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One of the most talented and successful British guitarists of all time, Eric Clapton made his mark on music history as a member of The Yardbirds, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, Cream and Blind Faith, all within just a few years. His influential career continued with the acclaimed Derek & The Dominos album, followed by a prolific solo career. He was part of a groundbreaking generation of guitar players who changed the course of Rock and Roll. Over the decades he gave his opinion on many of his peers and their bands, including Fleetwood Mac and its late founding member Peter Green. What is Eric Clapton's opinion on Fleetwood Mac and Peter Green Eric Clapton is a fan of Fleetwood Mac but although he remained a good friend of the band throughout all their line-ups, he has always praised the Peter Green era of the group, since he admired the late guitarist a lot. "Returning to England in late October 1965, I found that my place in the Bluesbreakers had been filled by a brilliant guitarist, Peter Green, later of Fleetwood Mac, who had aggressively pestered John to employ him, often turning up at gigs and shouting from the audience that he was much better than whoever was playing that night." "Though I barely knew him, I got the impression that here was a real Turk, a strong, confident musician who knew exactly what he wanted and where he was going, but who played his cards close to his chest. Most important, he was a phenomenal player, with a great tone. He was not happy to see me, as it meant rather a sudden end to what had obviously been a good gig for him." Eric Clapton continued: "One change that didn’t particularly surprise me was that McVie had finally been given the boot. (He) had been replaced by Jack Bruce, the bass player from the Graham Bond Organisation, whom I had seen play at the Marquee," Eric Clapton said in his autobiography. Peter Green was the guitarist who replaced Eric Clapton when he decided to leave John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers in 1966. It wasn’t an easy task, not only was it difficult to play Eric’s material, but it was also challenging to be accepted by fans who were constantly asking for the former band member during shows. Curiously, he was the only British guitar player who Clapton believed had the same musical background and love for the Blues. "I only got to know two or three guys that play that style. There was Peter Green, and I can’t think of anyone else who played from the same origin, same root of influence as I did. The other guys mentioned (by the interviewer) like Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page were much more from a rockabilly sensibility. There were very few people drawn to Chicago blues and country blues the way I was and Peter Green was. I suppose because we were so rare, there wasn’t a rivalry. It was more of a nurturing." He continued: "We’d be starving, and if you run into another of your kind, it’s something to feed on. The head-cutting thing is an interesting phenomenon. I’ve been involved in it, where I’ve been on stage with lots of players and we try to expand what we usually do, just to make a statement. I never felt it to be anything other than that. Not hostile. I’ve never seen it done with any malice," Eric Clapton said in an interview with Pop Matters in 2007. Clapton had the chance to play on stage with Fleetwood Mac and Peter Green back in 1970. He joined the band during their show in Boston, USA. A bootleg of this performance, titled "Boston Jam Party", runs for over 20 minutes. When Eric Clapton went to see Fleetwood Mac opening for B.B. King, the American guitarist said Peter Green was the best In the 1960s, fans revered Clapton as a divine force, even creating the famous graffiti in London that read "Clapton Is God." After Green replaced him in the Bluesbreakers, fans began calling him the "Green God" and claiming that "Peter Green Is Better Than God," to say he was better than Eric. It turns out that according to Martin Celmins, author of "Peter Green: Founder of Fleetwood Mac - The Biography", B.B. King at the time said that in his opinion Green was the best. That happened when Fleetwood Mac was the opening act for him at the Royal Albert Hall, while Eric and George Harrison were watching the show from a private area. "At one point B.B. broke a string and put it down to nerves explaining to the audience: ‘Man, you’d be nervous if you could see who I can see right now.’ He was referring to George Harrison and Eric Clapton sitting in a private box, enjoying the show. But then B.B. declared: ‘But I’ve got to say that, I’m sorry, Peter Green is the best,’" Martin Celmins said. Of course, B.B. King's opinion might have changed in the following decades since he became a good friend and admirer of Clapton. Eric Clapton watched both eras of Fleetwood Mac live and played with Lindsey Buckingham As any Blues musician, Clapton was always more drawn to the first era of Fleetwood Mac. But he also went to see the band's new line-up with Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham, having the chance to hang out with them many times. When they were promoting the groundbreaking album "Rumors" (1977), he went with Pattie Boyd to see them playing. Mick Fleetwood, who was married to Pattie's sister, recalled in