adorshki
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WARNING:
No Nudity (this was broadcast television in 1970), but compensated by the presence of Don Adams (Get Smart), Artie Johnson (Laugh-In) and future Mrs. Hugh Hefner Barbie Benton.
:smile:
And of course the original Fleetwood Mac in their 3-guitar configuration.
(Original 2nd guitar Jeremy Spencer plays the maracas so essential for the snake rattle motif of "Rattlesnake Shake")
For those who've never really heard the "original" Fleetwood Mac at their best, this is an extremely good sample:
For those whose browsers give a "disabled" message, here's a link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FJ17x0IoKs
BTW, I'm embarrassed to admit I can't for the life of me remember the name of the tune that follows "Shake" while the credits are rolling, but it demonstrates there's nothing like dedicated touring to bring a band to watertight perfection, gears meshing with absolutely no slop, especially Fleetwood and McVie in the intro .
Pure magic, no wonder they stuck together for all those years.
This is the absolute hard-edged sound I craved when I got lit up to it (so to speak) in junior high school.
More background from their Wiki page:
"Fleetwood Mac were formed in July 1967 in London, England, when Peter Green left the British blues band John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. Peter Green had previously replaced guitarist Eric Clapton in the Bluesbreakers...
The Bluesbreakers now consisted of Green, Fleetwood, John McVie and Mayall.
Mayall gave Green free recording time as a gift, in which Fleetwood, McVie and Green recorded five songs. The fifth song was an instrumental that Green named after the rhythm section, "Fleetwood Mac".
Soon after this, Green suggested to Fleetwood that they form a new band. The pair wanted McVie on bass guitar and named the band 'Fleetwood Mac' to entice him, but McVie opted to keep his steady income with Mayall rather than take a risk with a new band. In the meantime Peter Green and Mick Fleetwood had teamed up with slide guitarist Jeremy Spencer and bassist Bob Brunning. Brunning was in the band on the understanding that he would leave if McVie agreed to join.
The Green, Fleetwood, Spencer, Brunning version of the band made its debut on 13 August 1967 at the Windsor Jazz and Blues Festival as 'Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac', also featuring Jeremy Spencer. Brunning played only a few gigs with Fleetwood Mac.[14]
Within weeks of this show, John McVie agreed to join the band as permanent bassist.[15][16]"
And, for the main course, I came across that clip at the end of this compilation vid I found on YouTube recently, 42 minutes of live performances spanning '68-'70:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8v_OC3zWCM
No Nudity (this was broadcast television in 1970), but compensated by the presence of Don Adams (Get Smart), Artie Johnson (Laugh-In) and future Mrs. Hugh Hefner Barbie Benton.
:smile:
And of course the original Fleetwood Mac in their 3-guitar configuration.
(Original 2nd guitar Jeremy Spencer plays the maracas so essential for the snake rattle motif of "Rattlesnake Shake")
For those who've never really heard the "original" Fleetwood Mac at their best, this is an extremely good sample:
For those whose browsers give a "disabled" message, here's a link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FJ17x0IoKs
BTW, I'm embarrassed to admit I can't for the life of me remember the name of the tune that follows "Shake" while the credits are rolling, but it demonstrates there's nothing like dedicated touring to bring a band to watertight perfection, gears meshing with absolutely no slop, especially Fleetwood and McVie in the intro .
Pure magic, no wonder they stuck together for all those years.
This is the absolute hard-edged sound I craved when I got lit up to it (so to speak) in junior high school.
More background from their Wiki page:
"Fleetwood Mac were formed in July 1967 in London, England, when Peter Green left the British blues band John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. Peter Green had previously replaced guitarist Eric Clapton in the Bluesbreakers...
The Bluesbreakers now consisted of Green, Fleetwood, John McVie and Mayall.
Mayall gave Green free recording time as a gift, in which Fleetwood, McVie and Green recorded five songs. The fifth song was an instrumental that Green named after the rhythm section, "Fleetwood Mac".
Soon after this, Green suggested to Fleetwood that they form a new band. The pair wanted McVie on bass guitar and named the band 'Fleetwood Mac' to entice him, but McVie opted to keep his steady income with Mayall rather than take a risk with a new band. In the meantime Peter Green and Mick Fleetwood had teamed up with slide guitarist Jeremy Spencer and bassist Bob Brunning. Brunning was in the band on the understanding that he would leave if McVie agreed to join.
The Green, Fleetwood, Spencer, Brunning version of the band made its debut on 13 August 1967 at the Windsor Jazz and Blues Festival as 'Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac', also featuring Jeremy Spencer. Brunning played only a few gigs with Fleetwood Mac.[14]
Within weeks of this show, John McVie agreed to join the band as permanent bassist.[15][16]"
And, for the main course, I came across that clip at the end of this compilation vid I found on YouTube recently, 42 minutes of live performances spanning '68-'70:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8v_OC3zWCM
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