Elmore James / Fleetwood Mac / The Nighthawks / Peter Green Splinter Group It probably wasn’t difficult to justify, (to himself, anyway), Elmore James’s aversion to contracts. He had signed on with Trumpet Records in January of 1951, mainly working on sessions for other artists on the label, notably Sonny Boy Williamson II. He also […]
The Astronauts, ? and the Mysterians, The Candymen, Elmore James, Fleetwood Mac In the States, the first “rock” band to cover ‘Call It Stormy Monday But Tuesday is just as Bad’, was a surf band from land-locked Boulder, Colorado, The Astronauts. Recorded live at The Club Baja under the title ‘Stormy Monday Blues’, their version […]
ACT II When Fleetwood Mac hit the road in 2019, the band replaced Lindsey Buckingham with Neil Finn and Mike Campbell. It was near the end of the tour, at a show in Perth, Australia, that they first played ‘Man of the World’ with Neil Finn taking the lead vocal and Mike Campbell, on second […]
The A-Side: ‘I Believe My Time Ain’t Long’ Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac made their public debut on August 13, 1967 at the 7th Annual Jazz, Pop, Ballads & Blues Festival at the Royal Windsor Racecourse in Windsor, Berkshire. Although attendance for the Sunday shows are estimated at about 15,000, the band would truly introduce themselves […]