his biography. "We toured Europe in April of that year. Jenny and the children came with me to London where we played at Wembley Stadium, our first gig back home with the new line-up. Jenny’s sister Pattie came along, with her boyfriend Eric Clapton. It was a huge success," Mick Fleetwood said. Clapton’s marriage to Pattie lasted from 1979 to 1989, while Mick’s marriage to Jenny lasted from 1970 to 1978. So they didn't have the chance to officially become brothers in law. Mick and John McVie were friends of Eric since they were young musicians in London. But Eric only played with McVie on John Mayall's band, since the drummer would only join them in 1967. The guitarist and singer Lindsey Buckingham, who along with Stevie Nicks was a key element of Fleetwood Mac’s huge commercial success, said that whenever Clapton used to hang out with them, he said he missed being in a band.” "That's something a lot of people who have gone solo miss. When Eric Clapton hangs out with Mick or us he's always saying, 'God! I wish I was in a band again.' That's because the burden is all on him." He continued: "It's just not the same when, as a leader, you're paying people a certain amount each week to play with you. The balance of power is not the same. It drains you," Lindsey Buckingham said in an interview with BAM Magazine in 1981. Four years later he was invited to play on Eric Clapton's ninth solo studio album "Behind the Sun". He played rhythm guitar in the song "Something's Happening". Eric Clapton said John McVie is a brilliant bassist and an incredibly funny man Out of all the members of Fleetwood Mac, the co-founder and bassist John McVie is certainly the most "mysterious" one. He always was more quiet on stage, being overshadowed by all the guitarists and singers the band had. Interestingly, Clapton said in his autobiography that John was brilliant as a bass guitarist and a really funny person. "John McVie, who later formed Fleetwood Mac with Mick Fleetwood. Not only was he a brilliant bass guitarist, but he was an incredibly funny man with a very dark, cynical sense of humor. At that time the two Johns and myself were obsessed with the Harold Pinter play The Caretaker. I had seen the film, with Donald Pleasance as the tramp Davies, as many times as I could. I had also bought the script, a lot of which I knew by heart. We would spend hours acting out scenes from the play, swapping roles. So that sometimes I would play the character of Aston, other times Davies or Mick. We would piss ourselves with laughter," Eric Clapton said. In 2021, Clapton's concerts were canceled due to the pandemic, but he still reunited his band and recorded some performances. A series of songs played live were released, including a rendition of "Black Magic Woman". That classic was written by Peter Green and released by Fleetwood Mac in 1968, later being covered by Santana. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cF4gBGw0Nc&pp=ygUeZXJpYyBjbGFwdG9uIGJsYWNrIG1hZ2ljIHdvbWFuThe post Eric Clapton’s opinion on Fleetwood Mac and Peter Green appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.

Megadeth released their final studio album and began their farewell tour, which according to the band’s founder, guitarist and singer Dave Mustaine, will last a couple of years. Whenever a band comes to an end, one question always arises: will classic members return, at least for the final show? According to Mustaine, the answer is no. He explained that some former bandmates have passed away, others are no longer able to play, and some have spoken negatively about him in the press. While he remains friends with a few of them, Mustaine said in an interview with NME that it would be unfair to the rest of the band to invite anyone to join them on stage. Dave Mustaine explains why he won't invite ex-Megadeth members for farewell shows “If we were to look at doing that, then you’ve got some members that are deceased. You’ve got some members that I’m friends with, but they can’t play anymore like Chuck (Behler, drummer from 1987–1989). And then you’ve got a couple guys that are saying very bad things about me in the press. So why would I want to play with those guys? But if it was something that didn’t end very well, why would I? There’s not a valid reason to do something like that, especially when we have limited time onstage anyway,” Dave Mustaine said. When asked the same question by Eddie Trunk and he answered most likely referring to David Ellefson. “I can’t really do that, because of the behaviour of one of the band members in the past. I just can’t,” he said to Eddie Trunk. “Because, first off, it would be unfair to the other band members if I didn’t play with them as well,” he said. Out of the Big 4 of Thrash Metal, Megadeth is the band that has gone through the most line-up changes over the years, with many members lasting less than a decade. Over the past four decades, more than 30 musicians have played in the band alongside Dave Mustaine. The current line-up consists of James LoMenzo (Bass, 2006 to 2010 and since 2022), Dirk Verbeuren (Drums, since 2016) and Teemu Mäntysaari (Guitar, since 2023). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IL67t825cA&pp=ygUIbWVnYWRldGg%3DThe post Dave Mustaine explains why he won’t invite ex-Megadeth members for farewell appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.

