Comments on: Lo-Fi Mojo: Fleetwood Mac (1.0), “Oh Well”

By: kshane

kshane — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:24:32 +0000

One of the top rated shows at Wolfgang's Vault is a Mac concert from Stockholm in 1969. It features Green, Spencer, and Kirwan in addition to Mick and John. It's an amazing show, and yes, “Oh Well” is there. You can listen to it for free, or buy it for $10. Wolfgang's Vault is an invaluable concert resource for everyone to know about anyway:

http://concerts.wolfgangsvault.com/dt/fleetwood…

By: Paul Janisch

Paul Janisch — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:46:05 +0000

There was a lot of cross-pollination at the time. I think there is a huge Green influence in “Since I've been loving you”. The most interesting Green phase is on those Mayall tracks where Green was expected to sound like Clapton. To the casual listener you might just think that you are listening to a Clapton knock-off. The reality is that you are listening to a guitarist asserting himself in such a way that you don't miss Clapton at all. The solo in “The same way” is an example of Green playing Clapton who is playing Green.

A total master and constant inspiration. Now if only I owned that Les Paul……

By: kshane

kshane — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:24:32 +0000

http://concerts.wolfgangsvault.com/dt/fleetwood…

By: kshane

kshane — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:24:32 +0000

http://concerts.wolfgangsvault.com/dt/fleetwood…

By: Paul Janisch

Paul Janisch — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:46:05 +0000

A total master and constant inspiration. Now if only I owned that Les Paul……

By: mojo

mojo — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:57:37 +0000

Fleetwood Mac 1.0 is so different, and once you start listening you start to realize how powerful they were. Granted, the late 60s were different times, too, so who knows what Peter Green would have been playing in 1978 if the band had stayed together as originally constituted? Definitely not disco (ha) but probably it wouldn't have sounded so…as you put it…heavy, which is apt. Early Mac is in my all-time rock pantheon.

By: mojo

mojo — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:49:52 +0000

This is an interesting comment–I had to think back why “aggressive” fit…and I think it's because I have a lot of the old live recordings that I listen to. I think in some performances he was either emotionally or chemically flying. Kind of like Santana at Woodstock. If I just concentrated on the studio stuff in my listening, I might indeed have a different perspective.

BB's early work (sigh) you are a kindred spirit. If you haven't read the Stanley Booth account of BB vs Albert King in a cutting contest in the book “[sic] rythm oil” it is one of the most priceless pieces of blues prose I've ever read.

By: Jack Feerick

Jack Feerick — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:12:40 +0000

And just to add the icing to that cake: Fleetwood Mac's version is so much heavier than Priest's, it's just ridiculous. And is that a sentence you ever thought you'd read?

By: Eric S.

Eric S. — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:43:12 +0000

“Black Magic Woman” is a great piece of trivia; however, I would have been just as stumped by “Green Manalishi”. I assumed that was a Judas Priest original.

By: Jack Feerick

Jack Feerick — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:10:32 +0000

You can bet Jon Spencer heard Greenâ€™s records more than a couple times before erecting his Blues Explosion

And I'll bet you Jimmy Page heard "Oh Well" more than a couple times before writing "Black Dog."

I still have a sneaking fondness for the original long studio version of the song, where the two-minute "rock" bit is followed by ten minutes of soundtrack music for an imaginary spaghetti western.