The Henry Björklund Tapes, Part Two I first came across a reference to this performance thirteen years ago, in Christopher Hjort’s “Strange Brew – Eric Clapton & the British Blues Boom 1965 – 1970” (Jawbone Press). Under the entry for this date, Hjort writes of audience member Henry Björklund’s recollection of Green opening the show […]
‘My Baby’s Sweet’ Peter Green is understandably the considered the nucleus of the band that he founded (in spite of his desire not to be seen as such). Easily forgotten is how integral Jeremy Spencer’s contributions were to the band in their earliest days. It was a Spencer lead number ‘I Believe My Time Ain’t […]
Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis and Peter Green The first time that I came across the name Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis was in 1999; in a conversation with Mike Vernon printed in the booklet to “Fleetwood Mac – The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions 1967 – 1969”, Peter Green mentions him as one of the musicians that […]
Our disappointment in knowing that Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac’s first known performance of ‘Worried Dream’ is the only one missing from a four song set done for the BBC is slightly soothed by the fact that we have six other live recordings of the song; three from 1968; two from 1969 and one from 1970. […]
Fleetwood Mac / Jeremy Spencer 1968 – 2006 ‘Bleeding Heart’ is one of Elmore James’ later originals, done for producer Bobby Robinson. From late 1960 through early 1963 James cut over thirty titles for Robinson during sessions held in New York City and New Orleans. The majority of those titles were released posthumously, including this […]