After almost six decades, Deep Purple continues to tour and record new music. Besides a busy touring scheduled this year, according to the band's frontman Ian Gillan they are also putting finished touches on their upcoming new album, which will be 24th studio album, the follow up for "=1" (2024). This will be their second album with the guitarist Simon McBride and besides Gillan, the band is also formed by Don Airey (Keyboards) and the classic members Ian Paice (Drums - founding member) and Roger Glover (Bass). In an interview with Songwriting for Songwriters, Ian Gillan talked about the upcoming record. Ian Gillan talks about Deep Purple's new album "Well, it's very interesting on this one. I can't give you too much at this stage, but it's basically very optimistic. Let's say there's a general theme. It's a fairly loose conceptual idea of the end of humanity, but not as grim as it sounds. In fact, it's very optimistic. It's about the metamorphosis of humanity into a metaphysical state, our next incarnation. It's a bit too early to be doing interviews about this. I don't mean time of day. I mean, it's not gonna be out until June, so I don't want to give too much away." He continued talking about how Deep Purple works when writing songs: "(The chemistry) It's very important, obviously. But at the same time you've got to ignore it. I've got an idea that came to me a long time ago with Deep Purple. But when you're writing like that, as opposed to sitting down with a co-writer or on your own with a guitar and you're writing the entire thing, then there are no boundaries, really. But with a band, you are very much confined by what you're given." "For example, the working practice of Purple has always been the same. We go to a place for a week or 10 days and go into the office every day — start at noon, finish at six and stop for tea at three o'clock. It's like going to the office. And the guys just start playing, and it's all improvised. You have no idea. If you were a listener, you'd think you might be hearing the preparation for something operatic or a mood music for a yoga or massage parlor or you might be in a jazz club or hearing some blues or rock or soul, any kind of thing that came to their mind. These are great players, and so the music evolves, as I say, and then dramatically switches into something else." He continued: "So basically it's a week-long or eight-day jam. And every now and again, somebody nods to somebody else and says, 'Okay, that's worth keeping,' an idea, a mood, a rhythm, a sequence, or anything like that, and we record it and come back at the end of the session with probably 35 or 40 ideas. And the next session is much the same. We trim it down and then add some more, and trim it down to 30 ideas, and it gradually evolves. Now, I don't have much choice, really, other than to say, 'Well, perhaps there's too many verses there,' or 'we need a little bit here', or a section or a middle eight there or whatever." But basically it's the guys putting the songs together. And I just have to — what I call — ride the pony. And when it comes to sitting down alone and shaping my contribution, I've gotta pretty much fit in. But then again, it's easy to be overwhelmed with something like that because it's a hell of a challenge. So I've got this attitude, I've gotta take over, I've gotta dominate completely and make it sound not as if I'm hopping on afterwards, but as if the whole idea came from the song first. It's a reversal." "So I've got complete freedom in terms of lyrics, but obviously there's a mood thing. And it's gotta fit with the songs. And, obviously, I liked in more recent years, particularly, to have a concept for the album that basically hangs things together. The last album was called '=1' and it was all about my frustration with the complexities of life these days and so forth," Ian Gillan said (Transcribed by Blabbermouth). Deep Purple 2026 tour dates https://youtu.be/VSBn3e-A8bw April 11 – Tokyo, Japan – Nippon Budokan 13 – Osaka, Japan – Grand Cube 15 – Nagoya, Japan – Mizuokadani Steel Machinery Public Hall 18 – Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesia Arena, GBK Senayan 22 – Almaty, Kazakhstan – Almaty Arena June 11 – Espoo, Finland – Espoo Metro Arena 12 – Tampere, Finland – Nokia Arena 14 – Kristiansand, Norway – Dirty Old Town Live, Odderøya Amfi 18 – Clisson, France – Hellfest (Sold Out) 20 – Meppen, Germany – Emsland Open Air 24 – Mönchengladbach, Germany – SparkassenPark 27 – Coburg, Germany – HUK Coburg Open Air, Schlossplatz 28 – Ulm, Germany – Klosterhof Wiblingen July 4 – Gredos, Ávila, Spain – Músicos en la Naturaleza 5 – Pamplona, Spain – Navarra Arena 9 – Málaga, Spain – Starlite 10 – Cádiz, Spain – Tío Pepe Festival 16 – Pisa, Italy – Pisa Summer Knights, Piazza dei Cavalieri 17 – Este, Italy – Este Music Festival, Castello Carrarese 19 – Munich, Germany – Tollwood Festival September 29 – Sofia, Bulgaria – 8888 Arena October 1 – Cluj, Romania – BT Arena 2 – Budapest, Hungary – László Papp Arena 4 – Bratislava, Slovakia – Tipos Arena 5 – Vienna, Austria – Stadthalle 7 – Prague, Czech Republic – O2 Arena 8 – Łódź, Poland – Atlas Arena 10 – Belgrade, Serbia – Stark Arena 11 – Skopje, North Macedonia – Boris Trajkovski Arena 13 – Athens, Greece – Telekom Centre Arena 16 – Zurich, Switzerland – Hallenstadion 17 – Milan, Italy – Unipol Forum 19 – Barcelona, Spain – Sant Jordi Club 22 – Paris, France – Adidas Arena 23 – Antwerp, Belgium – Lotto Arena 25 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Royal Arena 26 – Stockholm, Sweden – Avicii Arena 28 – Oslo, Norway – Spektrum Arena 29 – Gothenburg, Sweden – Scandinavium 31 – Leipzig, Germany – QI Arena November 1 – Hamburg, Germany – Sporthalle 3 – Dortmund, Germany – Westfalenhalle 4 – Berlin, Germany – Uber Arena 6 – Frankfurt, Germany – Festhalle 7 – Nuremberg, Germany – Arena 9 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Ziggo Dome 10 – Strasbourg, France – Zénith 12 – Bordeaux, France – Arkéa Arena 13 – Nantes, France – Zénith 15 – Lyon, France – LDLC Arena 18 – Newcastle, England – Utilita Arena 19 – Glasgow, Scotland – OVO Hydro 21 – Birmingham, England – BP Pulse Arena 22 – Manchester, England – AO Arena 24 – London, England – Eventim Apollo December 13 – Monterrey, Mexico – Arena Monterrey 16 – Guadalajara, Mexico – Arena Guadalajara 19 – Mexico City, Mexico – Estadio Fray Nano The post Ian Gillan talks about Deep Purple’s new album appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.