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Originally Posted by michelej1
From blog So Many Records, So Little Time by Kevin Ayers
http://www.somanyrecordssolittletime.com/?p=11551
In fact, around the same time ‘The Green Manalishi (With The Two Prong Crown)’ was released, so too was Deep Purple’s ‘Black Night’. And given Peter Green’s imminent departure, that musical default(Heavy Metal) could very well have been Fleetwood Mac’s path of least resistance. |
Not quite! It was
Peter that was taking them in
this direction- his composition - his lead playing -so by definition ,with his departure they were unlikely to go down this road(unless Mick had recruited Jeff Beck to replace him of course !!)
I love The Green M,-it's one of his most complex compositions , and if Peter
had stayed with the band and produced more such compositions of this stature, I certainly wouldn't have objected.!
And let's not forget , he was capable of also composing the most sensitive melodic songs around this same period ,and if he had not quit ,I'm sure their music would not have gravitated solely towards proto heavy metal .