Unknown Soldier

Peter Green was an amazing guitar player but Fleetwood Mac in that era hardly offered anything new in relation to the multitude of blues rock albums around at that time, they had some great songs but I be hard pressed to say that they put out a great album, in fact "best of" albums from the Peter Green era I think are he best way to listen to them.

When Lindsey Buckingham took over the band, they became something very special, in fact a rock myth.

blastingas10

I see what you're saying. Buckingham is a great guitarist. I think Peter Green was great, though, and I love the blues. So part of me likes the old Mac better, but part of me likes the Buckingham era just as much.

Electrophonic Tonic

Live at the Boston Tea Party, the full 145 minute version, is probably my favorite blues rock album. You're right. There isn't much to distinguish the blues rock bands that came pouring out of England in the mid 60's. But Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac has just a little bit more of a boogie/groove in their music; compared to the likes of John Mayall or Epic Clapton. Cream did too, put I think was in part due to the psychedelic influences. It's not much, but that slight variation separates them for me.

On Boston Tea Party there are several long tracks that would shrivel up and die under normal circumstances because they lack the hypnotic quality from someone like Junior Kimbrough. What keeps them going is that groove. It reminds me a lot of the stuff from the short lived Band of Gypsys, actually. It slight, but once you notice it, it keeps on going and makes Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac a cut above the other blues bands of the era.
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Sorry to name drop so many artists not named Fleetwood Mac, but they are all fresh in my head from a conversation with my boss.

Unknown Soldier

Lindsey Buckingham is an all-time rock hero of mine, but not so much for his guitar playing but for his song writing ability, vision and innovation in the mid 1970s with the soft rock genre and then with later new wave influences etc.

That is a good live album the Boston Tea Party that is kind of long forgotten. In regards to blues rock of that era, I always think of it as one of my fav genres of the late 1960s but when i think about it in more depth, its the genre as a whole that I like especially watching live, because album wise most of the bands put out a lot of run-of-the-mill albums. Its main rival psychedelic rock had far more classic albums and was far more interesting to listen to. Imo the best blues rock stuff album wise, is probably the early hard rock infused with blues Zeppelin and Blue Oyster Cult releases.

Howard the Duck

US just echoes my feelings

except that even a comp of Green-era material isn't even much interesting to me

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William Zanzinger

Well being of a certain age,I can`t recall any blues albums of that time which featured the likes of "Oh Well", "Green Manalishi" or even "Man of the World".
Buckingham was a very different type of guitar player and in that era, Mac had 3 established songwriters, Buckingham, Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks.
In no way was this Mac Lindsey Buckingham`s band.
He was/is a very talented guitarist, but put it this way.
Without Peter Green, Fleetwood Mac would not have existed.

Kelli

Was looking for a place to post this question and this seemed like the most obvious thread...

So Fleetwood Mac announced their 2013 tour dates and it turns out they're playing by where I live. I was thinking of getting tickets for my dad and I since he always loved Fleetwood Mac but never got to see them. I know their live album in 1997 was great but that was 15 years ago and are they still worth seeing live today?