Part of the great explosion of British R&B music in the 1960s, Peter Green –
born in Bethnal Green, London on October 29, 1946 - became recognized as one of
the great electric blues guitarists of his era. Raised in the East End of
London, he taught himself to play on an old Spanish guitar that one of his
brothers brought home, before joining several local bands and replacing Eric
Clapton in legendary blues rock act John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers. Forming
Fleetwood Mac with Mick Fleetwood (drums) and John McVie (bass) in 1967, Green's
talent was captured on the classic Number 1...