JEREMY SPENCER: FANTASTIC

[bobatude]

legendary fleetwood mac guitarist and rock and roll hall of famer jeremy spencer blew the roof of callahans of auburn hill mi sun. the 28th of march. he was back by the detroit band tomas esparza and the boa constrictors, fronted by tomas esparza on harp, pete berg on drums, harry oman on guitar and former dbs prez steve allen on bass. these guys were flawless, after warning by spencer that there may be some bloopers tonite. spencer's vocals and guitar skills were mind boggling. if jermey spencer pass thru or near your town i would strongly recomend it.i have included a photobucket which includes some short vids and pics.
http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo88/bobatude/jeremy%20spencer/jeremyspencer063.jpg

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http://s364.photobucket.com/albums/oo88/bobatude/jeremy%20spencer/

i hope this one works

if any one is interested in the photo bucket you will have to explain how attach the link

thanks

[revjimk]

Old Fleetwood Mac was a killa blues band, featuring Elmo James style slide player Jeremy Spencer & guitar virtuosos Peter Green & Danny Kirwan.
First electric rock concert I ever saw, Fillmore East 1968, was Fleetwood, Country Joe & the Fish, & Ten Years After.... big fun.
"Albatross" & "Jigsaw Puzzle Blues" are some of the most beautiful guitar instrumentals ever...
They also wrote "Black Magic Woman" & recorded it before Santana.
Peter Green had some drug issues & went semi-crazy over the years, I saw him a few years ago & he was OK, but not his old self...
Looking forward to Jeremy
rev

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http://s364.photobucket.com/albums/oo88/bobatude/jeremy%20spencer/

here is the jermey spencer pics and a few short vids

[papafrog]

Old Fleetwood Mac was a killa blues band, featuring Elmo James style slide player Jeremy Spencer & guitar virtuosos Peter Green & Danny Kirwan.
First electric rock concert I ever saw, Fillmore East 1968, was Fleetwood, Country Joe & the Fish, & Ten Years After.... big fun.
"Albatross" & "Jigsaw Puzzle Blues" are some of the most beautiful guitar instrumentals ever...
They also wrote "Black Magic Woman" & recorded it before Santana.
Peter Green had some drug issues & went semi-crazy over the years, I saw him a few years ago & he was OK, but not his old self...
Looking forward to Jeremy
rev
yea ur rite rev....every song on that album with Albatross is killer..
Danny Kirwan was amazing, and Peter Green ...words cant
really describe his playing.....heres a brief history....
btw rev i was 17 when you hit the fillmore, and spent alot of time
at that great place....


Formation and early years (1967–1970)

Fleetwood Mac were formed in 1967 in London when Peter Green left the British blues band John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. Green had replaced guitarist Eric Clapton in the Bluesbreakers, and received critical acclaim for his work on their album "A Hard Road". After he had been in the Bluesbreakers for some time, Green asked if drummer Mick Fleetwood could replace Aynsley Dunbar. Green had been in two bands with Fleetwood — "Peter B's Looners" and the subsequent "Shotgun Express" (which featured a young vocalist named Rod Stewart). John Mayall agreed and Fleetwood became a member of the band.

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 which Green named after the rhythm section, "Fleetwood Mac".

Green contacted Fleetwood to form a new band. The pair desperately wanted McVie on bass and even named the band 'Fleetwood Mac' as a way to entice McVie. However McVie opted for the steady paycheque of the Mayall gig rather than the unknown of a new band. In the meantime Peter Green and Mick Fleetwood teamed up with talented slide player Jeremy Spencer and bassist Bob Brunning, who was in the band on the understanding that he would leave if and when McVie agreed to join. The Green, Fleetwood, Spencer, Brunning version of the band made its debut on August 13, 1967 at the Windsor Jazz and Blues Festival. Within weeks of this show John McVie agreed to become the bassist for the band.

Fleetwood Mac's first album, "Fleetwood Mac", was a no-frills blues album and was released on the Blue Horizon label in February 1968. In fact there were no other players on the album (except for the song "Long Grey Mare", which was recorded when Bob Brunning was in the band). The album was hugely successful in the UK, hitting no.4, though it did not have any singles on it. The band soon released two singles "Black Magic Woman" (later a big hit for Santana) and "Need Your Love So Bad".

The band's second album, "Mr. Wonderful", was released in August 1968. Like the first it was an all-blues album, but this time they made a few changes. The album was recorded live in the studio with miked amplifiers and PA system, rather than plugged into the board. This method provided the ideal environment for producing this style of music, and gave it an authentically vintage sound. They also added horns and featured a friend of the band on keyboards, Christine Perfect of Chicken Shack.

Shortly after the release of their second album Fleetwood Mac added guitarist Danny Kirwan to their line-up at the tender age of 18. Green had been frustrated that Jeremy Spencer had little desire to contribute to Green's songs. Kirwan brought a harmony-rich sound that was indicative of his range of influence. A mature and accomplished self-taught guitarist, Kirwan's signature vibrato and unique style added a new dimension to an already complete band. With Kirwan the band released its first number one single in Europe, "Albatross". Around this time the band released its second American album, "English Rose", which contained half of "Mr. Wonderful", new songs from Kirwan, and its third European album called "The Pious Bird of Good Omen", which was a collection of singles, B-sides, and a selection of some work the band did with Eddie Boyd.

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Fleetwood Mac were arguably the most popular band in Europe at the time. However, Peter Green, the frontman of the band, was not in good health. He had unwittingly taken LSD in Munich, which contributed to the onset of his schizophrenia.[1]
Green's last hit with Fleetwood Mac was "The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Prong Crown)" (first recorded at the Boston Tea Party in February 1970 and later recorded by Judas Priest). Green's mental stability deteriorated, and he wanted to give all of the band's money to charity. The rest of the band did not concur. Green decided to leave the band. His last show with Fleetwood Mac was on May 20, 1970. During that show, the band went past their allotted time, and the power was shut off. Mick Fleetwood kept drumming.

[papafrog]

While on tour in February 1971, Jeremy Spencer said he was going out to "get a magazine", but never returned. After several days of frantic searching, the band discovered that Spencer had joined a religious group, the Children of God. Liable for the remaining shows on the tour, they convinced Peter Green to help finish the tour. He brought along his friend, Nigel Watson, who played the congas (twenty-five years later Green and Watson would collaborate again to form the Peter Green Splinter Group). The band replaced Jeremy’s portion of the set with 90 minute instrumental improvisations of "Black Magic Woman". Green, however, would only be back with Fleetwood Mac temporarily, so the band decided to search for a new guitarist.

[revjimk]

Interesting what happens to these old groups. The way I remember it, Peter Green joined Children of God, but I could easily be wrong (Why do I associate acid ODs & insanity with fanatic religious groups???)
I lost track of these guys in the mid 70s, then when I moved To Colorado in 1977 all the California people were into this new, totally different pop group, "Fleetwood Mac". I'm curious how that change came about...?...
rev

[bobatude]

Interesting what happens to these old groups. The way I remember it, Peter Green joined Children of God, but I could easily be wrong (Why do I associate acid ODs & insanity with fanatic religious groups???)
I lost track of these guys in the mid 70s, then when I moved To Colorado in 1977 all the California people were into this new, totally different pop group, "Fleetwood Mac". I'm curious how that change came about...?...
rev

spencer was the one that joined "children of god" but i think peter green also was involved w/ religious fanatics at one time. spencer still belongs to the orginization, but they are no longer called the children of god

one thing is for sure that was the greatest period of fleetwood mac, long before whats her name and top forty pop songs