For fans of the early Mac, the concert delivered not only with those aforementioned blues-inspired songs but other notable band classics from that era. For the finale, all the participants gathered for the song “Shake Your Money Maker.”Īll of the performances from the nearly two-and-a-half-hour show were absolutely phenomenal, with strong backing by the ace house band led by Fleetwood on drums along with guitarists Rick Vito (who sounded uncannily like Green on vocals), Jonny Lang and Andy Fairweather Low drummer Zak Starkey keyboardist Ricky Peterson and bassist Dave Bronze. 2” (featuring Gilmour, which, according to Fleetwood, had never been performed by the original band) and the rocker “The Green Manalishi With the Two-Pronged Crown (featuring Gibbons and Hammett). Among the many outstanding highlights from the concert included “Rattlesnake Shake” (featuring Gibbons and Tyler) “Station Man” (featuring Townshend) “Oh Well, Pt. Spearheaded by Fleetwood himself, the show featured an all-star lineup of rock royalty-among them Christine McVie Jeremy Spencer David Gilmour Pete Townshend Aerosmith's Steven Tyler John Mayall Crowded House's Neil Finn ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons Noel Gallagher and Metallica's Kirk Hammett–performing material recorded by Green (who sadly died in July 2020 at the age of 73) and the band from 1968 to 1971.
Filmed in February of last year at the London Palladium, Mick Fleetwood & Friends-Celebrate The Music Of Peter Green And The Early Years Of Fleetwood Mac (BMG) is now finally seeing a commercial release, first as a streaming-on-demand event on April 24, and then six days later on CD, vinyl and Blu-ray formats. Meanwhile, another important aspect of Fleetwood Mac's long history-predating the arrival of Nicks and Buckingham-is being revisited in the form of a tribute to one of their original guitarists, Peter Green, and the band's early incarnation as a blues outfit from the late 1960s. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) getty of the rock group 'Fleetwood Mac' pose for a portrait in 1969 in Los Angeles, California. LOS ANGELES - 1969: (L-R) John McVie, Danny Kirwan, Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green, and Jeremy Spencer.