra with Peter and John - looks like from sometime in 1967.
thanxalot for this, sharksfan! sandra's "involvements" with other musicians in and out of the mac are also news to me - i wonder if these have ever been a topic one way or another here on the ledge.

as for the nice pic - i remember having run across it before somehow, but where . . . was it in "man of the world - the peter green story"?

[becca]

Interesting read, thanks. I hadn't realized she was involved with the others for so long. I don't think I've ever seen the photo before and I have the Man Of The World DVD.

[lazy poker]

I don't think I've ever seen the photo before and I have the Man Of The World DVD.
. . . alright, then it must've been somewhere else, but i've definitely seen it before. i remember thinkin' about both peter and sandra obviously taking to horizontally-striped outfits . . . and subsequently danny, too.

[FuzzyPlum]

Thats really interesting.
Would have started 1974 then, right?
Then, they were 'officially' a couple for a year during the recording of Rumours.
So when Chris was knocking around with Curry Grant, John was with Sandra.

[Mr Scarrott]

Thanks for this.

didn't Sandra Elsdon play the recorder on Oh Well?

[michelej1]

Also found this cool photo that I'd never seen before, of Sandra with Peter and John - looks like from sometime in 1967.


That is a great photo. So young. And amused. Michele

[jenniferuk]

Thanks for this.

didn't Sandra Elsdon play the recorder on Oh Well?

I think so, yes. An old thread mentions that & Sandra in the Man of the World DVD (which I need to re watch).

http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?t=37015

Thank for the new to me photo & details.

[aleuzzi]

Interesting info! I had no idea she became intimate with John around 1976ish. The irony of her moving in with Christine later is delicious, and it tells us a lot about Christine: she appears to value friendship more than petty jealousy.

Re: the photo. I first saw it years ago in a 1978 book on the band called Rumors-n-Facts. It's been floating around for years. Only now I know the banckstory to the people in it. Cool.

[macpai]

That is way cool, thanks for sharing it!

[lazy poker]

Re: the photo. I first saw it years ago in a 1978 book on the band called Rumors-n-Facts. It's been floating around for years.
if you mean the book by roy carr and steve clarke - i have that: 1978 . . . but the pic's not in there. :-( maybe there are different editions . . . ?

[lazy poker]

I don't think I've ever seen the photo before and I have the Man Of The World DVD.
i've just been watching the "man of the world" dvd again after some time . . . and guess what i saw? go to chapter 3 and at 28'24" - they're talkin' about "black magic woman" and its lyrical origin being sandra, and there's the pic! its quality displayed in the film ain't specificly great . . . anyway. :sorry: ;)

[aleuzzi]

if you mean the book by roy carr and steve clarke - i have that: 1978 . . . but the pic's not in there. :-( maybe there are different editions . . . ?

It could be the other one Steve Clarke did a few years later, in 1985. I'll check.

[aleuzzi]

if you mean the book by roy carr and steve clarke - i have that: 1978 . . . but the pic's not in there. :-( maybe there are different editions . . . ?

Aha! Found it. It's not in either of the Steve Clarke books but it is on page 10 of Mick Fleetwood's MY TWENTY-FIVE YEARS IN FLEETWOOD MAC. I knew I'd seen it before.

[bombaysaffires]

interestingly the art direction/design for the Rumours and Tusk albums was done by a studio called Vigon Nahas Vigon, headed by Jay Vigon. Any relation?

[dalko]

Black Magic Woman, with P.G. :)


https://www.google.fr/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fs-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2F43%2Fd9%2Fda%2F43d9da3a9b09ce7b598996fc30bdcfca.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinterest.com%2Fpin%2F497436721333228006%2F&docid=aR7JW01QJDPIJM&tbnid=mxrK7Uf6VlJBXM%3A&vet=10ahUKEwi58Oz41v_VAhWGuRoKHQhABCIQMwg4KBEwEQ..i&w=944&h=960&client=firefox-b&bih=646&biw=1280&q=Sandra%20Vigon%20&ved=0ahUKEwi58Oz41v_VAhWGuRoKHQhABCIQMwg4KBEwEQ&iact=mrc&uact=8

[sharksfan2000]

Black Magic Woman, with P.G. :)


https://www.google.fr/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fs-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2F43%2Fd9%2Fda%2F43d9da3a9b09ce7b598996fc30bdcfca.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinterest.com%2Fpin%2F497436721333228006%2F&docid=aR7JW01QJDPIJM&tbnid=mxrK7Uf6VlJBXM%3A&vet=10ahUKEwi58Oz41v_VAhWGuRoKHQhABCIQMwg4KBEwEQ..i&w=944&h=960&client=firefox-b&bih=646&biw=1280&q=Sandra%20Vigon%20&ved=0ahUKEwi58Oz41v_VAhWGuRoKHQhABCIQMwg4KBEwEQ&iact=mrc&uact=8
Thanks for the photo link, dalko! :thumbsup: I've never seen that one before.

[dalko]

You're welcome :)

The question is: is she also the woman from "Fool No More"?

"I gave you all my money
I work as hard as I can
I came home early one morning
I found you with another man

So good-bye baby
you don't even care
Yes, I had a love so strong for you
but you treat me so unfair"

Can be ...

[dansven]

The woman sitting beside Green in the sofa is not Sandra Elsdon. Her name is Maria.

[lazy poker]

The woman sitting beside Green in the sofa is not Sandra Elsdon. Her name is Maria.
. . . i already assumed that this isn't sandra - thanks dansven!
but who is maria? also i can't get the time frame, really: peter with full beard and slightly cropped hair - was he still with the mac then or was it after him leaving?
:confused:

[dansven]

Maria was a girlfriend at the time. This was after Fleetwood Mac. 1971 I guess. You can see him with short hair promoting the Heavy Heart single. :)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bPFEi2bIoy0

[sharksfan2000]

Maria was a girlfriend at the time. This was after Fleetwood Mac. 1971 I guess. You can see him with short hair promoting the Heavy Heart single. :)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bPFEi2bIoy0
Thanks for the info, dansven! I was also thinking the photo looked like it was after Peter left Fleetwood Mac.

[lazy poker]

Maria was a girlfriend at the time. This was after Fleetwood Mac. 1971 I guess. You can see him with short hair promoting the Heavy Heart single. :)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bPFEi2bIoy0

Thanks for the info, dansven! I was also thinking the photo looked like it was after Peter left Fleetwood Mac.
what sharky said goes for me just the same - only thing is i wasn't really SURE about the time the pic was taken. thanxalot!
:thumbsup:

[dalko]

Thanks for the information. :)

So, not the "Black Magic Woman" just another picture of PG.

[dansven]

I think perhaps this woman is magical too. ;)

[lazy poker]

I think perhaps this woman is magical too. ;)
she certainly had the looks . . . !
;)

[chiliD]

. . . i already assumed that this isn't sandra - thanks dansven!
but who is maria? also i can't get the time frame, really: peter with full beard and slightly cropped hair - was he still with the mac then or was it after him leaving?
:confused:

That photo looks to be either during Peter & John's days together with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers or very early in Fleetwood Mac. (my 2 cents) Obviously, I was commenting on the wrong photo.

Never mind. :)