Black Magic Woman — Peter Green’s blues track became Santana’s signature

Guitarist and singer Green wrote it in 1968 during his time with Fleetwood Mac — then the Latin rock band put their stamp on it ...
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Black Magic Woman: the legendary song that passed from Peter Green to Carlos Santana

Written by Peter Green in 1968 about Sandra Elsdon, a former girlfriend he had nicknamed ‘Magic Mamma’, Black Magic Woman is a song that has legendary status when it comes to guitar history. It was ...
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“If you really like something, you should take the first lines and make up another song from them. So that’s what I did with Black Magic Woman”: The legendary song that ...

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How a ‘Throwaway Riff’ Became One of Rock’s Most-Covered Songs

When Peter Green presented “Oh Well” to his Fleetwood Mac bandmates at the end of the ‘60s, he couldn’t have predicted he was delivering an immortal work of rock and blues crossover. And even if he ...
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The Story Behind Fleetwood Mac’s Debut Single, “Albatross,” Peter Green’s Mellow Masterpiece That the Beatles Later Mimicked

Before the start of the Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham era of Fleetwood Mac, the band grasped a bluesier and soulful movement with its founding member vocalist Peter Green. Along with writing ...