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Originally Posted by slipkid
I never questioned Danny's musical input in Fleetwood Mac. Yes, without him the band would've ended before Christine, and the move to the US. Maybe when Green complained to a young Gary Moore in '69 that his band is "driving him crazy", it wasn't about Kirwan, but the lack of input from the others. I think Green didn't like being the leader after a certain point (sometime in 1969). Before Kirwan joined FM, Peter Green was a cocky, confident almost brazen band-leader who knew what he wanted. While other famous bands have that one songwriter that brings it home, and they too had their demons (Ray Davies, Pete Townshend) they were able to keep their bands together at least twenty years. I think Kirwan, and Green were great together as songwriters, but after reading Martin Celmins' 1995 interview with Danny Kirwan, he still held a lot of hostility, and blame in Peter Green's direction.
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No, I know you weren't questioning him musically. I'd agree with all you've said there. I don't think Danny and Peter actually wrote songs together much though. Often it was one of them helping to finish off a song that the other was struggling with, maybe just with a solo, as Peter contributed to "World in Harmony". "Like Crying" was more of a joint effort, I think. As for who Danny may or not blame, it's impossible to tell, as he has tended to throw blame around in all kinds of directions, including blaming himself. He's not terribly coherent in interviews anyway, sadly.
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Originally Posted by slipkid
If Danny leaves FM in 1970, there is no Fleetwood Mac. Possible scenario is hiring Stan Webb, and Christine at the same time. That could've worked. Yet I bet there is no Bob Welch, or the 1975- band.
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It might have worked for a while, but it would have been too blues-based for the '70s. Fashions were moving well away from the blues, even in the UK. Christine hadn't moved into her pop / soft rock phase yet, and Stan Webb was still a bluesman. Mick and John wouldn't have been able to make that switch towards pop-rock that Danny and Bob Welch enabled. I wonder if Christine would have ever made that switch without Bob Welch, actually.
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Originally Posted by slipkid
I'll never understand Peter Green's departure. His last concerts with FM caught on tape rival the best rock concerts ever heard. Fleetwood Mac could've been a HUGE "rock" band on the level of Led Zeppelin/Who/Stones of the early 70's.
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I don't know that anyone will ever understand Peter's departure. I assume that he understands it himself, but I don't know..