MAD FACTS

Back in 1970 there was a monumental song performed by Carlos Santana and his band, Santana. It was on the killer album Abraxas. The song was called Black Magic Woman and here is the kicker most people think Carlos Santana wrote the song…so who really wrote it? One of Carlos’ favorite guitarists. This man influenced a number of British players as well as Americans; I appreciated him as well. His name? Peter Green, and if you look on Abraxas for the song’s author, you will see P. Green. I know because I’ve had to prove it to people. Any guitar player that I know personally and some great ones that I don’t like Carlos Santana and Vivian Campbell have been influenced by this great British Blues/Rock player. Peter Green was the original guitarist for the original Fleetwood Mac (yes there was two generations of Fleetwood Mac before Stevie Nicks…I preferred the original band with Peter Green; the second generation had Bob Welsh on guitar and was okay). You can find the Fleetwood Mac version of Black Magic Woman on a re-release called The Best of Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac. Other great songs are Albatross, Rattlesnake Shake and Oh Well. Three great Fleetwood Mac albums with Peter Green are Then Play On and Kiln House, and English Rose (1969 this was the original album with Black Magic Woman, very bluesy). I have a double album that was a re-release in the 70’s called Black Magic Woman. So now you know where Black Magic Woman came from………………..