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Originally Posted by slipkid
Apparently Sandra Elsdon who was Green's girlfriend at the time, was a part of a hippie-esque cult that practiced abstinence. It doesn't take much to wonder where "Rattlesnake Shake" came from.  Of course Peter directs the song at poor Mick Fleetwood. |
Also both Sandra Elsdon and Peter Green talks about the inspiration for BMW in the DVD "Peter Green - Man of the World". From that I think it is rather straightforward a Black Magic Woman - a sorceress of any colour (but in this case inspired by the consequences of Sandra Elsdons fling with the mystico-transcendental leading to a more down-to- earth rattlesnake shake approach)
Ms Moose