People tend to think that a band first came into existence when it had its first successful album. In the case of Fleetwood Mac, it may surprise casual fans that the band, in fact, did not come into existence in 1975 with its self-titled release. In fact, the group was almost a decade old by that time.<\/p>\n
What might further shock them would be to play them a selection or two off Peter Green\u2019s Fleetwood Mac<\/i>, the band\u2019s actual first release. Nowhere would be heard the light pop of tracks like \u201cRhiannon\u201d or \u201cGo Your Own Way.\u201d Instead, listeners would be hit with the blues, pure and simple. Have some fun: watch their facial expressions when you tell them who they\u2019re listening to.<\/p>\n
Historically, Fleetwood Mac came in at the tail end of the blues revolution in Great Britain. Bands like the Rolling Stones, who had started with R&B roots, were moving into other areas, like pure rock and psychedelia. John Mayall had already helped spawn others into the blues field with his Bluesbreakers, such as Eric Clapton (who himself was moving into a rock-oriented vein) and a good portion of Fleetwood Mac at this time — namely, Mick Fleetwood, John McVie and Peter Green.<\/p>\n
Enough history, you say, how is this disc? First, you need to leave all your knowledge of Fleetwood Mac at the door, meaning you ignore their pop-rock history and take this disc at face value. Yes, it\u2019s tough to do at times, but it proves to be worth the effort.<\/p>\n
Guitarists Green and Jeremy Spencer both prove to be worthwhile songwriters, as originals such as \u201cMy Baby\u2019s Good To Me,\u201d \u201cCold Black Night\u201d and the acoustic \u201cThe World Keep On Turning\u201d all show off musicians who had polished their craft into a very tight unit. I especially like the Robert Johnson feel to \u201cThe World Keep On Turning,\u201d with its sparse instrumentation. The cover of \u201cShake Your Moneymaker\u201d is executed well, though I\u2019m not as fond of their version of Johnson\u2019s \u201cHellhound On My Trail,\u201d for some reason.<\/p>\n
Fleetwood Mac\u2019s sound is akin to that of Chicago blues, with just enough grit to the music to keep the polished performances sounding a little rough. In fact, had a label like Alligator existed at the time, it\u2019s quite possible that Fleetwood Mac could have been the inspiration for \u201cGenuine Houserockin\u2019 Music.\u201d Yet the performances sometimes don\u2019t feel as exciting as one might have expected for music this lively. Granted, I didn\u2019t expect a party to burst out of my speakers, but the music didn\u2019t excite me in the way that other discs in the Chicago blues genre have.<\/p>\n
For a first effort, Peter Green\u2019s Fleetwood Mac<\/i> leaves no doubt that the group is well-versed in the blues, and knows how to both write and perform the genre. The addition of Danny Kirwan between this album and Mr. Wonderful<\/i> marked just the first of a number of revolving-door changes that would keep Fleetwood Mac\u2019s lineup — and popularity — in flux.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[5794],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-40409","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-fleetwood-mac","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/40409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/40409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40409"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=40409"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=40409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}