Peter Allen Greenbaum was born on 29th October 1946, in Bethnal Green, London England, of Jewish ancestry, and is a guitarist and singer who played a decisive role in the blues, rock and pop music scene of the late 1960s. Peter is the founding member of so-called ‘original’ Fleetwood Mac, and alongside the aforementioned band, Green has been inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame. Peter Green has been active in the entertainment industry since 1966.
How rich is a musician? It has been reported by authoritative sources that the size of Peter Green’s net worth is as much as $15 million, as of the data presented in late 2017. Music is the major source of Green’s wealth.
Peter Green Net Worth $15 Million
Peter made his debut in 1966 with the Peter B’s Looners, with which he recorded a single. Green then played guitar in the band of John Mayall, but in 1967 left John Mayall and founded Fleetwood Mac with Mick Fleetwood and John McVie. From 1967 to 1970, Fleetwood Mac was one of the major groups of the rock scene, during which period Green became an inspired composer, notably with the piece “Black Magic Woman” in 1969, certainly establishing his net worth.
However, while Fleetwood Mac was at its peak in early 1970, the mental health of Peter Green became a concern. A complex and tortured personality, he does not see his status as a super star. He sought comfort in religion, but also in artificial paradises, which only further caused deterioration in his condition. Peter Green would have a vision of an angel who would ask him to devote the group’s income to peace in the world. It was as a result of this vision that he wrote “Green Manalishi” in 1970. In May 1970, he left the group suddenly, to record a solo instrumental album with the premonition title: “The End of the Game”, after which Peter Green abandoned music.
Caught up in a mystical spiral, he sold his belongings and ended up in a psychiatric hospital. He accumulated odd jobs for several years, including that of gravedigger. He got back to the entertainment industry in 1979 with the album “In The Skies”, very warmly welcomed by the critics, but after a few other releases, he sank again into a long depression, and schizophrenia. It took more than ten years for Peter Green to emerge from his silence, in the middle 1990s. Pushed by Nigel Watson, he founded the Splinter Group, which has since recorded many albums, and continues to perform regularly on stage. Fans have criticized the group, because Green did not sing, was not a solo guitarist, and apparently had just a minor role, although he seemed to have recovered both psychologically and physically. The Splinter Group continued to live in relative undeserving anonymity until 2005. A compilation of the work of Peter Green was published in 2008: it is group on four CDs, the essential part of this guitarist, a bible for the lovers of this legendary bluesman and instrumentalist. Some promotional concerts were organized in 2009 with a new formation, Peter Green and Friends, with which Green found himself a soloist, but had lost a lot of his technique.
Finally, in the personal life of the musician, he married Jane Samuels in 1978, but the two divorced in 1979, after having one child. He has apparently remained single since then.
Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music (2015)
Record Labels
Epic, Reprise, PVK, Creole
Albums
Fleetwood Mac (1968, Fleetwood Mac), The End of the Game (1975), Tusk (1979, Fleetwood Mac), Whatcha Gonna Do? (1981), White Sky (1982), Rattlesnake Guitar: The Music of Peter Green (1995), Supernatural (1997), Alone With the Blues (1998), The Very Best of Peter Green (2001), Blues By Green (2003), The Anthology (2008)
Music Groups
Fleetwood Mac, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers (1967 – 1967), Peter Green Splinter Group, Katmandu
Nominations
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1998), 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time (Rolling Stone magazine, 2012), Third-best Guitarist of All Time (Mojo magazine, 1996)
Movies
Fleetwood Mac: The Early Years (1994, documentary), Soul to Soul (1971, documentary), Peter Green Splinter Group: In Concert (2003, concert-film)
TV Shows
Inspector George Gently (2015), The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, American Idol (2009), Doctor Who (1970)
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Trademark
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Usually used a Gibson Les Paul
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Fact
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Left the band Fleetwood Mac to pursue other interests. He would later be replaced by former Chicken Shack vocalist, Christine McVie, who was a devout fan of the band.
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Fleetwood Mac was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6608 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
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In his early years, he refused to work on Saturdays, the Jewish day of rest.
Came from a working-class family in the East end of London.
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Suffered from mental illness for years, at one point abandoning his guitars and becoming a grave-digger. Re-emerged in the 1990s, after he stopped taking the medications he'd long been on as a patient.
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Carlos Santana's band Santana had a big hit with their Latin-tinged cover-version of "Black Magic Woman", composed by Green. He and Carlos Santana were friends, and admirers of each other's guitar playing.
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He is perhaps best-remembered for his instrumental, "Albatross", which was Fleetwood Mac's only number one hit in the UK.
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His song "Man of the World" was covered by Marillion frontman Steve Hogarth and "The H Band", on the album "Live Spirit: Live Body", released 2002.
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Founding member and original lead guitarist with Fleetwood Mac. Their name originated as an instrumental song, featuring his favorite drummer and bassist, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie, then became the name of the band.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Inspector George Gently
2015
TV Series writer - 1 episode
About Last Night
2014
writer: "Black Magic Woman"
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2011-2013
TV Series writer - 5 episodes
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
2012
TV Movie writer: "Albatross"
Parenthood
2012
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Love & Other Drugs
2010
writer: "Show-Biz Blues"
This Is England '86
2010
TV Mini-Series writer - 1 episode
Dancing with the Stars
2009
TV Series writer - 1 episode
American Idol
2009
TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Damned United
2009
writer: "Man of the World"
Man on Wire
2008
Documentary writer: "Albatross"
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
2007
Video Game writer: "Black Magic Woman"
Uranya
2006
writer: "Albatross"
Munich
2005
writer: "Black Magic Woman" - as Peter Alan Green
Idol
2005
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Gary Moore & The Midnight Blues: Live at Montreux 1990