Peter Green (musician)
Peter Green is a British blues rock guitarist and the founder of the band Fleetwood Mac. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 for his work with the group, Greens songs such as Albatross, Black Magic Woman, Oh Well and Man of the World have been recorded by artists such as Santana, Aerosmith, Status Quo, Black Crowes, Midge Ure, Tom Petty, Judas Priest and Gary Moore, who recorded Blues for Greeny, a covers album of Greens compositions.
Green was born in Bethnal Green, London. He first played in a band called Bobby Dennis and the Dominoes, which performed pop chart covers and rock n roll standards, including Shadows covers. He later stated that Hank Marvin was his guitar hero and he played the Shadows song Midnight on the 1996 tribute album Twang. He went on to join rhythm and blues outfit the Muskrats, then a band called The Tridents in which he played bass. In 1966, Green played lead guitar in Peter Bardens band Peter Bs Looners, where he met drummer Mick Fleetwood. It was with Peter Bs Looners that he made his recording dbut with the single If You Wanna Be Happy with Jodrell Blues as a Bside. His recording of If You Wanna Be Happy was an instrumental cover of a song by Jimmy Soul.
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