Peter Green

His song "Man of the World" was covered by Marillion frontman Steve Hogarth and "The H Band", on the album "Live Spirit: Live Body", released 2002.

Suffered from mental illness for years, at one point abandoning his guitars and becoming a grave-digger. Re-emerged in the 1990s, after he stopped taking the medications he'd long been on as a patient.

Was most unhappy at being asked to fill in for Jeremy Spencer after he had left Fleetwood Mac in 1971. However, Peter Green agreed to the request and proceeded to play a live version of Black Magic Woman which lasted four hours. Most of the fans stayed the whole time.

Before leaving Fleetwood Mac in 1970, the band performed three gigs at the Boston Tea Party in February of that year. The resulting recordings of these gigs, reveals some of Green's finest playing.

When he began achieving mainstream success in 1969, Green became increasingly uncomfortable with the idea of fame and making considerable sums of money. He proceeded to give away most of his earnings.

The band's self-titled album, released in 1968, was recorded fairly rapidly. During the recording sessions, the first or second take of each song would usually be the one to feature on the album.

Upon making his debut with Fleetwood Mac in 1967, Peter Green was approached by Eric Clapton who commented upon his dress sense. Being attired in white T shirt and dark jeans when flower power was all the rage, Clapton told Green he would get nowhere being dressed as he was.

Peter Green was born on October 29, 1946 in London, England as Peter Allen Greenbaum. He was married to Jane Samuels.