Leonc said:(...)
Also, FWIW...I always had the impression that Peter Green's old sound, for the most part, was not Orange. It was Vox and Marshall, IIRC, and they often rented Fenders when they were here. I saw the original FM back in the day, and I don't remember what they were using...but I remember that they were stacks of smaller amps (probably AC30s or some older Fender combos).
and WOW, you saw PG in person?!?!?!?!?!
Leonc said:(...)
Yeah, Jae, I've mentioned it on the boards as w/o a doubt, the best rock/blues concert I ever saw. I actually saw the old FM twice; first in about '68 with Green, Kirwin, Spencer, Fleet and Mc and then maybe 18 months later with Christine and no Green. The first show was right around the time of Then Play On and they did a bunch of great older blues stuff and then whipped out tunes like Rattlesnake Shake and Albatross. They did Oh Well before it was released on any recordings (later presses of Then Play On included it) and I'm tellin ya, It Was Kosmically Good!!!
I still get the shivers thinking about it those concerts. Think they went downhill as soon as Greenie split? Nope. Most Definitely they did NOT. When I saw them with Christine the second time, they did all the Kiln House tunes...This is the Rock, Hi Ho Silver... Spencer was killin doing his Elmore thang, but Danny Kirwin was G-O-D that night! Jewel-Eyed Judy...Station Man...OMFG...the most dynamic and intense rock music performance I've ever seen. And this was within months of having seen both Cream and Hendrix. Fleetwood Mac back then abso-freaking-lootly smoked.